Coffee and Tea after Mass at St Teilo's

St. Teilo’s Friends of Divine Mercy Prayer Group meets on Saturday, May 24th at 2.30pm in the Parish Hall. Everyone is welcome to come along to pray for the parish and the intentions of the parishioners.

The Parish Pastoral Council is looking for a volunteer to take the Minutes of the Parish Pastoral Council. The current secretary of the Parish Council has changed jobs and is not able to combine minute taking with the other roles he undertakes. If you are able to help, please contact the Parish Pastoral Council Chair, Leigh Jenkins, by emailing lunebleue@sky.com

On July 25th to 28th , a festival of Catholic Life celebrating the Jubilee Year of Hope, with parishes and families in mind will be taking place. Four days of music, keynotes, conversation and worship, in the beautiful surroundings of St. Mary’s College, Oscott, Sutton Coldfield. Featuring Dr. Gianna Emanuela Molla (daughter of St. Gianna Molla), Fr. Paul Murray, Mgr. Michael Nazir-Ali, AnMari, Fr. Toby Lees and many more. Pilgrim-attendees can choose to come for the whole weekend (camping, staying locally or coming from home) at an adult Early Bird rate of £70, or for a day for £40. Early Bird Tickets available now at https://www.webelievefestival.com/

The Parish Rosary Prayer Group that normally meets on the last Thursday of each month at 2pm in Ty Mair, 19 Heol y Waun CF14 1LB at the junction of Heol Gabriel and College Road will meet this month on Thursday, May 22nd. The group members have intercessory prayer, read and discuss the following Sunday's Gospel, pray the Rosary, pray the 3 o'clock prayer and the Divine Mercy Chaplet, and have a cuppa!  Please note carefully the change of date this month; the Prayer Group will meet on Thursday, May 22nd . All are welcome to attend.

A Jubilee Family Funday has been arranged for the Archdiocese on Saturday, May 31st at Belmont Abbey. All are welcome to attend. The funday is an opportunity to come together and take a pilgrimage as an Archdiocesan Family and share an afternoon of fun with fellow Pilgrims of Hope. Please bring a picnic and the family, or come on your own, to an afternoon of fun, free flow activities including games, information and reflection ... and a Pilgrims’ Treasure Hunt. Arrivals from 11am, Mass of the Visitation to be celebrated by the Archbishop at 11.30am with an opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The day will end at 4pm and people can leave then or remain for the Sunday Vigil Mass at 4pm.

Parishioners from St. Teilo’s are continuing to collaborate with the team who operate the Night Shelter at St. Mary of the Angels, Canton. In addition to the overnight accommodation, they offer the team now do a food run for the homeless once a month. Unlike the food we collect for families in the area, the needs of the food run are for the kinds of food that are appealing to young, often male, people on the street. Those who benefit from this provision are especially seeking fizzy drinks, chocolate bars, small individual cakes and crisps. If you are able to donate such items for the homeless, please leave them in the box at the back of the Church.

The Easter bunny raffle raised over £215 for the parish. Thank you to everybody who bought tickets and the parishioners at Our Lady of Lourdes who kindly added to the raffle by providing Easter eggs. The winners were: Bunny 1 – Ffion 586-590 Bunny 2 – Sonia 606-610 Bunny 3 – Fiona 251-255 Bunny 4 – Anne Thomas 626-630  Easter Eggs: Danielle 401-405, Shirley 236-240, Mike Burns 36-40 and Joan Spencer 646-650

Next Sunday 25th May , at the 10am Mass, the parish will be celebrating the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Madeleine and Rhodri Walters. Madeleine and Rhod have been active members of the parish for over 40 years. Madeleine has served the Parish Community with great commitment, including being Chair of the Parish Council and the Confirmation and RCIA Catechist, and also being a Eucharistic Minister and Reader for many years.  To mark this event, refreshments including a glass of Bucks Fizz, will be served in the Hall after Mass, next Sunday. Madeleine and Rhod extend a welcome to all parishioners to come along and celebrate this happy event with them.

Due to Canon John’s short break and the Chapter of Canons’ meeting on Friday, there will be no Adoration at St. Teilo’s on Tuesday or Friday this week.