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The Parish Knit and Natter group will meet in St. Teilo’s Hall on Thursday 23rd January following the 10.00am Mass. All are welcome to come along and join in the knitting or the nattering or both!

Churches Together in Whitchurch have three services arranged to celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Sunday, January 19th at 4.30pm, we will gather for the opening service at St. Teilo’s at 4.30pm Wednesday, January 22nd at 11.30am, we will gather for prayer at Whitchurch Methodist Church Sunday January 26th at 4.30pm, the concluding service of the week will take place at Ararat Baptist Church, Whitchurch with Archbishop Mark O’Toole as the Guest Preacher. Please make every effort to support the community of Churches Together by attending as many of the services as you are able.

2025 sees the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Parish of St. Teilo’s in 1925. Fr. Tom Phelan was appointed as the first Parish Priest of St. Teilo’s and the first Mass in the Parish was celebrated by Archbishop Mostyn on April 4th at the former Parish Hall in St. Margaret’s Road.  The Parish Pastoral Council has established a small group to plan the celebrations for the Century year. More details will be available in the newsletter once the plans have been confirmed.

The Cleaning of St Teilo's takes place on alternate Mondays and Tuesdays. The cleaning team would like to encourage new people to help with as much or as little time as they can offer. The team would appreciate any support. If you are able to help, please come to the back of the Church at the following times:  Tuesday, January, 21st between 10:30am-11:30am Monday, January 27th between 8:30am-9:30am Tuesday, February 4th between 10:30am-11:30am Monday, February 10th between 8:30am-9:30am

Coffee and tea will be served in the Parish Hall at St. Teilo’s after the 10am Mass this Sunday, January 19th . Why not come along and meet up with our fellow parishioners? All are welcome.

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, January 30th . All are welcome to attend.

We will have coffee, tea and biscuits in the St. Pope John Paul II Chapel at Our Lady of Lourdes after the 10.00am Mass on Wednesday 22nd January . If you are at the Mass on that day, please stay behind and spend some time socialising and sharing with our fellow parishioners.

This year, Pope Francis proclaimed 2025 as the Jubilee Year of Hope, with the theme of “hope does not disappoint” and a call to Catholics worldwide to become “Pilgrims of Hope.” The Jubilee Year officially started on Christmas Eve at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and will continue until the Feast of the Epiphany in 2026. On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis invited pilgrims to the Vatican to walk through the Holy Door at St. Peter’s and the other Holy Doors throughout Rome and the world. In the Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia the Holy Doors are at St. David’s Cathedral, Cardiff, St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Swansea, the statue of Our Lady of Penrhys, the Shrine of Our Lady of the Taper, Cardigan, the Shrine of Divine Mercy at Sacred Heart, Morriston, the Churches of St. Francis Xavier, Hereford, St. Francis Xavier and St. David Lewis, Usk, Our Lady and St. Illtyd, Llantwit Major, the Welsh Martyrs, Aberystwyth, the chapel of St. Non’s Retreat Centre in St. David’s; and the Abbey Churches of St. Michael and All Angels, Belmont and Our Lady and St. Samson, Caldey Island.  On a visit to the Holy Door(s) you are invited to undertake a pious act including participating devoutly in Holy Mass or at a celebration of the Word of God; the Liturgy of the Hours (Office of Readings, Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer); the Stations of the Cross or the Rosary along with the other requirements for an Indulgence - https://rcadc.org/jubilee-home/the-jubilee-indulgence/ Preparations for the 2025 Year of Jubilee began in Advent 2023, which marked the start of a year of prayer. The Bishops’ Conference have produced resources for the preparatory year of prayer, focusing on the Our Father, as well as resources about Jubilee in the Catholic Church. View the resources from the Catholic Bishops Conference here View the resources from our own Archdiocese here Jubilee Year Calendar (Cardiff-Menevia)