15th Sunday of Ordinary time (12th July)

10am Teresa Francis

12.pm Mary & George Philips

Monday of week 15 in Ordinary time (13th July)

9.30am Michael Maher

12.15pm Intentions of Morris Fernandez

Tuesday St Camillus de Lellis (14th July)

9.30am Intentions of Canon Collins (Anniversary of ordination)

12.15pm Marion & John Lamb

7-8pm Adoration & Benediction

Wednesday.St Bonaventure (15th July)

9.30am Toney Fernandez

12.15pm Richard Eres & Sheila

Thursday.Our Lady of Mount Carmel (16th July)

9.30am Eddie Beaverstock

12.15pm Monica Brown

7-8pm Adoration & Benediction

Friday.of week 15 in Ordinary time (17th July)

9.30am Kenneth Lockett

12.15pm Coulson Family

Saturday Memoria of the BVM (18h July)

9.30am DWA & DR Uttley

12.15pm Intentions of housebound parish-ioners

16th Sunday of Ordinary time (19th July)

10am Eddie Beaverstock

12.pm People of the Parish

Angelus & Midday prayer 12pm daily (except Sundays). Evening Prayer (Vespers) live-streamed 7pm daily. Tuesday & Thursday 7-8pm Adoration & Benediction (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 (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

Recently died

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

Mrs.Victoria Mary Glenn The funeral will be celebrated on Wednesday 15th July at 2pm

Mr Mrs Patricia O’Rouke The funeral will be celebrated on Friday 17th July at 10.30am

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they

rest in peace

THE SUNDAY READINGS.

Deutero-Isaiah (the second section of the Book) pro-vides us with an image of the power of God’s word. “The word that goes forth from my mouth does not return to me empty, without carrying out my will and succeeding in what it was sent to do.” The wisdom of this extract finds fulfilment in what we read in the Pro-logue of St.John’s Gospel when we hear the good news that the Word of God became flesh in our very midst. The word of God is always nourishing and will forever yield a harvest. However, the word itself must be truly ‘received’, consciously and willingly planted in the heart. The word is addressed to the whole world, to every generation, to every soul, but so few seem willing to accept and embrace its wisdom and its impli-cations.

In St.Paul’s Letter to the Romans we are told that “from the beginning till now the entire creation has been groaning in one great act of giving birth; and not only creation, but all of us who possess the first-fruits of the Spirit, we too groan inwardly as we wait for our bodies to be set free.” God bestowed upon us the great responsibility of stewardship over the whole of creation. The degree to which we acknowledge the sovereignty of the Incarnate Word of God will be re-flected in the exercise our own earthly responsibilities. Is our stewardship of creation a worthy demonstration of our faith or are we still content to remain blind to the consequences of our unquenchable consumerism.

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, May Dalet, Linda Mantle, John Ma-her, 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, An-thony Jackson, Tom Hopkins, Joanne Coakley, Helen Ward. Doreen Utley Maria Sullivan, Carina Foster, Thomas Hyde (now living in Canada),. Ivan Sadka, Mary D’Alpa, Gwyn Jones

Pray for the Sick

Thank you to all those who have offered Mass intentions. We now have sufficient to cover until Mid September If you would like to have Mass offered for a particular inten-tion, please write the intention with a pre-ferred date (depending on availability) and a voluntary offering on an envelope and put it through the letterbox of the priory at St Mary’s. .

Mass Intentions in coming weeks

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

12th –19th July 2020 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A

In Matthew’s Gospel we listen to the Parable of the Sower. Matthew seemingly found it difficult to resist the temptation to weave allegorical strands into the texture of Jesus’ parable. Simpler presentations of the Parable of the Sower are found in Mark and Luke. We should allow the simple yet profound truth to emerge and address the soul. “Happy are your eyes because they see, your ears because they hear! I tell you most solemnly, many prophets and holy men longed to see what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never heard it.” The mysteries of the Kingdom are being addressed to the world in our own day as in ages past, but few in our contemporary culture and society seem willing to accept them. The seed is being planted, but the conditions for reception are hostile. We are the Lord’s disciples in this era and we are the ones charged with planting the seeds. Be not discouraged when faced with rejection for the Lord is truly the Sower and we always stand in his company. When the seed finds rich soil, grace en-sures a crop that is sometimes a hundredfold greater than all our expectations.

FEASTS OF THE WEEK.

Tuesday 14th July – Memoria of St. Camillus De Lellis.

St.Camillus was born within what was then the Kingdom of Naples in 1550. He became a soldier in his

youth and was wayward in his conduct. As a result of gaming debts, Camillus was obliged to work as a

labourer in repairing a building belonging to the Capuchin Franciscan Friars. Under the influence of the

Guardian of the Community, Camillus began his journey towards conversion. Twice he attempted to en-

gage the Capuchin novitiate, but ill-health prevented his progress. He had developed an ulcer on one of

his legs. He left for Rome and entered the Hospital for Incurables. He impressed the authorities with his

fervour and soon was appointed administrator of the hospital. Over and above his administrative duties,

Camillus immersed himself in personally attending to the most basic needs of the sick. It was at the late

age of thirty-two that he began his formation for the priesthood. Following ordination for diocesan ser-

vice, he felt called to lay the foundation for what would become the Congregation of Regular Clerics de-

voted to care of the sick. He faced opposition in this enterprise but finally succeeded in obtaining appro-

bation for the Institute from the Holy See. Camillus was much influenced by St.Philip Neri, the founder

of the Congregation of the Oratory, in his spiritual journey. St.Camillus died on 14th July 1614 and was

canonised by Pope Benedict XIV in 1746. He is Patron of Hospitals and one of the Patrons of the Sick.

Wednesday 15th July- Memoria of St.Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church.

Bonaventure was born at Bagnorea in Tuscany in 1221. His baptismal name was John. During his early

childhood, John fell seriously ill and his mother presented him before the great St.Francis of Assisi.

St.Francis prayed for the recovery of John and foreseeing the future glory of the child exclaimed “O buo-

na ventura” – O good fortune. Aged twenty-two Bonaventure entered the Franciscan Order. He was sent

to study at the University of Paris and was for a while under the academic direction of the English Fran-

ciscan Alexander of Hales. Whilst in Paris he became a close friend of Thomas Aquinas. These two great

theologians received their doctorates together. Bonaventure was insistent that Thomas be given the hon-

our of receiving the graduation first, even though Thomas resisted. At the age of thirty-five, Bonaventure

was nominated as General of his Order. The Franciscans had suffered great divisions following the death

of St.Francis. Bonaventure would successfully restore order and calm. He wrote the definitive account of

the life of St.Francis and assisted at the translation of the relics of St.Anthony of Padua. Pope Clement IV

nominated Bonaventure as Archbishop of York but the candidate begged not to be forced to accept the

appointment. A later Pope, Gregory X, obliged Bonaventure to accept appointment as Bishop of Albano,

one of the Suffragan Sees of the Rome. As a result, Bonaventure became a Cardinal. He relinquished the

role of General of the Franciscans. He died on 15th July 1274 whilst assiting at the Second Ecumenical

Council of Lyons. He was canonised by Pope Sixtus IV in 1482.

I am grateful to Fr.Nicholas for setting up our telephone connection that will enable those who do not pos-sess 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 designat-ed 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 mobile 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

Thursday 16th July – Memoria of Our Lady of Mount

Carmel.

This is the patronal feast of the Carmelite Order. The Or-

der derives its name and inspiration from Mount Carmel, a

significant location in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testa-

ment). It was on Mount Carmel that a Church was first

dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in honour of her As-

sumption into Heaven. The feast also commemorates the

day in 1251 when St.Simon Stock, who was Father Gen-

eral of the Carmelites, received a vision of the Blessed

Virgin Mary at Cambridge. Our Lady revealed to him the

scapular, promising her favour and protection to the Car-

melite Order and to all who wore the garment.

St Bonaventure (1221-1274)

THE 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

everlasting 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.

St. Camillus De Lellis

(1550-1614)

Another inspection was undertaken on the site of St.Mary’s Parish Hall on Friday 3rd July. Bore

hole samples were taken by contractors and the surveyor was also in attendance to undertake a

further examination of the subsidence and its effects. I will keep you informed of the results when

I receive the report.

UPDATE ON FINANCE AND PROPERTY.

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.

I ask all parishioners to keep contact with those you know to be on their own during this period. 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 PARISHIONERS WHO ARE MOST ISOLATED AND

VULNERABLE.

Wash me from my guilt and cleanse me of my sin. I acknowledge my offence; my sin is before

me always. 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 penance, 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 RE-

MIND OURSELVES HOW ESSENTIAL IT IS TO GRANT MERCY IF WE EVER EXPECT

TO RECEIVE MERCY.

PRAYER OF SORROW / ACT OF CONTRITION.

I am most grateful to Jack Meggitt-Phillips who has now completed all the necessary checks and

who has therefore been appointed as our new Parish Safeguarding Representative for St.Mary of

the Angels. I have known Jack for many years. He lives in Cardiff and London and is a children’s

author.

APPOINTMENT OF A NEW PARISH SAFEGUARDING REPRESENTATIVE AT

ST.MARY OF THE ANGELS.

Today we celebrate ‘Sea Sunday’, a National Day of Prayer for the wellbeing of Seafarers and their Fami-

lies. We too easily take for granted our access to products from across the world. International trade is

predominantly conducted via the high seas. For most people, maritime commerce will be a matter of

viewing a television advertisement for cruises. In reality, passenger traffic constitutes a relatively small

proportion of the activity conducted by merchant vessels. It is important to remember that the majority of

crew members come from countries in the developing world. Their working environment is inherently

dangerous and their conditions of employment are often susceptible to the forces of exploitation. On ‘Sea

Sunday’ we pray for the work undertaken by the Apostleship of the Sea. The AOS is our national Catholic

agency that provides support and guidance to crew members who visit our ports. The AOS is part of the

Church’s world-wide network of Stella Maris organisations – under the patronage of Our Lady, Star of

the Sea. In normal times we would today be hosting a retiring collection in support of the AOS. Let us

pray for seafarers, their families and for the vital work undertaken by the AOS.

SEA SUNDAY.

Missio Engalnd and Wales is our national Catholic agency for international mission and evangelisa-

tion, part of the universal network of Pontifical Mission Societies. Our Archdiocesan Director is

Fr.Chris Hancock, who was a parishioner of St.Mary of the Angels and was ordained here. He is

presently caring for the community at St.Illtyd’s, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil – the Church where I

was ordained. Missio is at the service of parishes across the world which are struggling in situa-

tions of poverty and oppression. The agency sponsors the creation of sustainable infrastructure –the

building of churches, convents, schools, children’s homes, clinics and dispensaries. Mission also

sponsors the training of priests, the formation of men and women religious together with lay cate-

chists. In 2019, Missio England and Wales raised £4.8 Million. £2.9 Million was raised for Missio

and the Mill Hill Missionaries through the Red Box scheme. £485,096 was raised in parishes on

World Mission Sunday. £121,716 was distributed to children’s projects. 49 churches, convents and

chapels were built or reconstructed. More than 20,000 children were directly supported around the

world and 2,006 seminarians were sponsored in their on-going seminary formation. Our diocese

raised £118,142. I wish to thank our Missio Representatives in both Parishes together with all our

Red Box Holders. Every prayer matters and every penny counts in support of evangelisation.

THANK YOU.

NEWS OF MISSIO.

Once again we have experienced technical issues with our live-streaming from MCN media’s

website. The website that we were told was going to be the new host for our live-streaming

(watchmcnmedia.tv) has now been shut down and the service has returned to the original address

accessible from our website home page. Thanks to all those who contacted us to let us know

about the issue. Again, we were not warned in advance that this was going to happen, but we

have been reassured that there will be no further disruption to the live-streaming service.

LIVE STREAMING ISSUES

.THE PROCESS OF OPENING OUR TWO PARISH CHURCHES LAST SUNDAY UNFOLDED SMOOTHLY

AND WAS A MOST FRUITFUL EXPERIENCE. SOME 40+ PARISHIONERS CAME TO ST.MARY OF THE

ANGELS AND 20+ PARISHIONERS CAME TO HOLY FAMILY. WE HAVE TAKEN OUR FIRST STEPS

BACK TO THE CELEBRATION OF HOLY MASS AND THE SACRAMENTS.

I AM MOST GRATEFUL TO THE COHORT OF VOLUNTEER STEWARDS WHO FACILITATED THIS AC-

CESS.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES, I AM OBLIGED TO STATE THAT NO ONE IN A

DESIGNATED CATEGORY OF SIGNIFICANT VULNERABILITY CAN VOLUNTEER FOR THE ROLE OF

STEWARD NOR SHOULD THEY YET ATTEMPT TO ATTEND EITHER OF OUR CHURCHES.

N.B. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, THE FOLLOWING TIMETABLE FOR ACCESS WILL BE OPERATION-

AL:

*** HOLY FAMILY CHURCH WILL BE OPEN FOR PRIVATE PRAYER ON SATURDAYS FROM

5.00.pm TO 7.00pm.

*** ST.MARY OF THE ANGELS WILL BE OPEN FOR PRIVATE PRAYER ON SUNDAYS FROM

5.00.pm TO 7.00.pm.

I HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO EXPAND THIS PROVISION IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FU-

TURE, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR AVAILABILITY.

MAY GOD’S BLESSING CONTINUE TO GUIDE OUR EFFORTS IN THIS TIME OF TRANSITION..

THE RE-OPENING OF OUR CHURCHES.

Mgr.Georg Ratzinger, elder brother of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, died in Regensberg, Germany on the

1st July aged 96. Aware that his brother was close to death, the Pope Emeritus, who is himself 93, visited

Regensberg for two days in June. Mgr.Ratzinger was born at Pleiskirchen in 1924. He was already a profi-

cient organist and pianist by the time he entered Minor Seminary at the age of 11. Georg was forced to

leave the seminary at the outbreak of the Second World War. He served in the German armed forces and

was wounded in 1944 while serving in Italy. He was held as a prisoner of war by U.S. forces for a short pe-

riod of time. In 1946 Georg and his brother Joseph enrolled in the Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of

Munich and Freising. They were ordained five years later. Mgr.Georg directed the boys’ choir of Regens-

berg from 1964 until his retirement in 1994. May he rest in peace.

MGR.GEORG RATZINGER R.I.P.

.Pope Francis has named Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti as the new Ap-

ostolic Nuncio to Great Britain. The previous Nuncio, Archbishop Ed-

ward Adams, retired in January. The Nuncio is the Ambassador of the

Holy See to the Court of Saint James and is the official means of com-

munication between the Holy See and the Episcopal Conference of

England and Wales together with the separate Episcopal Conference of

Scotland. Archbishop Gugerotti was born in Verona, Italy, in 1955 and

ordained as a priest for the Diocese of Verona in 1982. He studied an-

cient and oriental languages and became a Professor of Patristics in Ve-

rona. In 1985 he transferred to Rome, teaching in the Pontifical Oriental

Institute. In the same year he was appointed to the Congregation for the

Eastern Churches, becoming Undersecretary in 1997. In 2001 Saint

John Paul II appointed him as Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia and Arme-

nia. Azerbaijan was soon added to his responsibilities. In 2011 Pope

Benedict XVI appointed him as Nuncio to Belarus and Pope Francis

then transferred him to Ukraine in 2015. We extend a warm welcome to

Archbishop Gugerotti as the representative of the Holy Father and offer

him the assurance of our prayers as he prepares to assume his new re-

sponsibilities.

APPOINTMENT OF THE A NEW APOSTOLIC NUNCIO TO GREAT BRITAIN.

Today we recall the horrific events from twenty-five years ago that engraved the name of Srebrenica on our

hearts and minds. The systematic slaughter of thousands of Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces

during the devastating civil war. The deliberate and systematic murder of so many constituted the worst war

crime perpetrated on European soil since the Second World War. Some are still attempting to deny the

events, calling the descriptions of what happened as ‘fake news’. The leading perpetrators were eventually

prosecuted for their crimes. Srebrenica reminds us not only of the tragedy of Bosnia and its internal divi-

sions, but also of the failings of the international community in general and the United Nations in particular.

Let us remain vigilant and courageous in defence of the innocent.

SREBRENICA.

On Tuesday 14th July I will celebrate the thirty-sixth anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. I give

thanks to Almighty God for the blessings of his grace and I request your prayers for my ministry as Parish

Priest in your midst.

THIRTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF ORDINATION.

Note: Last Sunday’s

Mass from Holy Family

is available to view on

our YouTube Channel