266:"It was unspeakable, you picked over the lads demolishing their motorbikes in the corridor, the debris, the row going on outside, the unbelievable neighbours, the violence. then Simon’s flat was like going into a don’s room at Cambridge, elegant, beautiful, with lots of books. Simon maintained his distinctiveness and yet had a readiness to share that without any pretence he liked Top of the Pops or whatever, and they recognised in him his care for them. I don’t know if the parish ever recognised the significance of that ministry".
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from a sexual partner. He learned that he had the virus only a month before his induction as Rector of
Dinnington. For several years he worked in the parish without obvious symptoms, but when he became too unwell to conceal his condition from the people around him he informed the diocesan authorities
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His spirituality was very much inspired by Celtic
Christianity, its holy places and saints. Among the sacred places most important to him was the small island of Bardsey, off the coast of Wales, which had been a great centre of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages. It became a place he returned to often.
141:, one of five children - Rosemary, Simon, Martin, Jacqueline, and Caroline. His father, the Reverend Walter Bailey, was a Baptist minister who combined conservative evangelical theological convictions with social radicalism. He bought his first television in order to be able to watch the funeral of
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Therefore, he involved people from the wider community in the project and performance, including the local schools. In fact the cast alone came to more than 100 people. The play's narrative is an imaginary depiction of how Chad and his followers attempted to bring
Christianity to the region in the
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A major event for the parish and the wider community, conceived and executed by Simon Bailey, was a large-scale community venture involving the production and performance of a play written and directed by him. It built on the mediaeval tradition of mystery and miracle plays, and was performed with
466:“… the symbols are the only way in. It is rediscovering the Story, the Myth, reawakening it, drawing life from it, discovering it alive in our midst to invigorate us, right in the middle of the community".
254:, where he stayed four years. Unusually, he chose to live not in the more middle-class suburb of Norton itself, but on a rough part of a council estate on the edge of the parish. In an article he wrote for
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He came to national attention when a television documentary was made of how he continued his work in the parish after telling his Bishop and parishioners he had AIDS - the first
British priest to do so.
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435:(see above) contains extracts from his unpublished writings. These hint at considerable literary gifts and it is to be hoped that a full publication will appear eventually.
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The
Miracle Play, performed on 1–6 July 1985, was a contribution to Sheffield's Year of Mission in 1984–5. This year had also involved a mission by the American evangelist
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dancing, acting and music in the churchyard of the ancient parish church of St. James. The play, "Chad. A Miracle Play for Norton" was written largely in blank verse.
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Bailey was a strong advocate of women priests and an active member of the
Ministry for the Ordination of Women (MOW). He also became involved in the
462:, he drew a comparison between the role of the priest and actors and stressed the importance of the theatrical dimension, celebrating the symbols:
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and Bailey sought to offer an alternative to the individualism stressed in evangelical
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Simon Bailey wrote a biographical study of the liturgical scholar
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121:(16 June 1955 – 27 November 1995) was a British
413:(London: National Society, Church House, 1986.
226:After Oxford, Simon Bailey studied theology at
425:The well within: parables for living and dying
207:Despite having chosen to study at the Baptist
471:He also acquired a significant collection of
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165:were regular visitors to the family home in
585:"Norton miracle play a community affair".
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427:(London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1996)
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145:in 1965. Walter Bailey supported the
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223:as more "aesthetic and sensual".
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351:wrote a lengthy article for the
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