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Chief Operating Officer’s Report Foreword by Paul McCallum 2021 was a busy year for the lay staff who support the grassroots mission in the Archdiocese of Southwark. We were stunned to lose Canon Richard Hearn, Moderator of the Curia, who died in October. He brought great energy, humour and humility to his role and under his leadership a lot of effort went into supporting Parishes and schools who, like everyone else, had to respond to the changing COVID rules and lockdowns. Monsignor Gerry Ewing – who replaced Canon Richard in 23rd March 2022 – has brought wise counsel and experience to the role, which has greatly helped our central services team. 6 I am incredibly grateful for all of the hard work undertaken by our staff, who often go above and beyond the call of duty. This support took many guises, ranging from support to catechists and Clergy training through to helping Parishes adapt their finances and fundraising to the new reality and ensuring our retired Clergy receive care and attention in extraordinary times. In recent times the support provided for our new Caritas initiative has been very impressive. While our regular range of activities continued, we also dealt with a number of major projects, all aimed at helping to support Catholic life in the Archdiocese: • School leadership is essential to our future and the Education Commission began laying the foundations for improved governance at our schools and academies, not least by assisting in the creation of the South East London Catholic Academy Trust. • The Agency for Evangelisation and Catechesis helped coordinate the synodal process, which fed into our national submission, which then goes towards the European submission to Rome in readiness for the Synod meeting in 2023. • Our Safeguarding team implemented new systems and processes aimed at ensuring Clergy, volunteers, parishioners and staff had the training necessary to do their jobs and the confidence to ask questions, provide challenge and seek assistance. New national governance arrangements have been adopted seamlessly and the Archdiocese has volunteered to be audited against the 8 new nationals standards in 2022, contributing to our journey towards a culture of safeguarding. • Technology underpins modern society. In 2021 we commissioned a new website to help promote the Good News (https://rcaos.org.uk) and to encourage participation. We hope that you like the new website, which is accompanied by a ‘Resource Centre’ where Clergy and volunteers can access lots of useful information to help them operate their Parishes. Behind the scenes we continue to invest in information security and we are looking forward to achieving ‘Cyber Essentials’ accreditation in 2023. • Security goes beyond safeguarding and technology; in 2021 a new service was launched to support Health and Safety in Parishes, with in house-staff being focused on helping parishes be confident they comply with essential requirements. In 2022 we embarked upon a programme of Fire Risk Assessments across all of our Churches. On a personal basis I try to support the Archbishop and his Trustees to ensure that our organisation operates effectively and that those Parish volunteer groups that need support, such as the dedicated groups that wish to resettle refugees through the Community Sponsorship Scheme, receive help at the right time. My roles as a Director of Safe Spaces – a charity aiming to help abuse victims – and the Catholic Insurance Service demonstrate Southwark’s commitment to support the common good beyond our boundaries.
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 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. “ hope By His great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you. (1 Peter 1:3-4) The Archdiocese of Southwark is a richly diverse community of Catholics, striving for fullness of life in God through love, faith and action. Hope is rooted in the heart of the Christian Gospel, where God’s plan for his people echoed through the words of the prophets for many thousands of years until the birth of Jesus. Christ’s love was so great that it redeemed our world through the Cross, where sin and death were transformed to new life. We therefore strive to live out the Great Commandments of Jesus to love God and one another. In the Archdiocese of Southwark we proclaim and live the good news of Jesus Christ by: • Sharing the source and summit of our joy through the regular celebration of the Eucharist; the living symbol of Christ’s life, death and resurrection, and God’s redeeming love for all of mankind. • Supporting and strengthening the sacramental life of our 176 Catholic parishes, who are the core of Catholic life and faith in our local communities across the South-East of England • Promoting excellent Catholic education in our 165 Catholic schools and colleges through the work of Southwark Catholic Education Commission • Supporting evangelisation, formation and catechesis and through the work of the Agency for Evangelisation and Catechesis and spiritual renewal through the Southwark Catholic Charismatic Renewal Team • Protecting the vulnerable in our community through the Safeguarding Commission, thereby promoting the human dignity of all people • We strive to live by Gospel values, serving and caring for God’s people through social outreach, carried out by the faithful through numerous works of charity, bringing hope and dignity to those in need. We declare our discipleship by supporting food banks, assisting refugees, helping the homeless, caring for vulnerable and isolated people, promoting peace and unity, building harmonious relationships through understanding and forgiveness and many more activities which demonstrate God’s love. 7
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