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Project4_Layout 1 04/11/2020 11:27 Page 1 Project4_Layout 1 04/11/2020 11:27 Page 2 EastAnglia2021YearbookFrontSection_Layout 1 22/10/2020 19:52 Page 1 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 Felix, March 8 St Edmund, November 20 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: Despite the Covid19 lockdown, life across the Diocese of East Anglia was able to continue with efforts from clergy and laity to meet community needs and ordinations and installations taking place once lockdown eased over the summer. EastAnglia2021YearbookFrontSection_Layout 1 22/10/2020 19:52 Page 2 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 2021........................................................................................ 14 Pope Francis...................................................................................................... 17 Catholic Church in England and Wales............................................................... 17 Diocese of East Anglia....................................................................................... 21 Departments..................................................................................................... 25 Commissions..................................................................................................... 29 Other Offices.................................................................................................... 31 Pastoral Statistics.............................................................................................. 34 Year in the Life of the Diocese........................................................................... 37 Alive in Faith..................................................................................................... 64 Vocations.......................................................................................................... 66 Obituaries......................................................................................................... 72 Building ............................................................................................................ 79 Parish Directory................................................................................................. 81 Deaneries.......................................................................................................... 112 Schools Directory.............................................................................................. 113 Hospitals Directory............................................................................................ 119 Prisons Directory............................................................................................... 126 Clergy and Religious Directory........................................................................... 128 Financial Report................................................................................................ 144 Second Collections............................................................................................ 147 Organisations and Societies Directory............................................................... 149 Retreat Centres ................................................................................................ 159 Diocesan Calendar for East Anglia 2021............................................................. 161 EastAnglia2021YearbookFrontSection_Layout 1 22/10/2020 19:52 Page 3 3 DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA 2021 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 – 38th edition Publisher: Cathcom Ltd For advertising enquiries tel: 01440 730399 or email: [email protected] EastAnglia2021YearbookFrontSection_Layout 1 22/10/2020 19:52 Page 4 4 Map MAP OF DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA onal Shrine ti Withermarsh Green Catholic Na Catholic Sawston Sawston EastAnglia2021YearbookFrontSection_Layout 1 22/10/2020 19:52 Page 5 Foreword 5 BISHOP ALAN’S FOREWORD Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Welcome to the 2021 Yearbook and Liturgical Calendar for the Diocese of East Anglia. Once again, I would like to thank all those who have contributed to its publication this year. Much of this past year has, for so many of us, been lived under the long shadow of the Covid19 pandemic. Yet even that shadow has been lightened by the wit ness of our faith, and by the blessings and graces God continues to bestow upon us, which break through the gloom of fear and privation, and which remind us that ‘God is for us a refuge and strength, a helper close at hand in time of distress’ (Psalm 45). First among those blessings have been the five ordina tions for the Diocese, cele brated in the Cathedral this year: two priests, a transitional Deacon and two Permanent Deacons. Please do pray for them all, and pray that more men will offer themselves as humble labourers in the vineyard of the Lord, for the vital pastoral and sacramental care of his People. As the present pandemic took hold in March, all our churches were closed. It was an unprecedented moment in the life of the Church. The Holy Father’s presence and words of encouragement on a cold and very wet night in an empty St Peter’s Square gave us great hope. His moving blessing of the city and the whole world with the Eucharistic Presence of Jesus Christ that same night put everything in perspective. And across the diocese, parishes and their priests and deacons worked hard to ensure that, as Pope Francis has requested in his new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, we live as “a single human family” in which we are “brothers and sisters all”. As our priests ensured that the Mass continued to be celebrated every day, many of them joined with our deacons and lay people in helping to bring solace and practical help to those in great need, to the hungry and the homeless. EastAnglia2021YearbookFrontSection_Layout 1 22/10/2020 19:52 Page 6 6 Foreword It soon became clear that some of the challenges of the pandemic were also opportunities. The one in great need, the elderly feeling cutoff from their loved ones, those who experienced great fear and family problems – all of these are our brothers and sisters in whom we can find and serve Jesus Christ. Locked church buildings posed the question of how we might continue to help all people to share in the Liturgy of the Church. Live streaming of Liturgies and prayers has now become a regular feature of Diocesan and parish life. Many people who are housebound or sick have been able to share in the Mass for the first time in many years. Many people have joined in the Liturgy for the first time. The challenge for us now, will be to find ways in which these new online experiences can develop into actual encounters with the living Lord Jesus Christ, present in the Sacrament of the Mass. The mission of our Diocese has continued. Despite the restrictions, clergy and catechists have continued to prepare people for reception into the Catholic Church. Children have been prepared for their First Holy Communions and young adults for Confirmation. Marriage preparation has continued, as has the Diocesan support of married people. The formation of our catechists has carried on through distance learning, and through the Zoom meetings with which so many of us have now become familiar. Our priests have learned to podcast, and to broadcast on YouTube! In October, the Report from the Royal Commission into Safeguarding in the Catholic Church over the past decades, made challenging and soulsearching reading. It is very clear that as well as all the structures we have put in place, we all need to remain extremely vigilant in this area of the Church’s life and mission. The commitment of our safeguarding team, clergy and dozens of parish representatives must be recognised, but we cannot afford to relax our guard. As a Diocese we have lived and learned the truth of what Julian of Norwich saw in her visions of Jesus Christ, in the East Anglia of seven centuries ago. In her encounter with the Lord, Julian recalls: He did not say, “you will not encounter storms”; He did not say, “you will not be travailed, or wearied”; He did not say, “you will not be discomforted.” He did say, “you will not be overcome.” The year ahead will no doubt bring its own changes and challenges; but like Julian of Norwich we may be absolutely confident that, with God’s grace, we will not be overcome. Please be assured of my continued prayers and good wishes, Rt Rev Alan Hopes, Bishop of East Anglia EastAnglia2021YearbookFrontSection_Layout 1 22/10/2020 19:52 Page 7 Contacts 7 DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA CONTACTS BISHOP’S OFFICE Bishop’s Private Secretary – Fr Padráig Hawkins Tel: 01508 492589