Student Stories

I realised quite quickly that Ripon College Cuddesdon had become home for me. I understand now that so much of ordained ministry is based entirely on discovering and maintaining good relationships, and training at Cuddesdon gave me the best possible start in preparation for this. Living in the Oxfordshire countryside in a beautiful village meant that I had time and space...

My name is Sam I’m 22 years old and in my third year of training for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon. I’ve come from Kingswood where I’d been working with the churches in Kingswood Team Ministry, mostly with the Church plant All Souls Southey Park and in the estate it’s planted in through different community projects.

I became a Christian...

Both my wife, Barbara, and I have a Roman Catholic background, but some years ago we’ve discovered Anglicanism and found it to be a better, more exciting and more challenging way to follow Christ. It helps us to see the world in more open, positive and inclusive way.

In 2012 I planted a small Anglican Congregation in Krakow (Southern Poland) and...

I’m a two-year ordinand studying for the Oxford University MTh and enjoying the great outdoors at Cuddesdon. I’d been in PR and communications in London for 15 years mainly in property and financial/professional services, and there’s no doubt returning to full-time education and moving has been challenging at times. Formation for any type of ministry is not easy but being at...

I've felt called to ministry for a long time now, but never imagined when I first met with a DDO that I would be studying for an Oxford degree, training for ordination and mothering our two little boys here at Cuddesdon. It all felt a bit like an impossible dream!

Before coming to Cuddesdon, I worked for eight years in London...