Ordination of Presbyters (OLM)
A service of ordination of presbyters (OLM) will take place at Nendrum Monastic Site on Sunday 16 August at 4.00 pm.
Please note that because of restrictions around Covid-19 this event is by invitation only but will be live-streamed on our Facebook page.
Bishop David will ordain two presbyters for ordained local ministry as follows:
- Revd Rory Blake-Knox (Moneyreagh Community Church)
- Revd Stephen Doherty (Glen Community Church)
Preacher
The preacher will be Revd Paul Cowley. Paul is on the leadership team at Holy Trinity Brompton and founded the charity Caring for Ex-Offenders. He has twenty-five years' experience of working with socially excluded and vulnerable adults and is the Bishops' Advisor to Prisons in London. In 2015 he was awarded an MBE for services to ex-offenders.
He is the author of the recently published Thief Prisoner Soldier Priest. Find out more about the book here.