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A video message for Advent from our Diocesan Administrator Canon Paul Cummins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb3kgbINCL0&feature=youtu.be
2023 Climate Change Conference
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP28, will be the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference, held from 30 November until 12 December 2023. The Lead Bishop for Environmental...
Interactive prayer workshops commencing in Advent for the year of prayer!
Our Church across the world is excitedly making preparations for the 2025 year of Jubilee. It will be year of great celebrations! Pope Francis, in order to help us to get ready and be spiritually prepared has decreed that we should begin with “A Year of Prayer”...
A reflection on the meaning of Advent by Sister Anastasia
Advent is a time to grow in our Faith, Hope and Charity During Advent the monastic liturgy allows us to follow very closely in the footsteps of the Virgin Mary. In the Gospel, we see how great Mary's faith was and how it continued to grow throughout this time of...
Advent: Looking forward in hope by Monsignor Robert Draper
Advent: Looking forward in hope by Monsignor Robert Draper Advent this year arrives at the beginning of December. For most of us that is the gloomy time of the year, but the anticipation of celebrating Christmas invites us to look forward to a time of celebration –...
WORLD DAY OF THE POOR – 19 NOVEMBER 2023
Pope Francis has declared Sunday 19 November 2023 to be the seventh World Day of the Poor, with the theme of “Do not turn your face away from anyone who is poor” (Tobit 4:7) In his message for this World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis reflects on the example of Tobit....
Poetry for Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday by Fr Mark Skelton
A silence worthy of the Name The poppy, small and stark, shines out from every place. As if a shard of broken dreams and promises. A crimson tear of blood which marks this moment's chance. 'Let this time be the healing of the damaged world.' Is human violence echoed...
Catholic Bishop’s Conference England & Wales releases statement on the ongoing war and violence in The Holy Land
In light of the ongoing conflict in The Holy Land, and encouraged by our Diocesan Administrator Canon Paul Cummins and Catholic Aid agencies such as CAFOD, parishes across our Diocese have been praying for peace, donating to humanitarian aid appeals, and writing to...
Lament and light – A service in response to the 16 days against gender-based violence
An ecumenical service is being held on Thursday 30th November at 3pm, at Holy Family Church in Plymouth (Beacon Park Road, Plymouth, PL2 3LR). The service is being held in response to the 16 days of action against gender-based violence (25th November – 10th...
November remembrance and praying for the dead- A reflection by Monsignor Robert Draper
I expect there will be many gathered at your local war memorial on Remembrance Sunday, as I have gathered there many times, and I will wear my poppy as so many of us will, to remember those who have died in war. It is a tradition cherished in this country, and one for...
Canon Paul and the Catholic community in Sidmouth take part in an ecumenical prayer service for peace
In recent weeks and in light of the war and conflict unfolding in the Middle East, many parishes across our vast Diocese have organised prayer services, including participating in fasting and prayer for peace on the designated day by Pope Francis. Below is an...
COST OF LIVING CRISIS
The Catholic Bishop's Conference of England and Wales have issued a statement about the cost of living crisis with a number of requests for the Government to consider. In his recent message for World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis urges us all not to turn our face from...
SEASON OF CREATION – AN ECUMENICAL SERVICE OF CREATION
Season of Creation ran from 1 September to 4 October and Caritas Diocese of Plymouth invited parishes to share any actions they took during that period. The Exeter CAFOD/Live Simply group organised an Ecumenical Service of Creation at Blessed Sacrament Church on 2...
LOVE THE STRANGER – YOUTH SOCIAL JUSTICE WEEKEND
The Diocese of Plymouth Youth Events Coordinator, Saskia Hogbin, organised a social justice weekend on 21-22 October building on the recent Catholic Social Teaching document from the Bishops of England and Wales - Love the Stranger. Working with the Columbans, young...
WORLD DAY OF THE POOR – 19 NOVEMBER 2023
World Day of the Poor takes place on Sunday 19 November when we are invited to reflect on Pope Francis message and his focus this year on the Book of Tobit “Do not turn your face away from anyone who is poor” (Tob 4:7)" In preparation for this important day, Caritas...
A Cookbook for CAFOD!
On the 11th October CAFOD campaigners delivered ‘Salina’s letter’ to the World Bank’s UK offices. The letter was written by Salina, a small-holder farmer from Bangladesh who is fighting to keep control of her own seeds. As part of CAFOD’s Fix the Food...
AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED – RED WEDNESDAY 22 NOVEMBER
This November take action to help countless Christians in Africa suffering targeted violence for their loyalty to Christ. Stand with Aid to the Church in Need on #RedWednesday – 22nd November 2023. Aid to the Church in Need are promoting prayer, information sharing...
A reflection on St Josephine Bakhita for Anti-Slavery Day.
On a day that acknowledges our calling as Christians to be anti-slavery and work for the common good and dignity of all in accordance with Catholic Social Teaching, we are sharing a beautiful reflection derived from the Catholic Bishop's conference on St Josephine...
Poetry for Peace by Fr Mark Skelton
And the Lord will wipe the tear from every cheek The shadow of a mourning veil, Once folded, put aside, Now lays across these fields of loss; These places where they died. The innocent no longer dream Of Joy in peaceful time. Now felled in grief, they lie...
Praying the Rosary, a reflection by Monsignor Robert Draper
October is traditionally known as the month of the Rosary, as the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary falls then (October 7th). The Rosary has been a deeply loved Catholic prayer for many centuries, and in its present form dates from the Middle Ages in Europe. Its use was...
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