University of Roehampton

The Catholic Chaplaincy at Roehampton is located in Erasmus House on the Digby Stuart College Campus.

Ginny Jordan-Arthur

Ginny is the Chaplain to Digby Stuart College and Catholic Chaplain to Roehampton University. As part of the chaplaincy team, Ginny is involved in supporting community engagement, pastoral and listening conversations and offering hospitality to all. She is also a member of Digby Stuart College, and therefore part of the Society of the Sacred Heart Network and the Archdiocese of Southwark Universities Catholic Chaplaincy Team. She looks after the prayer life of the college from the Catholic tradition and celebrates the feasts central to the college foundations, leads the annual pilgrimage to Lourdes with HCPT: the pilgrimage trust, and administrator for the Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies programme. When not worshipping on campus she attends St Joseph’s RC Church in Roehampton. She has an academic background in theology and photography, and when needed can whip up a decent batch of chocolate chip muffins.

Barat House

The Chaplaincy Community at Barat House is home to an ecumenical intentional student community. With the support of the university chaplaincy, the students are expected to work together to create an intentional community, guided by the Christian ethos of Southlands College and Digby Stuart College. The community in this form has existed since 2017 and the intention is to forge a new way of living in a University context, drawing on religious beliefs and values to inspire and have an impact on others.  It is an opportunity to explore faith in action with an emphasis on ecumenism and the shared values between the Methodist and Roman Catholic Churches although residents need not necessarily be from either tradition. Equality, social justice and a commitment to improve the lives of others informs the ethos of the community.