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- Refugee Week 2024
- A word (or two) of welcome
- Faithful Butetown
- Walsingham Cell-ebrations
- General Election
- Let’s get together!
- A look back at 2023
- Common Fund
- Summer Praise & Strawberry Tea
- St Paul’s Coffee Morning
- Glastonbury Pilgrimage
- Worship for the Week Ahead
- United in Prayer
- Events and Celebrations
- Funerals
- Keep in touch
Refugee Week 2024
This coming week is packed with events and activities. Yes, as if you didn’t know, it’s Refugee Week, the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.
This year’s theme is “Our Home” and we’ll begin our celebrations a day early on Sunday 16 June. You can find the full programme here:
A word (or two) of welcome
Our celebrations for Refugee Week begin this Sunday 16 June with Ice Cream Sunday! After Mass at St Mary’s we make our way into the gardens at 12 noon. During the Mass we’ll share the word ‘welcome’ in all the different languages associated with St Mary’s School community. If you have an associated language to add to the list then please write it down and give to Mrs Prichard who will be at the Mass.
Faithful Butetown
During Refugee Week, we’ll be working with and welcoming over 600 children from seven different schools. We’ll celebrating our Faithful Butetown Discovery Days with four performances of the play, “Betty Campbell, a journey through Butetown.” This is a project currently being developed and expanded and we hope to have some exciting news about it soon. Thanks to a grant of £2,000 from Cardiff Council we will be able to move on to the next stage of the the project. You can find out more about Faithful Butetown here:
Walsingham Cell-ebrations
Last week, we gathered for our Walsingham Cell for Mass and Sprinkling with water from the holy well. Check out the highlights in our video.
General Election
Cardiff Citizens General Election Accountability Assembly will take place on 20th June 5pm-6:15pm at Church od Resurrection in Ely.
Food will be served for children and adults from 4:30pm. Transport costs from other parts of the city can be covered.
Please register yourself and invite others to join here
Let’s get together!
We love being part of the ‘More in Common Network’, and the ‘The Great Get Together’ is firmly embedded in our diary. Our celebrations for the week are wonderfully wrapped up in our Mass for Sanctuary Sunday followed by a Barbecue at St Mary’s on Sunday 23 June at 12 noon. Invite your friends and families and neighbours! You can discover more about the More on Common Network on our website:
A look back at 2023
Our Annual Vestry Meeting is scheduled for Monday June 24 at 7.30 pm at Ss Dyfrig and Samson. This is a time to accept the Annual Report and Financial Report, and to plan for the year ahead with the election of our Ministry Area Council and Churchwardens. Election forms are available in each of the churches from Sunday. You can read the report below. The Financial Accounts will be available soon.
Common Fund
As part of the new process for what Ministry Areas pay to the Diocese, Cardiff Deanery Conference met on Thursday for each MA to make their pledge for 2025.
South Cardiff Ministry pledged 100% of its costs for Ministry which equates to £110,000 a year. This is 60% of our expenditure at the moment.
You can find out more about the Common Fund in this leaflet from the Diocese
Summer Praise & Strawberry Tea
Come and sing your favourite hymns (let us know before the day who you would like to sing!) and enjoy a Strawberry Tea afterwards on Sunday 11 July at 4pm at Ss Dyfrig and Samson. More details soon!
St Paul’s Coffee Morning
The next Charity Coffee morning will be on Saturday June 22 in aid of St Paul’s Church funds. Come along, enjoy the cake and company, and support a great cause!
Glastonbury Pilgrimage
The Glastonbury Pilgrimage is 100 years old! If you’d like a seat on the coach leaving from Cardiff then either add your name to the list in church or get in touch with us. A £10 payment is required. The bus leaves St Mary’s Church at 8.45am, and leaves Glastonbury approximately 4 pm. You can find out more about the pilgrimage here:
Worship for the Week Ahead
Mass is celebrated each day across our churches. Heres our pattern of prayer for the week beginning Sunday 5 May
Sunday 16 June
8.00am: Said Mass at St Paul's
9.15am: Sung Mass at Ss Dyfrig & Samson
9.30am: Sung Mass at St Saviour’s
10.30am: Sung Mass at St Paul's
11.00am: Solemn Mass at St Mary's
Monday 17 June
6.00pm Mass at St Mary's
7.00pm: Mass at Ss Dyfrig & Samson
Tuesday 18 June
10.00am: Mass at St Saviour's
7.00pm: Mass at St Mary’s
Wednesday 19 June
10.00am: Mass at St Paul's
11.00am: Mass at St Mary's
Thursday 20 June
9.30am: Mass at Ss Dyfrig & St Samson
1230pm: Mass at St Mary’s
5.45pm: Mass at St Saviour's
Friday 21 June
10.00am: Mass at St Mary's
Saturday 22 June
11.00am: Morning Prayer & Rosary at St Mary's
11.30am Mass at St Mary's
You can discover more about our regular pattern of worship through the week at
United in Prayer
We pray for our Refugee Week, Windrush Day and the Great Get Together celebrations.
We pray for all involved in the General Election campaigns, and for Citizen Cymru’s Accountability Assembly.
We pray for all Refugees, for those far from home or seeking a place of sanctuary, for all who are homeless.
For more prayer resources, check out our ‘Day by Day’ pages which includes prayers for various times and occasions.
Events and Celebrations
22 – 25 July
5- 9, August
Funerals
SS DYFRIG AND SAMSON
Friday 5 July at 12 noon (Jean Harding)
ST SAVIOUR’S
Friday 28th June 10.30 am (John Ryan) followed by Committal at Thornhill at 12.30pm. (John’s body will be received into Church on the Thursday 27th at 3.30pm)
“Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.”
You can find out more about the funeral service on our ‘Funerals’ page which also includes prayers for the bereaved and the departed.
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