My life as a seminarian has never yet been boring so it shouldn’t have come as a surprise when the opportunity arose to spend a month in Kenya during the summer break. Amidst the busyness of exams and the general palaver of concluding my first year of studies at Allen...
In this diocese there is a religious order of sisters who have made a great contribution to the mission of the Church in teaching and working in parishes for many, many years. Les filles de la Croix (daughters of the Cross) are a diocesan order who have run schools in...
Adoremus : National Eucharistic Congress Oscott College, Birmingham, Saturday 14th September 2024 All diocesan pilgrims will join the diocesan coach. Our coach will leave Plymouth (St Peter’s Crownhill) at 5am. It will stop in Exeter at 6 am and in Taunton at...
A New and Everlasting Covenant. Back in Jesus’ day, it was the Jewish custom that when a boy and girl wanted to marry, the boy and his Father would sit at a table with the girl and her Father, and a discussion would take place to negotiate a price for the Bride. In...
We recently held our annual Parish Safeguarding Representatives Conference and training day at Buckfast Abbey. We had 50 of our Parish Safeguarding Representatives attend, who had travelled from across the diocese. This year we welcomed Angie and Jason who delivered...
As we are called to deepen our prayer life this Lenten season, Fr Denis Collin, based at St Mary’s Parish in Poole, Dorset, has kindly shared some cherished prayers with us that may be of inspiration and spiritual assistance as we strive to cultivate daily...
