Book Launch
April 1, 2025 • Bridget Gillard
The Posbury St Francis Trust invite you to a Book Launch at 6pm on the 9th May 2025, at St Stephen’s Church, Exeter.
See the flyer here for more details.
Dates for your Diary
February 9, 2025 • The Venerable Dr Trevor Jones, Chair
Please save these dates:
1. Friday - 9 May 2025
Book launch
The Trustees are pleased to announce that Bridget Gillard’s book,
‘Mother of Invention’
recounting the history of the Franciscan servants of Jesus and Mary (FSJM) at Posbury, and the initiatives of Mother Teresa, will be launched at Saint Stephen’s Church Exeter on Friday 9 May, from 6 pm to 9 pm. At 6 pm, or shortly afterwards, there will be introductory talks followed by drinks and canapés.
Do come and join us!
RSVP: the Administrator (admin@psft.org.uk)
2. Monday 6 October 2025 at 7pm
Posbury St Francis Trust
Annual Lecture 2025
The Revd Steve Chalke of Oasis Trust will deliver this year’s Posbury St Francis Trust Lecture.
The 3rd Posbury St Francis Trust Annual Lecture in partnership with the University of Exeter’s Centre for Ethics and Practical Theology will be held on
Monday 6 October 2025 at 7pm Venue: University of Exeter.
The Lecture is free; full details to follow, but please note the date now!
Steve Chalke is Minister of Oasis Church, London and a regular contributor to BBC’s Radio 4 ‘Thought for the Day’. He has a wide range of interests in Prison Reform, Education and Social Justice. He is the founder of Oasis Trust and a former United Nations Adviser on Human Trafficking. He holds the Guinness Record for the largest raiser of sponsorship money from a single event in 2005 raising £1.2 million for Oasis’s Schools in deprived areas!
You are very welcome to join us, in person or on-line. Further details to follow.
Sister Giovanna Funeral
December 22, 2024 • The Venerable Dr Trevor Jones, Chair
Sister Giovanna’s Funeral arrangements:
Tuesday, January 7th 2025 at St Luke’s Chapel, Posbury:
- 12.00 Requiem mass
- 1.30 Funeral Service followed by burial at Posbury St Francis burial ground.
There will be refreshments at the church for all attendees.
Donations (Family Flowers only) to St Luke’s Chapel which had become Sister Giovanna’s spiritual home following the closure of Posbury St Francis.
Death of Sister Giovanna FSJM
December 14, 2024 • The Venerable Dr Trevor Jones, Chair
Sister Giovanna, FSJM, died yesterday, 13 December 2024. She is the last surviving member of the Community at Posbury and will be buried among her Community at the burial ground, Posbury.
Further details will be announced when known.
Posbury St Francis Annual Lecture 2024: Radical Hope (Recording)
November 1, 2024 • Dr Bethany Sollereder
The Posbury St Francis Annual Lecture 2024, given by Dr Bethany Sollereder, took place on 7th October and is now available to watch on our YouTube channel!
In a world where the climate has already changed, we need a hope that stretches beyond simply stopping change. This lecture draws from theology, history, and the natural sciences to argue for ways we can build hope in a world where climate change is already occurring and will continue to happen.
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