Night Shelter at St. Mary of the Angels, Canton

The Parish Lenten Sessions continue on Wednesday. The theme, based on the theme of the Jubilee Year is: “We Dare to Hope” The topic of the third session will be: The Prayer of Hope. The session will remind us that hope and prayer are inseparable. Prayer is always an act of hope in God, an act of desire for God and of trust in Him. We exercise hope in prayer, as we come to God in our poverty of heart.  Why not come along to reflect on the theme of Hope during this Jubilee Year when we are called to be: Pilgrims of Hope?

The Parish Knit and Natter group will meet in St. Teilo’s Hall on Thursday 27th March following the 10am Mass. All are welcome to come along and join in the knitting or the nattering or both!

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The Cistercian Nuns at Holy Cross Abbey, Whitland, who produce the hosts we use for Mass are hosting two ‘Come and See’ weekends during this Jubilee Year. The weekends will focus on the theme: ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ and the sisters are inviting single Catholic Women aged between 25 and 45 who are discerning a vocation, to experience our monastic life. The weekends take place from Friday, May 30th to Monday, June 2nd and from Friday, August 8 th to Monday, August 11th. Any enquiries and registration, please email the Sisters at comeandseehca@gmail.com

Refreshments will be served in the Parish Hall at St. Teilo’s after the 10am Mass this Sunday 23rd March . All are welcome. Why not come along and meet your fellow parishioners?

We will have coffee and tea in the St. Pope John Paul II Chapel at Our Lady of Lourdes after the Mass and Stations of the Cross on Wednesday 26th March . If you are at Mass on that day, please stay behind and spend some time socialising and sharing with our fellow parishioners.

During Lent we will celebrate the Stations of the Cross each week at Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Teilo’s. Stations will take place at Our Lady of Lourdes after the 10am Mass on Wednesday.  Stations will take place after the 10am Mass at St. Teilo’s during adoration.

Each Tuesday evening, the parish has an hour of silent Adoration at St. Teilo’s from 7pm to 8pm. The primary intention for the period of Adoration is vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Feel free to come for all or part of the hour to pray for the Church in its need for faithful ministers to continue the Mission of Jesus.

Rest in Peace Please pray for the repose of the soul of Mgr. Canon Michael Lewis and Wendy Doxie who have both died recently. Mgr. Lewis served for many years as Parish Priest of Brecon and subsequently of Llandrindod Wells before his retirement in 2022. Mrs Doxie lived in the parish and has been receiving Holy Communion at home in recent times. Details of their funeral arrangements will be announced once they are confirmed.  Please also pray for those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Archbishop John Aloysius Ward, Canon William Isaac, Father Cornelius Reidy, Father Laurence O’Brien, Father Francis Murphy, Hubert O’Neill, Elizabeth Memfield, Alyn Thomas, Alice Sherlock, John Crowley, Mary Thomas, Daniel O’Keefe, Winifred Carter, Christopher (Ernie) Tucker, Christopher Burns, Roger Willis, Edith Harrison, Monica Crowley, Charlotte Jones, Joan James, Leslie Brown, Lynnette Caple, Nora Small, Lull Lord, Anthony Crosby, Frederick Newman, San Juan Estaban, Mary Smith, Bernadette Evans, Eileen McEvoy, Annette Wilkins, Joan Kidd, Harriet Lloyd, Douglas Slee, FelixHill, Margaret O’Keefe, Honora Collins, Oscar Edwards and Walter John ‘Jack’ Lovell.