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About Us
Broken Rites is an interdenominational group offering mutual support and information to separated and divorced spouses and partners of clergy and recognised ministers
Our Aims
- Peer support for clergy spouses and partners who are experiencing difficulty in their relationships or situations.
- To create and sustain awareness within churches and the wider community of the problems of clergy marriage and partnership breakdown.
- To raise awareness of the need for the provision of pastoral and practical care for clergy families; and to campaign for consistency in this.
Our Achievements Include
“Welcome to the lovely group none of us wanted to join!”
We have over 150 members from many different denominations and a committee which meets three times a year to discuss issues and determine policy. An Annual General Meeting is held in April or May. There is a regular newsletter, “The Rite Lines.” Our work is funded by membership subscriptions and donations.
Associate Members are those who support our work but are not eligible to join as Members. There is a special page here for Associates.
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Area Map
In each area of the UK there is a Representative and several Link Members.
As some areas cover vast distances, it is not easy to meet up in person, but Reps and Links try to keep in touch by phone, email, zoom or letter. Members are welcome to attend meetings in other areas.
Note – The Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Isles of Scilly, and Europe are also covered in this way. Members across the world are ‘met’ online and signposted to local support if possible.