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- This Week
- Nursing Homes Ministry
- OMG! It’s time for young people!
- St Saviour’s Patronal Festival
- MacMillan Coffee Morning
- Harvest
- Walsingham 2025
- Ministry Area Council
- Worship for the Week Ahead
- United in Prayer
- Funerals
- Keep in touch
This Week
We look forward to activities with young and old, as well as prepare for the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning! There are local celebrations and an early bird’s opportunity to book a place on next year’s Walsingham Pilgrimage.
Nursing Homes Ministry
We have an active Ministry to some of the Nursing and Residential Homes in our Ministry Area.
Next Wednesday, there is a visit to Bella Vista at 11am and, for the first time, to Shire Hall Nursing Home at 3pm for a time of prayer and worship. Both take place each month. If you have family or friends who are residents then please get in touch with the Nursing Homes if you would like to combine a visit with the service. Also, if you would like to join Fr Dean in this regular ministry then please get in touch with him to explore possibilities.
OMG! It’s time for young people!
Our next OMG! Event for young people takes place on Sunday 22 September at 5pm at St Saviour’s Church.
All young people are invited, and it is also a wonderful time for young Walsingham Pilgrims to reconnect, and for us to hear their stories and experiences as we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham. There will be a time of worship followed by a barbecue.
St Saviour’s Patronal Festival
On Sunday, we celebrate the Patronal Festival of St Saviour’s Church with the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
Thanks to Fr Colin Sutton who will be presiding and preaching on this occasion.
MacMillan Coffee Morning
There are several Coffee Mornings for Macmillan across the Ministry Area beginning with St Paul’s on Saturday September 20 as we take part in the worlds biggest coffee morning raising money for MacMillan Cancer Support. The kettle will be on from 1030am, and there will be loads of amazing cakes to buy!
The next Coffee Morning takes place at St Mary’s on Sunday September 29th after the 11am Sunday Mass from 12 noon when we will have the usual tea and coffee time, but donations are requested for all the sweet treats on offer!
Harvest
At the end of September, as Autumn begins to slip in, we give thanks for the Harvest.
Each week, we receive donations for Cardiff Foodbank, so if you are presenting any food for the Harvest celebrations, please can you ensure they are tinned or packaged. You can find out what items the Foodbank requests at their website.
Walsingham 2025
Bookings are now open for the Walsingham Pilgrimage 2024 which takes place from July 21- 24 2024.
For the first time, bookings are taking place online, and you can discover more at the Eneter the Mystery webpages, which give details of the pilgrimage, how to book, and a link to a booking form. If you would like us to make the booking for you, then please speak to Liz at St Saviour’s, Georgina at St Mary’s, or Fr Dean. You can check out the link below:
Ministry Area Council
The next meeting of the Council is on Wednesday 18 September at 7pm. Please pray for the members of the Council who have the oversight for matters within the Ministry Area
At a recent meeting of the Governing Body of the Church in Wales , a motion was passed asking Ministry Areas to complete a self-evaluation exercise, so that there is a better sense of what is working well, and where challenges remain – which is one of the things we will be doing at the next meeting.
Worship for the Week Ahead
Mass is celebrated each day across our churches. Here’s our pattern of prayer for the week ahead.
Sunday 15 September
9.30am: Sung Mass at Ss Dyfrig & Samson
9.30am: Sung Mass at St Saviour’s
11.00am: Sung Mass at St Paul's
11.00am: Solemn Mass at St Mary's
Monday 16 September
6.30pm: Mass at Ss Dyfrig & Samson
Tuesday 17 September
6.30pm: Mass at St Mary’s
Wednesday 18 September
10.00am: Mass at St Paul's
11.00am: Mass at St Mary's
Thursday 19 September
10.00am: Mass at Ss Dyfrig & St Samson
Friday 20 September
10.00am: Mass at St Mary's
Saturday 21 September
11.00am: Morning Prayer & Rosary at St Mary's
11.30am Mass at St Mary's
12 noon: Sacrament of Reconciliation
You can discover more about our regular pattern of worship through the week at
United in Prayer
WE PRAY FOR for the Nursing, Residential and Care homes in the Ministry Area, for residents, staff and families and for our Ministry to them, for Bella Vista and Shire Hall.
WE PRAY FOR our young people, and for the preparations for OMG on September 22nd, for our Sunday School, and for all who teach, guide and support children and young people in our churches.
WE PRAY FOR the prison and probation services, for prisoners and their families and all who help prisoners to rehabilitate, for our prison chaplains, especially those at Cardiff Prison, and for all victims of crime.
For more prayer resources, check out our ‘Day by Day’ pages which includes prayers for various times and occasions.
Funerals
ST MARY’S
Monday 16 September at 12.15 pm (Angela Mary Evans)
Friday 20 September at 2.15 pm (Susan Commander)
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