Welcome to the website of The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady. We are a 150-year-old Catholic church located on Abbey Road in the centre of Torquay. You can read about our history on the church history page, and find out how to reach us with the interactive map. You may wish to follow us on our official Facebook page by clicking here. If you have your own Facebook account you may wish to click the follow button.
This week’s newsletter is available on the newsletter page.
MASS TIMES
All Public Celebrations and Services have been suspended during the Coronoa Virus Pandemic.
In these difficult times, Father Colin will be continuing say (sing) the Office of Prayer as usual and say Mass. As far as possible I will attempt to put a link to the latest live feed (see ASSUMPTION CHURCH LIVE STREAM CLICK HERE) below) so that you can navigate to the stream easily, please bear in mind when the encoder drops out youtube creates a new stream reference. Since the times in his diary clash with my work, you may not get access to the feed, but all feeds will be archived at some point.
Father Colin’s Letter to The Parish for Holy Week
Father Colin’s Letter to The Parish 5th Week of Lent
Holy Week Services
| Day | Service | Location | |
| Sun 5th | Palm Sunday | 10:00 | Streamed from Assumption Church |
| 11:00 | Streamed from Plymouth Cathedral | ||
| Mon 6th – Wed 8th | (Various) | (various) | Usual Streamed Services from Assumption Church |
| Wed 8th | Chrism Mass | N/A | Postponed to a later date |
| Thur 9th | Rosary and Midday Prayer | 12:00 (Noon) | Rosary & Midday Prayer |
| The Lord’s Supper | 19:00 | Streamed from Assumption | |
| and Streamed from Plymouth Cathedral | |||
| Fri 10th | Good Friday Way of the Cross | 12:00 | Streamed from Assumption ? |
| Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion | 15:00 | Streamed from Plymouth Cathedral | |
| Evening Prayer | 18:00 | Streamed from Assumption Church | |
| Sat 11th | Easter Vigil | 20:30 | Streamed from Assumption Church and Plymouth Cathedral |
| Sun 12th | Easter Sunday | 10:00 | Streamed from Assumption Church |
| 11:00 | Streamed from Plymouth Cathedral |
Father Colin’s Daily Service Diary
| Time | Service | When |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00 | Office Readings | Daily |
| 09:30 | Morning Prayer | Daily |
| 10:00 | Holy Mass | Daily |
| 16:00 | *New* Lectio Divina | Saturday |
| 18:00 | Evening Prayer | Daily |
| 21:00 | Compline | Daily |
Please note this is Father’s intended schedule but if he is called away to the Hospital services may be cancelled.
Please pray along with Father Colin in your own homes at these specific times if you can.
ASSUMPTION CHURCH LIVE STREAM CLICK HERE
Not seeing the next live stream broadcast time ? … Don’t forget to click on the play button in the center first.
Arrived late to church again ! … just hover your pointer at the bottom of the video and pull the red circle back to the left to play from the beginning.
St Chads Live Stream Alter of Repose
ASSUMPTION CHURCH LIVE STREAM ARCHIVE
PLYMOUTH CATHEDRAL LIVE STREAM CLICK HERE
PLYMOUTH CATHEDRAL LIVE STREAM ARCHIVE
Not seeing the next live stream broadcast time ? … Don’t forget to click on the play button in the center first.
Arrived late to to the Cathedral ? … just hover your pointer at the bottom of the video and pull the red circle back to the left to play from the beginning.
Missed a Mass ? Links to Prior Masses will be available from the above link.
Words from Fr Colin
(Added 20th March 2020)
Bishop Mark’s message to the Diocese
(Added 20th March 2020)
(Added 20th March 2020)
A letter from the President and Vice-President on behalf of all the Bishops of the Conference
(added 19th March 2020)