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 • September 12, 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 October when we will have another collection. Thank you from the parish SVP.

Baptism Preparation Course

By Webmaster • September 12, 2026
Baptism Preparation Course The next Baptism Preparation Course takes place at St. Brigid’s Church on Saturday, September 19th and completes on Saturday, September 26th at 3pm. 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 .

RCIA – Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

By Webmaster • September 12, 2026
RCIA – Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults • Are you someone without a formal religion who wants to be baptised in the Catholic faith? • Are you a Christian from another faith tradition who would like to be received into the Catholic Church? • Are you an interested inquirer who wants to find out more about the Catholic Faith? • Are you an adult who has missed out on the Sacrament of Confirmation? If any of the above applies to you, you are most welcome to join the Parish Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) programme which will run in the Parish Hall at St. Teilo’s on Wednesday evenings at 6pm beginning on Wednesday, October 7th . Please come along and discover more. Attendance does not commit you to completing the programme but is designed to allow you to reflect on God’s call for you. (The Parish Hall is accessed from the back of the Church building, between the Church and the Priest’s House.) Enrolment forms for the RCIA programme are now available at the back of both Churches.

Society For The Protection Of Unborn Children – Cardiff and district

By Webmaster • September 12, 2026
On Tuesday, October 8th, a new Branch of the Society For The Protection Of Unborn Children – SPUC - is being launched in Cardiff. The launch will be at 7.30pm on that day and will take place at the Oratory, Swinton Street, Cardiff. The event will enable you to learn more, make new friends and be faithful to Catholic teaching. For more details, please contact the SPUC Cardiff Branch Chairman Joe Biddulph. e-mail: Joseph.Biddulph@gmail.com phone: 01443 650704 or the SPUC Development Officer, Julie Vivienne, email: julievivienne@spuc.org.uk phone 07533 632160

Walk and Talk – Autumn and Winter Walks

By Webmaster • September 12, 2026
Walk and Talk The Walk and Talk group continues its weekly walks on Wednesday evenings at 5pm. The group will meet at the Scott Memorial Lighthouse, Roath Park.

Parish Rosary Prayer Group

By Webmaster • September 12, 2026
The Parish Rosary Prayer Group normally 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. ( Please note, that due to holidays the group will meet a week early this month ) 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, September 17th . All are welcome to attend.

Mass at the University Hospital of Wales

By Webmaster • September 12, 2026
The Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows is celebrated on Tuesday, September 15th and at 7pm that day Archbishop Mark will be celebrating Mass in the Sanctuary on B5 at UHW. In the Mass, His Grace will bless the beautiful new Tabernacle and carved statues of the Good Shepherd and the Welcoming Virgin Mary. All hospital staff and supporters of the hospital are encouraged to attend this important celebration of Mass, in support of the Church’s presence and ministry within the hospital.

Recently Deceased of the parish

By Webmaster • September 12, 2026
Rest in Peace Please also pray for those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Canon Albert Barling, Canon Philip McAuliffe, Father William Connery, Father Michael Ryan, Father Daniel Williams, Mary Baker, Elizabeth Light, Thomas Fitzgerald, William Gibbs, Joan Cass, Robert Gratten, Lorraine John, Patrick Sullivan, Mary Grace, Marcus O’Connor, Daniel Driscoll, David Lloyd, Donald Rabaiotti, Christina Bartlett, Daniel Collins, Collette James, Anna French, Elizabeth Bailey, Salvatore Defiglio, Margaret Griffiths, Marjorie Ullrich, Nia Harri, Eva Jordan, Albert Cronin, William Harrington, Louise Murray, Winifred Evans, John Wood, Eliza Ann (Betty) Pemberton, Pamela Fox, Kathleen Mansfield, Geraldine Elswood, Elizabeth Denner, Minnie Murray, Norah O’Shea, Ivy Morrison, Daniel Aherne, Ethelreda Thomas, John Finney, Peter Gibbs, Albert Hitchman, Audrey ‘Hayter’ McKay, John Houlihan, Catherine Donovan, Florence Waterman, Giovanni Moschetti, Nicholas Ford, Catherine Lovell, Margaret Rees, Julian Theophilus, George Collings, Ralph Hammond, Bernard Monaghan, Dennis Cahill, Marie Johnson, Frances Stewart, Albert Wallace, Lional Sharp, Toni Taylor, Julie Taylor, Julia Clarke, Joseph Flanagan, Margaret Salter, Colin Jones and James Thomas.

Welcome to Canon O’Connell and Mgr. Reardon

By Webmaster • September 12, 2026
This weekend Canon Eddie O’Connell will be celebrating Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes on Saturday evening and hearing confessions before Mass. Mgr. Reardon will be celebrating the two Sunday Masses at St. Teilo’s. We welcome them both as they lead us in our Sunday worship. On the final Sunday of September, while Canon is in Lourdes, a member of the Verona Fathers will celebrate all three weekend Masses and make the missionary appeal for the Comboni Missionaries (known more collegially as the Verona Fathers.

No weekday mass

By Webmaster • September 12, 2026
With Canon away for the next few weeks, there will be no weekday Mass at St. Teilo’s and Our Lady of Lourdes. St. Teilo’s will be open each day for people to spend time in private prayer. Many thanks to the small group of volunteers who are facilitating the Church opening by agreeing to open and lock the Church each day. Weekday Mass is available in our neighbouring churches: Nazareth House (access to the chapel is through the door on Colum Road, lift assisted access is via the convent entrance) – Mass is celebrated at 10am at Nazareth House on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. (No Mass on Wednesday). St. Joseph’s – Mass is celebrated at St. Joseph’s at 9.15am on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 7pm on Wednesday. The Three Churches – Mass is celebrated in the 3 churches as follows: Monday at 9.30am at St. Brigid’s, Tuesday at 9.30am at Christ the King, Wednesday at 9.30am at St. Paul’s, Thursday at 9.30am at Christ the King, Friday at 9.30am at St. Paul’s, Saturday at 9.30am at St. Brigid’s. St. Mary of the Angels and Holy Family – Mass is at 9.30am on Monday, Tuesday and Friday at St. Mary’s, at 6pm on Wednesday at St. Mary’s and at 9.30am on Thursday at Holy Family.