Who's who
St Barnabas is led through a collaboration between ordained and lay leaders. We are very blessed with a gifted and diverse clergy and congregation who offer their skills to the mission and ministry of the church.
Our Team
Thank you for visiting our website - you are most welcome here and do get in touch to find out more. I am delighted to have been vicar of St Barnabas Ealing since June 2024, and have loved getting to know the area and its people. If you and I haven't met yet, please do be in touch with me; I will be pleased to meet you.
I live in the vicarage close to the church in Pitshanger with Julian, my two teenagers and our cat Minou.
As an orchestral violinist I am pleased to play with one of the Ealing ensembles, so many of whom are regularly part of the vibrant musical life of St Barnabas we rejoice in. I enjoy getting out and sharing in your events of all kinds in our locality, whether they be of any faith or none, believing in the restorative gifts of community and social interaction. Drop me an email to let me know.
Felicity Mather
PCC and Pastoral Assistant
I have lived in Ealing for 39 years; for 25 of those years I worked as a local GP.
I then trained as a Pastoral Assistant, a role I have fulfilled for 15 years. I am a member of the Ministry Team and am passionate about pastoral care and the local community.
I was born and brought up in the borough of Ealing, attending Notting Hill & Ealing High School until I was 18. I then did a bi-lingual course at the Institut Francais in London and worked as an interpreter/PA. I married Stephen in 1967 we moved back to Ealing in 1977 with our 2 daughters. I had twin boys in 1980.
I began training for the priesthood in 2001 at STETS, a theological college in Salisbury. After ordination in 2004 I served my curacy at St Mary with St Nicholas in Perivale, London. I remained there as Assistant Priest until taking over as vicar in 2014. I retired in 2017 and am now an Associate Priest here at St Barnabas Church. During this time, I have also worked in Conflict Resolution, Bereavement and Pastoral Care training and also spent 3 years as a prison chaplain.
My husband, Paul, and I have recently moved to the UK from Johannesburg, South Africa. We have three daughters living in and around London and a son in Melbourne. We decided to make the move to be closer to our 5 grandchildren here as they grow up.
For the last 10 years I have been at St Mary’s Junior School for girls in Waverley where I facilitated Divinity lessons across the primary school and supported the school chaplain with confirmation classes and weekly Chapel services for the staff and students. I've always had a twin vocation to minister and teach.
I look forward to being with you at St Barnabas and thank you for your welcoming presence.
Luca is a conductor, singing teacher, pianist and musicologist. He is a Tutor in Music at the University of Oxford and was previously the Headley Trust Scholar at Royal Holloway. He holds a degree in Music at the University of Oxford where he held a choral scholarship at Merton College.
Alongside his work at St Barnabas, he is Director of the Alma Consort and a Choral Director at St John the Baptist Holland Road and works with multiple other groups on a freelance basis. As a singer he has appeared with numerous professional choirs and opera companies. He teaches singing to choral scholars at Oxford and at Latymer Upper.
His music has received significant attention online and has been heard on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, and TRE Europe.
Nick Barnes
Verger
020 8998 4079
parish.office.@barnabites.org
I've lived in Ealing almost all my life and have served St Barnabas parish as Facilities Manager for over 30 years. I'm passionate about working in the local community and ensuring the buildings of the church are well maintained to enable our mission and ministry.
