Sunday: The Assumption Of The Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity (16th August)

10am For the People of the Parish

12.pm DWA & DR Uttley

6pm Monica Ballard

Monday Of Week 20 In Ordinary Time (17th August)

9.30am Intentions of Hilary Coulson

Tuesday Of Week 20 In Ordinary Time (18th August)

9.30am John Foster

7-8pm Adoration & Benediction

Wednesday Of Week 20 In Ordinary Time (19th Au-gust)

9.30am Eddie Beaverstock

Thursday: Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor (20th Au-gust)

9.30am Shirley Farley

7-8pm Adoration & Benediction

Friday: Saint Pius X, Pope (21st August)

9.30am Special intentions of Bob & Lyn Bastian

Saturday: Our Lady, Mother And Queen (22nd Au-gust)

9.30am Kathleen Broad

Sunday: 21st Sunday In Ordinary Time (23rd August)

10am Shirley Fardy

12pm Joseph Lee

6pm In thanksgiving (Chau)

We have had to rearrange some weekday Mass inten-tions to the surrounding weekends to enable Fr Nich-olas to go on a short break this week. There will, as a result, be only one Mass per day as detailed.

Evening Prayer (Vespers) live-streamed 7pm daily except Sundays. Tuesday & Thursday 7-8pm Adora-tion & 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 (Holy Family)

Jack Meggett (St Mary of the Angels)

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.

Mr John Maher: The funeral was celebrated on Friday 14th August at 4pm

Mrs Moira Williams: The funeral will be held on Thursday 27th August at 12.30am

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

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual

light shine upon them. May they rest in peace

THE SUNDAY READINGS ARE OF TODAY’S FEAST.

Revelation 11:19; 12:1-6, 10.

The imagery provided by the Book of Revelation is apocalyp-tic, reflecting the sufferings inflicted upon the Church as a

result of the persecution imposed by Imperial Rome. The sub-ject depicted by ‘a woman adorned with the sun’ is not pri-marily Mary but rather the Church Universal, the Mystical

Body of Christ. The Church is given the reassurance that, de-spite the threat represented by the ‘huge red dragon with seven heads and ten horns’, it will survive and thrive. Just as Mary enabled the Incarnation of the Divine Word of God, harbour-

ing him within her womb and bringing him to birth, so the Church must bring Christ to birth in the midst of the world

throughout the ages. The imagery of the Book of Revelation should also be read in relation to the role and example of

Mary. As Mother of Christ, Mary is also Mother of his Mysti-cal Body – the Church. Mary is the first and most perfect

member of the Church, the first and most faithful disciple of the Lord. Mary offers every disciple the example of complete

devotion and wholehearted service to Christ.

I Corinthians 15:20-26.

“Just as all men die in Adam, so all men will be brought to life in Christ.” In Christ all worldly sovereignty, authority and

power will pass away. Even death itself will be destroyed. On-ly that which is in accord with the Kingdom can endure and truly survive the end of the world. The Assumption of the

Blessed Virgin Mary points the way that the Church must fol-low. The Eastern traditions of the Church speak of Mary’s

‘dormition’ rather than her death. The Western tradition is less troubled by the notion that Mary had to pass through death

before reaching the glory of heaven. Regardless of these dif-fering emphases, in her Immaculate Conception, through her lifelong fidelity, by her Glorious Assumption, Mary is to be acknowledged as Mother of God and Mother of the Church.

Luke 1:39-56.

Through the account of the Visitation, the Church is first invit-ed to address Mary with Elizabeth’s proclamation: “Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of

your womb.” The Church must then learn to employ Mary’s own proclamation: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the

Lord and my spirit exults in God my saviour; because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid.” Body and soul, Mary is

fully engaged in her cooperation with grace. Through a cor-poral work of mercy, in attending to the needs of her ageing cousin despite her own condition, Mary teaches us that the

spiritual is embedded in the material. The whole of Creation is to be Redeemed. The Resurrection is a reality for the Body

and the Soul.

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, 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, 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 period. If you know of anyone who is in any kind of need then please contact the Priory di-rectly. 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

16th—23rd August 2020 The Solemnity of the Assumption Cycle A

Sunday: The Assumption Of The Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity (16th August) 6pm Vigil Mass Dorothy Petersen 11am Deceased members of Merwyn Clifford's family Sunday: 21St Sunday In Ordinary Time (23rd August) 6pm Vigil Mass Giariri Pegoraro 11am The Burnell Family

Holy Family Masses

FEASTS OF THE WEEK.

THE SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.

MARY IS THE ESCHATOLOGICAL ICON OF THE CHURCH.

Pope Pius XII solemnly defined the ancient dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the document entitled ‘Munificentissimus Deus’.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states:

Finally the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, so that she might be the more fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords and con-queror of sin and death. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a sin-gular participation in her Son’s Resurrection and an anticipation of the resur-rection of all Christians.

By her complete adherence to the Father’s will, to his Son’s redemptive work, and to every prompting of the Holy Spirit, the Virgin Mary is the Church’s model of faith and charity. Thus she is a pre-eminent and wholly unique mem-ber of the Church; indeed, she is the ‘exemplary realization’ (typus) of the Church.

In Mary we contemplate what the Church already is in her mystery on her own ‘pilgrimage of faith’, and what she will be in the homeland at the end of her journey. There, in the glory of the Most Holy and Un-divided Trinity, in the communion of all the saints, the Church is awaited by the one she venerates as

Mother of the Lord and as her own mother.

FEASTS OF THE WEEK.

Thursday 20th August – Memoria of St.Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church.

St.Bernard was born into Burgundian nobility at the Castle of Fontaines near Di-jon. During his education at Chatillon, Bernard’s intellectual talents became ap-parent. However, of even greater significance was the revealing of his spirit of true piety and recollection. Following the death of his Mother, Bernard was re-solved to embrace the newly established Cistercian reform of the Benedictine monastic tradition. In 1113, Bernard gathered around him a group of young ear-nest noblemen and proceeded to present them and himself to Abbot Stephen of Citeaux. The following year, Bernard was professed. Bernard’s superiors recog-

nised his spiritual progress and soon sent him, together with twelve companions, to establish a new mon-astery at Clairvaux. As eventual Abbot of Clairvaux, Bernard established many more monasteries and left a great imprint upon the twelfth century through his preaching and writings. Pope Eugene III commissioned Bernard to promulgate the Second Crusade throughout the regions we would identify as France and Germa-ny. The Crusade was a failure and Bernard was blamed by many though he made clear that it was the unworthiness of the Crusaders that brought about the disaster. He died on August 20th 1153 and was canonised in 1174 by Pope Alexander III.

Friday 21st August – St.Pius X, Pope.

Giuseppe Sarto was born on June 2nd 1835 at Riesi in Treviso near Venice. Alt-hough he was born into severe poverty, his family laboured hard to ensure that Giuseppe was able to undertake his formation for the priesthood. He was ordained

to the priesthood in 1858. His intellectual talents and deep spirituality were recognised and he was ap-pointed to the significant position of Archpriest of Salzano in 1867. In 1875 he became a Canon of Trevi-so, Chancellor of the Diocese and Spiritual Director of the Seminary. In 1884 he became Bishop of Man-tua and in 1893 Patriarch of Venice which also saw him elevated to the College of Cardinals. At the con-clave of 1903 he was elected Pope and took as his motto ‘To restore all things in Christ’ (Eph.1:10). He was a great reformer during his pontificate.

Perhaps he is best remembered for his encouragement of more frequent reception of Holy Communion and for establishing access of children from the age of seven to the Eucharist. He reformed the Roman Curia, Canon Law and encouraged the greater use of Gregorian Chant and Polyphony in the Sacred Liturgy. He was dedicated to reinvigorating the Catholic Action pastoral movement. His encyclical Pascendi and his decree Lamentabili confronted the distortions that liberal philosophy was imposing upon theology and cat-echesis. He also did much to enable the Church in France to disentangle itself from the ravages of nine-teenth century state control and influence. He expended much energy in attempting to influence European affairs so as to avoid World War. In this great effort he was frustrated and he died on 20th August 1914 fol-lowing the commencement of World War I. There was a widespread outcry in favour of his immediate can-onisation but this would have to wait until 1954.

Saturday 22nd August – The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Pope Pius XII presented his encyclical letter Ad Caeli Reginam on 11th October 1954 in which he decreed and instituted the feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Based on Holy Scripture and Tradition, His Holiness pointed out that the Church had always be-lieved in Mary’s Queenship. Mary cooperated in the work of our re-demption in a unique way and to a unique degree. Her relationship to Christ provides foundation for the manner of her relationship to the whole Church.

Also commemorated on 22nd August – St.John Kemble, Martyr.

John Kemble was born into a Catholic family at Rhyd-y-car Farm, St.Weonard’s, Herefordshire in 1599. His

brother became a Benedictine priest and John studied for the secu-lar (diocesan) priesthood at the English College, Douai. He was ordained on 23rd February 1625. He came back to his native Her-efordshire in June of the same year and laboured there for the next fifty-three years. He was zealous in his ministry and much loved by the populace. Fr.John Kemble was arrested in 1678, falsely ac-cused of complicity in the ‘Titus Oates Plot’, a fraudulent conspir-acy to assassinate King Charles II that was concocted in order to perpetrate an increased persecution of Catholics. Although no sub-stantive evidence could be produced, Kemble was brought to his execution at Widemarsh Common (two miles outside the City of Hereford) on 22nd August 1679. Before leaving for his ordeal he smoked his pipe and shared a final drink with the Under-Sheriff, Mr.Diggs. This gives rise to the Herefordshire expressions of ‘the Kemble pipe’ and ‘the Kemble cup’. Despite his great age, he was dragged to the place of execution. Upon arrival he briefly spoke in denial of any participation in conspira-cies, pointing out the complete lack of evidence. He professed his Catholic faith and begged forgiveness from anyone he may have offended. He then turned to the executioner, took his hand and said, “Honest An-thony, my friend Anthony, be not afraid; do thy office, I forgive thee with all my heart, thou wilt do me a greater kindness than discourtesy.” He was hanged, but had to endure a long strangulation because the noose was incorrectly applied. When taken down from the gallows, his head was cut off. John’s cousin, Captain Sir Richard Kemble, who had saved King Charles II’s life at the battle of Worcester, successfully begged to be given the body of the priest. The remains were buried at the foot of the cross in Welsh-Newton churchyard. Saint John Kemble’s left hand is preserved at the Church of Saint Francis Xavier in the centre of Hereford. John Kemble is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales who were canon-ised in 1970.

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.

St John Kemble’s grave at Welsh Newton

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 support in different ways, even though the vast majority of members have been obliged to shield themselves over these past months. If you are aware of anyone who requires assistance then please contact the Priory with details.

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 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 REMIND OUR-SELVES HOW ESSENTIAL IT IS TO GRANT MERCY IF WE EVER EXPECT TO RECEIVE MERCY.

PRAYER OF SORROW / ACT OF CONTRITION.

The sitting of examinations is always stressful and now we know that not sitting examinations is equally stressful. Many of our young parishioners have received their ‘results’ for A Levels last Thursday and oth-ers will be anticipating their G.C.S.E. ‘results’ this coming Thursday. Let us pray for their success and for the fulfilment of their expectations.

PUPILS RECEIVE THEIR ‘EXAMINATION’ RESULTS

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 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 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

SUPPORTING THOSE IN NEED

The Japanese Emperor broadcast the declaration of surrender on August 14th 1945 and the American President formally announced receipt of the surrender on August 15th 1945 with the signing of the formal-ities taking place in Tokyo Bay on September 2nd 1945. Let us give thanks for the victory and prayerfully commemorate the immense cost paid with the lives so many men, women and children.

COMMEMORATING THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR – V.J. DAY.

Although individual socially-distanced confessions have already been available out-side 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 ade-quate 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 between 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 com-plete his brief cleaning activities before attempting to enter.

RESUMPTION OF SCHEDULED CONFESSIONS

Side gate on King’s road

South door into the liturgy room

Last week’s Offertory Collection at St.Mary’s amounted to £582.51. Last week’s Offertory Collection at Holy Family amounted to £892.10. *** SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE OF LEBANON IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE EXPLOSION. THIS SUNDAY AND NEXT, THE COLLECTION AT THE END OF MASS WILL BE FOR DO-NATIONS TO CAFOD IN SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE OF LEBANON. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, CAFOD WILL ENSURE THAT ALL MONIES WILL BE 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

From Sunday evening, Fr.Nicholas will be taking a well-earned rest. He will only be taking one week of holiday in West Wales. Let us hope that the Sun will shine over the coming days.

N.B. As I will be alone during the coming week there will be changes to the usual timetable. Please take note of the schedule. Next Sunday morning I will be rushing between St.Mary’s and Holy Family, so please be patient if I am a little late for the 11.00.am and 12.00.pm Masses.

HOLIDAY FOR FR.NICHOLAS.

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 operate a number of procedures in order to facilitate use and we will require users to pro-vide us with assurances regarding their own safety protocols. Both parishes will benefit from a res-toration of hire income.

POTENTIAL OPENING OF OUR TWO PARISH HALLS.

OUR RETURN TO THE CELEBRATION OF PUBLIC MASSES. We will maintain our established schedule of Sunday Masses over the coming weeks. We cannot yet extend the provision of access to weekdays as we do not have sufficient stewards. We are currently looking to pro-vide conditions for the celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We will hopefully be able to announce a timetable next week. 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 Confession, First Holy Communion or Confirmation. Schedule of Masses: Saturdays - Vigil Mass at 6.00.pm in Holy Family. Sunday – Mass at 11.00.am in Holy Family. Sunday – Mass at 10.00.am, 12.00.pm and 6.00.pm 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 signifi-cantly if persons from the same household form a group that can sit together. The attendance at our Mass-es 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 duration of the pandemic. All parishioners should therefore be thinking in terms of attending mass every three weeks. Not all parishioners are yet able to attend even though they may wish to do so. Let us display pa-tience as we ex-plore the route for-ward through our system of facilita-tion.

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.

After deciding to try again with Smokey the parish cat’s bed and replace his well-worn scratching post, in his traditional style, Smokey decided to protest by using the bed as a scratching post and the scratching post as a bed. We are pleased to announce he has finally got matters the right way around and is using his new possessions for their proper purpose!

SMOKEY’S NEW BED