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

26th April - 3rd May 2020 - 3rd Sunday of Easter Cycle A

Third Sunday of Easter– (26th April)

10.00am Intentions of the Thomas Family

12.00am People of the Parish

Monday of the 3rd week of Easter (27th April)

9.30am Intentions of Angela Ball

12.15am John, Irene, Constans & Veronica Matthews

Tuesday of the 3rd week of Easter (28th April)

9.30am Michael Maher

12.15am Patrick Neville

7-8pm Adoration & Benediction

Wednesday. Feast of St Catherine of Siena, Pa-tron of Europe (29th April)

9.30am Dorothy & Norman Whitlock

12.15am Wayne Grant Lewis

Thursday. Memoria of St Pius V (30th April)

9.30am Adele Clements

12.15am Bernard Hopkins

7-8pm Adoration & Benediction

Friday. Memoria of St Joseph the Worker (1st May)

9.30am Frederick Haines

12.15am Nicholas Cadogan

Saturday. Memoria of St Athanasius (2nd May)

9.30am John McCarthy

12.15am Nora Dooley

Fourth Sunday of Easter Good Shepherd Sunday– World day of prayer for vocations (3rd May)

10.00am People of the Parish

12.00am William McCarthy

Evening Prayer (Vespers) live-streamed 7pm dai-ly.

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

St Mary’s Masses

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

St Mary’s SVP contact number 07731847622.

Parish Safeguarding Reps

Ellery Hennessy (St Mary’s Rep awaiting appointment)

Primary Headteachers:

Holy Family

Louise Mills Tel: 20565354

St. Mary’s

Claire Russell Tel: 2022 5680

Secondary Headteachers:

Corpus Christi

Patrick Brunnock Tel: 20761893

Mary Immaculate

Huw Powell Tel: 2059 3465

St David’s 6th Form College

Mark Leighfield Tel: 20498555

Marian anthem

Anthems to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

At the conclusion of Night Prayer (or Evening Pray-er) the Church offers a final anthem in honour of

the Blessed Virgin Mary. The traditional anthem for Eastertide is the Regina Caeli.

The Regina Caeli.

Regina caeli, Laetare! Alleluia.

Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia.

Resurrexit sicut dixit;alleluia.

Ora pro nobis Deum; alleluia.

Joy fill your heart, O Queen most high, alleluia!

Your Son who in the tomb did lie, alleluia!

Has risen as he did prophesy, alleluia!

Pray for us, Mother, when we die, alleluia!

Sacramental Preparations.

If we were not confined by our present circumstances, we would this week be celebrating a number of baptisms and a wedding. Some seven summer weddings are potentially subject to delay as are many more baptisms. Our celebration of First Reconciliation, First Holy Communion and Confirmation have all been postponed. Subject to prevailing conditions, we look forward to celebrating these sacra-ments at some stage in the autumn. I ask that all candidates and their parents do all that they can to foster shared family prayer and reflection. Faith is meant for and enhanced by the sharing!

St Catherine of Siena (1347-1380A.D.)

Pope St Pius V (1504-1572A.D.)

St Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373A.D.)

Holy Family: David Rogers, Catherine Driscoll, Kay & Paul Parris, S h e i l a F e r r i t e r , J o a n L e w i s , C o l l e t t e Griffin, Edward Brown, Bernard Perry, Vivian Miller, Valentine, Henry & Tony Fernandez, Gary Sutton, Mary Bodman, Brian Web-ster, Martin, Susanna, Chris Collins, Hanna Marenghi, May Dalet, Linda Mantle, John Maher

St. Mary’s: Fr Christopher Delaney, Bethan Williams, Jean Allen, Madison Lane, John & Marian Lamb, Jean Hayman, Will Johnson, Ivan Sadka, Laurence Tobin, Nadasiri Ifada, Cecily Hughes, James Church, Margaret Griffiths, Anthony Jackson, Tom Hopkins, Jo-anne Coakley, Helen Ward. Doreen Utley Maria Sullivan, Corina

Pray for the Sick

Live-streaming of Masses at St Mary’s

Live-streaming web content is available at www.cardiffwestcatholics.org.uk or www.mcnmedia.tv/camera/st-mary-of-the-angels. There is also a YouTube channel; St Mary of the Angels & Holy Family, Cardiff.

Dear Guardian Angel, Go for me to the Church, there kneel down at Mass for me. At the Offertory, take me to God, and offer Him my service: what I am, what I have, offer as my gift. At the Consecra-tion, with your seraphic strength, adore my Saviour truly present, praying for those who have loved me, for those who have offended me, and for those now deceased, that the blood of Jesus may purify them all. During Holy Communion, bring to me the Body and Blood of Jesus uniting Him with me in spirit, so that my heart may become His dwelling place. Plead with Him, that through His sacrifice all people throughout the world may be saved. When the Mass ends, bring home to me and to every home, the Lord’s blessing. Amen

A Prayer shared by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the

Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.

THE PASSAGE OF TIME.

I was listening to the radio on Friday when a research physicist was reflecting on the nature of time. He spoke of how time is not as predictable as we might think. The theory of rela-tivity teaches us that time slows down the nearer a subject gets to light speed – I’m still waiting for the Star Trek era to dawn when even relativity seems to be thrown out the win-dow! The physicist said that there are variations to consider for our understanding of time within the sphere of thermo-dynamics and even more so with the arena of quantum-mechanics. He then went on to discus the perception of time within the circumstances we are now experiencing. During this pandemic we are conscious of the pressures faced by those who are on the front line in the battle against the virus and its impact. They do not have much time to pause. For them the experience is a matter of there being insufficient time to do what needs to be done. For others there is too much time available and the per-ception is that time has slowed down. Time should be understood as a precious commodity by us all, whatever our circumstances in any given moment. We are all capable of wasting time. At this time when our perceptions can become distorted, we should take the time to challenge our own presumptions. Today and every day is a precious and unrepeated oppor-tunity. Each day we should and must sustain the body, the mind and the soul. Each day dawns with opportunities for exploration, creativity and sanctification. Let us arrange for ourselves a ‘Day of Recollection’, a day to retreat into the depths of the soul, when we can contemplate all the dimensions of our place within the wonder of God’s created order and grapple with the implications of our faith in the Risen Lord. In our Sunday Gospel from Saint Luke we hear the account of how two disciples encountered Christ on the road to a village called Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem. The two disciples were joined by Christ, though they did not recognise him. Christ joins their conversation. They discuss. They listen. They learn. Eventually they share a meal and their eyes and hearts are opened. Let us use our time well in spiritual support of those who have so little time on their hands.

The Easter Season

The Memorare.

(A much neglected prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary.)

Remember, O most loving Virgin Mary, that it is a thing unheard of, that anyone ever had recourse to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, and was left forsaken. Filled there-fore with confidence in your goodness I fly to you, O Mother, Virgin of virgins. To you I come, before you I stand, a sorrowful sinner. Despise not my poor words, O Mother of the Word of God, but graciously hear and grant my prayer. Amen.

Memorare Recently died

Mrs Frances Richards– The funeral was celebrated on Fri-day 24th April

Mrs Susan Barry- The funeral will be celebrated on Monday 27th April at 10.30am

Mr Dudley Hurley– The funeral will be celebrated on Mon-day 27th April. at 4.15pm

Mr Jonathan Stevens- The funeral will be celebrated on Thursday 30th April

Mrs Iris Singleton- The funeral will be celebrated on Friday 1st May at 11.30am

Mr Paul Irwin- The funeral will be celebrated on Monday 4th May at 12pm

Mrs Selina Roberts- The funeral will be celebrated on Mon-day 11th May at 1.45pm

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

Mass intentions

Although we have some ongoing commitments for the rest of the year. there are now certain week-days where there are no specific intentions allocated for Mass. If you would like Mass to be offered for a particular intention, kindly submit your request by envelope.