Sunday: 21st Sunday of the Year (23rd August)

10am Shirley Fardy

12pm Joseph Lee 6pm In Thanksgiving (Chau)

Monday: St Bartholomew, Apostle (24th August)

9.30am Private Intention (W)

12.15pm Joseph Chau Tuesday of Week 21 in Ordinary Time(25th August)

9.30am Intentions of the Celebrant

12.15pm Glenys Smith & Family

7-8pm Adoration & Benediction Wednesday: St David Lewis, Martyr (26th August)

9.30am Cathy Donovan (Birthday)

12.15pm Forsey Family

Thursday: Saint Monica (27th August) 9.30am Intentions of the Holy Father

12.15pm Ellen Holland

7-8pm Adoration & Benediction

Friday: Saint Augustine, Doctor of the Church (28th August)

9.30am Holy Souls

12.15pm Edward & Orynthia Godfrey

Saturday: The Passion of St John the Baptist (29th August)

12.15pm Cathy Donovan

Sunday: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

(30th August) 10am People of the Parish

12pm Sister Marietta RIP

6pm John Y.K. Chau The Angelus and Prayer During the Day live-streamed at 12pm daily. Evening Prayer live-streamed at 7pm daily except Sundays. Tuesday & Thursday 7-8pm Adoration & Benedic-tion (including Evening Prayer)

A Parish of the Archdiocese of Cardiff, registered charity No 242380

Parish Contacts

The Priory 67 Talbot St. Canton, Cardiff tel: (029) 20 230 492

Parishes of St. Mary’s and Holy Family new email address is: canton@rcadc.org

Canon Peter Collins e-mail: peter.collins@rcadc.org

Fr Nick Williams e-mail: nicholas.williams@rcadc.org

Deacon Professor Maurice Scanlon e-mail: maurice.scanlon@rcadc.org

tel (029) 2021 2651 Website: cardiffwestcatholics.org.uk

Bank details for standing orders, which are directly linked

to the respective parish accounts are as follows:

Account name: Archdiocese of Cardiff Sort code: 20-18-23 (for both) St Mary’s Acc No: 03285375

Holy Family Acc No: 63656861

St Mary’s SVP contact number 07731847622.

Parish Safeguarding Reps

Ellery Hennessy (Holy Family)

Jack Meggett (St Mary of the Angels)

Primary Headteachers:

Holy Family

Mrs Louise Mills Tel: 20565354

St. Mary’s

Miss Claire Russell Tel: 2022 5680

Secondary Headteachers:

Corpus Christi

Mr Patrick Brunnock Tel: 20761893

Mary Immaculate

Mr Huw Powell Tel: 2059 3465

St David’s 6th Form College

Mark Leighfield Tel: 20498555

THE SUNDAY READINGS ARE OF TODAY’S FEAST.

Isaiah 22:19-23. To the Hebrew mind, a Steward is duty bound to foster the welfare of the people entrusted to his care. We hear of the dismissal of Shebna as Steward of the Palace and of the ap-pointment of his successor, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. There is an investiture with livery, a robe and a sash. However, the most significant element is the symbolic bestowal of a key: “Should he open, no one shall close, should he close, no one shall open.” The Steward is given plenipotentiary au-thority. Access to the King is gained through the Steward. The King, in selecting and appointing his Steward, displays immense trust in the one chosen. The Book of Isaiah makes clear that all power and authority rightly belongs to the Lord God of Israel. All delegated power and authority must be exercised as a service. If God is Father to his people then all who exercise power and authority must define their own role within the same context of loving fatherhood. Romans 11:33-36. Paul expresses the inscrutability of God’s wisdom through a hymn of praise: “Who could ever know the mind of the Lord?” We inevitably struggle to comprehend the grand scheme of things and we even struggle to understand the more limited sphere of our own personal path within that grand scheme. Despite our limitations and our unworthi-ness, God empowers us with insight. God desires that we grow in the ways of his wisdom even though we can never grasp its breadth. We are meant to grapple with the task of understanding all that God has revealed. In Christ we have been empowered with the ability to grasp the way of salva-tion. Matthew 16:13-20. At Caesarea Philippi the disciples come to understand that Jesus is the Messiah. Jesus will go on to teach the Apostles that he, as Messiah, will suffer for the sake of the people. The Apostles will be reluctant embrace this central ingredi-ent of the Lord’s teaching, reluctant to accept the conse-quences of this reality. In today’s Gospel extract we hear of how Simon will become Peter, the ‘Rock’. Simon the Fisher-man is re-named, he is to be refashioned by Christ. Despite his many failings, despite his future denials, Peter will be the Rock upon which the Church is built. What is bestowed up-on Peter is no mere administrative authority: “I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.” The power of the keys, to bind and loose, is the power of Christ himself.

Holy Family: David Rogers, Catherine Driscoll, Kay & Paul Parris, Sheila Ferriter, Collette Griffin, Edward Brown, Bernard Perry, Vivian Miller, Valentine, Henry & Tony Fernandez, Gary Sutton, Mary Bodman, Brian Webster, Martin, Susanna, Chris Collins, Hanna Marenghi, Linda Mantle, Josephine Morris.

St. Mary’s: Fr Christopher Delaney, Bethan Williams, Jean Allen, Madison Lane, John & Marian Lamb, Jean Hayman, Will Johnson, Laurence Tobin, Nadasiri Ifada, Cecily Hughes, James Church, Margaret Griffiths, Anthony Jackson, Tom Hopkins, Joanne Coakley, Helen Ward. Doreen Utley Maria Sullivan, Carina Foster, Thomas Hyde (now living in Canada),. Ivan Sadka, Mary D’Alpa, Glyn Jones, Stella Beaverstock

Pray for the Sick

I ask all parishioners to keep contact with those you know to be on their own during this peri-od. If you know of anyone who is in any kind of need then please contact the Priory directly. Let us help one another to stay safe and well.

REMEMBRANCE OF OUR PARISHION-ERS WHO ARE MOST ISOLATED AND

VULNERABLE

Did you know we have a c h a n -nel; St Mary of the Angels & Holy Family, Cardiff on which we regularly post videos ex-plaining points from the catechism, tours of the church or discuss Saints’ feast days?

Holy Family & St Mary of the Angels Keyston Rd, Fairwater CF5 3NP Kings Rd, Canton CF11 9BX

St Mary’s Masses

23rd - 30th August 2020 21st Sunday of the Year Cycle A

Sunday: 21st Sunday of the Year (23rd August) 6pm Vigil Mass Gianni Pegoraro 11am Burnell Family Sunday: 22nd Sunday In Ordinary Time (30th August) 6pm Vigil Mass For the Parishioners of Holy Family (Macpherson) 11am Welfare of Merwyn Clifford’s Family

Holy Family Masses

Recently died

Please keep the deceased and their families in your prayers at this particularly distressing time.

Mr John Leighfield: The funeral will be cele-

brated on Wednesday 26th August at 10.30am

Mrs Moira Williams: The funeral will be cele-

brated on Thursday 27th August at 12.30pm

Mr Paul Galea: The funeral will be celebrated

on Friday 28th August at 1.30pm

Miss Patricia Russell: The funeral will be cele-

brated on Tuesday 1st September at 11.45am

Mrs Jane O’Keefe: The funeral will be held on

Wednesday 9th September, exact time TBA

Mrs Anne Regan: Funeral details to follow

Mrs Jheremay Dalet: Funeral details to follow

Mr Anthony O’Shea: Funeral arranged privately

Mr William Huntley: Funeral

details to follow

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual

light shine upon them. May they rest in peace

FEASTS OF THE WEEK

Monday 24th August – Feast: St .Bartholomew, Apostle The Synoptic Gospels provide the name of Bartholomew (whilst the Fourth Gospel employs the name Nathaniel) for the one who was conducted to Christ by St Philip. The Fathers of the Church provide various accounts of Bartholomew’s apostolic missions. Some claim he ventured as far as India, others say he went to Lycaonia or Armenia. He was martyred whilst confronting the worship of pagan idols. He was flayed alive. A flaying-knife has often been attributed as his emblem by artists and as a result he is patron saint of tanners. The wife of King Cnut, Queen Emma, donated the arm of St. Bartholomew as a relic to Canterbury Ca-thedral in the eleventh century. His relics are reputed to reside in a Church dedicated to his honour on an island in the midst of the River Tiber in Rome.

Wednesday 26th August – Memoria: St David Lewis, Martyr David Lewis was born in Abergavenny in 1616, son of Morgan Lewis who was headmaster of the local Royal Grammar School and Margaret Pritchard. David’s Father was a Protestant and his Mother a Catholic. David was nurtured as a Protestant. He eventually went to Lon-don to study at the Middle Temple. However, at the age of 16 he travelled to Paris and was received into the Catholic Church. One of his uncles had become a Jesuit Priest and it was this uncle who influenced David to become a student for the priesthood at the English Col-lege in Rome. David began his studies on the 6th November 1638 when he was 21 years of age. He was ordained to the priesthood for the English Mission on the 20th July 1642. How-ever, he decided to enter the Society of Jesus on the 16th April 1644 and served as Spiritual Director at the English College, for the Jesuits then had it in their charge. In 1648, David Lewis came home to minister in South Wales where he laboured for the next thirty-one years. He would become known as ‘The Father of the Poor’. He lived and worked at ‘The Cwm’, a remote set of houses in Herefordshire which were secretly owned by the Jesuits. The library from The Cwm was eventually confiscated by Officers of the State and the books now reside within the library of Hereford Cathedral. Fr.David Lewis was eventually arrested on the 17th November 1678 at Llantarnam Ab-bey where he was preparing to celebrate Mass. The arrest took place within the context of the tensions caused by the Titus Oates Plot. The Priest was gaoled in Monmouth. The following year on the 27th August Saint David Lewis was hanged at Usk. He was canonised as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales in 1970 by Pope Saint Paul VI.

Thursday 27th August – Memoria: St Monica Monica was born in 333 AD and was nurtured in the Christian faith. She married Patricius, a Roman Citizen of Tagaste in North Africa, who held pagan beliefs and was at first a violent and ill-tempered husband. Under the long influence of his wife he would eventually be baptised just a year before his death. Monica had three children: Augustine, Navigius and Perpetus. It is through her famous son, Augustine, that we know of Monica. The future Saint Augustine led a dissolute life which caused his Mother much pain and anxiety. Augustine went to Rome and then to Milan in order to live an indulgent existence. Monica followed her son in the hope of converting him. With the assistance of Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Monica eventually drew her son toward the path of repentance in 386 AD. Augustine was baptised the following year. It was soon after this that Monica died whilst undertaking her journey back to North Africa. She died at Ostia, the seaport for the City of Rome.

Blessed Roger Cadwallador was martyred on this date in 1610 at Leominister Born at Stretton Sugwas in Herefordshire in 1566. He studied for the priesthood first at the English College at Rheims (France), arriving there on the 26th March 1590. When already a deacon, he was moved to the English College at Valladolid (Spain) in January 1593 and was there ordained to the priesthood. Soon after this he returned to his native Herefordshire where he laboured for the remaining sixteen years of his life. He was arrested at Hereford on the 8th April 1610 and questioned by Robert Bennet, the Bishop of Hereford. He endured harsh treatment but ever refused to take the Oath of Allegiance that would have involved the renunciation of his Catholic faith. He was hanged, drawn and quartered at Leominister in Herefordshire (the site is pic-tured to the right) on the 27th August 1610, aged 44 years.

Friday 28th August – Memoria: St Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Having yesterday celebrated the Memoria of St Monica, today we celebrate the Memoria of her most famous son St Augustine of Hippo. He was born on November 13th 354 at Tagaste in what is now Algeria. Despite his Mother’s strong faith, Augustine led a dissolute life and fell under the in-fluence of the Manichean heresy. In the year 370 Augustine took up resi-dence in Carthage and a little later established a school of rhetoric there. He moved to Rome and then to Milan to further his career. His Mother showed great persistence in her desire to see her son converted to the ways of the gospel. Monica followed Augustine to Rome and onward. Monica employed the assistance of the Bishop of Milan, Saint Ambrose, to influ-ence Augustine. These efforts bore fruit when Augustine was baptised by Ambrose at the Easter Vigil in 387. Augustine, accompanied by his Moth-

er, then set out for a return to North Africa. Monica died at Ostia near Rome whilst undertaking the journey. Following his return home, Augustine established a small community around him. He was ordained to the priesthood in 390 and then moved from Tagaste to Hippo. Here he established another community. Five years later he was consecrated as a bishop, co-adjutor to Valerius. He succeeded Valerius as Bishop of Hippo the following year. In the year 397, Augustine published his famous ‘Confessions’, detailing his past life and failings. He would become a prolific writer of significant theological works. He is rightly esteemed as one of the greatest ‘Fathers of the Church’, the outstanding pastors and the-ologians of the first millennium. He battled against many heresies. He lived to witness the invasion of North Africa by the Vandals under their leader Genseric. He died on August 28th 430.

Saturday 29th August – Feast: The Passion of St John the Baptist.

We commemorate the day when St John the Baptist, the last Prophet of the Old Covenant and Herald of the New Covenant, was beheaded according to the orders of King Herod under the influence of Salome and her daughter Herodias. Jesus submitted to the ‘baptism’ of John in the waters of the River Jordan and it was John who recognised and proclaimed Jesus as the Lamb of God.

O Almighty God, who in your infinite goodness have sent your onlyopen once more the gates of heaven, and to teach us how to know, love and serve you, have mercy on your people who dwell in Wales. Grant to them the precious gift of faith, and unite them in the one true Church founded by your divine Son: that, acknowledging her authority and obeying her voice, they may serve you, love you, and worship you as you desire in this world, and obtain for themselves

The steps we are taking are still limited because they are conditional upon our being able to provide sufficient stewarding for each event and the associated cleaning of the premises.

ALTHOUGH WE HAVE SUFFICIENT STEWARDS TO OPEN, IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE TO RELY ON THE STEWARDS WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO UNDERTAKE THE REQUIRED TASKS EVERY WEEK. WE THEREFORE URGENTLY NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS. ALL STEWARDS ARE RE-QUIRED TO UNDERTAKE A SHORT 45 MINUTE TRAINING SESSION. PLEASE CONTACT FR. NICHOLAS OR MYSELF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MANY THANKS.

A Prayer by St.Alphonsus Liguori.

My Jesus, I believe that You are truly present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love you above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as being already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen.

A Prayer by St.Thomas More.

Give me, good Lord, a longing to be with You … give me warmth, delight and quickness in thinking upon You. And give me Your grace to long for Your holy sacraments, and specially to rejoice in the presence of Your blessed Body, Sweet Saviour Christ, in the Holy Sacrament of the Altar.

ACTS OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

Wash me from my guilt and cleanse me of my sin. I acknowledge my offence; my sin is before me al-ways. Psalm 50:4-5.

Father, I have sinned against you and am not worthy to be called your son. Be merciful to me, a sinner. Luke 15:18; 18:13.

My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned against you whom I should love above all things. I firmly intend, with your help, to do pen-ance, to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin. Our Saviour Jesus Christ suffered and died for us. In his name, my God, have mercy.

O my God, because you are so good, I am very sorry that I have sinned against you, and with the help of your grace I will not sin again.

LET US DAILY OPEN OUR HEARTS IN CONTRITION TO ALMIGHTY GOD AND REMIND OURSELVES HOW ESSENTIAL IT IS TO GRANT MERCY IF WE EVER EXPECT

TO RECEIVE MERCY.

PRAYER OF SORROW / ACT OF CONTRITION

Awaiting the results of examinations is always stressful. Those pupils who have been awaiting the allocation of their grades this summer have experienced particular trauma. It was always going to be a difficult process for those conducting the assessments, given the fact that pupils did not undertake any actual examinations. The system that was employed gave rise to a num-ber of unjust outcomes. We pray that all pupils will be given every support by schools and col-leges to navigate their way through these difficult circumstances.

RESULTS OF PUPIL GRADING SYSTEM

Fr.Nicholas and I have expended monetary assistance and other resources to a number of individuals in need throughout the lock-down period. The SVP in both parishes have continued to render sup-port in different ways, even though the vast majority of members have been obliged to shield them-selves over these past months. If you are aware of anyone who requires assistance then please con-tact the Priory with details.

SUPPORTING THOSE IN NEED

Although individual socially-distanced confessions have already been available outside the church on appointment in accordance with government regulations, we are now pleased to announce the return to a regular Saturday morning slot at 10-11am at St Mary of the Angels only. However, it is clear that the standard confessionals at both churches are an obvious high risk area for virus transmission; they lack adequate ventilation and offer an abundance of surfaces for contamination, so it follows as a matter of common sense risk management, we will not be using these.

With the limitations of cleanliness standards in mind, we have turned the “liturgy room” into a makeshift confessional, accessible from the front-right side gate on Kings road, which in turn gives access to the South side-door of the church. There will be a screen be-tween the priest and penitent for the sake of anonymity but we do ask that you enter and exit by the same door and gateway. We do also ask that you sanitise your hands before you enter and respect the social distancing of others as you enter and exit through this route. The priest will then sanitise the chair and door handles after you leave. Please respect the space of the confessional– if the door is closed, it is closed for a reason and kindly give enough time for the priest to complete his brief cleaning activities before attempting to enter.

RESUMPTION OF SCHEDULED CONFESSIONS

Side gate on King’s road

South door into the liturgy room

PRAYER FOR WALES

O Almighty God, who in your infinite goodness have sent your only-begotten Son into this world to open once more the gates of heaven, and to teach us how to know, love and serve you, have mercy on your people who dwell in Wales. Grant to them the precious gift of faith, and unite them in the one true Church founded by your divine Son: that, acknowledging her authority and obeying her voice, they may serve you, love you, and worship you as you desire in this world, and obtain for themselves ever-lasting happiness in the world to come. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Our Lady, Help of Christians, pray for Wales.

Saint David, pray for Wales.

Saint Winefride, pray for Wales.

Last week’s Offertory Collection at St Mary’s amounted to £90. Last week’s Offertory Collection at Holy Family amounted to £24.

*** SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE OF LEBANON IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE EXPLOSION***

DONATIONS LAST WEEK TO CAFOD IN SUPPORT OF LEBANON (BOTH PARISHES) AMOUNTED TO £685.06. THIS WEEK’S COLLECTION AT THE END OF MASS WILL ALSO BE DIRECTED TO THE CAFOD LEBANON FUND. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, CAFOD WILL ENSURE THAT ALL MONIES ARE DISTRIBUTED CAREFULLY AND SECURELY. N.B. YOUR GIFT AID ENVELOPE COLLECTION CAN STILL BE PLACED IN THE SAME BASKET AND WILL BE ACCOUNTED SEPARATELY TO THE PARISH.

FINANCE & PROPERTY

We are still awaiting clarification on government guidance relating to the re-opening of our parish halls. A number of our regular users are enquiring as to when they could regain access. We will need to oper-ate a number of procedures in order to facilitate use and we will require users to provide us with assur-ances regarding their own safety protocols. Both parishes will benefit from a restoration of hire in-

POTENTIAL OPENING OF OUR TWO PARISH HALLS.

THE RE-OPENING OF OUR CHURCHES

Did you know we have a demonstration video on our YouTube account as to how we are practising social distancing in our churches? This is intend-ed to give stewards and parish-ioners guidance on how we need to operate in advance of enter-ing the church.

MORE STEWARDS REQUIRED In order to facilitate an expansion of church celebrations and access we will need to recruit more stewards. The necessary training can now be undertaken on-line, though we will provide on-site training for those who cannot access the internet. Could new volunteers please contact Fr Nicholas or myself for details.

OUR RETURN TO THE CELEBRATION OF PUBLIC MASSES

We will maintain our established schedule of Sunday Masses over the coming weeks. We cannot yet ex-tend the provision of access to weekdays as we do not have sufficient stewards. We cannot yet provide for the celebration of baptisms or marriages but would hope to do so from September. No dates can yet be set for the celebration of the First Confes-sion, First Holy Communion or Confirmation. Schedule of Masses: Saturdays - Vigil Mass at 6.00pm in Holy Family. Sunday – Mass at 11.00am in Holy Family. Sunday – Mass at 10.00am, 12.00pm and 6.00pm in St Mary of the Angels. All our policies and procedures are in accordance with Government Guidance on the Safe Re-opening of Places of Worship and we also reference the guidance provided by the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. The current functioning capacity of both churches is significantly reduced as compared to the norm – 34 single persons at St Mary’s and 18 single persons at Holy Family. These numbers can be increased significantly if persons from the same household form a group that can sit together. The attendance at our Masses reflects the national trend, with numbers around 20% of the norm.

The Bishops’ Conference has made it clear that the Sunday obligation has been suspended for the du-ration of the pandemic. All parishioners should therefore be thinking in terms of attending Mass eve-ry three weeks. Although shielding protocols have been lifted, not all parishioners will yet feel able to attend even though they may wish to do so. Let us display patience as we move forward through this period of facilitation.

N.B. I TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY ONCE AGAIN TO THANK THE COHORT OF STEW-

ARDS IN BOTH CHURCHES FOR THEIR STALWART SERVICE. I ALSO WISH TO EMPHA-

SISE HOW CRUCIAL IT IS FOR ALL PARISHIONERS TO ADHERE TO THE GUIDANCE

PROVIDED BY THE STEWARDS AS THEY STRIVE TO ENSURE THAT ALL SAFETY PRO-

TOCOLS ARE OBSERVED.

I am grateful to Fr.Nicholas for setting up our telephone connection that will enable those who do not possess internet access at home to nonetheless tune into our celebrations of the Sacred Liturgy. The 10.00.am Mass on Sunday will be recorded each week and will then be accessible by dialling our designated number. Fr.Nicholas edits the recording to cut out the inevitable silences. The telephone charge is a minimal local tariff. Please share the designated number with those you know who would benefit from this connection. The number is a local Cardiff number – (20) 098 149. If you are dialling from outside Cardiff or from a mo-bile phone you will need to dial 02920 098 149. Call charges will apply depending on your phone contract but please bear in mind that if you don't have inclusive minutes, the BT standard tariff is 20p per minute.

Dial-up service for Recorded Sunday Mass