World Day of Prayer for the Sick
Webmaster • February 3, 2024
Next Sunday, February 11th, is the World Day of Prayer for the Sick. Please keep all the sick people of our Parish in our prayers. While it is also the date of the Patronal Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, we do not have Mass in the Church on that day as it is a Sunday, but we will pray for the community that gathers regularly here. Pope Francis has written a letter to commemorate the World Day of the Sick https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/sick/documents/20240110-giornata-malato.html The letter focuses on the healing that comes from healing broken human relationships.
The final Parish Lenten Session takes place on Wednesday at 7pm in St. Teilo’s Hall. The sessions’ theme this year, based on the recent Pastoral Letter by Archbishop Mark, is the Foundation and Four Pillars of the Archdiocesan Vision. This Wednesday we will look at outreach.
Please note the times of Mass and other services for Holy Week and Easter below: Monday of Holy Week No Mass Tuesday of Holy Week 11:00am – The Chrism Mass – Saint David's Cathedral, Cardiff Spy Wednesday 10am – Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes 10.30am – Stations of the Cross at Our Lady of Lourdes Maundy Thursday 7pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper at St. Teilo’s followed by Watching at the Altar of Repose until 10pm Good Friday 9.30am – Whitchurch Walk of Witness – starting at St. Teilo’s and visiting Evangelicals (at Whitchurch Community Centre), Whitchurch Methodist Church, St. Mary’s Church, Bethel Baptist Church, Ebeneser (at Tabernacle Church) and Ararat Baptist Church 3pm – The Liturgy of the Passion at St. Teilo’s Easter Vigil The Easter Vigil will be celebrated at St. Teilo’s at 8.00pm on Saturday evening Easter Sunday 8.30am – Easter Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes 10am – Easter Sunday Mass at St. Teilo’s There will be no evening Mass on Easter Sunday.
A Parish celebration for Canon John's 70th birthday will be held in the Hall on Next Sunday, 29th March , after the 10.00am Mass. All Parishioners are welcome including those who usually attend the other weekend Masses.
Rest in Peace Please pray for the repose of the soul of Jean Chamberlain, who died recently. Her Funeral Service will take place at the Briwnant Chapel, Thornhill on Thursday, April 2 nd at 11am. Please also pray for those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Canon William John Isaac, Canon Laurence O’Brien, Father Francis Murphy, Father Sean Clancy, Mary Perry, Hubert O’Neill, Elizabeth Memfield, Alyn Thomas, Alice Sherlock, John Crowley, Mary Thomas, Daniel O’Keefe, Winifred Carter, Christopher (Ernie) Thomas, Christopher Burns, Roger Willis, Edith Harrison, Monica Crowley, Charlotte Jones, Joan James, Leslie Brown, Lynnette Caple, Toinette Butcher, Nora Small, Lull Lord, Anthony Crosby, Frederick Newman, Estaban San Juan, Mary Smith, Bernadette Evans, Eileen McEvoy, Annette Wilkins, Joan Kidd, Harriet Lloyd and Douglas Slee.
On Tuesday, March 24th at 12.45pm , there will be a special Mass and Talk to honour the Feast of St. Oscar Romero. The Archdiocesan Charitas, Justice and Peace and CAFOD have collaborated in arranging this celebration. After Mass, Clare Dixon, Co-Chair of the Romero Trust, who will give a short talk: “Romero: A Reason to Hope.” There will be an opportunity for a Question and Answer Session in the Mostyn Room, next to the Cathedral, after the Mass. (N.B. the Mostyn Room has limited capacity). If you are interested in attending the talk please contact twarwick@cafod.org.uk , so that they can manage the capacity of the Mostyn Room.
Baptism Preparation Course The next Baptism Preparation Course takes place at St. Brigid’s Church on Saturday, March 21st and completes on Saturday, March 28th at 4pm. 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 .
We would like to give the children we support through the Reaching Out project an Easter egg again this year. We are asking for small/medium sized eggs to be donated in the next couple of weeks. If you are able to donate, please leave the Easter eggs at the back of both churches, preferably by 15th March , but no later than 22nd March .
Anyone interested in helping to do the Flower arrangements at St. Teilo’s Church is asked to contact Gail Gerrard on 07765581206 or speak to Canon John. A regular arranger has recently had to drop out due to ill-health, so we really need someone to take on this role, the more the merrier. You would be part of a rota with at least three others, so would do the flowers at most, once every 4 weeks. The cost of the flowers can be reclaimed from the parish.
The Parish Rosary Prayer Group 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. 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, February 26th . All are welcome to attend.
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.