2024 Guest Preachers

The names of our 2024 Guest Preachers include some interesting names: Bishop of Lancaster, Archbishop of Canterbury’s Personal Representative to the Holy See and Holyweek will be lead by a Mirfield Brother.

February 18th: ACS General Secretary, Fr Darren Smith SSC

Ash Wednesday & Holy Week: Br Stephen CR

St Mary’s Rufford Patronal Festival: Archbishop Ian, Archbishop of Canterbury’s Personal Representative to the Holy See and Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome

Old Church Sunday Evensong (August 25th) at St Mary’s Windgate: Rt Revd Jill Duff, Bishop of Lancaster

Harvest (October 13th) 10.45am All Age Eucharist at Tarleton: Revd Sam Cheesman, Bishop of Blackburn’s Chaplain.

By Mark Soady|2023-12-28T08:08:38+00:00December 28th, 2023|Uncategorized|

About the Author: Mark Soady

Fr Mark was appointed as Rector of Rufford and Tarleton in April 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold throughout the world. Previously, Mark was Area Dean and Vicar of Abergavenny & Rector of Llanwenarth Citra. Additionally, Mark was a Psychiatric Nurse and Founder/Prior of the Hollywell Community. Prior to Ordination, he was Head of Office to Rt Hon Lord Jenkins of Hillhead OM; and later worked for the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (an arm of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office) on democratisation programmes. Fr Mark served in the Royal Army Chaplain’s Department from 1998- 2012 and until 2017 was Chairman of Trustees of the Welsh Warrior: Richard Hunt Foundation, which cares for veterans. As Secretary to the Committee of Anglican Religious Communities in England, he also works with all nuns, monks and friars throughout the Church of England

2024 Guest Preachers