11 young people & their parents arrived at Grangehurst, Buckfast Abbey, the weekend of 16th October for a retreat as part of their preparation for Confirmation –and what a weekend we had!

The theme of the weekend was ‘Fire & Water’ and the group explored elements of their own Baptism and looked towards Confirmation. The Holy Spirit was certainly present in the variety of activities for parents and the Confirmandi, which ranged from an interview with Brother Christopher about life at the Abbey, to an awareness walk, to the making of a chasuble for Bishop Christopher to wear at the Confirmation on the 5th May

Fr Philip and 4 excited young pilgrims left  Holy Ghost Exmouth in some style on Thursday 11th August. After a huge English breakfast  they gathered their luggage and waited for their transport to Bristol Airport.

The boys have been fund raising for over two years and are grateful to everyone in the parish that has helped them.

On Friday 12 August from 6.00 pm, in the grounds of the Blessed Sacrament Church, Fore St, Exeter, the Thursday Lunch Club (TLC) will be holding a BBQ with bar, live music and dancing.

A volunteer is required to operate the recorded music system at the Saturday 6.00 pm Mass by arrangement, approximately once a month. Full training will be given. Please speak to Derek after Mass or Jane in the office.

Raleigh Mission Community invites you to All Saints Church, East Budleigh, on 21 August at 6.00 pm for a Taizé evening.

A walk through the New Mass Translation. Saturday 3 September at St. Nicholas School Exeter starting at 9.00am. Two separate tracks to consider music and liturgy. Please take a contribution to a shared lunch. A sign up sheet is at the back of the church for you to register your attendance.

Fr Peter Burrows will be giving a talk on Bible Translation on Thursday 15 September at 7.30 pm in St Teresa's Hall, Connaught Road, Sidmouth. Fr Burrows is a biblical scholar trained at a Jewish seminary and at Harvard in the USA.  He teaches at Allen Hall Seminary in London and has practised lay education in the Church for over 50 years.  He has taught widely at universities, seminaries and institutes in the US and in the UK. Open to all.

What a walk that was!  Last week I was joined by some 20 parishioners aged between 12 and 84 on my return walk between my two parishes. We were blessed with good weather ...

We are an independent Nursery situated in the grounds of St Joseph's Catholic Primary School. Rainbow is a well established nursery, which has been going for many years.

Urgent East Africa Crisis Appeal from CAFOD on behalf of Bishop Christopher: We are writing to you to ask for your urgent help in response to the crisis unfolding in East Africa.