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Father Ulick was born in St
Leonard’s-on-Sea in 1946. He grew up in London and
attended The Oratory School, Woodcote, near Reading. He
gained a BA in history in 1971 and later an MA in
history in 1975 specialising in the Period of
Appeasement. Having worked in the Civil Service for
thirteen years he was accepted as a student for the
Archdiocese of Westminster in 1981. He trained at Allen
Hall gaining a Bachelor of Divinity from Heythrop
College in 1986. He was ordained by Cardinal Hume at
the Church of Our Lady of Dolours, Fulham in 1987.
He has worked at Our Lady’s
Church, St John’s Wood 1987-1992, University Chaplaincy,
Gower Street, 1992-1995, St Thomas of Canterbury, St
Leonard’s-on-Sea, 1995-1996, Holy Redeemer, Hollington,
1996-2001. He took a sabbatical in 2001 during which he
made a comparative study of the novels of Evelyn Waugh
and Shusaku Endo. (see Luke Coppin, “The doubting
prophet of Japan” The Catholic Herald 22
September 2006) In August 2002 he took up the post of
Parish Priest of St James’s. He holds a certificate in
counselling from Kingston College, and a certificate in
transpersonal psychology from the Centre for
Transpersonal Studies, Ealing. He has visited Moldova on a
number of occasions where he was involved in setting up
a project to finance the construction of a children’s
centre in Bender. He wrote on this in “Travels in Transdniestria,” The Catholic Times. 4
June 2006. He has also written on the priest as
counsellor in “Why Jung made me a better priest,”
The Catholic Herald, 27 July 2007, and
“Priesthood and Counselling” The Furrow,
May 2007.
His hobbies are his cat,
Tatiana, being an armchair supporter of Chelsea FC,
creative writing, and his ancestor the Methodist steam
engine designer, Timothy Hackworth. He laid a
wreath at Hackworth’s statue in Shildon, Co Durham at a
special ceremony in September 2004.
Father Ulick was short-listed
by the NCFE for the "Student of the Year Award 2007" for
his work in transpersonal studies.
In 2009 he gained a diploma in counselling from Richmond
Adult Community College.
At this time, with the
Order of St Michael of the Wing, he organised the
unveiling of a memorial to King Manuel II and Queen
Augusta Portugal. The unveiling was attended by HRH Dom
Miguel of Braganza, Infante of Portugal, the Portuguese
Ambassador, the Mayor of Richmond, Councillor Celia
Hodges, and Right Rev Bishop George Stack. (See ''The
King who waited in line for Confession",
The Catholic
Herald
25/9/2009 and ''Church memorial recalls link to an
exiled king"
Richmond and Twickenham Times
2/10/2009.)"
In February 2010 he addressed the Ficino Society at
St. James' Independent School on "Shusaku Eudo - prophet
of East and West". |
