Mgr John Armitage will be completing his role as Rector at the end of August. He is moving to a new appointment in Brentwood Diocese.
A thanksgiving Mass for Mgr John will be held at the Shrine at 12 noon on Saturday August 29, led by Bishop Alan Hopes.
Mgr John’s final Mass at the Shrine in his capacity as Rector will be at midday on Sunday August 30.
You can send a message to Mgr John to shrine@walsingham.org.uk or by post to the Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady, Pilgrim Bureau, Walsingham NR22 6EG.
Mgr Philip Moger, the next Rector of the Shrine, will celebrate his first Mass on Thursday September 17 at noon. He will be formally inducted as Rector of the Shrine by Bishop Alan Hopes on Thursday September 2020 24 at noon, the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham.
Pictured above is Mgr John Armitage