Meet the Team

Revd Caroline Kennedy

I am privileged to work in the world of Higher Education and more specifically, here at the University of Cumbria. Before ordination I was a French teacher in large state secondary schools and an Ecumenical Chaplain in an FE College and university. Work as a School Chaplain in a city Academy since, and some French teaching in rural primary schools, has contributed to an understanding that education at all levels is a powerful agent for change. 

I am interested in what makes a good life and helps us navigate it well. In the impact of habits, choices, faith and a practice of prayer on a person’s inner life or soul and on their action and contribution in the world.

Walking and being outside in nature, often with our border collie, is one of my favourite things. I love long treks involving several days and at least once a year do a silent retreat away from my ‘phone, family, friends and work. I also act as a guide for silent retreats in a Spirituality Centre in North Wales.

Meeting students and staff at the university, face to face and online is a top priority. I am out and about and online, three days a week. You can make an appointment with a Chaplain via the  Student Enquiry Point | Student Enquiry Point,  call into one of the Chapels, email me or my colleague Clare or come to one of the Chaplaincy activities advertised on our website under Rule of Life, in the Student Global or on screens.

Email: caroline.kennedy@cumbria.ac.uk, 
Phone: 01228 279266

Revd Caroline Kennedy

I am privileged to work in the world of Higher Education and more specifically, here at the University of Cumbria. Before ordination I was a French teacher in large state secondary schools and an Ecumenical Chaplain in an FE College and university. Work as a School Chaplain in a city Academy since, and some French teaching in rural primary schools, has contributed to an understanding that education at all levels is a powerful agent for change. 

I am interested in what makes a good life and helps us navigate it well. In the impact of habits, choices, faith and a practice of prayer on a person’s inner life or soul and on their action and contribution in the world.

Walking and being outside in nature, often with our border collie, is one of my favourite things. I love long treks involving several days and at least once a year do a silent retreat away from my ‘phone, family, friends and work. I also act as a guide for silent retreats in a Spirituality Centre in North Wales.

Meeting students and staff at the university, face to face and online is a top priority. I am out and about and online, three days a week. You can make an appointment with a Chaplain via the  Student Enquiry Point | Student Enquiry Point,  call into one of the Chapels, email me or my colleague Clare or come to one of the Chaplaincy activities advertised on our website under Rule of Life, in the Student Global or on screens.

Email: caroline.kennedy@cumbria.ac.uk, 
Phone: 01228 279266

Revd. Clare Sheperd, Chaplain

Although I was born in Chorley, I grew up in Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines because my parents were missionaries. I studied Modern Foreign Languages in Coventry, Criminology as an apprentice Probation Officer in Coventry and Theology in London. I have a very varied CV and I believe in life long learning.

After working in parish work in Surrey and London, I moved up to Lancaster in 2024 because my husband got a job as a curate at St Thomas’s church. I was lucky enough to find this role as a chaplain at this university. We have a dog, Dibley, and a cat, Winston. You may well meet Dibley if you see me around the Lancaster campus, he often does a stint as a voluntary chaplaincy assistant.

I love reading novels, and I am a frequent visitor to our library. You can usually find me around the Lancaster campus, or in the chaplaincy office which is in the back of St Martin’s Chapel.

Contact Clare

Email: clare.shepherd@cumbria.ac.uk, Phone: 07483 376 211

Nawaz Munshi, Hon. Muslim Chaplain

Contact Nawaz

Email: nawaz@sultanoflancaster.com, Phone: 01524 385689

Revd Richard Bray, Hon. Chaplain

Hi, I’m Richard, your Church of England chaplain for the London campus. I became a Christian while I was a student, when my friends persuaded me to look at the evidence that Jesus rose from the dead.

After a few years working for a media company, I’ve been in full-time church work for a number of years and am now pastor (from September 2014) of St Anne’s Church, Limehouse. I’d love to hear from you, whether you want to chat about a pastoral matter or discuss the big questions of life.

Email: richard.bray@stanneslimehouse.org, 
Phone: 07798 940 554