CAFOD Family Fast Day – Lent appeal – retiring collection

Rest in Peace Please pray for the repose of the souls of Salvatore Chushieri, Bridget Wynne-Farrell, Christine Weekley and Vincent Thomas, who have all died recently. Mr. Chushieri’s Funeral Mass will take place at 11am on Monday, June 3rd followed by interment at Western Cemetery at 12.30pm. Mrs. Wynne-Farrell’s Funeral Mass will take place at 11am on Thursday, June 6th followed by interment at Pantmawr Cemetery at 12.30pm. Details of Mrs. Weekley and Mr. Thomas’ funerals have not yet been confirmed.  Please pray for the repose of the souls of those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Canon John Rohan, John Fitzharris, Charles McCarthy, John Ekland, Florence Owen, Daniel Rooney, Albert Pearce, Margaret Rees, Catherine McNeil, Patrick Coulan, George Smith, James Samuel, Margaret Doolan, Marie Barker, Bernadette Carslake, Dolores Freeman, Shirley Summers, Mabel Foley, Janet Parsons, Martha O’Brien, Kenneth Higgins, John Tucker, Ellen Beardsall and Winifred Osborne.

We offer our congratulations as a parish to our young parishioners Bernardo, Elisha, Elliot, Felicity, Hanna, Katie, Luca, Marcus, Matilda, Osian, Raffaela, Rhys and Ruby-Rose who received the Lord in Holy Communion for this first time on Sunday 12th May at the 10am Mass. Please keep them all in your prayers. Refreshments after the mass were enjoyed by the families and parishioners, many thanks to all those who made the day possible.

The next Baptism Course takes place in St. Teilo’s Hall on Wednesday, May 15th and completes on Wednesday, May 22nd at 7pm. 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 Cathy and Mel on catherinehopkins45@gmail.com

The Annual Torchlight Procession in honour of Our Lady at Belmont Abbey, will take place on Wednesday, May 15th at 9:00pm. This year, the guest preacher will be Fr. Royston Price CSsR. As we did last year, we will share travel with St. Mary of the Angels and Holy Family Parish. The pickup from St. Teilo's will be from outside the Church at 6.00pm.

Following the Archbishop’s pastoral letter on December 17th, a listening process is taking place this year to discuss the possible unification of the Dioceses of Cardiff and Menevia. The Listening Process has been taking place since February and the next opportunity for parishioners to engage with the process is coming up shortly. The St. David’s (Cardiff) Deanery has its listening meeting for all parishioners in the deanery on Wednesday, May 15th at 5pm at the Cornerstone, Charles Street, Cardiff.  All are welcome, indeed encouraged, to attend.

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, May 12th , 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.

The Confirmandi are undertaking preparation for their reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation on Sunday, July 7th . Please keep the candidates in your prayers as they experience the coming of the Holy Spirit in their lives in a new way. The Confirmandi’s names are Adela, Amelia, Anne, Charles, Daniela, Frank, Gabe, Laurie, Madalena, Tomas and Tommy.

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The Parish Rosary Prayer Group usually 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! Please Note that due to other commitments during half-term, the next meeting this month takes place a week earlier on Thursday, May 23rd . All are welcome to attend.