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Sunday, 16 January 2022 19:37

New canons installed at Derby Cathedral

Bishop Libby Lane, Canon Patrick Coleman, Canon Emily Brailsford, Canon Julian Hollywell and Dean Peter Robinson Bishop Libby Lane, Canon Patrick Coleman, Canon Emily Brailsford, Canon Julian Hollywell and Dean Peter Robinson

Three new canons have been collated and installed at Derby Cathedral. 

Revd Patrick Coleman, Vicar of All Saints Chesterfield (The Crooked Spire) andSt Leonard's (Mission Church) Spital, and Revd Julian Hollywell, Vicar of St Werburgh Spondon, Priest-in-charge of St Mark Derby and St Philip Chaddesden, and Minister Responsible at St Andrew with St Osmund Derby were installed as honorary canons, and Emily Brailsford, Derby Diocesan President of the Mothers’ Union and Project Officer at Rural Action Derbyshire, was installed as a lay canon.

The three new canons were collated in a special Evensong led by the Rt Revd Libby Lane, Bishop of Derby, and the Very Revd Dr Peter Robinson, Dean of Derby.

>> See photos from the installation service [on Flickr]

 

Canon Emily Brailsford

Emily has three children and her first and most important role is always a a mother.

As her children have grown, Emily's role within her home church of St Giles, Matlock, has also grown and developed.

For many years she has delivered Sunday School and also a monthly fun club.

Later, as her children grew older, Emily took some time for herself so that she was able to attend the Lay Reader training.

For some time, she worked to develop a network of support groups for parents of children with additional needs.

When the children were settled in school, Emily worked with Derbyshire Agricultural Chaplaincy, working with Revd Alan Griggs.

This was an amazing experience for her, but hard work trying to bring young people to the Lord.

On the 15th of January this year, Emily was commissioned as the President of Mothers' Union, Derby, at the Cathedral, Emily feels that the Mothers' Union is also a huge part of her ministry.

Through prayer and loving-kindness, the Mothers' Union touches the lives of many people.

In Derbyshire, they work with many of the women's refuges to try and prevent violence against women and girls.

They also raise money to help the work of those who tackle modern slavery and as a new initiative this year they are going to tackle period poverty, particularly amongst the homeless.

Emily's favourite passage of the Bible is in Revelation 21:4 where we are told that there will be no more pain or crying as the old things have passed away. She thinks that this is a great

reminder for us moving forwards after the last few years!

 

Canon Patrick Coleman

In July of 2022, Patrick will have been Vicar of Chesterfield for eight years.

The role involves being a parish priest and a great deal more, and this ensures that there is never a dull moment, and absolutely no chance of getting bored.

Patrick has also been a curate and chaplain in the Roman Catholic Church; diocesan CME officer; part of various diocesan and provincial committees and boards; chaired community enterprises and organisations; studied languages, philosophy, theology, history, taught the latter in a downtown comprehensive school; church organist and choir member.

He has done these in places as diverse as South Wales, Rome, Varese (northern Italy) and Munich.

Patrick has also been active in supporting the work of the Church in the Highveld (South Africa) and Niassa (northern Mozambique). 

He has brought persistence and perseverance to the various complex issues faced in all these various roles, and he has always aimed at an astringent and critical loyalty to all with whom he has worked.

He has a creative mind, and hopes to bring both experience and creativity, with no holds barred, to his role in the life of the cathedral.

In any spare time left after being a parish priest and rescuer of Border Collies, Patrick enjoys music, reading, food, wine, Alfa Romeos, and classic buses.

 

Canon Julian Hollywell

Julian is the Vicar of Spondon and the priest with responsibility for the parishes of St Mark, Derwent, St Philip, Chaddesden and St Osmund with St Andrew, Wilmorton.

In these parishes he holds responsibility for inherited church and works alongside excellent pioneering colleagues developing new missional opportunities and planting churches.

Julian has served for many years in the diocese as a member of the Vocations Team and also as a National Selector.

He is a member of the Diocesan Advisory Committee for church buildings and Vice Chair of the Business Committee of the Diocesan Board of Finance.

He is Chair of the House of Clergy of the Diocesan Synod, a member of Bishop's Council and a member of the General Synod where he helped produce the legislation that led to the Well-being Covenant.

Julian is also a member of the well-being group in the diocese.

He is an ambassador for Inclusive Church and a National Trustee of the Open Table Network. He is a trustee, board member and safeguarding lead of the Derbyshire YMCA.

Julian previously worked as a diocesan officer in the Manchester and Liverpool dioceses, focussing on estates and urban mission.

 

Honorary canons serve the bishop, the cathedral and the whole of the diocese acting as a ’two way’ ambassador for the cathedral.

They have an outward facing role involving listening, sharing stories and promoting the cathedral across the diocese and helping the cathedral to listen to the wider diocese.

Acting as representatives of the cathedral at local licensings/institutions, they welcome people new to the diocese into relationship with the cathedral.

Honorary canons are part of the cathedral’s College of Canons which is a body that is able to reflect theologically on the place of the cathedral in the life, mission and ministry of the diocese and its contribution.

They currently meet two or three times a year to discuss how the cathedral is approaching its vocation theologically, tactically and strategically.

They are a significant part of the cathedral community, whether present or not, and are welcome to join in any aspects of the cathedral’s life, worship and ministry.

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