Revd Catherine Duce is Assistant Vicar for the Nazareth Companions.  She is a founder member of The Nazareth Community  that gathers at St Martin-in-the-Fields, seeking God in contemplation and prayer and learning to live generously and compassionately. It follows a simple seven-fold contemporary rule of life. The Companions of Nazareth, led by Catherine, follow the same contemporary rule of life but come from all parts of the country and world and gather online for times of prayer and contemplation and each year for retreats. St Martin-in-the-Fields is the motherhouse of the community. For more details visit: https://www.nazareth.community/ Her appointment was initially made possible because St Martin’s was designated a resource church by the Diocese of London.

Catherine served a four year curacy at St Stephen’s, Rochester Row in the diocese of London. Before ordination she worked in theological action research at Heythrop College and Ripon College Cuddesdon. She has co-authored two books:  Researching Practice in Ministry and Mission: A companion and Talking about God in Practice: Theological Action Research and Practical Theology.

Catherine is married to Matthew Harbage who is Vicar of St Paul’s New Southgate in north London.