Holy Cross Parish Events:
There is the opportunity to see the Holy Cross Centenary PowerPoint Presentation straight after Mass this Sunday, 28th April. Refreshments will be served afterwards. Copies will not be made available so if you would like to see a celebration of the life of our Parish over many years, try to be here.
Many thanks to Michael Parle for producing this for us with help from the Holy Cross PPC.
Youth –
A programme for the coming year has been produced and copies have been sent to our Yelverton and Tavistock Youth Group.
Please see notice board for the full annual programme.
April events:
Saturday 27th – Sponsored walk Tavistock to Yelverton
Joint Parish CAFOD Lent* Walk on Saturday 11th May
(*was postponed)
We will be meeting at Pork Hill car park (on B3357) at 10.30am for a fairly level circular walk, with no steep gradients. About 2 miles, so we should be back by 12.30. Wonderful views and lots of interesting things to see. Ice cream and coffees available at the end
Please come along for the walk and get family and friends to sponsor you. If you cannot make the walk, please sponsor Fr Cyriacus (and/or someone else!)
There is a sign-up sheet and sponsor forms at the back of the church. Please indicate if you are a qualified First Aider.
Please car share if possible.
Fr Michael Cole’s Requiem Mass will take place at the Cathedral on Wednesday 15th May at 11am. There is a clipboard at the back of the church for those who might like to offer lifts or seek one, as parking is limited at the Cathedral. (Fr Michael was Parish priest of Yelverton from 2002 -2013. ) The Wake is at The Duke of Cornwall. It would help the family with catering if they knew how many are intending to go. Please let Sue Walsh know asap if you will be attending the Wake.
Our Lady of the Assumption, Tavistock – Events
Friday 26th April at 7pm at Our Lady of the Assumption Levowan XII and the Legacy Choir. Please come and enjoy an evening of Faure’s Requiem for the first half and lighter programme for second half and support this event. Admission is free with a retiring collection. Refreshments will be served.
Wednesday 1st May at 1pm A talk by SIMON DELL, OBE: ‘DARTMOOR CONCHIES’ CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS OF THE GREAT WAR Please JOIN us for this (re-scheduled) talk at Our Lady of the Assumption Church, All purchased tickets from 2023 are still VALID and everyone is invited to join us for a thoroughly enjoyable, informative and knowledgeable talk about The Dartmoor Conchies who were incarcerated at Dartmoor Prison during The Great War. Tickets at £3 per person and you can pay on the day. Light refreshments will be available after the talk.
Angela Watson is running the Great West Run 1/2 Marathon 26/05/24 in Exeter, as a fundraising event for Tavistock’s SVP conference. The aim is to raise money for our local conference in their work with the cost-of-living crisis and The Sudan Infant Feeding Project. The civil war in Sudan has been deemed ‘a nightmare of hunger and displacement’. The SVP has a well-established infant feeding project to ensure aid is targeted. Please help Angela raise funds.
There are sponsorship forms at the back of church and you can give online via Just Giving – Angela Watson (https://www.justgiving.com/page/angela-watson-1712600964816) or call Angela to be sent a link on 07834829960
Coffee & Craft mornings – Our Lady of the Assumption Tavistock – Don’t forget our cuppa and craft mornings are running on a Tuesday morning 10.30 – 12.30.
The St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) meet the first Tuesday of the month @ 18:30 at Our Lady of Assumption in the meeting room.
Through our Community Support Projects and our 8,500 member strong Conferences, motivated by faith we help support the vulnerable, visit the lonely and much more.
At the heart of our work, we make it our mission to be there, in-person for those who need us most.
All are welcome! For more information please contact Angela 07834829960
Diocesan & other events:-
SPUC Silent Pro-life Chains of Witness for the 10.25 million babies aborted since the passing of the 1967 Abortion Act in the UK – Saturday 27th April 11am – 1pm Join us along the pavement in Exeter Street, Plymouth, outside the Friary Mill Retail Complex, to hold placards in defence of the right to life from conception. Thousands of cars pass and see our message. By your presence, you will be showing that you do not agree with proposed legislation to legalise the abortion of full-term babies up to birth. The unborn have no one to stand up for them but YOU! Further info: Society for the Protection of Unborn Children: Chris Hudson – 07742320717
Escorted Tour to Westport, Knock & Co Mayo, 12th May 2024. £899.00 pps. See noticeboard for details.
St Rita’s of Cascia Feast Day on Wednesday 22nd May 2023 at St Rita’s Centre—see poster on the noticeboard at the back of church.
This year’s Youth Adventure weekend will be at Grangehurst, Buckfast Abbey, 24th – 26th May. Changing the location has meant that we can offer different adventure activities. We plan to offer caving amongst other activities. This year’s theme is ‘I am with you’ Mt 18:20. In between activities and games, young people will have the chance to explore the scripture and consider ways to communicate with God. This weekend is aimed at 10 – 13 year olds. Cost £100. To book: https://forms.office.com/e/DkVzq6hTJB Further questions please contact Saskia: youth@prcdtr.org.uk
The Fourth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly will take place on Sunday 28th July and is themed “Do not cast me off in my old age”, (cf. Psalm 71:9).
JOURNEY TO 2030 – ‘The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth,’ Pope Francis Laudato Si’. The Diocesan Education Service, CAFOD and Caritas recently held an event looking at how individuals, schools and parishes can respond to Pope Francis’ call to put Laudato Si’, into action to help our communities thrive, at the same time as tackling huge world issues on the Journey to 2030. The issues can feel daunting but small steps are so important – the little things do add up! There is a new website https://journeyto2030.org/ which offers a parish guide to Laudato Si’ and an our online encyclopaedia for individuals and parishes trying to respond to the Pope’s teaching on care for our common home, pulling together inspiring stories and practical actions, wisdom and goals in one place. There are also lots of resources on our Diocesan website https://www.plymouth-diocese.org.uk/the-diocese/how-we-work/environment/. If you would like any more information on environmental issues please contact caritas@prcdtr.org.uk