World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly - July 23rd

July 14, 2023

Today the Church celebrates the third World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. The Church throughout the world observes the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly each year on the fourth Sunday in July, close to the feast of Jesus’ grandparents, Saint Joachim and Saint Anne. Pope Francis instituted this Day in 2021 since, he believes, grandparents are often forgotten, yet they “are the link between generations, passing on the experience of life and faith to the young.” This year Pope Francis has chosen as the theme: “His mercy is from age to age” (Lk 1:50), which expresses the links between Grandparents and the Elderly and the World Youth Day being held in Lisbon, Portugal between the 1st and 6th of August. Pope Francis, in his message for the World Day, says: “The World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly is mean to be a small but precious sign of hope … for the whole Church.” He reminds young people that “God wants young people to bring joy to the hearts of the elderly, as Mary did to Elizabeth, and gain wisdom from their experiences.” The full text of the message is available on the Vatican Website and provides useful reflections for those who are celebrated on the day and all members of the Church:


https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/nonni/documents/20230531-messaggiononni-anziani.html


For the first time this year, the Apostolic Penitentiary has granted a special Plenary Indulgence for those who devote adequate time to visit, in person or virtually, through technology, their elderly brothers and sisters in need or in difficulty, such as the sick, the abandoned and the disabled. The Indulgence is also granted to the sick elderly and to all those who, unable to leave their homes for a serious reason, will unite spiritually with the sacred services of World Day, offering to the Merciful God their prayers, their pain and the sufferings of their lives. The Indulgence is under the usual conditions (i.e. Sacramental Confession, Eucharistic Communion and prayer in accordance with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff). Full details of the indulgence can be found here:


https://www.osservatoreromano.va/en/news/2023-07/ing-027/plenary-indulgence-on-the-occasionof-the-world-day-for-grandpar.html

Clothes donations for the SVP

By Webmaster • August 8, 2025
Clothes donations for the SVP The Parish St. Vincent De Paul (SVP) Conference undertakes a monthly collection of clothing for the SVP Charity Shop. Clean, good quality clothing, books and toys are welcome. Donations may be left outside the confessionals at the rear of St. Teilo’s this weekend, August 10th , and on the weekend of the Second Sunday of each month. Please ensure that donations are brought to the Church only on the specified Sundays, as we do not want the Church to become cluttered during the week.. – Thank you from the parish SVP.

Knit and Natter Group

By Webmaster • August 8, 2025
The Parish Knit and Natter group will meet in St. Teilo’s Hall on Thursday 14th August following the 10.00am Mass. All are welcome to come along and join in the knitting or the nattering or both!

Reaching Out Collection – Many thanks

By Webmaster • August 8, 2025
The donations for the Reaching Out project made via the recent collection and the e-donation machine amounted to £934.27, an excellent contribution showing the on-going support of the Parish Community for this vital work of providing for those who are disadvantaged and in need of the very basic things of life. Mary Chichester’s Local Vocal Choir concert raised the great sum of £1,020 for the cause. Very many thanks to all those who donated and/or came to the concert. It is equally important to thank the regular donors who, through standing orders and bank transfers, donate £724 per month to the project. - The Reaching Out Steering Committee

Mass and Torchlight Procession for the Solemnity of the Assumption

By Webmaster • August 8, 2025
On Friday, August 15th at 7pm, there will be Mass and a Torchlight Procession of the Statue of Our Lady to celebrate the great Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at St. Alban’s on the Moors, Cardiff. Mass begins at 7pm and the procession takes place through the streets of Splott immediately following the Mass. All are welcome to attend this devotion.

St. Teilo’s Friends of Divine Mercy Prayer Group

By Webmaster • August 8, 2025
St. Teilo’s Friends of Divine Mercy Prayer Group meets on Saturday, August 16th at 2.30pm in the Parish Hall. Everyone is welcome to come along to pray for the parish and the intentions of the parishioners.

Coffee and Tea after Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes

By Webmaster • August 8, 2025
We will have coffee and tea in the St. Pope John Paul II Chapel at Our Lady of Lourdes after the 10.00am Mass on Wednesday 13th August . If you are at Mass on that day, please stay behind and spend some time socialising and sharing with our fellow parishioners.

Annual Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Penrhys

By Webmaster • August 8, 2025
The annual pilgrimage to Our Lady’s Shrine at Penrhys will take place on Sunday, August 17th .  Mass will be celebrated at 3pm (weather permitting) at the foot of the statue. Please take your own seat. All are welcome to this annual celebration.

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 15th August

By Webmaster • August 8, 2025
On Friday, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holyday of Obligation. Mass will be celebrated at 10am at St. Teilo’s and at 6pm at Our Lady of Lourdes. The Mass readings and prayers for the Solemnity of the Assumption are on page 188 of the Parish Mass Book.  The Assumption is the oldest feast day of Our Lady but we do not know when it first came to be celebrated. The "Memory of Mary" was celebrated from the fourth century. Later it was to become our feast of the Assumption, having become a great celebration in the churches of the Eastern Roman Empire. In the seventh century, it began to be celebrated in Rome under the title of the "Falling Asleep" ("Dormitio") of the Mother of God. Soon the name was changed to the "Assumption of Mary," since there was more to the feast than her dying. It also proclaimed that she had been taken up, body and soul, into Heaven.

Tuesday Evening Adoration

By Webmaster • August 8, 2025
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. Feel free to come for all or part of the hour to pray for the Church in its need for faithful ministers to continue the Mission of Jesus.

Adoration and Exposition

By Webmaster • August 8, 2025
Adoration and Exposition – Our Lady of Lourdes The Polish Community holds silent Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Thursday evenings from 7.30 to 8.30pm. 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 this Friday. Why not come along to spend time in silent prayer and Adoration before the Lord?