Archbishop's Newsletter July 2024
Webmaster • July 13, 2024
Archbishop Mark's July Newsletter is now available. This month's newsletter includes a variety of topics of interest to people across the dioceses of Cardiff and Menevia, including:
Clergy News (an ordination, appointments, Abbatial Elections)
Diocesan News (St Teresa's Convent, Jubilee year)
Events (Welsh National Pilgrimage, Summer Youth Retreat, National Eisteddfod, Annual Pilgrimages, Eucharistic Congress)
Prayers.
The Parish Knit and Natter group will meet in St. Teilo’s Hall on Thursday following the 10am Mass. All are welcome to come along and join in the knitting or the nattering or both!
The next Baptism Course takes place in St. Teilo’s Hall on Monday, May 12th and completes on Monday, May 19th at 7pm. Both sessions will last around an hour. All those who wish to have their child baptised need to attend the course before the Baptism. For further information and to book a place, please contact Cathy and Mel on catherinehopkins45@gmail.com
This month’s craft session takes place in the Parish Hall at St. Teilo’s next Saturday, May 10th after Mass, from 10.45am - 12.30pm. The session is suitable for absolute beginners to experts. This month we are focussed on beginner’s folk art painting. The session is free. Hope to see you there! Any enquiries please contact simplycraft@btinternet.com or speak to Erica.
Spaces are still available for the trip to the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Taper, Cardigan, on Wednesday, May 14th . A coach will depart on the day at 8.40am from St. Teilo’s and depart from Cardigan at about 5pm, arriving back in Cardiff about 7.30pm. There will be a Mass at noon and the afternoon will be free. If anybody is interested, please add your name to the list at the back of the Church. A deposit of £10 per person will be required and the overall cost is £20 per person. If you are interested in attending, please contact Kath Elley on 07976 903111.
St. Teilo’s Friends of Divine Mercy Prayer Group meets on Saturday, November 9th at 2.30pm in the Parish Hall. Everyone is welcome to come along to pray for the parish and the intentions of the parishioners.
Each Tuesday evening, the parish has an hour of silent Adoration at St. Teilo’s from 7pm to 8pm. The primary intention for the period of Adoration is vocations to the priesthood and religious life but we also pray at this time for the election of a new Pope to lead us in faith, hope and love.
Adoration and Exposition – Our Lady of Lourdes The Polish Community holds silent Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Thursday evenings from 7.30 to 8.30 pm. All are welcome to come along and pray in silence, in the presence of the Lord Jesus. Adoration is preceded by Mass in Polish at 7pm. Adoration and Exposition – St. Teilo’s There will be Adoration and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 10.30am to midday at St. Teilo’s on Friday, May 9th. Why not come along to spend time in silent prayer and adoration before the Lord?
St. Teilo’s Centenary Celebrations presents a Tea Dance and Singalong on Sunday, June 8th in the Parish Hall from 2pm until 5pm. There will be music and dancing: through the decades. Wartime classics, Big Band Sound, 50’s crooners, Showtime favourites, 60’s Jive ,70’s easy listening etc…. Come and take to the floor or sing along. Something for everyone whatever your age. Further details will follow in future weeks.
Please note that Mass on Tuesday will be at the earlier time of 9.30am to allow Canon John to attend the Deanery Meeting at St. Cadoc’s that morning.
Next weekend is Good Shepherd Sunday, traditionally the day of the Annual Appeal for the Archdiocesan Priests’ Training Fund. Archbishop Mark, having appointed Fr. Matthew RocheSaunders as the Director of Priestly Vocations and Youth Mission, has broadened the scope of the collection to become a Priest Training and Discipleship Appeal. Archbishop Mark says: “The intention is to engage young people and promote vocations simultaneously. By the same token, donations to the new Appeal will support seminarians and the work of growing vocations to the priesthood and religious life. It will also build a culture of vocation and discipleship which includes developing our youth ministry, catechetical formation, leadership training, and other evangelisation initiatives. I believe it is through fostering such a culture among the young and not so young that more priestly vocations will come forward.”
