Good Friday

Webmaster • March 27, 2026

Day of Fasting and Abstinence

Good Friday is a day of penance observed by the whole Church. It is a day of fasting and abstinence when everyone over the age of 16 and under the age of 65 are expected to abstain from meat and reduce their consumption of food.


Good Friday – Walk of Witness

This year, Churches Together in Whitchurch will be undertaking a Good Friday Walk of Witness following the Way of the Cross. There will be a short reading, hymn and reflection at each of the churches.


9:30am –  The walk will begin at St. Teilo’s Church. Why not join Canon John and the clergy and members of Churches Together in                                     Whitchurch at the start of the walk?

9:50am –  Ebeneser at Whitchurch Community Centre

10:20am – Whitchurch Methodist Church 10:50am – St. Mary’s Church

11:20am –   Bethel Baptist Church

 11:50am – Ararat Baptist Church; following the reflection, hot cross buns and drinks will be served.


Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion

At 3pm on Good Friday at St. Teilo’s, we join the Church throughout the world in gathering to remember that "Christ our Passover was sacrificed." Together we meditate on the Passion of the Lord, adore His Holy Cross and commemorate the origin of the Church, flowing from the side of Christ, dead on the Cross. We intercede for the salvation of the whole world.


Children's Liturgy

Because of the solemn entrance to the Liturgy of the Passion, may we ask parents/grandparents to bring your children to St. Teilo’s in good time. Please remember to take your children directly to the hall, prior to the start of the service, so you are able to be in the Church promptly for the Liturgy of the Passion.


Good Friday Collection – Holy Places

The Collection at the Good Friday Liturgy will be in aid of the Holy Places. Please give generously to support the mission of the Franciscan Friars who maintain and protect the places of devotion and prayer across the Holy Land. You can donate to Holy Places using a debit or credit card at the electronic donor station or online here -

https://donate.mydona.com/st-teilo-our-lady-of-lourdes (Donations to Holy Places will only be available during Good Friday.) 

Clothes donations for the SVP

By Webmaster • June 5, 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 welcome. Donations may be left outside the confessionals at the rear of St. Teilo’s next weekend, June 14th , 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.

Parish Craft Sessions

By Webmaster • June 5, 2026
This month’s craft session takes place in the Parish Hall at St. Teilo’s next Saturday, June 13th after Mass, from 10.45am - 12.30pm . The session is suitable for absolute beginners to experts. This month we are focussed on creating Pop-up Cards. The session is free. Hope to see you there! Any enquiries please contact simplycraft@btinternet.com or speak to Erica.

No Mass, Coffee and Tea at Our Lady of Lourdes on Wednesday

By Webmaster • June 5, 2026
There will be no Mass or Coffee and Tea at Our Lady of Lourdes this Wednesday due to the Chapter Mass taking place at the Cathedral that morning.

Corpus Christi – The Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ

By Webmaster • June 5, 2026
This weekend we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Corpus Christi. This beautiful Solemnity gives the whole Church on earth the opportunity to praise God for the blessing of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.  One of the most fundamental beliefs of the Church is that in Holy Communion, we receive the true Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Saviour, Jesus. Not a sign, a promise, a symbol or a token, but the REAL PRESENCE of Him Who, with the Father and the Holy Spirit is God. So, today, on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord, let us thank God for His closeness to us, in the Sacraments, in his Word, in our prayers and celebrate our wonderful Catholic faith which has always and will always, proclaim the truth of the Presence of Jesus in our midst. O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine, all praise and all thanksgiving, be every moment Thine

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

By Webmaster • June 5, 2026
Those Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion who were not available to renew their ministerial vows on Maundy Thursday will be able to do so at the 10am Mass next Sunday, the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. We will also institute a new Extraordinary Minister at this Mass.

Chapter of Canons: Installation Mass

By Webmaster • June 5, 2026
Canon John’s swearing in as the new Provost of the Chapter and the installation of Canons-elect Tim McGrath, Cyril Thadathil and Michael Doyle will take place on Wednesday this week at 11:00am in St. David’s Cathedral, Cardiff. All are welcome to join the celebration of the Chapter Mass by Canon John in the presence of the Archbishop and the rest of the Chapter of Canons. The Chapter Mass will replace the Parish Mass on this occasion. For those unable to attend, the Chapter Mass will be live-streamed from the Cathedral – https://g0.ipcamlive.com/player/player.php?alias=5ed0e7c219233

HCPT Pilgrimage to Lourdes – September

By Webmaster • June 5, 2026
Many of you will know that Canon John acts as chaplain for the HCPT group 547 which goes on pilgrimage from Cardiff to Lourdes each September. This year they will be travelling from September 25th to October 2nd. If anyone is interested in travelling with Canon and the other members of the group, please email Canon John on whitchurch@rcadc.org as soon as possible.

Christ the King School Mass at St. Teilo’s

By Webmaster • June 5, 2026
On Thursday at 10am we will be joined for Mass by a group of school pupils, and their teacher, from Christ the King. The young people will lead the readings and hymns at this Mass.

The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary

By Erica Evans • June 5, 2026
The Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is celebrated on Saturday, the day following the Feast of the Sacred Heart. Mass will be at 10am. The feast reminds us of the joys and sorrows, virtues and hidden perfections of Our Lady and above all, her virginal love for God the Father, her maternal love for her son Jesus and her compassionate love for all persons. Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is based on the imitation of Mary’s ‘yes’ to God as the Mother of Jesus. In this devotion, love is the result, rather than the “object” of the devotion; the object being rather to love God and Jesus by uniting one’s self to Mary for this purpose and by imitating her virtues, to help one achieve this. As we sing in the great Marian hymn, “Immaculate Mary! Our hearts are on fire; your title so wondrous fills all our desire.”

Solemnoty of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

By Webmaster • June 5, 2026
Friday is the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Mass on the Solemnity will be at 10am. As St. John says in his Gospel (19:33), when Jesus was dying on the cross "one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water." The celebration of the Sacred Heart is associated with the physical wound and the associated sacrifice, the "mystery" of both blood and water pouring from Christ's chest and the devotion God asks from humankind. Pope Pius XII wrote about the Sacred Heart in his 1956 encyclical, Haurietis Aquas (On Devotion To The Sacred Heart). Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is devotion to Jesus Christ Himself, but in the particular ways of meditating on His interior life and on His threefold love: His divine love, His burning love that fed His human will and His sensible love that affects His interior life. We come to the Sacred Heart as those who love Jesus and wish to align our hearts to His. At Mass on Friday, we have the opportunity to renew our dedication to Jesus’s Sacred Heart. The Mass readings and prayers for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus are on page 87 of the Parish Mass Book.