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!

Services and Celebrations for the Triduum of Holy Week..

This year is a Jubilee Year for the Church, and our Diocese officially joined the celebrations on the 29th December, with the ‘opening of the door’ at Plymouth Cathedral. These Jubilees are celebrated every 25 years, and this year the theme being celebrated across the world is “Pilgrims of Hope”. We journey together as a Church, and as a parish community, always looking upon Christ to bring hope and light to even the darkest places. The Jubilee Year began on 24th December 2024 when Pope Francis opened the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome.  It will end on the Feast of the Epiphany – 6th January 2026.

In this Jubilee Year – a special year of forgiveness and reconciliation, in which people are invited to come back into right relationship with God, with one another, and with all of creation, our Diocese has launched a new Pilgrims of Hope passport inviting pilgrims to visit four historically and spiritually significant churches in Cornwall, Devon, and Dorset:

• St Mary & St Boniface, Cathedral Church of Plymouth
• St Cuthbert Mayne, Launceston
• Holy Trinity, Dorchester
• The National Shrine of St Boniface in Crediton 

The Cathedral Church of St Mary & St Boniface is a place central to the heart of the Diocese of Plymouth; St Cuthbert Mayne holds the relics of this local saint; Holy Trinity church, Dorchester has a strong connection to the Chideock Martyrs, and St Boniface Church, Crediton contains two relics of the saint, revered by the people of Germany and of Holland.  

Canon Paul Cummins, the Diocesan Administrator says: “Whilst Rome is rightly the focus of Jubilee Years, the Pope has also asked every Diocese to designate certain places to be local centres of pilgrimage. During this year, we are encouraged to visit these places of pilgrimage and to spend some time in prayerful reflection there. Pilgrim Passports will shortly be distributed to all parishes, which will give details of the pilgrim sites, and offer encouragement to you to visit them during the year if you are able. Also, each of the pilgrimage sites will have celebrations on specific significant days during the Jubilee Year which will be advertised nearer the time.“

Passports will be available from Father Jaromir at each Church, or can be downloaded here.

For more information about the four churches featured in the new pilgrims passport, please visit the following links:

Cathedral Church of St Mary & St Boniface, Plymouth

Church of St Cuthbert Mayne, Launceston

Holy Trinity Church, Dorchester

The Dorset Martyrs

Church of St Boniface, Crediton

Suggested Itinerary for a Pilgrimage to Crediton

… and for more information about the Jubilee events, visit the Jubilee page on the diocesan website at this link.