Christians on 2014 New Years Honours List

Angel of the North - Anthony Gormley

Many Catholics and Christians of other denominations have been awarded in the New Year’s Honours list 2014. Among them is the sculptor Anthony Gormley, who was knighted for services to the arts. Karren Brady, the Vice Chair of West Ham football club and star of The Apprentice, was awarded a CBE for services to entrepreneurship and women in business. The actor Michael Crawford was also awarded a CBE for charitable and philanthropic services, particularly to children’s charities. The former chair of Marriage Care, Terry Prendergast has been given an OBE for services to families, while Barry and Margaret Mizen, whose son Jimmy was tragically killed in 2008, have been awarded MBEs for their work with young people through the Jimmy Mizen Foundation.

Other notable Catholics and Christians who have received honours include:

Dr Mary Colette Bow; DBE; Chair, Ofcom. For services to Media and Communications.

Rachel de Souza; DBE; Lately Executive Principal, Ormiston Victory Academy, Norwich, Norfolk. For services to Education.

Haydn Evans; CBE; Headteacher, Sir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat Church of England Secondary School, Tower Hamlets, London. For services to Education.

Margaret Farrar; CBE; Lately Strategic Director for Leadership Development, National College for Teaching and Leadership. For services to Education.

Elaine White; CBE; Headteacher, St Mary and St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Gateshead. For services to Education and voluntary service to People with Disabilities.

Stephen Hough; CBE; Pianist. For services to Music.

The Reverend Canon Roy McCullough; MBE; For services to the Church of England particularly the Preservation of the Built Heritage of Churches through the Diocesan Advisory Committee in Lancashire.

Margaret Houghton; MBE; Head of French, Carmel College, St Helens. For services to Education.

Christopher Smart; MBE; Chair of Governors, Our Lady’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Princethorpe, Rugby, Warwickshire. For services to Education.

Anne Bryden; MBE; Lately Language Teacher, St Edwards Church of England School and Sixth Form College, Havering. For services to Education.

David Lodge; MBE; Chair of Grants Committee, Friends of Essex Churches Trust. For services to Building Conservation.Edward Le Quesne, chairman of Christian Aid in Jersey receives an MBE for his services to charity.

Nigel Spencer; MBE; Teacher, All Saints Church of England Primary School, Essex. For services to Education.

Patrick Edward Jackson; BEM; For voluntary services to People with Disabilities through St Augustine’s Church, Gateshead.

Patricia Madden; BEM; Volunteer, Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School, Bristol. For services to Education.

Penny Brookman; BEM; Volunteer Dance and Drama Teacher, Kintbury St Mary’s Church of England Primary School, Berkshire. For services to Education.

Frederick Peacock; BEM; For services to Church Music in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Eileen Withrington; BEM; School Volunteer, St Jude and St Paul’s Church of England Primary School, Islington. For services to Education.

Margaret Boden, former Chief Executive of Christian Aid, Ireland, receives an OBE for her services to international development.