Tower and Town, October 2017 (view the full edition)Introducing Tim NovisI am absolutely thrilled to be the new Senior Chaplain at Marlborough College. My wife Cate, along with my three children, have all found both the school and the community very welcoming and very warm. We feel already quite at home. I was born and raised in St.Catharines, Ontario, Canada and I attended Trinity College, University of Toronto for my degrees. After 9 years as a parish priest, the Bishop of Niagara invited me to apply for the post of Chaplain at Ridley College, an independent boarding school in my hometown, where a certain Mr Jonathan Leigh was the Headmaster! After three years there, my family and I moved to the UK, after I was hired by Sir Anthony Seldon to the post of Senior Chaplain at Wellington College in Crowthorne, Berkshire. Jonathan likes to say, quite rightly, that I am the only person in his long career whom he has appointed to the same post twice! And it is a wonderful feeling working with him again. With his much deserved retirement imminent, I am sorry it will only be for a year. My commitment to school chaplaincy is rooted in a deep concern for the young people of today, who will face unique challenges and for whom the gift of a developed and questioning faith is of immeasurable value. Tim Novis |