THIS MONTHS CRAFT SESSION IS CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS This month’s craft session Saturday, September 12th from 10.30am – 12.30pm . The session WILL NOW RUN ON SATURDAY 10TH OCTOBER suitable for absolute beginners to experts. This month we will be creating Christmas baubles with gold leaf. The session is free. Hope to see you there! Any enquiries please contact simplycraft@btinternet.com or speak to Erica.
Baptism Preparation Course The next Baptism Preparation Course takes place at St. Brigid’s Church on Saturday, September 19th and completes on Saturday, September 26th at 3pm. 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 Cath Wieser on c.wieser@btinternet.com .
RCIA – Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults • Are you someone without a formal religion who wants to be baptised in the Catholic faith? • Are you a Christian from another faith tradition who would like to be received into the Catholic Church? • Are you an interested inquirer who wants to find out more about the Catholic Faith? • Are you an adult who has missed out on the Sacrament of Confirmation? If any of the above applies to you, you are most welcome to join the Parish Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) programme which will run in the Parish Hall at St. Teilo’s on Wednesday evenings at 6pm beginning on Wednesday, October 7th . Please come along and discover more. Attendance does not commit you to completing the programme but is designed to allow you to reflect on God’s call for you. (The Parish Hall is accessed from the back of the Church building, between the Church and the Priest’s House.) Enrolment forms for the RCIA programme are now available at the back of both Churches.
Walk and Talk As the days get shorter and the evenings darker the Walk and Talk group will change its time and venue. From Wednesday, September 9th onwards, the group will meet at the Scott Memorial Lighthouse, Roath Park at 5pm.
St. Teilo’s Friends of Divine Mercy Prayer Group meets on Saturday, September 8th 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 Rosary Prayer Group normally meets on the last Thursday of each month at 2.00pm in Ty Mair, 19 Heol y Waun CF14 1LB at the junction of Heol Gabriel and College Road. ( Please note, that due to holidays the group will meet a week early this month ) 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! The next meeting takes place on Thursday, September 17th . All are welcome to attend.
Unbound is a simple and safe model of praying for deliverance which was developed by Neal Lozano in the USA and is led in the UK by a team under the Bishop of Nottingham. An autumn course will be offered online starting September 22nd – https://www.unboundprayer.com/events-retreatsunbound For people in South Wales wishing to know more and experience a brief taster of this ministry, there will be an information afternoon at All Hallows, Miskin on Tuesday, September 15th 2pm to 5pm. National leader Susan Walsh will give a brief introduction, followed by a testimony of how the model can be used in priestly ministry by Fr Antonio Ritaccio (national spiritual director to Unbound and a staff member at Allen Hall Seminary in London). Rev. Dr. Gareth Leyshon will then give a fuller teaching on how and why the model can be used. At the end of the session, prayer teams will be available to offer a brief experience of receiving Unbound prayer. Refreshments will be available from 1pm and note that prayer experiences may extend beyond 5pm if there is a large turnout. Participation in this taster day is sufficient prior experience to join the online course.
The Parish indoor physical activity group takes place this Tuesday in the Hall at St. Teilo’s from 12.15pm to 1.15pm.
All parishioners aged 18 to 30 (on July 28th 2027) are invited to join Archbishop Mark and a group from the Archdiocese heading to next summer’s World Youth Day in Seoul, South Korea. With Pope Leo and a million other young Catholics, the attendees will enjoy a full schedule of activities and formation, in a country with a vibrant and growing Catholic community. There will also be opportunities to meet up before we travel. The dates of the trip are July 28th to August 9th 2027, and the cost is £1,500 per person plus the cost of flights which are to be confirmed and are expected to be in the region of £800 to £1200. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. To book or for more information, please contact Fr Matt Roche-Saunders at wyd@cardiffmenevia.org
The Archdiocese is organising a day trip to St George's Cathedral, Southwark for the 'Adoremus' Eucharistic Congress on Saturday, October 10th. Coaches will travel from Swansea, Bridgend, Cardiff and Newport. The organising team is currently gathering expressions of interest from across the Archdiocese via an application form. Once we have collected interest, we will review the applications by deanery to ensure a fair distribution of places across the Archdiocese, and applicants will be contacted to confirm their places. The deadline for expressing an interest is Monday, September 7th . Key details: • Open to ages 16+; please note under 18's will be safeguarded by adults who have been DBS checked by the Archdiocese. • £40 per ticket, including transport. • Anyone not planning to return on the coach must make this clear on the form when applying. • Coach pick-up points and return points: Swansea, Bridgend, Cardiff, Newport. For further information, please see here: https://www.cbcew.org.uk/adoremus-2026/ The application form can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/Cardiff-Menevia-Adoremus