Pilgrimage to the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Taper Cardigan – Wednesday 14th May

The Parish Lenten Sessions finish on Tuesday this week. Please note the change of day to enable people to go to the Deanery Station Mass on Wednesday. The theme of this fifth and final session is: “Christ, Our Hope” The topic of the fifth session will be a reminder that the Resurrection of Christ is the motive for our hope. He is risen and invites us to share in His eternal glory. This hope impels us to build his Kingdom here on earth without being defeated by apparent failure.

Monday of Holy Week No Mass Tuesday of Holy Week 11:30am – The Chrism Mass – Saint Joseph's Co-Cathedral, Swansea Spy Wednesday 10am – Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes  10.30am – Stations of the Cross at Our Lady of Lourdes Maundy Thursday 7pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper at St. Teilo’s followed by Watching at the Altar of Repose until 10pm Good Friday 9.30am – Whitchurch Walk of Witness – starting at St. Teilo’s and visiting Ebeneser (at Whitchurch Community Centre), Whitchurch Methodist Church, St. Mary’s Church, Bethel Baptist Church Ebeneser (at Tabernacle Church) and Ararat Baptist Church 3pm – The Liturgy of the Passion at St. Teilo’s Easter Vigil The Easter Vigil will be celebrated at St. Teilo’s at 8.30pm on Saturday evening Easter Sunday 8.30am – Easter Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes 10am – Easter Sunday Mass at St. Teilo’s There will be no evening Mass on Easter Sunday.

Clothes donations for the SVP 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, April 13th , 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.

This month’s craft session takes place in the Parish Hall at St. Teilo’s next Saturday, April 12th after Mass, from 10.45am - 12.30pm. The session is suitable for absolute beginners to experts. This month the group will be creating fridge magnets and bookmarks. The session is free with a voluntary contribution to help provide supplies for future months. Hope to see you there! Any enquiries please contact simplycraft@btinternet.com or speak to Erica.

The Lenten Station Mass for our Deanery will take place on Wednesday, April 9th at 7pm at St. Helen's Church, Barry. It would be nice to have a good number of parishioners in attendance at this Mass as part of our Lenten observance, so please make every effort to attend.  The idea of a Station Mass originated in Rome during the time of Pope St. Gregory the Great (590 – 604). It was developed as a daily pilgrimage in the footsteps of the martyrs and saints. Pilgrims and penitents visited forty churches in Rome on foot during Lent and performed penitential exercises and celebrated Mass in each ‘stopping place’ or ‘station’. In doing so, they were also following the example of Jesus who went out into the desert and fasted for forty days and forty nights in preparation for His mission. In a sense the Station Mass is a pilgrimage, a part of the commitment to the forty days of Lent and the journey each of us has to make into the desert of our own hearts and lives to be ready to meet Jesus at Easter.

Refreshments will be served in the Hall after the 10.am Mass next Sunday ( 13th April ). We will be celebrating the 70th birthday of the Chair of the Parish Pastoral Council – Leigh Jenkins. All are welcome to come along.

Many thanks to all who attended the celebration mass on April 4th 2025 , led by Archbishop Mark O’Toole, to mark the centenary of the establishment of the Parish and the 100 years of faith, prayer, family and community with which we have been blessed. Here are some of the photos of the event.

As the whole deanery is expected to attend the Deanery Station Mass on Wednesday Evening, there will be no Mass, coffee and tea or Stations of the Cross at Our Lady of Lourdes on Wednesday morning ( 9th April ) this week.

During Lent we will celebrate the Stations of the Cross each week in the Parish.  The Stations will take place after the 10am Mass at St. Teilo’s during Adoration.