ALL SAINTS News First Week of Advent Year A Psalter 1 WEBSITE allsaintsteignmouth.org.uk

Mass Times Saturday 26 November 6.00 pm St Agatha Vigil Mass of Sunday Sunday 27 November First Sunday of Advent 9.00 am St Ignatius 10.30 am OLSP Monday 28 November 9.30 am Morning Prayer 10.00 am OLSP 7pm Mass of Remembrance OLSP Tuesday 29 November 6.30 pm Evening Prayer 7 pm OLSP Mass for babies who were aborted, miscarried or still born Wednesday 30 November 10.00 am St Agatha 11.00 am Funeral Service OLSP for Geraldine Webber 6.30 – 8pm Readers Reflection Thursday 1 December 10.00 am St Ignatius Friday 2 December 9.30 am Morning Prayer 10.00 am OLSP 3.00 pm Funeral Service OLSP for Delphine Trow Saturday 3 December 6.00 pm St Agatha Vigil Mass Sunday 4 December Second Sunday of Advent 9.00 am Shaldon 10.30 am OLSP & Baptism Patrick Ford

The Word Today First Reading Isaiah 2:1-5 The Lord will gather all nations together into the eternal peace to form the kingdom of God Sung Psalm Response I rejoiced, when I heard them say: let us go to the house of the Lord, and now our feet are standing within your gates Jerusalem. Second Reading Romans 13:11-14 Our salvation is near. Gospel Matthew 24:37-44 Stay awake so that you may be ready. And next week First Reading Isaiah 11:1-10 Second Reading Romans 15:4-9 Gospel Matthew 3:1-12

Forthcoming Events 29 November 7.45 OLSP Music Practice 7.45 Parish Office SVP Meeting 30 November 3.15 – 6.00 pm OLSP School Advent Fayre 6.30 – 8.30 OLSP Prayer and reflection for all Ministers of the Word 1 December 12.30 pm CWL Christmas Lunch 3 December 10 – 12 noon St Agatha’s Craft Club All Welcome 3 December 10 – 3pm Buckfast Abbey Advent Quiet Day 7 December 6 -7 pm St Agatha Holy Hour 10 December 10.30 am – 4pm St Rita’s Centre, Honiton Advent Day of Recollection 11 am St Agatha’s Mass of Anointing followed by refreshments 12 December 7.30 pm OLSP Church AoS Wrapping Christmas Gifts

13 December 6 – 7pm Parish Office Meeting with First Holy Communion Parents 14 December 6 – 7 pm OLSP Holy Hour 15 December 11 am OLSP Trinity Prep Carol Service 16 December 10 am OLSP Church End of Term Mass for the school. 1 pm Carole’s Cupcakes Christmas Lunch 4 January 4.30 – 8 pm OLSP School Wonderful Wednesday Film Night 6-7pm St Agatha’s Holy Hour 5 January 2 pm & 7.30 pm OLSP Church CWL Meetings All Welcome 11 January 7 pm OLSP Church Music Practice 18 January 6 – 7pm OLSP Holy Hour 19 January 10 – 12.15pm OLSP School

First Holy Communion Session 1 1 February 7 pm OLSP Church Music Practice 18 February 10 – 12.15 pm OLSP First Holy Communion Session 2 22 February 7 pm OLSP Church Music Practice 24 February 6 – 7pm OLSP Church First Reconciliation 3 – 5 March Gather 2017 Livermead Cliff Hotel Torquay 18 March 10 – 12.15pm First Holy Communion Session 3 22 April 10 – 12.15 pm First Holy Communion Session 4 20 May 10 – 12.15 pm First Holy Communion Session 5 27 May – 2 June Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 10 June 10 – 12.15 pm First Holy Communion

Session 6 25 June 10.30 am Mass OLSP First Holy Communion Rotas – 4 December OLSP Ministers of the Word Nick Perrott Tony Watkins Jillian Wilce Eucharistic Ministers Linda Clarke Stella Trimme Carolyn Twohig Nick Perrott Children’s Liturgy of the Word No Liturgy Welcomers Larry & Alan Coulter Pat Goodey Alison Melville-Shreeve Coffee Marcia & Paul Doherty Weekly Collection Sun 13 November Loose Plate £434.56 Gift Aid £236.00 Next Sunday the 2nd Sunday in Advent, there will be a second collection in all three churches for flowers for Christmas.

Funding the Mission A new campaign starts this weekend, the beginning of the Church’s year, and will run right through the winter until Palm Sunday. As we discussed at the Parish AGM earlier in the year, despite our apparent wellbeing, we have some significant financial issues specific to buildings, which we need to address. After each weekend Mass, we will all be hearing one of our parishioners talk about the campaign, and every parishioner will receive a leaflet explaining the reasoning behind it. There will also be an information point after Mass at each church, where volunteers will enable you to find out more. Our undeniably beautiful buildings seem integral to our identity as a parish, but if we want to continue to

maintain them in the years to come, we will need to fund them accordingly. Raymond Twohig. Chair of Finance Simon Fletcher Chair of All Saints PPC Please pray for the repose of the souls of Geraldine Webber and Delphine Trow who died recently. Geraldine’s funeral will take place on Wednesday 30 November at 11 am at Our Lady & St Patrick’s Church and Delphine’s funeral will take place on Friday 2 December at 3pm at Our Lady & St Patrick’s Church. Also remember in your prayers Patrick Ford and his family. Patrick will be baptised on 4 December during the 10.30am Mass, when we will welcome Patrick into our community.

Times of Christmas Masses St Agatha

6pm Christmas Eve St Ignatius

9 am Christmas Day Our Lady & St Patrick

Carols at 11.30 pm followed by Midnight Mass

10.30 am Christmas Day 11 am Feast of St Stephen

(Boxing Day)

The Readers Reflection led by Fr Mark will take place on Wednesday 30 November 6.30 – 8pm. All readers are encouraged to attend. A Heart Which Sees Activity cards for all the family. Parishioners have expressed an interest in buying these cards which Fr Mark showed everyone last week. If you would like to purchase a box please contact Linda in the Parish Office. They are priced at £7.00 per box (5 pence going to CAFOD).

Missio Boxes There are several Missio boxes in the porch at St Agatha’s in need of good owners to feed them loose change. Please take a box if you can.

St Agatha’s 100 Club The 100 club draw will take

place on Saturday 3 December and

subscriptions are due. Membership forms are available in the porch

should anyone wish to join.

Invite Ann Ferguson would like to invite anyone attending Mass in Shaldon on 11 December to celebrate Gaudete Sunday by joining her, after Mass, for coffee and mince pies at The Coffee Rush, Fore Street, Shaldon

Jewellery is wanted for the CAFOD stall at the Advent Fayre which will be held on 30 November at 3.15pm at Our Lady & St Patrick’s School. Please leave your donations at the back of church or give them to Marcia, Chris or Sue. A Suggestion..... Whilst we do not have to pay car parking during the winter months, why not put your car park money into our CAFOD car park tin. We could raise a good amount if we all did this. Please support this idea. Thank you from Marcia

The next meeting of the

Craft Club will take place on Saturday 3 December

10 – 12 noon at St Agatha’s Hall. All welcome, come and see what you can do.

Christmas Lunch

at Carole’s Cupcakes Friday 16 December at 1pm

Menu Carrot & Coriander Soup

Or Prawn Cocktail

Roast turkey with all the trimmings

Or Veggie gluten free roast

Christmas pudding Or

Sherry trifle Cost £10.00 per person £5.00 non refundable

deposit to book your place Book with Carole

HCPT Group 179 “Music for Christmas” on Saturday 3rd December at 4 – 6pm at The Church of

the Assumption of Our Lady, Abbey Road,

Torquay.

GATHER 17 Gracious Gift We are delighted to announce that catechists, teachers, clergy and friends from across the Diocese of Plymouth will be meeting together on 3-5 March 2017 at the Best Western Livermead Cliff Hotel, Torquay for a time of friendship, support and inspiration. The weekend will include keynote speakers, plenary talks, shared liturgies, quiet space for prayer, a choice of workshops and plenty of time to meet, talk, laugh and be encouraged in our faith. Bishop Mark O’Toole will celebrate Mass with us. Residential rate £150 (2 nights B & B, lunch and dinner on Saturday). Single room supplement £20. Non residential rate £40. More details and booking form in the leaflet which you can collect from the back of

church. We look forward to seeing you in Torquay

St Rita’s, Honiton Advent Day of Recollection with Fr Hugh Corrigan OAR

Saturday 10 December 10.30 – 4.30pm

See poster for details.

First Holy Communion 2017

There will be a meeting for parents of children who wish to make their First Holy Communion next year. This will take place on Tuesday 13 December at 6 – 7pm in the Parish Office with Fr Mark. It is imperative that all parents attend.

The OLSP School Advent Fayre is fast approaching on Wednesday 30 November, it will take place from 3.15 to 6pm in the school hall. Please come and support the school. Holy Hour Starting in Advent, Holy Hour will take place on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month. It will take place on the 1st Wednesday at St Agatha’s and the 3rd Wednesday at Our Lady & St Patrick’s. Both services will start at 6pm. They will appear in the newsletter as a reminder. It would be lovely to see an increased number of parishioners attending these Holy Hours. It is an opportunity for

silent prayer in the course of our very busy lives. Book of the Names of the Dead During the month of November, this book will be placed by the font. You are welcome to add names in remembrance of those who have died. Bottles of Holy Water and prayer sheets will also be available to take away for blessing the graves of your faithful departed. Eternal rest grant unto

them, O lord. And let perpetual light

shine upon them. May they rest in

peace.

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed,

through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Primary School Admissions for September 2017

Details available at www.devon.gov.uk/admissionsonline or the Education helpline on 0345 1551019 Treyarnon Jillian writes..... The parish weekend at Treyarnon Bay has been delayed this year due to a refurbishment at the hostel. We are looking to do a mini weekend away in February to Beer if anyone is interested, but we should be back to Treyarnon in its fully refurbished glory next November. If you are interested in going to Beer YHA please look up the hostel on the net. We are hoping to go the third weekend in February (24th) and the cost might be around £70pp including evening meals. There are only 38 places for this and I am still negotiating the price! Thank you.

AoS Christmas Wrap Monday 12th December at 7:30pm at OLSP. Donations of gifts for seafarers calling into the Port of Teignmouth, will be gratefully accepted by the AoS team. Items needed are:- Shower gels, deodorants, bars of chocolate, small games, note pads plus pencil/pen, tubes of sweets like Polo’s, cough sweets, small packs of tissues, socks, gloves, woolly hats etc. Please leave all donations at the back of the churches.

All Saints Parish.

AllSaints-ParishPastoralCouncil

Attheendofthisliturgicalyear,wewouldliketoinformyouofsomerecentchangesandsayacollectivethankyoutofourparticularindividuals.

AfewmonthsagoJohnCunninghamretiredasChairoftheBuildingsCommittee.TowardstheendofalongcareerasFinancialSecretarytotheDiocese,JohntookontheroleofbecomingourfirstChairoftheParishPastoralCouncil,newlyformedin2008whenourthreeparishesbecomeone.HecontinuedtoserveaschairallthewaythroughuntilFebruary2015andstillmorerecentlyplayedanactiveroleintheFinanceandBuildingcommittees.Theperiodofhistenurewasparticularlyintensive,encompassingthecomplextaskofre-orderingOurLady&StPatrick’sChurch.Johnbroughtagreatdealofskill,knowledgeandwisdomtobearuponthisandmanyothertasks.Inshort,hehasservedourcommunitywithgreatcare,overalongperiod.

ThecurrentPPCwasappointedinMay2013.Therewerevariouschangesfollowingthere-openingofOurLady&StPatrickinNovember2014andthentheParishSurveyinMarch2015.Threemembershaverecentlyannouncedtheyaresteppingdown:

ChrisBloorhasbeenaPPCmemberformanyyearsandinsummer2015sheundertooktheformationofwhathasbecomeourhighlysuccessfulWelcomingTeam.Chrisisanactiveanddynamicleaderandacontributorinmanyareasofparishlife,inspiringandmotivatingparishionersbothyoungandoldtogetinvolvedinourmissionaschurch.Althoughshehassteppeddownforthetimebeing,Iamsureshewillcontinuetobeinvolvedinmanythings,andwemayyetfindherretuningtoamoreformalactiverole.

GrahamGreethamisanotherPPCmemberfromthefirstintakein2008.Hehastriedtoretireanumberoftimesbutwasalways‘persuaded’toreturn.Grahamalsohelpedextensivelyinthe

planningoftheOLSPre-ordering,andhiscando,glass-half-full(orperhapscompletelyfull!)disposition,hashelpedtoensurethatasmanypeopleaspossibleintheparishhavefeltencouragedtofollowtheirownparticularcallinginlife.

FrancesO’NeilljoinedthePPCin2015andheadedtheparishdecisiontoincreasetheopportunitiesforyoungpeopletobeinvolvedintheparish,beitinliturgical,ordiocesanwideactivitiesorjustlocalgatheringswheretheycouldget-togetherandbondasagroup.Herroleasaregularaltarserverhasalsoencouragedotherstotakeonthisactiveministry.Francescontinuestobewithusforsomeofthetime,andisalsopartlybasedinLondon.

Thelivesofthesefourhavealmostcertainlyneverbeenlessbusythanours.Thesebriefthankstoeachofthemdonotdojusticetotheirhelpinmaintaininganddevelopingthefaithandcommunityspiritofourparish.IfyouseethematMass,orabouttheparish,besuretothankthem.Maywealsocollectivelyofferupaprayerforthemandtheirfamilies,andthenencourageeachothertofollowintheirfootsteps.

SimonFletcher,ChairofPPC

CONTACTS Parish Office The Presbytery Glendaragh Road Teignmouth TQ14 8PH 01626 774640 office@allsaintsparish.co.uk www.allsaintsteignmouth.co.uk CHURCHES OF THE PARISH Our Lady and St Patrick Glendaragh Road Teignmouth St Agatha Exeter Road, Dawlish St Ignatius Fore Street Shaldon Parish Priest Fr Mark Skelton Retired Priest Fr Eric Manley-Harris Deacon Rev Anthony Carey Being Safe. Please speak to our Parish Safeguarding Rep. Linda Clarke in the Parish Office Tel 774640 if you have any concerns.

Getting Married. If you are hoping to get married, please allow six months notice. Parish School Our Lady & St Patrick’s School Fourth Avenue Teignmouth TQ14 9DT 01626 773905 Head Teacher Mrs Sarah Barreto All enquires to the School Office Newsletter All items for the newsletter to be sent to the Parish Office by 12 noon on Thursday.