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"We cannot live for
ourselves alone;
indeed, we begin really to live only when we live for others - for the
Whole. It is your privilege and mine to be co-workers with God in
leading souls to a realisation of their Divine Kinship and Oneness with
the Source of all"
- Harry Thomas Hamblin
"A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire."
- Thomas Merton, OCSO
- Harry Thomas Hamblin
"A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire."
- Thomas Merton, OCSO
About the Foundation
The
John Kersey Foundation
is headquartered in
London, England, under the direction of John Kersey with the assistance
of specialist advisers. The aims of the Foundation are closely
associated with the range of work in which John Kersey continues to be
personally engaged, as well as having broader implications for partner
institutions. The overall context of the work of the Foundation is
explicitly spiritual, contextualising creativity and liberty as the
outcome of the values of the Christian faith as understood by the
esoteric
movement. The Foundation's establishment is designed to ensure that
these values enjoy the benefits of lasting encouragement and endowment.
The Foundation includes two main private collections of books and manuscripts. The first consists of scores of piano music of the nineteenth and to some extent the twentieth-century, concentrating on rare works and transcriptions. The second concerns the independent sacramental movement from the late nineteenth-century to the present day. The collections include both digitized and non-digitized items, the latter forming the majority.
In practical terms, the Foundation supports a number of organisations and projects as discussed in this website. At the present time, the Foundation does not consider external applications for funding.
The Foundation differs from many similar trusts and other organizations in that it is not a charity. Under English law, charities are prevented from adopting objectives that are explicitly political. The Foundation's work includes the support of political activities that are in line with its aims, specifically those which further the cause of liberty and social justice.
The Foundation includes two main private collections of books and manuscripts. The first consists of scores of piano music of the nineteenth and to some extent the twentieth-century, concentrating on rare works and transcriptions. The second concerns the independent sacramental movement from the late nineteenth-century to the present day. The collections include both digitized and non-digitized items, the latter forming the majority.
In practical terms, the Foundation supports a number of organisations and projects as discussed in this website. At the present time, the Foundation does not consider external applications for funding.
The Foundation differs from many similar trusts and other organizations in that it is not a charity. Under English law, charities are prevented from adopting objectives that are explicitly political. The Foundation's work includes the support of political activities that are in line with its aims, specifically those which further the cause of liberty and social justice.
About John Kersey
In
March 2008, John Kersey was elected Metropolitan Primate of the Liberal
Catholic Apostolic Church under the religious title of His Grace Mar
Joannes III. Consequently, he has overall responsibility for a church
with clergy
and communities in the United Kingdom and United States, as well as for
its wider outreach through the Independent Liberal Catholic Fellowship.
H.G. Mar Joannes III is 116th in direct Apostolic Succession from the
Apostle St Thomas through the Chaldean Catholic line and 139th in
direct Apostolic Succession from the Apostle St Peter through the
Syrian-Orthodox Antiochian line. He is also in succession from the
Apostles St James the Less and St Andrew.
In addition to his religious responsibilities, John Kersey is also an award-winning concert pianist and a radical educationalist.
In addition to his religious responsibilities, John Kersey is also an award-winning concert pianist and a radical educationalist.
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more about John Kersey
News from the Foundation
News items can be found at
the following locations:
>>News from the Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church
>>News from European-American University
>>Spiritual updates from the LCAC Society for Humanistic Potential
Current updates:
The première of John Kersey's new song-cycle Inscape to poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins took place on June 1 at St George's, Bloomsbury, and two further performances of the work are scheduled for the coming months.
>>News from the Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church
>>News from European-American University
>>Spiritual updates from the LCAC Society for Humanistic Potential
Current updates:
The première of John Kersey's new song-cycle Inscape to poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins took place on June 1 at St George's, Bloomsbury, and two further performances of the work are scheduled for the coming months.