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We welcome Lawrence
MacLean to Frithelstock
 The
appointment of Rev. Lawrence MacLean has recently been announced and
Lawrence and his wife Jacqueline will be moving to Great Torrington at the
end of July in preparation for the Induction in September, the date to be
announced in due course.
Lawrence MacLean is currently the Chaplain of St. Mark's Church in
Florence, Italy, part of the Diocese of Europe where he has been serving
the Church for the last nine years. He has spent most of his time in the
complete restoration of the historic building in which the Church occupies
and information and photographs of the parish and life in Italy can be
found on the church website.
Rev. MacLean was born in London in 1961. He was raised in Derbyshire and
educated at Worksop College in Nottinghamshire. He read Theology at Kings
London and trained at The Theological College, Chichester. Before moving
to the Diocese of Europe he spent all of his ordained life in the Diocese
of Gloucester, and during his time in Gloucestershire he helped establish
'Emmaus Gloucestershire', a homeless charity whose aim is to 'help
homeless people help themselves'.
Lawrence MacLean is married with four children. Jacqueline, his wife, has
worked for over thirty years in Careers Guidance and before leaving for
Italy was Head of the Careers Department at Gloucester University. She
currently works as the University Counsellor at the International School
of Florence. Their four children live close to each other in or near
London. Laura, a drama graduate from Exeter University is an actress
currently working in the West End, James is in his final year at Oxford
reading Theology, Flossy is in her second year at Greenwich University
reading History and Benjamin is preparing to sing at the Royal Wedding as
he is a Chorister at Westminster Abbey.
Both Lawrence and Jacqueline love the arts and look forward to working
closely alongside the local community in the promotion of cultural
projects. They have a great love of gardens and gardening and after nine
years without their own garden are looking forward to enjoying the
benefits of the English garden centre.
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