Dear Parents, Caregivers and Members of the St Paul’s Collegiate School Community
It is with a genuine mixture of sadness and pride that I write to inform you that Reverend Craig Luccock will be leaving St Paul’s Collegiate at the end of 2014 to take up the position of Chaplain at highly regarded Appleby College in Canada.
Reverend Luccock came to St Paul’s in 2009, at a very tumultuous time, just before the sad passing of the Williams Housemaster, Mr Keith van Niekerk. He started as he has in fact continued, proving an extremely empathetic, supportive and inspiring Chaplain to the St Paul’s community. Over the past five and a half years, Reverend Luccock has consistently produced relevant and thought-provoking sermons for weekly, midday and Sunday evening worship, for both students and staff alike. A decent, genuine individual, Reverend Luccock will be really missed. In the fourth term, we will provide him and his family with an appropriate farewell.
Both Craig and his wife Ellen, immigrated from Vancouver, Canada in 2007 to take up a position as Minister to the St Stephen’s Tamahere Anglican Parish. Reverend Luccock acted for a brief period as a part-time Chaplain at St Peter’s School, before coming to St Paul’s Collegiate in late April 2009.
The prestigious school that Reverend Luccock and his family are going to in Canada, Appleby College, is situated in Oakville, Ontario and is a day and boarding school for 750 young men and women from Years 8 to 13, which has a strong outdoor emphasis and a similar educational philosophy to our own school.
Given that the Canadian new school year starts in September, we have appreciated the significant notice period offered by Reverend Luccock. We will soon commence in a world-wide search to ensure that we secure a high quality replacement for Reverend Luccock who is able to engage and awake a sense of spirituality in our young people.
We are very proud of Reverend Luccock’s appointment to this high profile Canadian school and wish him, Ellen and his family every happiness and satisfaction from the move back to Canada.