Over the last three days, 33 Society deacons and priests, many of whom are assistant curates, have gathered at the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham to support one another and to participate in the annual Initial Ministerial Education phase two (IME 2) conference, led by the Bishop of Oswestry on behalf of The Society. The delegates expressed their deep gratitude to the Cleaver Fund, which so generously met the costs of the conference.

The Right Reverend Paul Thomas, the Bishop of Oswestry, commented: "I am overjoyed that such a good number of deacons and priests have participated so enthusiastically in our IME 2 conference. Such is the success of the conference that next year we shall be adding a first incumbents' course for Society parish priests new to that role."

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