Priest Training Fund Collection – Vocations – Next weekend

As in previous Advents we are running Advent Discussion Sessions during the season to help prepare us for Christmas. The session begins on Wednesday evening at 7pm in St. Teilo’s Parish Hall. This year we will be following the Advent Reflections of Sr. Gemma Simmonds CJ.

During this first week of Advent the Sacrament of Reconciliation – Confessions – have been arranged at a number of deanery churches. These additional sessions are as follows: • Tuesday 2nd December – St. Patrick’s, Grangetown – 10.30am to 11.30am • Wednesday 3rd December – The Oratory, St. Alban’s Splott – 7am to 7pm • Saturday 6th December – St. Paul’s, Cyncoed –10am to 11am  • Saturday 6th December – St. Francis, Ely – 4pm to 5pm

This weekend there will be the annual retiring collection for the Archdiocesan Sick and Retired Clergy Fund. The fund makes a vital contribution to the cost of providing our priests with a secure and dignified retirement. Donating is one way in which we can simply say ‘thank you’ for their years of service. You can also donate to the fund using a debit or credit card at the Electronic Donation Station at the back of St. Teilo’s or online at https://donate.mydona.com/st-teilo-our-lady-of-lourdes

St Teilo's with Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Christmas Raffle Tickets will be available at the back of our Churches after all Masses over the next three weekends. The cost will be £1 per strip and the draw will take place on Sunday, December 21st in the Hall after the 10am Mass. Money raised will be for Mary’s Meals. There are lots of wonderful prizes. Many thanks to everybody who donated gifts.

This pocket-size booklet of prayers and reflections for Advent and Christmas is now available at the back of the Church, ready for the start of Advent. Archbishop Mark O’Toole has written a foreword to the booklet and recommends it as an aid to prayer. Why not sit quietly with Walk with Me for a few minutes each day? Walk with Me costs £1 per copy, the money can be put in the Piety Stall box at the back of the Church or by selecting Piety Stall on the electronic donation machine.

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!

Walk and Talk The heavy bouts of rain we have experienced recently have left some areas of the paths at Llanishen and Lisvane reservoir very muddy and waterlogged. The Walk and Talk Group have therefore decided to switch the venue to a walk around Roath Park. Meet at the Lighthouse at 12.45pm on Monday 1st December

Today we begin the season of Advent, the start of the new Liturgical Year. The Church wishes not only to indicate the beginning of a period but the beginning of a renewed commitment to the faith by all of us who follow Christ, the Lord. We are encouraged to use this time as a prayerful preparation for the birth of Christ in our hearts. This season is an opportunity to make Christmas 2025 a worthy celebration of the Lord’s birth, as we welcome Him anew into our hearts.

Rest in Peace Please pray for the repose of the souls of Margaret Canlan, Denis Desmond, Jacqueline Szabados, John Evans, Michael Clifford and Anna Bacco who have all died recently. Mrs. Canlan’s funeral will take place at St. Teilo’s at 11.30am on Wednesday, December 3 rd . Mr. Desmond’s funeral will take place at Thornhill at 11am on Thursday, December 4th. Mrs. Szabados’ funeral will take place at Thornhill on Monday, December 8th at 3pm. John Evans’ Funeral Mass will take place at St. Teilo’s on Tuesday, December 9th at 11:00am followed by burial at Thornhill Cemetery at 12:30pm. Mr. Clifford’s funeral will take place at Thornhill on Tuesday, December 9th at 2.30pm. Ms. Bacco’s funeral will take place at Thornhill on Thursday, December 11th at 2pm.  Please also pray for those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Father Dewi Davies, Elizabeth Nembach, Alice Kennedy, James Driscoll, Jozica Masic, Pauline Swambo, Peter Sullivan, Julian Bale, John McLeod, Royston Chapple, Mary Millar, Charles Gwinnutt, Bernard Davies, Alfred Forde, James Kelly, Barbara Aherne, Laurence Bermingham, Gerard O’Sullivan, Eric Darlington, Margaret Lloyd, Ronald Ceaton, Joan Battisto, William Coughlin, Joe Davies, Mary Cotter, Lloyd Edwards, Arthur Herbert and Bernard Flynn.