Father Edmund Eggleston came to the Diocese of East Anglia in September 1997. Prior to that date he was a member of the Order of Saint Benedict at Downside Abbey in Somerset. He was ordained to the priesthood in the Abbey Church of Saint Gregory the Great at Downside on 2nd July 1994 by Dr. Mervyn Alexander, Bishop of Clifton. He is a graduate of the University of Oxford, where he studied Modern History.

As of September 2010 Fr Edmund will be leaving Saint Dominics Parish and will be moving to a new Parish. He will be replaced by Father Michael Vulliamy.

Permanent Deacon, Rev. Roger Sparks

Deacon Roger Sparks

Roger Sparks was ordained as a Permanent Deacon in the Diocese of Middlesbrough in July 2002, after a career of 36 years in Catholic education. His last appointment was as Head of a Joint Roman Catholic Secondary School in the Yorkshire Dales, hence his Incardination into the Diocese of East Anglia in Spring 2005.

Like most Permanent Deacons, Roger is a married man and he has 3 children and 5 grandchildren. As well as his Parish work, he is also Chairman of the Diocesan Schools Service Commission, where his experience in the field of education can still be called upon.

During his time as a Deacon, although he has had the privilege of ministering in St. Peter's in Rome and preaching in the Basilica in Assisi, both of these events only weeks after ordination, he still finds working in the Parish by far the most rewarding.