Ministers and Board
Minister
Mark Shiels is minister of the International Unitarian Church of Prague. Mark, who lives in London and Prague, works as both a psychotherapist and a minister.
Mark has previously served Unitarian congregations in London, the Wessex Area and Cork. He is Irish and found his way into Unitarianism over thirty years ago while studying and working in London.
He is an experienced meditation practitioner and teacher. Prior to working for the church and training as a minister he worked in both the business and charitable sectors. His academic background is in Psychology, Business Studies, Theology and the study of World Religions. He has a Masters in Philosophy from the Irish School of Ecumenics and Peace Studies, Trinity College Dublin. He trained as a psychotherapist at the Karuna Institute in Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon, England and is a fully registered and accredited psychotherapist.
Mark also runs a Holistic Anger and Stress Management Consultancy based in central London with a group of Body work therapists and psychotherapists.
Board
Chairperson: Zuzana Dussel Jurgens
Secretary: Lena Jurgensova
Treasurer: Simon O’Neill
Music Director: Lukaš Olejnik
Social Justice Lead: Barbara Woodard
Publicity and Website: Simon O’Neill