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THE E UROP E AN A NGLICAN W E LCOM E B ISHOP R O be RT E UROSTAR C OMMUT E R E UROP E AN E AST E R S OL E MNITY AND C E L eb RATION R E AD E RS ’ IN R E VI ew A V ALU E D M INISTRY T HINK B E FOR E Y OU S ING H YMNS U ND E R TH E M ICROSCOP E F AC eb OOK P H E NOM E NON T E CHNOLOGY K ee PS US T OG E TH E R europe.anglican.org No.62 SUMMER 2014 2 MEET THE EUROSTAR BISHOP THE E UROP E AN H E ew ISHOP A NGLICA N T N B N O W RRIVING A The Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe designate ON LATFORM IV E Canon Robert Innes P F The Suffragan Bishop in Europe The Rt Revd David Hamid Postal address: Diocesan Office Tel: +44 (0) 207 898 1160 Tuesday 6th May was the twentieth Email: [email protected] anniversary of the official opening The Diocesan Office of Eurostar in a joint ceremony with 14 Tufton Street, London, Queen Elizabeth 2nd and President SW1P 3QZ Tel: +44 (0) 207 898 1155 Mitterand of France. It was a fitting Fax: +44 (0) 207 898 1166 Email: day for the arrival of the new [email protected] bishop designate and the formal Diocesan Secretary announcement of his new role. Mr Adrian Mumford Appointments Secretary Miss Catherine Jackson Finance Secretary Mr Nick Wraight Diocesan Website www.europe.anglican.org Editor and Diocesan Communications Officer O N A RRIVAL – TH E F IRST I NT E RVI ew The Revd. Paul Needle Postal address: Diocesan Office Email: [email protected] When Canon Robert arrived Tel: +44 (0)7712 463806 for the formal announcement Friends of the Diocese Secretary: Rev Canon Arthur Siddall of his appointment he was met Email: in London by a camera crew [email protected] and faced his first interview Design Adept Design, Norwich and began by telling us... Printer Colchester Print Group, Attleborough Distribution I’ve been senior chaplain of Holy Trinity I haven’t always worked in the church CoDEStorm plc Brussels for the last 9 years. It’s been a though. My first degree was actually hugely exciting ministry. People come in engineering. I began working life in to Holy Trinity from 30 or 40 different electricity power stations and then worked countries – everyone from diplomats to in business consultancy in London, before refugees. About a third of our people are feeling called to ordination when I was 30. from Africa. More recently I’ve also had How do you feel about becoming the next the role of representing the Archbishop Diocesan Bishop in Europe? of Canterbury to the Institutions of the I feel excited, privileged and not a little European Union. daunted. I’ve been fortunate for the last Before moving to the continent, nine years to live in Belgium, a country Front cover picture: our family lived for 16 years in County in which the northern Germanic and Bishop designate Robert arrives at Eurostar’s Durham in North East England. There I southern Latin cultures of Europe meet. St Pancras International from Brussels. was involved in theological teaching and in The journey is likely to become a regular I know first-hand what it is like to live part of his routine in future. ministry to former mining communities. away from one’s home country. And I BUILDING LINKS AND BRIDGES 3 The next Bishop of Gibraltar in Durham (1995 to 1999) after which Europe will be the Reverend Canon he spent six years as Vicar of St Mary Dr Robert Innes, currently Senior Magdalene, Belmont. Chaplain and Chancellor of the Pro- He moved to the Diocese of Cathedral of Holy Trinity Brussels. Gibraltar in Europe to become The appointment has been Senior Chaplain and Chancellor made by the Archbishop of of the Pro-Cathedral of Holy Canterbury, the Bishop of London and the Archbishop of Lokoja, Trinity, Brussels in 2005. He was a representative appointed by additionally appointed a Chaplain to the Standing Committee of the Her Majesty the Queen in 2012. Anglican Consultative Council and Canon Robert Innes will be the Primates’ in consultation with commissioned and consecrated on Canon Robert Innes is 54 and is representatives elected by the diocese the 20th July 2014 at Canterbury married to Helen. They have three and the Central Members of the Cathedral. The new bishop will be daughters and a son. Ruth was Crown Nominations Commission. based in Brussels and work closely married this Easter and is working Canon Innes was educated at with the Diocesan Office in London. in the civil service fast stream Cambridge University and is an He says “My home will continue programme. Philippa is in her engineering graduate. He worked in to be in Brussels and the office of penultimate year of school. James electricity power stations and a major the Bishop and his Chaplain will be is studying International Relations international business consultancy at St. Andrews University and before training for ministry at based there. Though I can imagine Cranmer Hall, Durham in 1989. I might become known as the Rebecca, who will be getting He served his title in the Diocese Eurostar Bishop, as I expect to be married this summer is teaching of Durham whilst also working commuting between Brussels and English near Cambridge. as a lecturer at St John’s College, the Diocesan Office in London.” O N A RRIVAL – TH E F IRST I NT E RVI ew know about the particular challenges exerts a healing and reconciling How are you facing the challenge and opportunities open to Anglican influence on its members and more ahead of you? churches on the continent. Of course widely. And as a consequence, it Of course there is the immediate our diocese is hugely diverse, between is attractive and probably growing practical challenge of setting up a new the north and the south, east and west, numerically. office on the continent. But let’s be and I’m hugely looking forward to clear, the diocese is not primarily a Where will you be based in your new visiting parts of the territory that I bureaucratic structure, but a family of role as Bishop? currently know less well. God’s people from many backgrounds My home will continue to be in and cultural traditions. It is about What is your vision for the diocese? Brussels and the office of the Bishop I picture every parish or chaplaincy and his Chaplain will be based there. people needing the help and comfort of the diocese providing a welcoming Though I can imagine I might become of pastoral ministry and the chance to spiritual home. In my dream, the known as the “Eurostar Bishop” with grow in their faith. worship and sacramental life of each commuting between Brussels and the For myself, there is the spiritual church moves people to experience diocesan office in London. preparation for consecration in July. God’s love. The church is genuinely It’s usual for a bishop to live within Becoming a bishop, becoming bishop open to seeking God’s will for its his diocese. Brussels is well known of this diocese, is something no one future and is willing to take some as a political and diplomatic centre, could do in their own strength. I shall risks to change. It is a community but it’s also a major religious centre, absolutely be dependent upon the where people from all backgrounds with the Synagogue of Europe, many grace of God and the energy of the feel valued and accepted. Its members Non-governmental Organisations Holy Spirit. are growing in confidence in and the offices of the Conference of At the foundation of this ministry understanding and expressing their European Churches relocating there. is prayer. So please do pray for me. In faith. It has at least one focus for It’s fitting that I’m based in one of the return, I will be praying systematically outreach. It’s a place where children nerve centres and cultural melting pots for the archdeaconries, chaplaincies and young people are helped to of mainland Europe whilst also being and structures of our very special, far- contribute and belong. The church convenient for London. flung and diverse diocese in Europe. 4 FROM PALMS AND PSALMS A VE RY E UROP E AN E AST E R Around the Diocese Holy Week and Easter were marked in diverse ways and locations. After a record number of stories and pictures were sent to our website we can publish here just a few to recall a memorable 8 days in April. Palm Sunday procession in Florence Portable pool Easter baptism in Istanbul Foot washing in Yerevan, Armenia Sunrise service on a mountain top above Fontainbleu, France Good Friday Stations of the Cross in the Spanish mountains TO EASTER 5 EXULTATION Maundy Thursday Altar of Repose in The Easter Frie was lit in Escorial Hamburg a hill town near Madrid Youngsters in Budapest prepare the Easter candle A pause for prayer on the Good Friday walk near Lyon, France In Ostend, Belgium, Holy Saturday was marked with an Easter Spring Clean In Gibraltar Cathedral the Dean watches the teleprompter for his broadcast Easter Chrism oil ready to be blessed Open air Good Friday worship in greetings in The Hague Nerja 6 AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING W E D ON ’T S ING TH E KYRI E S ON ALM UNDAY P S they know we have a choice about Paul Needle, Diocesan whether to come or stay and watch Communications Officer, television at home.