On Thursday, we meet the parents of the First Communion class for the third time At the weekend we will be just 2 weeks away from Pentecost Please find below a short introduction for parents/ carers and parishioners to a taster session based on the Sycamore programme It gives joining details for a Zoom session on Wednesday 4th June It provides a short reading from Acts as well as a chance to view the kinds of questions that we could use in Breakout rooms. I have downloaded the three Pentecost films. Each last 5-7 minutes. People who join the Zoom session will watch each followed by a short breakout session,The breakout will be facilitated [ parishioners/ teachers ]

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.

Holy Rosary will be held in Our Lady’s Garden at St Peter’s every Sunday beginning 4th May at 10.45am All are welcome to join!

Saturday 31st May 5pm We will be praying the Holy Rosary in honour of Our Lady on this Feast Day before the Vigil Mass. All are welcome to join

The diocesan Catholic Charismatic Team invites you to a Saturday with praise & worship, Mass and small group sharing at  Jubilee shrines across the Archdiocese. Each day runs 10 am - 3pm, please bring packed lunch. 14 June - Sacred Heart Centre, Swansea SA6 6HX 28 June - Belmont Abbey, Hereford HR2 9RZ 5 July - St Non’s Retreat, SA62 6BN

National flags On this Solemnity, we would like to decorate the Church with different national flags that represent all the nationalities that make up our Parish Community. If you have a national flag, can you please bring it to the Church before Friday 6 June. There will be a box in the porch (please label the flag with your name for returning). *************************************** Nationalities in the Parish We wish to celebrate the diversity of Parishioners in our Parish on Pentecost. Please add your own Nationality or Ethnicity to the list in the entrance  NEXT WEEKEND. The list will be typed up and attached to the newsletter on Pentecost Sunday. *************************************** Prayers on Pentecost Sunday NEXT WEEKEND, we will be looking for parishioners to volunteer to say one bidding prayer in their own language on Pentecost Sunday

The Virtues of Mary - Love of Compassion Mary's most attractive form of love for mankind, is her compassion (or mercy) to the afflicted. We greet her in the Litany as 'Health of the sick', 'Comfort of the afflicted', 'Refuge of sinners', are not without reason. Because we believe her compassionate heart full of tenderness for the unhappy children of Eve, can helps us in every evil, physical, intellectual, or moral, that crosses our path. Think of the miraculous cures, obtained in the past and nowadays through Mary's intercession. If the shadow of St. Peter falling on the sick could give them health, how much more potent must be the prayer of the Mother of God? Christians recourse to Mary in times of illness, of pain, of fears; and received unspeakable consolations, felt strengthened, or sometimes sufferings alleviated. Even in the agony of death, she will help us in our last moments; since Mary seated by the death-bed of St. Joseph, made death itself seem sweet to him, she also stood beneath the Cross to behold her Son's cruel death on Calvary. "Oh Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death." Illnesses can kill the body, which cause our lives. But there is something more deadlier - sins, can kill our souls, which causes our Eternal Life. Although we are sinners, we can find safety in Mary's compassion. As Jesus the good Shepherd Who went over the rugged heights of the mountains to look for the lost sheep, so Mary is like the woman in the Gospel who lights her candle and searches the whole house to find her lost coin. But, do you know, we have cost Mary something more precious than money. Did we not cost her all that stream of Blood that flowed on Golgotha? That Blood had come to Jesus from Mary and from her alone, and she offered it with Him for the salvation of sinners. So, if you feel far from God, burden by guilt, or feel shame to approach God, then recourse to Mary. We shall receive from her the mother's love and the longing peace. As she had become Mother of God without ceasing to be a Virgin, and beneath the Cross she became mother of sinners without ceasing to be the Mother of God. Let our burden or fearful heart fly to Mary. "May you be a house of refuge to me, so you may save me." (Reference: 'The Virtues of Mary' by Luigi Lanzoni, Loughborough: John Corah & Son, 1897

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” (John 14:27) Grant, almighty God, that we may celebrate with heartfelt devotion these days of joy, which we keep in honor of the risen Lord, and that what we relive in remembrance we may always hold to in what we do. 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.

Join us on the 29th May for Holy Mass and the celebration of the Ascension of the Lord.