An interview with the Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons and to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, at Parliament.
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When the Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin was growing up in Montego Bay, Jamaica, she probably wasn’t thinking about coming up with words of advice for a queen or member of Parliament. But today, she is Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth and the first woman to be Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons.
Rev. Hudson-Wilkin has been making the “first of” list for many years. She became a Church of England priest in 1994, the first year the Church ordained women. In 2007, she was appointed a chaplain to Her Majesty, and then Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons in 2010. Her husband, Kenneth Wilkin, is also a priest, and has been the chaplain at Holloway prison.
What does a chaplain do? “I offer pastoral care,” she explains. This means making sure the House members “feel good enough on the inside to do their job well on the outside.” At times she’s sat with someone who was very sad. “I cry with them,” she says, but “still have to pull myself together to help them move on.”
Her other official duties include conducting daily prayers in the House of Commons, as well as a weekly service in the chapel. She leads religious ceremonies like baptisms and marriages and, as Priest Vicar for Westminster Abbey, is a counselor for the Palace of Westminster staff.
As chaplain to the Queen, she leads services in the Queen’s Chapel, as well as offering counsel to Her Majesty. “She is amazing,” Rev. Hudson-Wilkin says, adding with a big smile that she’s even had “a sleep-over” at Windsor Castle.
What advice does she have for kids who are wondering about their futures? “Enjoy learning, but not from celebrities,” she says. Instead find someone in your life who has really lived-like your grandfather or a great aunt or a good friend-and ask about their lives!
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