THE
P RTAL
January 2019
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shop and a former
Methodist lady from
next door,
has gone very quickly. I
was a deacon until June.
I am having a lovely
time. They are a jolly
bunch of people. My flat
overlooks the sea. What
could be better?
“Being a Parish
matters. It says, ‘we
are here!’ and we are
staying here. People
asked, ‘would we last
“We have a hard core
two years?’ well, we
of daily mass attenders,
have and we shall
and lots of social events
stay. The Ordinariate
which include breakfasts
is working out what
and lunches. It is our
it means to be part
aim to extend farther
of the apostolic
out to the community.
Lizzie and Fr David Lashbrooke
ministry. Here we
The drawback is that we
have worked hard
are rather out of the way
to promote priest and people working
here, not being in the centre of Torquay.
together. This is who we are.”
We do have our Charity Shop of course,
and it is nearby. It makes money for the
We noticed saints panels in church
church, but the link with the church could
waiting to be displayed in the sanctuary.
be closer.
“Where the organ is now, is not helpful for
the liturgy. It will take a long time, but we
“Of course we do have our own building
have to give people a flavour of what it will
for church, and our own group. God
Derek Vogt
be like when completed.
willing we can grow here.”
Fr David Lashbrooke
In the evening we were invited to the
Presbytery for supper. The upper part
of the old church hall certainly makes a
wonderful presbytery. A good job has been
done in its conversion. Prior to supper, we
had a sing-song round the piano, just right
to work up an appetite!
“Finances can be hairy, but we hold
our head above the water. We try to be
prudent, we budget, and we have been
fortunate. A heater died, and the Friends
of the Ordinariate gave us a grant. What
we can do ourselves, we do ourselves.
Alex Garside
We mentioned to Fr David, that as Parish
Priest he must be happy at the growth of
the congregation. He replied, “Like most
communities, if you take it over a month
it would work out at about fifty. It is
encouraging and at daily mass we often
have double figures.
“People are beginning to realise that we
are here. Yesterday we had people from our
Fr Colin Furness
“You live to the full wherever you are.
Divine Worship is not a problem. Some of
our clergy here were unsure, but not now.
It is the liturgy of the priest and people.”
It was a real pleasure to visit the group,
the first Ordinariate group set up in
Britain. We are grateful to Fr David, to Fr
Jonathan and to all the people of Our Lady
of Walsingham and St Cuthbert Mayne
Torbay. It was our privilege.
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