People at St. Mary's
The
Rev'd Dr James Woodward
Vicar of St Mary's and
Master of the Foundation
James's principal responsibility is as Chief Executive Officer (or
Master) of the Foundation. His core work is managing the Supported and Residential care within the historic Alms Houses. He also
acts as Vicar of St. Mary's. This is a varied and stimulating role
and includes Directing the Leveson Centre.
He was ordained in 1984 and has worked as a Curate in the Diocese
of Durham, as Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford, as a hospital Chaplain
in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. He has worked in Temple
Balsall since 1998. He has a long- standing interest in the relationship
between health and religion: pastoral theology and health care ethics.
He has written widely in these fields. He is an Associate Lecturer
of the Open University, and honorary Research Fellow in practical
theology at Cardiff University and an Associate Fellow within the
centre for Health Studies within Warwick Business School. Detailed
biography and interests
Honorary
Assistant Priest
The Rev'd Professor Leslie Houlden
Leslie Houlden, now long retired, was Curate at St Mary's Hunslett,
Leeds; Chaplain Fellow of Trinity College Oxford; Principal and Vicar
of Cuddesdon; Lecturer, then Professor of Theology at King's College
London.
He is the author of many books chiefly on New
Testament and doctrinal subjects, most recently The
Strange Story of the Gospels (SPCK, 2002). He has edited Jesus
in history, Culture and Thought, 2 vols, an Encyclopaedia to be published
in 2003 by ABC-CLIO.
St Mary's Parochial Church Council
It is the function of the Parochial Church Council to co-operate
with the Vicar in promoting in the parish, the whole development and
mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.
To the council are entrusted the finances of the parish and the care,
maintenance and insurance of the church and the churchyard.
In practice, here, in St Mary's, the whole running of the parish
is a co-operative exercise between the incumbent and the council.
Churchwardens:
Steve Hill and Chris Mundell
