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Forming people for ministry

The Scottish Episcopal Institute forms those preparing for a variety of authorised ministries in the Scottish Episcopal Church, lay and ordained, shaping vibrant missional ministers for today’s world.

The Scottish Episcopal Institute welcomes you

The Scottish Episcopal Institute supports ordinands, students for lay ministries, and those engaged in deepening their Christian faith in our churches. It does this through programmes of formation and learning that aim to encourage baptised people to respond to the call of God in their lives. No two students are…Continue reading “The Scottish Episcopal Institute welcomes you”

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The SEI offers a number of resources for students and the wider Scottish Episcopal Church. Publications The Scottish Episcopal Institute…

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SEI is a school for ministry, not a divinity school (though students are taught by excellent academic specialists in every…

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The Scottish Episcopal Institute trains candidates for ordained ministry as priests (incumbent and assistant), vocational deacons and Lay Readers. SEI…

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Leavers!

15 May 202515 May 2025
The final residential weekend of the 2024–25 formational year was full of moments of celebration, including ‘Nicaea at 1700’, an ecumenical study day, which was led by Professor Lewis Ayres at St…
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Nicaea at 1700

13 May 202513 May 2025
Professor Lewis Ayres, Professor of Catholic & Historical Theology in the Department of Theology & Religion at Durham University, and a Professore Incaricato in the Faculty of Theology at the Pontifical…
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Principal at All Saints’, St Andrews, for Easter III

7 May 20257 May 2025
SEI’s Principal, Prof Michael Hull, was honoured to preach at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Easter, 4 May 2025, at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, St Andrews. The…
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Dr Victoria Turner is the Scottish Episcopal Institute’s New Director of Studies

2 May 20252 May 2025
Dr Victoria Turner, currently Lecturer in Mission and Pastoral Studies at Ripon College Cuddesdon, has been appointed Director of Studies at the Scottish Episcopal Institute! Victoria succeeds the Rev Dr Anna-Claar…
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Principal at St John’s Perth

23 April 202524 April 2025
SEI’s Principal, Prof Michael Hull, was honoured to preach at the Good Friday devotions on 18 April 2025 at St John the Baptist Episcopal Church, Perth, and to participate in…
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Prof Hull elected Chair of the TEI Forum

2 April 20252 April 2025
https://thehoxton.com/edinburgh/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwwLO_BhB2EiwAx2e-39wlUetqBV2BqYe2BRGdJXapvVGxYcOQ7FWWooneX3X6V-2oXsvDwxoC5mIQAvD_BwE The Scottish Episcopal Institute participates in the Common Awards scheme (CA). CA brings together 18 theological education institutions (TEI). The TEI Forum provides an opportunity for all TEIs in CA…
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SEI Administrator

21 March 20254 April 2025
SEI has a new administrator, Alana Hathaway, is the Academic Administrator for the Scottish Episcopal Institute. Alana grew up in Aotearoa New Zealand & has recently moved to Edinburgh with…
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Faith and Order Board Residential 2025

13 March 202513 March 2025
The Scottish Episcopal Church’s Faith and Order Board met for its annual residential at the Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling, from Monday 10th of March through Wednesday 12th of…
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March Residential Weekend

12 March 202512 March 2025
The Scottish Episcopal Institute's fourth residential weekend of the formational year 2024-25 was held at St Mary's Monastery, Kinnoull, Perth, from Friday 7 March through Sunday 9 March, incorporating the…
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Developing Theological Educators

6 March 20256 March 2025
On Saturday 1 March, Prof Hull addressed an online conference sponsored by the Theological Educators Network entitled, ‘Developing Theological Educators’. Forty or so participants joined to consider what the possibilities…
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Prof Hull Addressed the Diocesan Synod of the United Diocese of Argyll & The Isles

28 February 202528 February 2025
SEI’s Principal, Prof Michael Hull, was honoured to address the Diocesan Synod of the United Diocese of Argyll & The Isles on Wednesday  26 February at the Corran Halls, Oban.…
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SEI Journal Winter 2024 issue

6 February 20256 February 2025
The Winter 2024 edition of the SEI Journal, a quarterly publication from the Scottish Episcopal Institute is now available. The themes of the issue are migration, hospitality, and theological reflections on…

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Upcoming events

Dr Dafydd Daniel, Lecturer in Divinity, School of Divinity, St Andrew's University, will present the Tenth Annual Scottish Episcopal Institute Lecture on Thursday 30 October at 5pm entitled, 'Scottish Theology and Scot-Land', at All Saints Episcopal Church, St Andrews. The Lecture will be recorded and available online thereafter.

More detail of previous series of short course presentations can be found here.

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