Holy Cross Parish Events:

Postponed!!!   Joint Parish CAFOD Lent Walk on Saturday 16th March

It has been decided to postpone this event until after Easter due to the wet weather conditions and poor visibility.

Details will follow when a revised date can be agreed & conditions have improved.

 

 

NEEDLES AND PINS: a time to use or learn skills in the textile crafts – anything to do with needles and pins – so we would include knitting, crochet, etc. Next meeting Wednesday 20th March in the church hall at Holy Cross from 2-4pm. Refreshments available.

 

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:

Friday 12th – teaching by Fr Cyriacus and Prep for Youth Mass 6pm Yelverton

Saturday 13th – Stay Awake

Sunday 14th – Youth Mass at Tavistock

Saturday 27th – Sponsored walk Tavistock to Yelverton

 

Our Lady of the Assumption, Tavistock – Events

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.  

Next RCIA group Friday 15th March 2024 at Our Lady of the Assumption Meeting Room at 5.30pm.

 

CAFOD Lunch on the 23rd March at Our Lady of the Assumption.  Please keep this day free.  Tickets are now on sale

 

Please note the forthcoming concert by the Tamar Valley Male Voice Choir on Saturday 6th April at 7pm. Tickets are on sale at £7.50 each. The event is to raise funds for our church repairs and maintenance. Thank you.

 

Simon DELL’s cancelled talk on The Dartmoor Conchies has been re-scheduled.

This event has now been rescheduled for WEDNESDAY 1st May 2024 at 1pm at Our Lady of The Assumption Church.

If you are unable to attend this event and have already PAID, you may request a refund of the monies.

If you would like a refund, please let Jane Lumley know and this can be arranged for you.

The format of the above event will be notified nearer the time.

 

 

Local Events:-

This year Lent Lunches for TACT churches will again be hosted by different churches in the town. Everyone is welcome. We are providing a soup and bread lunch with tea and coffee and a short reflection at the end. Please come and share fellowship and prayer together during the weeks of Lent. The reflections will be led by different church ministers.

The lunch will run from 12.30-1.30 at:

Thursday 21st March: King’s Church, Pixon Lane

There will be an opportunity on each occasion to make a donation which will be split between the work of Catalyst, our youth project and to CARE International for the Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Appeal.

Please come as often as you can and invite friends to make this a special Lent season as we prepare the way to Easter with the Lord Jesus.

 

Diocesan & other events:-

Fr Mark Skelton is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting for Lent Talks 2024.  This year the five speakers who have very kindly accepted the invitation are all from within the Diocese:   

Mr Gerard Gillespie—March 22nd, The raising of Lazarus

To Join the Zoom Meeting at 6.30pm on the day: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83445840521?pwd=K3lKRFVGbnY0eEMzc3pVMVhOcnFCdz09

Meeting ID: 834 4584 0521    Passcode: 862737

 

Escorted Tour to Westport, Knock & Co Mayo, 12th May 2024.  £899.00 pps.  See noticeboard for details.

 

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