This Harvest we are sharing the story of Waré in southern Ethiopia with our parish communities.

Waré is a mother of five and a goat farmer living in southern Ethiopia, where four years of severe drought meant she had to get up at 5am every day and walk at least five hours to find water – even whilst pregnant. Waré spoke about feeling so weak, she was worried that her children would be left without a mother.

“We have lost so much”, Waré told us.

But there is a happy ending. With your gifts at Family Fast Day, CAFOD worked to help Waré and her community build an underground water storage tank, able to support 300 families. Now, Waré has water just a 10 minute walk from her home.

Your parish’s support this Family Fast Day will mean that more of our neighbours can get safe water for their families.

Please note that there will be changes to Mass times during Father Jaromir’s holiday.

During this period, from Monday 18th August, all weekday Masses will be cancelled.
There will be no Mass in Salcombe for three consecutive weekends but there will be a Eucharistic Service at 5pm each Saturday. Parishioners and visitors are asked to join in Kingsbridge or Salcombe instead.

For hospital care, please contact Deacon Anthony Carey: ku.gr1759645950o.rtd1759645950crp@y1759645950eraC.1759645950ynoht1759645950nA1759645950
For confessions contact Buckfast Abbey or Paignton Parish

In this Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee Year, we are called to visit four historically and spiritually significant churches in Cornwall, Devon, and Dorset. This Tuesday the 10th of June we visited Dorchester, where we were very well hosted by Dorchester Parishioners. Father Jaromir offered Mass for our parishioners, as well as those of Dorchester. After coffee we went for lunch and on the way back we visited Chideock .

The next Jubilee trip is Launceston , in July.

The Parishes of Totnes, Kingsbridge and Salcombe celebrate our new “Servant of the Servants of God”, Pope Leo XIV, and look forward with hope to this next chapter in the 2000 year history of the Church!

We pray with him, that under his leadership “the Church may be more fully a city set on a hill, an ark of salvation sailing through the waters of history, and a beacon that illumines the dark nights of the world”.

His first homily as Pope is available in full here.

Deo gratias!

Some pictures from this years walk. Doug found a lovely new circular walk in an old book, which was enjoyed by all. As was lunch at the Tradesman’s Arms afterwards!