Opening Times Saturday : Before and after 5.30pm Mass Sunday : Before and after 9.30am Mass until 11.30am Mass begins We have a large selection of Christmas cards and gifts available

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)

Sunday 15th September 2024 3pm Roath Park Lake (Meet at the Clock Tower) Please phone 02920 405 942 for sponsor forms or just turn up on the day. The Walk is 10,000 steps for the now over 10 million unborn children killed under the UK’s 1967 Abortion Act.

It is one of the oldest Days of Special Prayer in England and Wales, established 175 years ago in 1848. It provides an opportunity to celebrate and give thanks to all involved in making Catholic schools places of enlightenment, as well as to look forward in anticipation of the year ahead. This year's theme is drawn from its Gospel reading of Mark 7:31-37: He makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak. Pope Francis said: ‘Jesus revealed to us the secret of a miracle that we too can imitate, becoming protagonists of “Ephphatha”, of that phrase “be opened” with which He gave speech and hearing back to the deaf and dumb man. ‘It means opening ourselves to the needs of our brothers and sisters who are suffering and in need of help, by shunning selfishness and hardheartedness. It is precisely the heart, that is the deep core of the person, that Jesus came to “open”, to free, in order to make us capable of fully living the relationship with God and with others. Catholic education in Church schools and universities endeavours to acknowledge Jesus’ loving presence in the lives of young people as they work, learn, pray, grow in character and virtue, and discover their vocation. Education Sunday can be the reminder to all members of the Catholic community of the importance of education to the Catholic mission. (CBCEW & Catholic Education Service)

Red Boxes are due to be opened in September and Promoters will be in contact with Box Holders to do this. The Church Shop also helps by taking in some boxes to help Promoters who will return them to the shop for collection a week or two later. Unfortunately some Boxes were left there for months. There was no contact information on them for their return, some even without names! Missio HQ did provide me with a list but this was incomplete and I need to update my records. Please note that Boxes should NOT be left in the church or presbytery or handed to priests. Phone (029) 2049 4003 and leave a message on our answerphone with any queries. Christine (Parish Missio Secretary)

This is celebrated every 1st September and the Season of Creation extends from this date to 4th October, the feast of St Francis of Assisi. The Season of Creation is an annual Christian celebration dedicated to renewing our relationship with God and all of creation through prayer, action, and commitment. In Pope Francis’ message for this Day, entitled ‘Hope and act with Creation’, he said: “The theme is drawn from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans (8:19-25), where the Apostle explains what it means for us to live according to the Spirit and focuses on the sure hope of salvation that is born of faith, namely, newness of life in Christ.”  This Season of Creation invites Christians to celebrate God as Creator and to recognise the ongoing divine act of creation that calls us to be co-creators, caring for all that God has made. Through concrete actions inspired by faith, we can embody the hope of resurrection and work together to bring forth the first fruits of hope, nurturing a dynamic future for our planet and all its inhabitants. ( www.rcadc.org ) You can read the Holy Father’s message via: https://www.humandevelopment.va/en/news/2024/ messaggio-papa-francesco-giornata-mondiale-dipreghiera-per-creato.html

10-11 August 2024 “End the British Government’s cruel two-child benefit cap” Sadly, one of the biggest drivers of abortion in the UK is poverty and this particular policy which penalises families and contributes to poverty is the current government policy on Universal Benefits. The 2-child benefit cap targets the poor and vulnerable. Please help mothers to choose life and overturn this two child benefit cap by signing the petition cards next weekend . Thank you for your support.