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DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA YEARBOOK & CALENDAR 2018 £3.00 (-0#"- -&"%*/(*//07"5*0/-0$"--: '30.%&4,50145013*/5300.4 504)*#")"7&5)&%&7*$&45)"5 */$3&"4&130%6$5*7*5:"/%4"7&.0/&: 8&"-404611-:*/, 50/&3$0/46."#-&4 '03"/:.",&0'13*/5&303$01*&3 'PS'3&&JNQBSUJBMBEWJDFPSBDPNQFUJUJWFQSJDF JOGP!VOJRVFPGGJDFTZTUFNT XXXVOJRVFPGGJDFTZTUFNT )FBE0GåDF$IJHCPSPVHISPBE .BMEPO &TTFY $.3& 1 DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA (Province of Westminster) Charity No. 278742 Website: www.rcdea.org.uk Twinned with The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and The Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang, Cambodia PATRONS OF THE DIOCESE Our Lady of Walsingham, September 24 St Edmund, November 20 St Felix, March 8 St Etheldreda, June 23 BISHOP Rt Rev Alan Stephen Hopes BD AKC Bishop’s Residence: The White House, 21 Upgate, Poringland, Norwich, Norfolk NR14 7SH. Tel: (01508) 492202 Fax:(01508) 495358 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rcdea.org.uk Cover Illustration: Bishop Alan with children from Our Lady Star of the Sea in Lowestoft. 2 Contents CONTENTS Map of the Diocese of East Anglia............................................................. 4 Bishop Alan’s Foreword.............................................................................. 5 Diocese of East Anglia Contacts................................................................ 7 Key Diary Dates 2018.................................................................................. 14 Pope Francis................................................................................................ 15 Catholic Church in England and Wales..................................................... 15 Diocese of East Anglia................................................................................ 19 Departments....................................................................... 23 Commissions..................................................................... 26 Other Offices...................................................................... 29 Pastoral Statistics....................................................................................... 32 Year in the Life of the Diocese................................................................... 34 Feature Articles........................................................................................... 51 Obituaries.................................................................................................... 56 Vocations..................................................................................................... 59 Building Bridges..........................................................................................63 Parish Directory........................................................................................... 65 Deaneries..................................................................................................... 94 Schools Directory........................................................................................ 97 Hospitals Directory.....................................................................................103 Prisons Directory........................................................................................110 Clergy and Religious Directory.................................................................112 Financial Report.........................................................................................125 Second Collections....................................................................................128 Organisations and Societies Directory....................................................130 Diocesan Calendar for East Anglia 2018................................................. 145 3 DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA 2018 Yearbook and Liturgical Calendar EDITOR Keith Morris Director of Communications Email: [email protected] Updates to: Bishop’s PA c/o The White House, 21 Upgate, Poringland, Norwich, Norfolk NR14 7SH. Tel: (01508) 493956 Email: [email protected] Published annually – 35th edition Publisher: Gemini Print (Wigan) Ltd Unit A, Redgate Road, South Lancashire Business Park Wigan, WN4 8DT For advertising enquiries tel: (01942) 712480 4 Map MAP OF DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA Sawston Foreword 5 BISHOP ALAN’S FOREWORD Dear Friends, First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to all those who were able and willing to take part in the recent ‘Alive in Faith’ Diocesan Fundraising Initiative which began in 2015 and was completed shortly after Easter 2017. I am grateful to the many priests, deacons and lay faithful, for their commitment, hard work, prayer and generosity which have made the initiative so successful in many different ways. In practical terms it will enable us as a Diocese to commit to the training of our 13 seminarians and those who will discern their vocation in the future. It will also help us to support our retired and sick priests in the best possible way. It has enabled parishes to begin projects to help them to carry out the mission of the Church locally. And it has also provided us with a fund for ‘Caritas East Anglia’ which will support all we are doing in our service and help of the poorest and most vulnerable in our Diocese, including those parish initiatives which are already involved in this mission. The response to ‘Alive in Faith’ was a massive Yes! to the future of our Diocese. But it must, of course, be firmly planted in our call to mission – to bring the joy and mercy of the Gospel to the people of East Anglia. New initiatives in the Diocese are assisting us in this call: The diocesan Youth Mission Team has taken on a new life. Much new work is being done to help our young people discover for themselves the joy of knowing Christ. Last year’s Ignite Festival weekend, drew over 200 young people to celebrate their faith together and to encounter Jesus Christ in a profound way. Each parish needs to continue to support these young people and help them to grow – they are the present and the future of the Church. The two-year programme for diocesan catechists, begun last September, will help to renew their own faith and understanding and give them confidence to hand on the faith to our young people as they prepare them for the Sacraments. The new programmes and materials for Sacramental Preparation, prepared by our Catechetical Commission, are now being rolled out across the Diocese. The diocesan marriage preparation programme, So Great a Mystery, prepared by the Marriage and Family Life Commission in response to Pope Francis’ call for greater and even remote preparation for marriage, is helping priests and those who are preparing couples to understand and live out the Christian understanding of this Sacrament. All our work and mission, all of our outreach, is to bring Jesus Christ and his love and mercy, to others. As we pursue this mission, so our own lives and hearts will be touched and deepened by Jesus Christ whom we will discover in those we serve. Finally, I would like to thank all those who have had a part in the publication of this Year Book. It is also a record of the mission of the Diocese. Rt Rev Alan Hopes, Bishop of East Anglia T 6 KeepThis girl from FaithSyria is one Alightof millions of Christians worldwide suffering today ― amidst war, famine and persecution. Please can you help them to keep faith alight? Image: AlFarah Carole Aid to the Church in Need supports the faithful wherever they are persecuted, oppressed or in pastoral need. ACN is a Catholic charity, helping to bring Christ to the world in Africa, the Middle East, China, Eastern Europe and Latin America. ACN trains seminarians and catechists, builds churches, supports priests and religious, prints Bibles and helps refugees. Please help us with your prayers and love. 12-14 Benhill Avenue, Sutton, Surrey A registered charity in England and Wales (1097984) and Scotland (SC040748) SM1 4DA www.acnuk.org Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 8642 8668 Contacts 7 DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA CONTACTS BISHOP’S OFFICE Bishop’s Private Secretary – Fr Padráig Hawkins Tel: 01508 492589 Email: [email protected] Bishop’s Personal Assistant – Mrs Elaine Bugge Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm Tel: 01508 493956 Fax: 01508 495358 Email: [email protected] Diocesan Offices: Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm Tel: 01508 492202 Fax: 01508 495358 Email: [email protected] Finance Office: Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm Tel: 01508 492540 Fax: 01508 495358 Email: [email protected] Vicar General – Rev Canon David Bagstaff Tel: 01379 642914 Email: [email protected] Marriage Tribunal and Vicar Judicial – Rev Canon Simon Blakesley Monday - Friday 9am to 1pm Tel: 01508 495168 Fax: 01508 495358 Email: [email protected] Chancellor – Rt Rev Mgr Canon Eugène Harkness Tel: 01223 224852 Email: [email protected] Vice Chancellor – Rev Canon Mark Hackeson Tel: 01284 754358 Email: [email protected] Vicars for Religious – The Rt Rev Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard OSB Tel: 01986 893355 Sr Thomas More Prentice FDC Email: [email protected] Permanent Diaconate Director – Rev Canon Mathew George Tel: 07939 920844 Email: [email protected] Refugee Council – Rev Provost David Paul Tel: 01603 624615 Email: [email protected] Vocations Director – Rev Patrick Cleary Tel: 01223 704640 Email: [email protected] Diocesan Safeguarding Co-ordinator – Mr Michael Thurley Tel: 0208 505 4199 Mobile: 07429 215344 Email: [email protected] Diocesan Archivist – Rev Dr Russell Frost Tel: 01473 741975 Email: [email protected]