Evangelii Gaudium Sunday (formally Home Mission Sunday)

Webmaster • September 19, 2025

Today the Church celebrates Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel) Sunday. This year, the Church has been celebrating a significant anniversary. It is 1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea. At Nicaea, the great gathering of Bishops from around the Church began the work to formulate the Creed we proclaim Sunday by Sunday. It is the content of this Creed that is our mission as faithful followers of Jesus, so that we may know and love God in this life, in order to be happy with Him forever in the next. The Creed begins with a profound proclamation, “I believe…” This is the theme for Evangelii Gaudium Sunday 2025.


To help in its Great Commission to proclaim the Good News, the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has a mission team which is based at their secretariat in Eccleston Square in London. This office supports the bishops in their work to promote the proclamation of the Gospel across England and Wales. The Mission team does this in several diverse areas, but all of which help to serve the kingdom of God. There will be a retiring collection at the end of all Masses this weekend to support the Department of Evangelisation and Discipleship to allow the Church to continue to spread the Good News proclaimed in the Church each time we say the Nicaean Creed. You can also donate using a debit or credit card at the Electronic Donation Station at the back of St. Teilo’s or online at https://donate.mydona.com/st-teilo-our-lady-of-lourdes

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By Webmaster • November 22, 2025
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First Holy Communion 2026

By Webmaster • November 22, 2025
Preparation for First Holy Communion will start on Sunday, January 18th 2026 at St Teilo’s, with children receiving the Sacrament on Sunday, May 10th. If you live in the Parish and your child is in Year 3 or above, they are eligible to take part in the programme in 2026. To enrol your child on the programme please e-mail whitchurch@rcadc.org to request an enrolment form or you can pick one up at the back of the church. Please return the completed form as soon as possible. There is an expectation that if your child is enrolled on the Programme that they will make their First Holy Communion at St Teilo’s.

Lisvane and Llanishen Reservoir Walk

By Webmaster • November 22, 2025
Lisvane and Llanishen Reservoir Walk As part of our parish's ongoing fitness activities, the Walk and Talk group is taking a wellbeing stroll – weather permitting – around the reservoir each Monday at 12.45pm. Please meet in the car park. There is 90 minutes free parking.

Parish Rosary Prayer Group

By Webmaster • November 22, 2025
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, November 28th . All are welcome to attend.

Reaching Out Project Christmas Food Appeal

By Webmaster • November 22, 2025
Together we can help make this Christmas special for the families we support by donating food items that will go towards the specially prepared hampers that each family will receive. We are asking for donations of Christmas puddings, biscuits/cakes, chocolates/sweets, tinned ham/salmon, tea/coffee, jam/marmalade, chutney/pickled onions etc. Please place your donation in the boxes at the back of each Church no later than Sunday, December 14th . Please do not donate any perishable items.

Walk With Me: Advent and Christmas

By Webmaster • November 22, 2025
This pocket-size booklet of prayers and reflections for Advent and Christmas is now available at the back of the Church, ready for the start of Advent. Archbishop Mark O’Toole has written a foreword to the booklet and recommends it as an aid to prayer. Why not sit quietly with Walk with Me for a few minutes each day? Walk with Me costs £1 per copy, the money can be put in the Piety Stall box at the back of the Church or by selecting Piety Stall on the electronic donation machine.

Archdiocesan Clergy Requiem Mass

By Webmaster • November 22, 2025
The annual Requiem Mass for the Clergy of the Archdiocese will be celebrated by Archbishop O’Toole and the Archdiocesan Clergy on Wednesday 26th November at 11.00am at All Hallows Church, Miskin. We are all encouraged to go along to pray for those deceased priests who have served us so faithfully over the years.

Local Vocals Community Choir

By Webmaster • November 22, 2025
Local Vocals Pre-Christmas Concert Back by popular demand the Local Vocals community choir led by Mary Chichester who is a member of St. Teilo’s parish is again performing its Christmas Concert at St. Teilo’s Church Whitchurch on Tuesday, December 9th at 7.30pm. Tickets are £5. The Charity for the evening is the Reaching Out Project. Please Contact Mary 07795371762 for tickets. Tickets will also be available at the door.

Parish Christmas Fayre outcome

By Webmaster • November 22, 2025
The fund raising of the Christmas Fayre, Parish Quiz and Bingo evening raised £901 which will be donated to Mary’s Meals. A huge thank you to the organisers and to all the parishioners who took part in each event. The Christmas Raffle will begin next weekend to add to this total, please be generous.

Yr Offeren yn Gymraeg

By Webmaster • November 22, 2025
Dydd Sul nesaf bydd y gymuned Gymraeg yn dathlu Offeren yn Gymraeg am 4.30pm.  Next Sunday, we welcome the Welsh language community who will be celebrating Mass in Welsh at 4.30pm. Croeso!