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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Resources

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

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Community Life

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

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Study

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

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Double Pauline farewell

29 March 202331 March 2023

The most recent meeting of Institute Council earlier this week marked the end of two terms of service on the part of the Revd Professor Paul Foster and the Revd…

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Donors in March

27 March 202327 March 2023

We begin our round-up this month by thanking St Cuthbert’s Colinton (Diocese of Edinburgh) for its immensely generous donation of £13,000, offered annually from August 2020 for five years. The…

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New SEI Principal is appointed

22 March 202322 March 2023

The next Principal of the Scottish Episcopal Institute will be the Rev Dr Michael Hull. Dr Hull will start in his new role at the beginning of July upon the…

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Feedback, flapjacks and formation

21 March 202321 March 2023

SEI could not do its job without the amazing cohort of people named ‘Diocesan Advisors’, those individuals, both lay and ordained, who accompany a student through the three years of…

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Transforming practice

20 March 202320 March 2023

‘It is so good to be here together.’ That was the verdict of the Associate Tutors attending the annual SEI Staff Residential at the Conforti Centre, Coatbridge last week. This…

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Various vocations

12 March 202312 March 2023

One of the joys of this past weekend at Kinnoull – and there were many – was the announcement of where this year’s Leavers will be going next, pending Recommendations…

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Residential Weekend #4

6 March 20236 March 2023

The fourth residential of this academic year begins this Friday, as ever set in the tranquil environs of St Mary’s Monastery, Kinnoull. Staff and students look forward to having three…

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Donors in February

27 February 202327 February 2023

Once again SEI’s Training Fund has benefitted from receiving deputising fees which would otherwise have been paid to the Revd Sally Gorton, Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway. We thank Sally…

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Travels in Lutherland

24 February 202324 February 2023

Second year ordinand Eilidh Proudfoot, shown front left in the photo, shares tales of her recent pilgrimage through Luther’s Germany. I was delighted to be invited to join fellow students…

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Canterbury Tale

20 February 202320 February 2023

Second year Mixed Mode ordinand Ross Stirling-Young contributes this powerful tale from his recent pilgrimage down south. I write this article whilst waiting to board my ‘plane home, knowing that…

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Preachers available!

13 February 202313 February 2023

Every year the Gospel for the Fourth Sunday of Easter explores the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. In tandem with the practice of other denominations, the College of…

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Teaching staff’s own residential!

9 February 202310 February 2023

13 members of the SEI staff team are looking forward eagerly to next month’s residential event at the Xaverian Missionaries’ Conforti Centre, Coatbridge. For the past three years, this gathering…

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