THIS WEEKEND SECOND COLLECTION AT ALL MASSES  This year’s appeal postcards call on the Government to adhere to the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child. Please be as generous as you can to help SPUC defend unborn babies and their mothers.

This weekend, we read the Pastoral Letter from Archbishop Mark: "...Catholics maintain a principled objection to this change in law recognising that every human life is sacred, coming as a gift of God and bearing a God-given dignity...The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will fundamentally change many of the key relationships in our way of life: within the family, between doctor and patient, within the health service. Yet there has been no Royal Commission or independent inquiry ahead of its presentation. It is a Private Member’s Bill. The Bill itself is long and complex and was published just days before MPs voted on it, giving them inadequate time to consult or reflect upon it. The time for debate was minimal. The Committee examining the Bill took only three days of evidence...In contrast to the provisions of this Bill, what is needed is first-class, compassionate palliative care at the end of our lives… No-one should be dispatched as a burden to others. Instead, a good society would prioritise care for the elderly, the vulnerable, and the weak. The lives of our families are richer for cherishing their presence....So, I appeal to you: even if you have written before, please make contact now with your MP and ask them to vote against this Bill..." Right to Life UK has an online mechanism to allow people to submit a message to ask their MP to stop assisted suicide being rushed into law, and it only takes a few moments. Please access via: https://righttolife.org.uk/asvote

Opening Times Saturday : Before and after 5.30pm Mass Sunday : Before and after 9.30am Mass until 11.30am Mass begins We have a selection of Easter cards, Mother’s Day cards and gifts,  items for Jubilee Year and Bl Carlo Acutis, and more.

Eucharistic Adoration from Monday to Friday after 10am Weekday Mass until 11.30am On Friday is the Rosary for Life 11am - 11.30am

Friday 14th February St David Cathedral, Cardiff For full details of the schedule, please visit: https://rcadc.org/blessed-carlo-acutis-relic-tovisit-cardiff-menevia/ Blessed Carlo will be proclaimed a Saint by Pope Francis in Rome on 27th April 2025.

A candlelit vigil for peace throughout the world is to be held on Sunday 26th January at 6pm , in St Peter’s Church. Please attend if you can.

This group of parishioners will offer help and support to families that have suffered the death of a loved one. The process of Bereavement experienced by such families is a very difficult one that cannot be avoided. It is a time when they need all the support and help that they can get from relatives, friends and the wider community. The task of the Bereavement Group is to offer this support and help on behalf of the Parish community. We see the need and would like to set up a group. If you wish to know more, please add your name to a list at the back of church .  Thank you.

29 September 2024 'God walks with His people' The Holy Father said in his Papal message: “...Many migrants experience God as their traveling companion, guide and anchor of salvation. They entrust themselves to him before setting out and seek him in times of need. In him, they find consolation in moments of discouragement. Thanks to him, there are good Samaritans along the way. In prayer, they confide their hopes to him… God not only walks with his people, but also within them, in the sense that he identifies himself with men and women on their journey through history, particularly with the least, the poor and the marginalised. In this we see an extension of the mystery of the Incarnation. For this reason, the encounter with the migrant, as with every brother and sister in need, “is also an encounter with Christ. He himself said so. It is he who knocks on our door, hungry, thirsty, an outsider, naked, sick and imprisoned, asking to be met and assisted”...on this day dedicated to migrants and refugees, let us unite in prayer for all those who have had to leave their land in search of dignified living conditions. May we journey together with them…” (CBCEW)

The Harvest, the Fruits of Human Work, and the Reverent Use of Creation The Church has long celebrated the agricultural harvest. This intention also includes all human work. In all circumstances of human life there are choices to be made regarding the environment and our reverent stewardship of the God's gift of creation. "The external deserts in the world are growing, because the internal deserts have become so vast. Therefore the earth's treasures no longer serve to build God's garden for all to live in, but they have been made to serve the powers of exploitation and destruction." (Benedict XVI, homily at Inaugural Mass, 2005) O Lord, good Father, who in your providence have entrusted the earth to the human race, grant, we pray, that with the fruits harvested from it we may be able to sustain life and, with your help, always use them. (Roman Missal)  (Liturgy Office of England & Wales)