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  • The connection with St Michael & All Angels is through her former parish, and as it's meant to be a surprise I haven't wanted to consult with her or them on which text to use I do have the go-ahead from the Vicar and the Musical Director at the church where she is spending her Curacy, of course.

    September 29: The Feast of St. Michael and All Angels bls 2008

  • He was educated for the ministry, and appointed to the Curacy of Llanwrtyd and Abergwesyn, in

    The Poetry of Wales John Jenkins

  • In the year 1783 he received Holy Orders, and was shortly afterwards presented to the perpetual Curacy of

    Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories 1899

  • The Scholarship is a trifle, but it gives him a right, upon a vacancy, to a Fellowship of more than sixty pounds a year if he resides, and I suppose of more than forty if he takes a Curacy or small living.

    Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

  • It was, that it is the wisdom of the Curate, when he has once deliberately accepted a Curacy, to be thoroughly loyal all along; to consider himself as "at the Vicar's beck and call"; to serve him heartily and unreservedly.

    To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work 1880

  • Few, very few, are the cases where a man who has accepted a Curacy _with his eyes reasonably open_ finds that such is the friction of the position that his first duty is to seek a release.

    To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work 1880

  • The new Curacy, the new duties and opportunities, if the man has his heart in his ministry, will prove intensely interesting, and at first, very possibly, encouragement and acceptance may predominate over experiences of difficulty and trial.

    To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work 1880

  • So our able Lecturer led us through our own history; and then he proceeded to instruct us in some main elements of our legal qualifications, and duties, and rights: how to get into a Curacy, and how to get out of it; what are the Bishop's rights over the Curate, and how the Archbishop may interpose if the Curate pleads a grievance against the Bishop.

    To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work 1880

  • A young pastoral preacher was once, in my hearing, warmly and lovingly thanked for his pulpit-work, on the eve of his quitting his Curacy; and the point on which his humble friends dwelt was that he had always preached Christ, _and_ always showed them how to make use of His presence and power in the actual circumstances of their lives.

    To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work 1880

  • But, to be as practical as possible, I will assume that the Curacy is of

    To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work 1880

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