Ash Wednesday
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.
Baptism Preparation Course The next Baptism Preparation Course takes place at Christ the King, Llanishen, on Saturday, July 4 th and completes on Saturday, July 11 th. 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 Brigid on brigidlee63@icloud.com
Congratulations to Mel on his successful walk to the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada Earlier in the year, we appealed in the newsletter for support for Mel Hopkins, one of our parishioners, who was raising funds for Velindre Cancer Care by walking to the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Granada region of Spain. Mel successfully completed the walk last Sunday. It is not too late to support Mel with a donation to this cause – just click on his Just Giving page: https://www.justgiving.com/page/mel-hopkins-1.
The Reaching Out Project team is hosting a celebration evening for all Reaching Out Volunteers on Friday in St. Teilo’s Hall at 7pm, following the 6.30pm Mass. The team would like to thank all the parishioners for their generous contribution to the work of Reaching Out and to ask for continued support and prayer for the project as it continues to show the parish’s outreach to those who are in great need.
Please note that Mass at St. Teilo’s on Tuesday morning will be at the earlier time of 9am. This is due to an Archdiocesan Meeting of the Clergy with the Catholic Christian Outreach Mission team in Aberafan which begins at 10.30am that day.
St. Teilo’s Friends of Divine Mercy Prayer Group meets on Saturday, July 4th at 2.30pm in the Parish Hall. Everyone is welcome to come along to pray for the parish and the intentions of the parishioners.
On Saturday, July 18th there will be an Archdiocesan Pilgrimage for young people in Years 8 to 13 to Our Lady of the Taper, Cardigan - the Welsh National Shrine of Our Lady. There will be transport available. If you are interested in attending and want to book a place, please email: youth@cardiffmenevia.org or ring 029 2037 9490. Bookings must be confirmed by July 6th . The cost is £15 per person.
Mary Chichester’s Local Vocals Community Choir warmly invites you to their Summer concert at St Teilo’s Church on Tuesday, June 30th at 7:30pm. Tickets are £5.00, available at the door and everyone is welcome to enjoy an evening of music and community spirit. We look forward to seeing you there.
We will have coffee and tea in the St. Pope John Paul II Chapel at Our Lady of Lourdes after the Mass on Wednesday. If you are at Mass on that day, please stay behind and spend some time socialising and sharing with our fellow parishioners.
Saturday, July 4th, is the first Saturday of July. We will therefore celebrate the First Saturday devotions after the 10am Mass. There will be Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament during the devotions and confessions will be available. Why not come along to respond to Our Lady’s call to pray for the world?
Heddiw bydd y gymuned Gymraeg yn dathlu Offeren yn Gymraeg am 4.30pm. Today, we welcome the Welsh language community who will be celebrating Mass in Welsh at 4.30pm. Croeso!