A delegation of church leaders from the south-west of England will begin a three day fact finding visit to the Church of Ireland Theological Institute on Monday .
The delegation will be composed of the Bishop of Plymouth, the Rt Revd John Ford, the Bishop of Truro, the Rt Revd Tim Thornton, and the Archdeacon of Cornwall, the Ven. Roger Bush. They are engaged in examining ministerial formation and training in their region and would like to consider setting up a catechetical institute to meet the needs of a scattered population in south-east England.
The delegation will meet the Director of CICE, the Revd Dr Maurice Elliott and the ordinands, and visit the RCB Library which provides for the reading needs of the Institute. They will hear from Andrew McNeile , Project Coordinator to the House of Bishop, on how the Church of Ireland bishops planned changes to ministry training and from members of the CITI staff - the Revd Ted Woods will talk about M.Th internships, Dr Katie Heffelfinger will explain the delivery of distance learning modules and Canon Patrick Comerford will discuss the development of worship in CITI.
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