Friday 25 July 2025 2pm - 6pm Nazareth House, Cardiff CF10 3UN The afternoon includes: Praise & Worship, Talks, Prayer Ministry, Healing Service, Adoration & Holy Mass. For more information please contact: Madaline: 07791 503857 Reeja: 07939 205831

Join the Fightback! As you probably know, in the space of just one week at the end of June, MPs voted to legalise assisted suicide and to decriminalise abortion, allowing for abortion up to birth. These are threats that we should all care deeply about. SPUC invites you to join in the fightback, to make your voice heard and to stand up for the most vulnerable. Please fill out one of the postcards at Church porch, and SPUC will send you information about what you can do for the cause.

Do you know they are the two Welsh martyrs within our Parish who died for the Faith and were executed for exercising their priestly duties? St Philip Evans was a Jesuit Priest born in Monmouth, and St John Lloyd was a secular Priest from Breconshire. They were both arrested around the same time during the Titus Oates plot, imprisoned in the same cell in Cardiff castle and executed on the same day, 22nd July 1679, at Gallows Field which is now known as Richmond Road — a busy road junction but the spot is marked by a blue plaque on the wall of the NatWest bank. In 2021, two skulls and a cluster of other bones which were discovered back in 1878 in an attic in Holywell in Wales have been finally identified as the relics of the two martyrs. St Philip Evans was the jolliest of all the martyrs. He was playing tennis when told of his execution the next day. So happy did the news make him that he went on with the game! St. John Lloyd said he was not a good speaker, he said to the crowd before he died: “...I shall only say that I die in the true catholic and apostolic faith, according to these words in the Creed: I believe in the Holy Catholic Church; And with these three virtues: Faith, Hope and Charity”. However, actions speak louder than words. St Philip Evans and St John Lloyd both laid down their lives for the faith went far beyond words, far deeper than words. Their heroic witness echoes down the ages and speaks to us loudly today. St Philip Evans, pray for us! St John Lloyd, pray for us! (Both martyrs’ stained glass windows can still be seen on the left of the entrance in St Peter’s Church)

Show favour, O Lord, to your servants and mercifully increase the gifts of your grace, that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity, they may be ever watchful in keeping your commands. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you  in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

National Jubilee ‘Pilgrimage of Hope’ Is a national walking pilgrimage with four main Ways converging at St Barnabas Cathedral, Nottingham, on Saturday 13 September 2025 , for shared prayer and celebration. The Pilgrimage will culminate with Solemn Mass on Sunday 14 September 2025 (Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross) at 11:15am at St Barnabas’ Cathedral. The 4 main Ways start at Catholic cathedrals in Cardiff, Leeds, Norwich and London, and will bless our nations with a Sign of the Cross and with the Gospels, as the main ways are named after the Evangelists, Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.  The western ‘Pilgrimage of Hope’ Way (also called St Matthew’s Way) starts from St David’s Cathedral in Cardiff on Thursday 28th August 2025. A small group of ‘perpetual pilgrims’ will walk the full distance of the Way, and you are invited to join the 'perpetual pilgrims' and walk with them for one or more days. For more info about the pilgrimage walk, visit: www.pilgrimways.org.uk/ For details or register for the day pilgrimages of St Matthew’s Way, visit: www.pilgrimways.org.uk/new-st-matthew-sway-west

The Archdiocese has launched a new monthly email newsletter, bringing together the latest news, events, and features from across the Diocese and beyond. To subscribe, visit ( https://rcadc.org/new-diocesannewsletter-launches-on-fridaysign-up-today/ ) or scan the QR code. Stay informed and connected!

NO CHILDREN’S LITURGY during the summer break. Thank you for your support. We will restart Sunday 7th September .

For the over 55s in the Community Hall, Bedford Street. Wednesdays 1.30pm - 4pm Community Cuppa afternoon involves entertainment (organised by parishioners and guests), quizzes, bingo, raffle and plenty of cake and beverages.

Opening Times Saturday : Before and after 5.30pm Mass Sunday : Before and after 9.30am Mass until 11.30am Mass begins We now have new stock available including many different Rosaries, new Bibles, statues  and a large selection of first Holy Communion and Confirmation gifts and cards.