Posbury St Francis Annual Lecture 2025: Where There's Ruin, There's Hope (Recording)
October 12, 2025 • Revd Steve Chalke
The Posbury St Francis Annual Lecture 2025, given by Revd Steve Chalke, took place on 6th October and is now available to watch on our YouTube channel!
Posbury St Francis Annual Lecture 2025: Where There's Ruin, There's Hope
August 3, 2025 • Revd Steve Chalke
6:30pm Monday 6th October, University of Exeter
(drinks from 6pm)
Steve Chalke MBE is the founder of the Oasis Trust, which has wide experience in youth work, housing, healthcare and educational projects in Britain and across Europe, Asia and Africa.
Oasis Restore is a new UK-based project working to improve the life chances of young people in custody, developing a therapeutic model of care and education with a strong focus on restoration. Oasis is working with the Ministry of Justice to create the UK’s first secure school, a replacement for youth jail, in the biggest move forward in youth justice in living memory.
Its focus will be on restoration and re-integration into society. Oasis Restore will develop a safe environment with a holistic and integrated approach to education, care and health which will improve the life chances of some of the country’s most vulnerable young people.
Register for free in-person or online tickets here.
Mother of Invention: PSFT Book Launch
April 1, 2025 • Bridget Gillard
Over 40 people attended the launch of the book, ‘Mother of Invention’, by Dr Bridget Gillard, a history of The Franciscan Servants of Jesus and Mary (FSJM) on Friday 9 May in St Stephen’s Church, Exeter.
A fascinating introduction was given by Bishop Martin Shaw whose aunt was a professed member of the FSJM Community.
Pictured - FSJM Extern Sister June Roberts with Dr Bridget Gillard.
Copies of the book, at the discounted price of £20, plus £2.50 P & P available from:
BACS:
52-10-26
12051829
The Posbury St Francis Trust
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.
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