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Connecting you to the churches of South Cardiff Ministry Area across Butetown, Grangetown and Splott.
Our vision is to be a creative and resourceful community which is welcoming, faithful and just!
South Wales Walsingham Pilgrimage
This week many pilgrims from our ministry area and other MAs from across the diocese are enjoying four days of worship, prayer and fellowship in Walsingham.
We’re always keen to welcome new pilgrims to join us for this special time every July. If you’ve never been to Walsingham before, and would like to find out more about what’s involved, please speak to Fr Dean or Fr Richard.
Check out the South Wales Walsingham Facebook page for daily updates of this week’s pilgrimage!
Cardiff Crossrail
Work has begun which means there will be various traffic measures in place including roads closed at various times which will affect access to St Mary’s. We will update you online and in our weekly bulletin. Here are the most immediate measures.
For approximately six weeks from 24th July, vehicular access is only possible from the north of Bute Street.
Also, during the weekend of Friday 24 to Sunday 27 July there is no vehicular access to North Church Street, and so no access to the car park here.
The possible routes to St Mary’s during this time are shown above.
St Paul’s Summer Fete
Our annual fete outside St Paul’s Community Hall was held on Saturday on a glorious sunny day.
There were cakes, hot dogs, burgers, chips, teas, coffees, and the usual array of stalls as well as the drawing of the grand summer raffle. Over £1500 was raised for church funds – well done everyone who worked so hard and thanks to all who came and supported our fete.
St Samson’s Day and a 50th anniversary!
Join us on Sunday 26th July for a double celebration!
We’re observing the Feast of St Samson, one of the patron saints on St Dyfrig & St Samson. It’s also the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the church building. St Samson’s, as it was originally called, was never consecrated when built in 1922 as there were plans to add more to the building. This never happened, but in the late 1960s when St Dyfrig’s on Wood Street was demolished, the dedication was changed to add the name of St Dyfrig. The building – with the new dedication – was finally consecrated in July 1976.
We’re celebrating with a Sung Mass at 9.30am and Fr Mark Preece, Archdeacon of Llandaff, will be our preacher. We’re also inviting everyone to bring along any old photos or other memorabilia relating to St Dyfrig’s or St Samson’s that we can display.
Assumptiontide Celebrations
Summer Ideas!
If you’re looking for some ideas of things to do this summer, why not get out and about and check out our PILGRIM pages, exploring the religious landscape of South Wales?
Walsingham Youth Pilgrimage
Eight young people from St Saviours are joining the Diocesan group for the Walsingham Youth Pilgrimage in August.
They will join hundreds of other young people from all over the UK. Please do keep them and all pilgrims and leaders in your prayers.
Alpha comes to Grangetown
A course for anyone interested in the big questions in life! Join us every Wednesday at Ss Dyfrig and Samson, every week from 7.30pm – 9pm
Grangetown Consultation
St Paul’s and St Dyfrig & St Samson’s churches in Grangetown are working together to understand what really matters to our community.
A short survey (about 5 minutes) is available and will help us learn how we can serve and support our neighbourhood better.
You can fill in the survey anonymously or leave your details so we can contact you to follow up on your ideas. Your data will not be shared with anyone else and will be deleted after 12 months.
If you prefer you can fill in the survey online at bit.ly/grangetownsurvey
Dates for your diary
Here is a new-look South Cardiff Calendar, with details of lots of upcoming events and activities across our Ministry Area. Make sure you put everything down in your diary so that you don’t miss anything!
There will be more details about these events in future editions of Connect.
This is also available on our website here.
Worship
Sunday is the heart of our week, and the Eucharist is at the centre of our worship.
We have four Sunday celebrations across the Ministry Area. There is also a daily celebration of Mass on weekdays.
BUTETOWN:
S MARY THE VIRGIN
11am Solemn Mass
GRANGETOWN:
S PAUL THE APOSTLE
11.00am Sung Eucharist
SS DYFRIG & SAMSON
9.30am Solemn Mass
SPLOTT:
S SAVIOUR
9.30am Sung Mass
MONDAY
630pm Mass (Ss Dyfrig & Samson’s)
TUESDAY
630pm Mass (S Mary’s)
WEDNESDAY
10am Holy Eucharist (S Paul’s)
11am Mass (S Mary’s)
THURSDAY
10.00am Mass (Ss Dyfrig & Samson’s)
FRIDAY
10am Mass (S Saviour’s)
SATURDAY
11am Morning Prayer & Rosary (S Mary’s)
1130am Mass (S Mary’s)
12noon Confessions (S Mary’s)
You can discover more about our regular pattern of worship through the week at
Clergy contacts
Ministry Area Leader and Priest for St Mary’s and St Saviour’s: Fr Dean Atkins
07368 176300 | deanjatkins@outlook.com
Ministry Area Vicar and Priest for St Paul’s and Ss Dyfrig & Samson: Fr Richard Green
0333 301 1850 | RichardGreen@cinw.org.uk
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