Archbishop Mark and Bishop Peter Brignall have issued a joint statement on Assisted Suicide: ‘As the Senedd prepares to debate whether to give legislative consent to Westminster's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, Archbishop Mark and Bishop Peter Brignall wish to express their deep concern about legalising assisted suicide in Wales. International experience shows that where assisted suicide is legalised, eligibility criteria expand over time and subtle pressure is placed on those who are elderly, disabled, or who fear becoming a burden. True compassion means accompanying those who suffer and ensuring no one feels abandoned, not ending life. They urge Members of the Senedd to withhold consent and focus on strengthening palliative care. On Monday 26th January, those who can are asked to observe a day of fasting in solidarity with the vulnerable.  Please also engage respectfully with your Member of the Senedd to make your voice heard on this important decision for Wales.’

24th January 2026 Bethel Convention Centre, Birmingham A Catholic healing (& evangelisation) service led by Fr Xavier Vattayil (who is well-known worldwide for charism of healing with thousands of testimonies). Highlights of the day include: Worship, Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, Confession, Children's Stream and Prayer Ministry. All welcome.  Bus to the venue from Cardiff will be about 1 hr 40mins depends on traffic. Please contact Madeleine 07791 503 857

White Flower Appeal 2026 The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) is holding its annual appeal this weekend. SPUC exists to transform culture so that abortion is not only abolished but becomes unthinkable. The Society is actively leading the fight in courts, classrooms and culture to achieve this mission, in order to restore a respect for the sanctity of human life from conception until natural death. This year’s appeal postcards allow supporters to join the fightback campaign against the current threats in Parliament to expand abortion and allow assisted suicide. Your support means everything to them. Please be as generous as you can to help SPUC at this critical time for our country. There will also be a Second Collection THIS WEEKEND

It has been a tradition in the Catholic Church to bless chalk for Epiphany, and then use the blessed chalk as part of blessing one’s home in the New Year. It will be distributed at the10am Mass on Tuesday 6th January.

If you wish your child to receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation & Holy Communion in 2026 and they attend a NON-CATHOLIC school in year 3 or above.  Please complete the form at the back of Church and give to one of the Priests.

St. Peter's Bereavement support group have a meeting Sunday 9th. 2:30 to 4pm St David's chapel. If you would like some support or feel able to support others, Phone/Text 07566735162 please join us for a cuppa and a chat.. just come. Email stpeterslisteners@mail.com Use the side entrance please on Bedford Street

On Sunday 28th September the Church remembers the situation of migrants and refugees. It would be good to hear from a few parishioners at Masses on that weekend. A short piece could be read. If you wish to take part please speak to one of the clergy.

This Sunday 7th September , Pope Leo XIV will canonize Bl Carlo Acutis in St. Peter's Square in Rome, together with Bl Pier Giorgio Frassati. Bl Carlo Acutis was born in London in 1991. But he moved to Italy with his parents a few months after his birth. Even though his parents were not particularly religious, but from a very early age, Carlo had a great love for the Eucharist. Although like other teenagers who wore jeans and trainers, played video games, loved computing and websites and enjoyed football, it was obvious that Carlo lived his life for Christ. He used the internet to spread his faith as he created a remarkable website which presents Eucharistic miracles from across the globe. However, after being diagnosed with untreatable leukaemia, Carlo died when he was only fifteen. He was beatified in 2020 following a miraculous healing of a Brazilian child – a healing attributed to his powerful intercession. Here are some of Bl Carlo Acutis’ inspiring quotes: “All people are born as originals but many die as photocopies.” “Sadness is looking at ourselves, happiness is looking towards God.” “The Eucharist is the highway to heaven.” “I offer all the suffering I will have to suffer for the Lord, for the Pope, and the Church.” ‘God’s Influencer’ - a short biography of Carlo Acutis is available for £7.50 from the Church Shop

The tenth World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, will be celebrated on 1 September 2025. It is the official start of the Season of Creation, a time of sustained prayer and action. During this season we are encouraged to pray and engage in community events in order to deepen our relationship with God, our neighbour and the earth we share, being ever more attentive to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. The theme of the Pope’s message is ‘ Seeds of Peace and Hope ’: “...In proclaiming the Kingdom of God, Jesus often used the image of the seed. As the time of his Passion drew near, he applied that image to himself, comparing himself to the grain of wheat that must die in order to bear fruit...In Christ, we too are seeds, and indeed, “seeds of peace and hope”. The prophet Isaiah tells us that the Spirit of God can make an arid and parched desert into a garden, a place of rest and serenity...They remind us that, together with prayer, determination and concrete actions are necessary if this “caress of God” is to become visible to our world...Now is the time to follow words with deeds. “Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience” (Laudato Si’, 217). By working with love and perseverance, we can sow many seeds of justice and thus contribute to the growth of peace and the renewal of hope. It may well take years for this plant to bear its first fruits, years that, for their part, involve an entire ecosystem made up of continuity, fidelity, cooperation and love, especially if that love mirrors the Lord’s own self-sacrificing Love...I pray that Almighty God will send us in abundance his “Spirit from on high” (Is 32:15), so that these seeds, and others like them, may bring forth an abundant harvest of peace and hope…”