Welcome to CONNECT, our Ministry Area Bulletin, gathering together the past week and looking forward to the weeks ahead!
HOSANNA!
We set off on our journey through Holy Week, beginning with Palm Sunday on 10 April. Whilst we were able to celebrate Holy Week together last year, this will be the first year since Lockdown without restrictions, and so it is a particularly special time.
You’ll find details of all the celebrations across the Ministry Area below, and it would be amazing for as many people as possible to participate in the celebrations of this most important week in the Christian Calendar.
THIS WEEK…
Holy Week and Easter | Cardiff Foodbank | A Focus on Mission | Citizens Assembly | Ministry Area Council | Community & Diary Dates | United in Prayer
RACING THROUGH LENT
Congratulations to Fr Edward who raised £422 for the Race to Hunger last Saturday—thanks to everyone who sponsored him. Cardiff Foodbank is our Lenten Charity across the Ministry Area this year.
Each week, throughout the year, members of our congregation donate items of food, and we have a Distribution Centre in one of our Churches, St Saviour’s in Splott, so it is a charity and cause close to our heart.
If you’ve been collecting for Cardiff Foodbank throughout Lent, you are asked to bring your offerings to the Maundy Thursday Mass.
You can listen to Fr Edward speaking about the importance of the Trussell Trust and why Cardiff Foodbank is our Lenten charity:
HOLY WEEK & EASTER
Holy Week and Easter is at the heart of our year and, as Sunday is to the week, so Easter Sunday is to the whole year.
From the ‘Hosanna’ cries of Palm Sunday to the the intimate beauty of Maundy Thursday, from the silence of Good Friday to the stillness of Holy Saturday, and the beauty of the Easter Vigil which erupts with joy, our journey through Holy Week is filled with many emotions but each moment draws us deeper into the Mystery of God, and Christ’s saving death and resurrection.
PALM SUNDAY
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday as we recall Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. In each church we gather (in different ways) for the Blessing of Palms, Procession and Sung Mass
BUTETOWN: S MARY THE VIRGIN The Blessing of Palms and Procession begins at St Paul's Methodist Church, Loudoun Square at 10.30am. 1100hrs Solemn Mass (Preacher: Revd Paul Martin) GRANGETOWN: S PAUL THE APOSTLE 0800hrs Said Eucharist 1030hrs Sung Eucharist SS DYFRIG & SAMSON 0915hrs Solemn Mass SPLOTT: S SAVIOUR 0930hrs Sung Mass
MAUNDY THURSDAY
We begin the Holy Triduum with Maundy Thursday. The celebrations of these next three days form one liturgical act.
On the night that Jesus gathered with his apostles in the upper room, and gave us the gift of the Eucharist, so we gather to do what he has commanded us to do. In fact, there are two commandments. ‘Do this in remembrance of me’ and ‘Love one another as I have loved you’ which is expressed in the Washing of Feet.
Tonight, on this holy night, we gather to celebrate the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, with Washing of Feet, Stripping of the Altar, and Watch until midnight (the hour may vary in each church)
7.00pm St Mary’s
7.30pm Ss Dyfrig and Samson’s
8.15pm St Saviour’s
GOOD FRIDAY
We gather in silence for the sacred Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion with Veneration of the Cross and Communion. There are three different opportunities to gather for this:
1pm St Saviour’s, Splott
2pm St Paul’s, Grangetown
3pm St Mary’s, Butetown
STATIONS OF THE CROSS: In addition to the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, there will be the opportunity to walk the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday in the churches of the Ministry Area, including a joint Stations with St Alban’s RC Church in Splott (at 12 noon) which begins with a procession from St Saviour’s to St Alban’s beginning at 11.30am.
HOLY SATURDAY
Holy Saturday is a day of waiting. As Jesus body lay in the tomb, so we watch and pray until we gather for the Easter Vigil, the most important act of worship of the whole year. There are two opportunities to celebrate.
The first is on the evening of Holy Saturday, as darkness descends, at St Mary’s Church at 8pm.
The other alternative is to rise before dawn and gather at St Saviour’s at 5.45pm, followed by Easter Breakfast.
EASTER SUNDAY
BUTETOWN:
S MARY THE VIRGIN
1100hrs Solemn Mass
GRANGETOWN:
S PAUL THE APOSTLE
0800hrs Said Eucharist
1030hrs Sung Eucharist
SS DYFRIG & SAMSON
0915hrs Solemn Mass
SPLOTT:
S SAVIOUR
0930hrs Sung Mass
A FOCUS ON MISSION
Soon, we will begin to gather various focus groups to lead on different aspect of life in the Ministry Area. To find out more, please speak to any of the clergy or wardens.
The first meetings will be brief (1 hour) and many of them will be arranged back to back, mindful that there are both crossover areas and that some people may want to be part of more than one group.
You can find out more about our focus groups at www.southcardiffministryarea.co.uk/focus
Wednesday 4 May (at St Mary’s)
7pm: Hospitality, History and Heritage
Wednesday 25 May (venue TBC)
7pm: Children and Young people
8pm: Christian Formation
Wednesday 8 June (venue TBC)
7pm: Community and Social Justice
8pm: Environment
CITIZENS ASSEMBLY
We are involved in a number of Citizens Cymru campaigns, including Croeso Butetown and the Youth Endowment Fund, and would love as many people as possible to join us from South Cardiff Ministry Area at the Cardiff Citizens Local Authority Accountability Assembly on 28th April. Find out more below, where you’ll also find a link to book your place!
Local Authority elections will be held across Wales on 5th May 2022.
On 28th April, in the Weston Studio of the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Citizens and their guests will come together to celebrate the change we have achieved in the last five years and make commitments to the change we hope to achieve during the next five.
Join action teams from across Cardiff in celebrating the success of campaigns such as Cardiff as a Living Wage City, overcoming employment inequality through The Community Jobs Compact, and the successful resettlement of refugees through Community Sponsorship, and hear asks for renewed commitment on these campaigns from those who seek to be the next Leader of Cardiff Council.
Then hear powerful stories and testimony about the current social justice issues that matter most to Cardiff Citizens’ members, as we make commitments and asks on issues such as youth violence and knife crime, safe and good quality housing, and buses and transport.
The Accountability Assembly is not a hustings or a question-time – it is an opportunity for the members of Cardiff Citizens to present the issues that matter to them and seek commitments from those who seek to be the Leader of Cardiff Council following the elections.
Cardiff Citizens and Citizens Cymru Wales are a non-partisan organisation, so every effort has been made to invite leaders from all of the major parties to this Assembly.
This Assembly will help us build accountable relationships with these decision-makers, make change on the issues that matter most to our people, and help us work together for social justice and the common good in Cardiff.
We invite all attendees to join our Muslim organisations and community for Iftaar after the Assembly, location tbc.
We hope that you can join us for what is sure to be an exciting evening
WENDY GIBBINS
We are deeply saddened by the death of Wendy Gibbins on Thursday evening. Wendy was an active member of St Saviour’s, had served as a member of the PCC there, and subsequently South Cardiff Ministry Area Council.
She also volunteered at the Foodbank Distribution Centre, was involved in our children’s ministry, amongst many, many other things. She will be deeply missed by all of us, and we pray for David, Dan, Kris and the family and her many friends.
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon her. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.
Jesu, mercy. Mary, pray.
COMMUNITY
EYES DOWN!
Yes, it’s the ever popular BINGO in Grangetown! Why not give it a try?!
Monday | 7pm | S Paul’s
Thursday | 7.30pm | Ss Dyfrig & Samson’s
EASTER RAFFLE
Tickets are now available for the Easter Raffle at Ss Dyfrig and Samson from Pam Ivins
COFFEE MORNING (@ST MARY’S)
Our Community Coffee Morning continues to grow, and provides a safe space for anyone who wants to pop along for a free tea or coffee each Thursday from 11am—1230pm.
SHAPING THE MINISTRY AREA
ANNUAL VESTRY MEETING
The following were appointed at the Annual Vestry Meeting which was chaired by our recently appointed Lay Chair, Glyn Perryman:
MINISTRY AREA WARDENS: Liz Norman and Rachel Williams
The following were appointed as members of the Ministry Area Council
ST MARY’S: Georgina Partridge (SW), Rachel Williams (SW), Iris Musa, Glyn Perryman (Lay Chair)
ST SAVIOUR’S: Liz Norman, David Gibbins, Janet Fotheringham
SS DYFRIG & SAMSON: Julian Jordan (SW) Gerald Horton (SW), Lorraine Harry
ST PAUL’S: Cheryl Dominguez, Rachel Goodfield, Jean Philips, Julia Watkins (SW)
DATES FOR THE DIARY
CHRISM MASS
Bristol Cathedral | Monday 11 April | 12 noon. | Coach available
This is a Chrism Mass celebrated outside of the Diocese by the Bishop of Chichester. The coach leaves St Mary’s at 8.45am, departing Bristol at 3pm
WALSINGHAM PILGRIMAGE
July 25—28 | Bookings are being taken now
SINGING FOR SEATS AT ST SAVIOURS
Clare Williams and her friends are planning another fundraising concert at St Saviours on Saturday 16 July. All proceeds will go towards new seating in the church. More details will be available closer to the date.
UNITED IN PRAYER | SIDE BY SIDE
PRAYER POINTS
For a full participation in the Holy Week celebrations across the Ministry Area, and for all involved in preparations.
For the people of Ukraine, and for all peoples displaced by war, for all refugees and asylum seekers
For Cardiff Foodbank, our Lenten Charity, and all who assist those in need or crisis
S MARY’S
Eleri Francis, Aron Bux, Carol Blades, Iris Norden, Aisha Bin-Matt, Simon Williams, Christopher Hoffman, Andrew Partridge, Ella Robinson, David Brooks, Dave Robbins, Irene Fox, Hayley McConnell-Hayward, , Brian Pepperell, Fr Christopher Smith, Linda Griffiths, Ronald John, Jeanette Sestanovich, Caitlin, Rose Martin
DEPARTED: Roger Pearson, Michael Bernard, Wendy Gibbins
ANNIVERSARIES OF DEATH: 10: Jean McNeill; 11: Edith Elizabeth Williams; 12: Arthur Cyril Buckland; 13: Vivian Anthony Alexander White; 14: Harry Dangerfield, Beryl Hughes, George L Pine; 15: Leonard Uzzel
S PAUL’S
Jane Pritchard, Ollie Meredith, Kathleen Phillips, Eileen Newbury, Gwyneth Day, Ken Bowen, Debbie, Anthony Lewis, David Nash, Lyn, Christine Davies, Gloria Lockwood, Allan Collier, Pam Probert, Sylvia and Mutty
SS DYFRIG & SAMSON’S
Christine Moseley, Jacqueline Swain, Mike Williams, Enid Ostler, Pauline, Eric Roberts, Kath Hancock, Jeanette Seymour, , David Williams, Pauline Morgan, Robert Bunkell, Fr Roy Doxsey, Ajay Christopherson, Pat Mathias, Rose Martin
ANNIVERSARIES OF DEATH: Esther Fowler, Gaynor Francis Hudd, Edward Sheeley, Albert Squire, Eileen Squire , Paul David Harry, Jennie Lewis, Jean Bradley, Doris Elizabeth Bending, Agnes Mary Burge, Charles Frederick Gage, Edith Evelyn Rose Bale, May Bromwell, Hettie Blanche Beer, Agnes Bryant
ST SAVIOUR’S
Beryl Hill, David Ryan
DEPARTED: Wendy Gibbins
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