Volunteer Lay Chaplains

Annie Dimond

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Before coming to Scotland to pursue a PhD, I lived and worked in the United States. I worked with a Christian ministry among homeless and street connected youth and I directed a living community for students interested in pursuing careers in ways which could integrate their passion for faith, service, and justice. I am currently a teacher and a coach of the Enneagram of Personality, and a student of Practical Theology.

My work in all areas stems from the belief that God loves all of us, wants to be with us, and will re-make us alongside this world. The way we listen to the groanings of a world that cries out to be made right is integral to how we engage the academic endeavour, and this is why I like university chaplaincy.

I belong to St. Andrews Scottish Episcopal Church, in St. Andrews, where I teach Godly Play with the children and serve on the Vestry. I travel to Edinburgh once or twice a week to participate in chaplaincy events and the listening service.

Lilian Lee

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Lilian Lee, an architectural and MBA University of Edinburgh graduate turned social entrepreneur (founded Fourth World Art), the former Catholic Lay Chaplain at St Albert’s Catholic Chaplaincy and now the University of Edinburgh’s Intercultural and Anti-Discrimination Adviser. A newly created role at the University to offer specialised support for students and to work in collaboration with staff in navigating cultural differences, fostering intercultural dialogue, and preventing any forms of discrimination within the University community.

In Lilian’s spare time she is an avid tennis player and represents the Meadows City Tennis Club in the women’s doubles leagues, loves bagging Munro’s (slowly making her way through a total of 282) and is currently discerning to become a Lay Dominican (lay community of men and women with a lifelong commitment to the Dominican Order and to the spirit and charism of St Dominic).