Evangelii Gaudium

Webmaster • September 16, 2023



 Evangelii Gaudium Sunday (formally Home Mission Sunday) 

Today the Church celebrates Evangelli Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel) Sunday. There will be a retiring collection at the end of all Masses this weekend to support the development work of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales’ Department of Evangelisation and Discipleship. 


The Catholic Church in England and Wales has celebrated Evangelii Guadium Sunday each September. The origins of this Sunday lie in the work of the Catholic Missionary Society, created by Cardinal Bourne in 1903 and which closed in 2003. This special Sunday focused on the evangelisation work that takes place in each parish and diocese, offered a theme and resources for reflection on this Sunday and asked each parish to have a collection so that the national work of evangelisation could be supported through the Home Mission Office. Following a restructuring of the work at the Bishops’ Conference, the Home Mission Office no longer exists, but the work of encounter and evangelisation continues through the Directorate for Mission - https://www.cbcew.org.uk/evangelisation/. Through this directorate, the vision of the Holy Father is embraced in a fuller way and promotes the whole ideal of Proclamation, Evangelisation, Dialogue and Catechesis. 



A key focus of work for the next few years is responding to Pope Francis’ calling of a Jubilee Year in 2025 with the theme “Pilgrims of Hope”. Pope Francis reflects on this invitation in the letter he has written for Evangelii Gaudium Sunday, you can read it here - https://www.cbcew.org.uk/home/our-work/home-mission/evangelii-gaudium-sunday-2/pope-francis-message-2023/ 

The second collection of Evangelii Gaudium Sunday supports the work carried out by the Mission Directorate on behalf of the Bishops’ Conference. In the last year, this has included: 

  • Enabling the recording of videos on the four constitutions of Vatican II; 
  • Bringing together a working group from across England and Wales to prepare materials for the Jubilee Year 2025 and the Year of Prayer 2024; 
  • Supporting Patrimony experts to deliver funding to 39 projects at outstanding Grade I and II* Catholic Churches with the £6.6million awarded to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference via Historic England through the governments’ Culture Recovery Fund in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and 
  • Supporting co-ordinators and their teams in dioceses through formation and sharing of best practice. 


Please be generous in your support for the Outreach undertaken by the Church throughout England and Wales 




Evangelii Gaudium Sunday (formally Home Mission Sunday) Next Sunday the Church celebrates Evangelli Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel) Sunday, there will be a retiring collection at the end of all Masses next weekend to support the development work of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales’ Department of Evangelisation and Discipleship. 

Archdiocesan Vision: The Foundation and Four Pillars

By Webmaster • February 16, 2026
The Parish Lenten Sessions this year will begin on the Wednesday after Ash Wednesday, February 25th and will run for five weeks. The theme, based on the recent Pastoral Letter by Archbishop Mark is the Foundation and Four Pillars of the Archdiocesan Vision.

Baptism Preparation Course

By Webmaster • February 15, 2026
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 .

Deanery Lenten Station Mass

By Webmaster • February 15, 2026
The Deanery Lenten Station Mass for St. David’s (Cardiff) Deanery will take place at St. Cadoc’s Church, Llanrumney on Friday, February 27th at 7pm . Please put the date in your diary now and note the change of venue from the original announcment.

Parish Rosary Prayer Group

By Webmaster • February 15, 2026
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.

Did you miss your First Holy Communion

By Webmaster • February 15, 2026
While the young people are preparing for First Holy Communion it has become apparent that a number of Mass attendees who were baptised as children but for various reasons missed making their First Holy Communion. It doesn’t matter if you are a teenager or of a more mature age, if you didn’t make your First Communion you are welcome to join the preparation sessions which will begin after Easter. If you are interested in taking part in these sessions please speak to Canon John or email whitchurch@cardiff-menevia.org

Stations of the Cross

By Webmaster • February 15, 2026
During Lent we will celebrate the Stations of the Cross each week at Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Teilo’s.  We will begin this Friday with Stations after the 10am Mass at St. Teilo’s during adoration. Stations will take place at Our Lady of Lourdes beginning Wednesday, March 12th after the 10am Mass.

Ash Wednesday

By Webmaster • February 14, 2026
Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, a day of Fasting and Abstinence, when all Catholics fast from one meal and abstain from meat. Age restrictions apply to the fast. Lent is a good time to remember that all faithful Catholics are expected to keep abstinence from meat on all Fridays of the year.  There will be two Masses on Wednesday, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 10am and at St. Teilo’s at 7pm. Ashes will be distributed during both Masses.

Lent

By Webmaster • February 14, 2026
Lent starts on Wednesday. Our minds turn to the journey of encounter and change that we make as we prepare to enter into the mystery of Christ’s Passion, Death and Resurrection in Holy Week.  During this season, we are invited to use the various aids, which the Church offers us, to celebrate and practise our Catholic Faith with renewed enthusiasm. Below we outline some of the things we can do to make this Lent a time of grace and repentance.

Recently Deceased of the parish

By Webmaster • February 14, 2026
Rest in Peace Please pray for the repose of the souls of Philip Ilsley, who for many years led the Divine Mercy Prayer Groups in Cardiff; Catherine Langdon, the sister of Collette Hall; and Margaret Bright, an active member of the community at Our Lady of Lourdes for many years who has lived more recently in Caerphilly, all of whom have died recently.  Please also pray for those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Canon Luke Delaney, Pedro Ramos, Josephine Pearce, Armand Demay, Emily Cavanagh, Catherine Cummins, William Howe, Muriel Jones, Minnie Thomas, Jacqueline Murray, Julia de Matos Freitas, William Leahy, John Pearce, William Brown, Margarette May, Latjof Forduary, John Aherne, Josephine McElligoth, Thomas Hennessey, Elizabeth Green, Francis Jenkins, Leonard Steer, David Purnell, Helen Purnell, Mary Anne Mawn, Doris Pearse, Helen Diggins, Rev. Bernard Driscoll, Ryland Kiff, Christina Lewis, Vincent Scott, Winifred Taylor, Margaret Kelly-Howell, Suzanne Aubertin, Thomas Wheeler, Elizabeth Main, William Nelson, Patrick Burke, Margaret Driscoll, Jack Foley, Meryl Seaton, Ethel Forward, Carmel Wood and Winifred Withers

Clothes donations for the SVP

By Webmaster • February 7, 2026
Clothes donations for the SVP –This Weekend 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 very welcome. Donations may be left outside the confessionals at the rear of St. Teilo’s this weekend. The clothes will be removed early on Monday morning, so please ensure that donations are brought to the Church by the end of the evening Mass this weekend or kept at home until the Second Sunday of February when we will have another collection. Thank you from the parish SVP. Thank you from the parish SVP.