2020 Impact Report

IMPACT
REPORT
Our Diocesan Mission
The Archdiocese of Southwark exists to establish, maintain and advance the Roman Catholic
faith in the geographical area of the Archdiocese, covering the London boroughs south of the
river Thames, the county of Kent and the Medway Unitary Authority. Our aim is to serve the
always
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grassroots mission of the Church, based on our personal and communal conviction of faith.
Our passion is to share with the world the joy of the Gospel and the Good News of God’s
love for all people.
Go out and make disciples of all nations, baptising
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything
that I commanded you. And remember, I am with
you always, to the end of the age”. Matthew 28: 16-20
The Archdiocese of Southwark:
Area Boundaries and Governance
The Archdiocese of Southwark consists of three
Episcopal Areas: South-West London, South-
East London and Kent. Bishop Paul Hendricks
has Episcopal responsibility for South-West
London and, whilst awaiting the appointment
of an Auxiliary Bishop, Fathers Marcus Holden
and Victor Darlington currently hold Episcopal
responsibility for the South-east Area. Mgr. Canon
John O’Toole is the Episcopal Vicar for Kent.
Our clergy and lay-faithful serve and worship
Christ throughout 20 deaneries, 176 parishes and
174 schools across the South-east of England,
Southwark is where English Christianity was
born through St Augustine who, following the
ARCHDIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK
commission of St Gregory the Great, arrived in
what was the Isle of Thanet in 597 AD. He went
on to become the first Archbishop of Canterbury.
Today, Southwark consists of many diverse
communities that range from inner London
parishes, which may be located in areas of
deprivation, to pretty coastal churches and
remote rural town parishes. Southwark’s rich
history continues to evolve under the pastoral
leadership of Archbishop John Wilson, who
invites us all to collaborate in his vision for an
evangelising and missionary Diocese.
The Archdiocese of Southwark is a vibrant and richly diverse community of faithful Catholics;
a people of prayer, love and joy, striving for fullness of life in God. We believe that the love of
Christ is so enormous that it has redeemed our world and is the source of everything because
God is love. We therefore strive to live out the commandment of Jesus: “Just as I have loved
you, you also should love one another” (Jn 13:34).
In the Archdiocese of Southwark we proclaim and live the good news of Jesus Christ by:
• Awakening and affirming a vibrant Catholic faith through the celebration of the Eucharist,
which, when lived every day and celebrated in the liturgy, is both the living symbol of
Christ’s life, death and resurrection, and God’s redemptive love for us
• Strengthening the worship and sacramental life of our 176 Catholic parishes, the core of
Catholic life in our local communities
SOUTH-WEST
LONDON AND
SOUTH-EAST
LONDON AREAS
Cathedral
THAMESMEAD CENTRAL
WATERLOO
THAMESMEAD SOUTH
SURREY DOCKS
ST DAVID - ABBEY WOOD
CATHEDRAL
S. BERMONDSEY
WOOLWICH
WALWORTH
GREENWICH EAST
ST BENET - ABBEY WOOD
PLUMSTEAD
VAUXHALL KENNINGTON PK
PECKHAM
CHARLTON
SHOOTERS Plumstead Common
ITALIAN MISSION
ERITH
KEW
BARNES BATTERSEA PK
GREENWICH
HILL
BOSTALL
CAMBERWELL DEPTFORD
KIDBROOKE
PARK
GARDENS
BATTERSEA WEST
STOCKWELL PECKHAM RYE
WELLING
BATTERSEA ALTERNBERG
BLACKHEATH
MORTLAKE GARDENS
BRIXTON NUNHEAD
LEWISHAM
ELTHAM
CRAYFORD
WELL HALL Bexley
PUTNEY
EAST CLAPHAM HERNE HILL Lewisham
RICHMOND
LEE
WANDSWORTH
BRIXTON HILLCamberwell
ELTHAM
BEXLEYHEATH
EAST SHEEN
FOREST HILL
WEST
CLAPHAM PARK DULWICH BROCKLEY Greenwich
BLACKFEN
Mortlake
ROEHAMPTON BALHAM STREATHAM HILL
BEXLEY
CATFORD MOTTINGHAM
HAM
WIMBLEDON
EARLSFIELD
WEST SYDENHAM
COMMON
TOOTING
NORWOOD KIRKDALE DOWNHAM
BEC STREATHAM
SYDENHAM
SIDCUP
DULWICH
WIMBLEDON PK
WOOD PARK
BECKENHAM CHISLEHURST WEST
KINGSTON
Lambeth
HILL
HILL
TOOTING
WIMBLEDON
CHISLEHURST
UPPER NORWOOD
KINGSTON
SOUTH
TOOTING NORBURY
BECKENHAM
WIMBLEDON COLLIERS SE
ANERLEY
NORBITON
WOOD
SOUTH NORWOOD
BROMLEY
MITCHAM
NEW
MERTON
THORNTON HEATH
CRAY VALLEY
Bromley
MALDEN
POLLARDS HILL
HAYES
PETTS
Merton MORDEN
Common
SURBITON
WOOD
Kingston
NORTH CHEAM
ADDISCOMBE WEST WICKHAM
TOLWORTH WORCESTER PK Sutton
CROYDON WEST
Bromley
ORPINGTON
SUTTON
CARSHALTON
WADDON
FARNBOROUGH
GREEN SUTTON
WALLINGTON CROYDON SOUTH
CHESSINGTON
& HOOK
CHEAM
CARSHALTON
BEECHES
Croydon
BOROUGH
MELIOR STREET
BERMONDSEY
ROTHERHITHE
SELSDON
SANDERSTEAD
PURLEY
NEW ADDINGTON
BIGGIN HILL
• Promoting excellent Catholic education in our 174 Catholic schools and colleges through
the work of Southwark Catholic Education Commission
COULSDON
OLD COULSDON
CATHEDRAL
PARISH
Mass Centre
Deanery
• Encouraging the faith development of our young people through the Southwark Catholic
Youth Service
• Supporting Catholic formation, spiritual renewal and catechesis through the work of the
Agency for Catechesis and Evangelisation
• Safeguarding and promoting the human dignity of all people
• Serving and caring for all God’s people through the social outreach and good works
carried out by the faithful. Caritas (charity) is at the heart of what it is to be the Church
and to fulfil Jesus’s command to feed, clothe and visit ‘the least of these brothers and
sisters of mine’. We show these Gospel values to the world through the many charitable
acts that take place across our Archdiocese: supporting food banks, helping the homeless,
assisting refugees and immigrants, supporting and caring for vulnerable and isolated
people, promoting community cohesion and harmonious relationships, and many more
activities which express God’s love
KENT AREA
DARTFORD - St Vincent
EDENBRIDGE
NORTHFLEET
GRAVESEND
Denton
DARTFORD - St Anselm
Shorne
Chatham
Hoo
TONBRIDGE
PADDOCK WOOD
Headcorn
PEMBURY
SOUTHBOROUGH
Maidstone
TUNBRIDGE WELLS
GOUDHURST
CRANBROOK
Hawkhurst
Benenden
SHEPPEY
South Darenth STROOD ROCHESTER
SWANLEY HARTLEY
GILLINGHAM
WHITSTABLE
Gravesend
CHATHAM
MEOPHAM
RAINHAM
WALDERSLADE
PARKWOOD
SITTINGBOURNE
Lordswood
Teynham
& WIGMORE
FAVERSHAM
West Kingsdown
Aylesford
Otford
WEST MALLING
MAIDSTONE
SEVENOAKS
Preston Hall
BEARSTED
WESTERHAM
Borough Green
Harrietsham
Canterbury
MAIDSTONE SOUTH
Tunbridge Wells
Hadlow
6 7
TENTERDEN
Minster
Wye
ASHFORD
ASHFORD SOUTH
Dymchurch
HERNE BAY
CANTERBURY
Dover
HYTHE
HERSDEN
THANET PARISH
Birchington
Aylesham
Kearnsey
BUCKLAND
Westgate
FOLKESTONE & CHERITON
MARGATE
BROADSTAIRS
Thanet
RAMSGATE
& MINSTER
Sandwich
DEAL
MONGEHAM
Walmer
St Margaret
DOVER
PARISH
Mass Centre
Deanery
Cliftonville