A canon has celebrated his golden jubilee of ministry with Chester Cathedral.
Canon Glyn Conway has been associated with the city’s cathedral since his teenage years.
At 18 he was a church youth club member in Rhyl and regularly stayed at the Retreat House while attending services in Chester.
Canon Conway said: “Chester Cathedral is my spiritual home. After being there so many years I’m still finding new things that I haven’t seen or noticed before, it’s very interesting.”
Ordained as a priest in St Asaph Cathedral in 1966, Canon Conway served in the parishes of Wrexham, Holywell and later in Upton by Chester where he retired a decade ago.
Regularly in the cathedral a few days a week, Canon Conway enjoys speaking to congregation and visitors among his other pastoral care duties.
He added: “I always welcome everybody and remind them history is interesting but the cathedral is in no way a museum and I encourage people to join me in reflection. The thing I enjoy most is talking to tourists - the atmosphere hits them and perhaps they hadn’t realized they may have a spiritual side.”
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The international aspects and global connections through ministry have always been very important to Canon Conway who has traveled with his wife to India and Ghana. He is also a canon at Accra Cathedral in Ghana.
He said: “I feel it’s a great privilege to share my golden jubilee with everybody. It’s an opportunity to give thanks to ministry which is unique to other professions; a priest actually impacts people in all the main aspects of life so you draw very close to people.”
Canon Precentor Jeremy Dussek said: “In the 5 June Eucharist we not only happily reminisced the years past but looked fondly toward the future and coming years. We were overjoyed to celebrate this momentous anniversary with Glyn.”
Canon Conway took the golden jubilee service alongside the Dean of Chester who preached.
Dean of Chester The Very Revd Professor Gordon McPhate said: “It means so much to us that Glyn chose to serve our cathedral, our congregation, our visitors and our city so faithfully for the past five decades. Fifty years is a long time and with our heartfelt thanks we wish him many more happy years to come.”
