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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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Orientation Week 2024 concludes

4 September 20244 September 2024
The SEI community gathered at St Mary’s Monastery, Kinnoull, Perth, from Monday 26 August to Sunday 1 September for its Orientation Week 2024. Orientation Week marks the start of the…
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SEI Short Course: on the Holy Spirit within the Trinity

2 September 20242 September 2024
The latest in the series of online short courses provided by the Scottish Episcopal Institute looks at the Holy Spirit within the Trinity, and is led by Anna-Claar Thomasson-Rosingh, Director…
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Liturgy training at Orientation Week

30 August 202431 August 2024
The Scottish Episcopal Institute’s Orientation Week 2024 features a bespoke module on Christian worship. This intensive and interactive module aims to give ordinands an overview of Christian worship, to enable…
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Orientation Week 2024 begins!

29 August 202429 August 2024
The SEI community is now gathered at St Mary’s Monastery, Kinnoull, Perth, from Monday 26 August to Sunday 1 September for its Orientation Week 2024. Orientation Week marks the start…
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Ember Card 2024

16 August 202416 August 2024
Ember Days are a time in which we are asked to pray for those about to be ordained or licensed to authorised ministry in the Scottish Episcopal Church. The Ember…
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Board of Examiners 2024

30 July 202430 July 2024
SEI’s Board of Examiners met on Tuesday 30 July 2024 via Zoom to consider the progression of its students and to make recommendations for awards to the Durham University (Overarching)…
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Carbon Literacy at SEI

1 July 202427 June 2024
Prof Michael Hull and Dr Anna-Claar Thomasson-Rosingh, Principal and Director of Studies, respectively, have successfully completed the Carbon Literacy Project's training course and are now certified as ‘carbon literate’, that…
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Pantonian Lecture 2024: Lead us not into temptation

25 June 202425 June 2024
Prof Michael Hull, SEI’s Principal, delivered the 2024 Pantonian Professor of Divinity Lecture on Wednesday 12 June 2024, St Ternan's Day, at St Vincent's Chapel, Edinburgh.  The lecture is entitled ‘Lead us…
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Dr Holmes to become Provost

19 June 202419 June 2024
The Rev Dr Stephen Mark Holmes has been appointed Provost of St Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth, succeeding the Very Revd Hunter Farquharson who retired in July 2023. Stephen is an Associate…
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Principal at All Saints’, St Andrews, for Corpus Christi

10 June 202411 June 2024
SEI’s Principal, Prof Michael Hull, was honoured to preach at the Holy Eucharist on Corpus Christi, Thursday 30 May, at All Saints’, St Andrews, and to join in the Procession.…
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2024 Haggart Bursary announced!

3 June 202431 May 2024
The winner of the 2024 Alastair Haggart Bursary is the Rev Canon Christoph Wutscher, Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Stirling, in the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane. The…
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Institute Council: Bringing in the May

30 May 202430 May 2024
The Rev Canon Elaine C Garman, a Member of the Institute Council, which governs the Scottish Episcopal Institute, sums up the Council’s meeting of Monday 27 May 2024:– The Scottish Episcopal…

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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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