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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 very welcome. Donations may be left outside the confessionals at the rear of St. Teilo’s this weekend (14th April) . 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 May when we will have another collection. Thank you from the parish SVP.

Suzie Rees, Membership Support Officer for the SVP, is to make an appeal for new members at all Masses on the weekend of April 27th and 28th . Interested parishioners will then be invited to a meeting in the parish hall at 7pm on Wednesday, May 1st , at 7.00pm for more information.

Canon John would like to thank all those who did so much to make the Holy Week and Easter celebrations a great occasion celebrating our faith. He is especially grateful for the generous Easter Offerings which he received. Many, many, thanks! There are so many people who worked behind the scenes to make the ceremonies a fitting occasion, those who prepared, cleaned and decorated the Sanctuary as well as those who were more visible including the altar servers, readers, musicians and welcomers who made the celebrations possible. A big thank you to you all!  Canon John would also like to thank all the parishioners who came along to take part in the celebrations. May the blessing and joy of Easter be with us all through the rest of this blessed season.

The Parish Rosary Prayer Group 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. 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, April 25th . All are welcome to attend.

We will have coffee, tea and biscuits in the St. Pope John Paul II Chapel at Our Lady of Lourdes after the 10.00am Mass and Stations of the Cross on Wednesday, April 17th . If you are at the Mass on that day, please stay behind and spend some time socialising and sharing with our fellow parishioners.

Our Lady of Lourdes - Thursday The Polish Community holds silent Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Thursday evenings from 7.30 to 8.30 pm. All are welcome to come along and pray in silence, in the presence of the Lord Jesus. Adoration is preceded by Mass in Polish at 7pm. Adoration and Exposition – Friday There will be no Adoration and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Friday this week as Canon John has a Funeral at Thornhill at that time.

The National Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima and the Relics of St. Francisco and St. Jacinta will visit St Teilo's with Our Lady of Lourdes on the weekend of Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st of April. Please put the event in your diaries now. The timetable is as follows: Mass Next Saturday Please note that there will be no 10am Mass next Saturday morning, rather Mass will be celebrated at 1.30pm as we welcome the National Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, see below for full timings. Saturday 20th April 1.30pm - Procession and enthronement of Our Lady together with the relics of St. Jacinta and St. Francisco followed by Mass at St. Teilo’s 1.45pm - Recitation and Meditation of the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary (St. Teilo’s) 2.15pm Veneration of the Relics (St. Teilo’s) 2.30pm Tea Break (Parish Hall) 2.50pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy (St. Teilo’s) 3pm Talk on the Message of Fatima (Parish Hall) 4.15pm Enrolment & Investiture of the Brown Scapular (St. Teilo’s) 4.30pm Exposition, Adoration and Benediction (St. Teilo’s) 6pm Vigil Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church: After post communion prayer: Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Sunday April 21st 10am Sunday Mass at St. Teilo’s after post communion prayer: Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary 11am Veneration of the Relics of St. Jacinta and St. Francisco (St. Teilo’s) 11.15am Documentary Film: Fatima: Message of Hope. (Parish Hall) 12 Noon Farewell to Our Lady (St. Teilo’s) Confessions Due to the visit of the National Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, there will be no confessions on Saturday morning. Confessions will take place as usual on Saturday evening at Our Lady of Lourdes

Rest in Peace Please pray for the repose of the souls of Marie Lynch and Bernadette Evans. Mrs. Lynch’s Funeral Service will take place at the Wenallt Chapel, Thornhill at 11.30am on Friday, April 19th . Mrs. Evans’s Funeral Mass will take place at St. Teilo’s at 1.30pm on Wednesday, April 24th followed by interment at Pantmawr Cemetery at 3.30pm.  Please also pray for the repose of the souls of those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Canon Dermot Clancy, Canon Bernard Whitehouse, Father John McLoughlin, Clifford Jacobson, Kathleen Griffths, Anne Dwyer, John DaviesGay, Richard ‘Dick’ Street, Stephen Armstrong, Patrick Gavine, Francis Tucker, Winifred Poole, Mary Donovan, Trevor Kane, Martha Scully, Ivor William, Arthur Bickerton, David Brierly, Rose Davey, Honora Rowe, Giovanna Conti, Eileen Wheatley, Ellen McLoughlin, Mary O’Driscoll, Christopher Hutchinson, Germane Ash, Henry Porter, Christine Jenkins, Veronica Martin, William Chinnick, Vanda Cronin, Patrick Daly, Dilys Thomas, Kathleen Murphy, Rita Thompson, John Morris, Bernard Regan, Pat Regan and Jeremiah O’Hanlon.