Useful Telephone Numbers: Parish Secretary: Elizabeth Hughes (All enquires) 01446 774212 Parish Safeguarding Officer: Ann Miskin 01446 794461 Parish H&S Rep: David Harris 01446 792694 Parish SVP: Judy Browning 01446 773389 Baptism Catechesis & Children’s Catechesis 01446 774212 Hospital admittance please contact the Chaplains: Princess of Wales Hospital: Fr. Tim McGrath VF 01656 652034 Llandough Hospital, Penarth: Canon J.Boardman 029 2070 8247 Deanery Clergy: Fr. Tim McGrath VF. (Bridgend) 01656 652034 Fr. Mike Doyle (Maesteg) 01656 733282 EWTN (Eternal Word Catholic Television): 589 on your Sky remote

COLLECTIONS 22nd/23rd July THANK YOU!

Gift Aid £372.50

Loose £210.75

Total

£583.25

Attendance: St Cadoc Our Lady & St Illtyd

Total

45 76 121

FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE Please visit Archdiocese of Cardiff Website for further details on the following events

ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE to the grave of St. John Kemble: 20th August from 10.15am. HOLY HOUR FOR VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD AND RELIGIOUS LIFE on Wednesday 30th August at 6pm in the Cathedral. SUNG VESPERS AT TINTERN ABBEY: 3rd September at 3pm DAY OF HEALING & RECONCILIATION led by Damian Stayne will take place on Saturday 2nd September from 9am to 5pm at Corpus Christi High School, Ty Draw Road, Lisvane, Cardiff CF23 6XL.

FOODBANK The client demand throughout the Vale for the Foodbank has continued to increase. Please do consider supporting on a regular basis. One item a week, from half the families in our parish, would go a long way to keeping our shelves stocked up and help alleviate food poverty in our local communities throughout the Vale but especially in Llantwit Major and St Athan. At the moment we are running low on pasta sauces, jam, meat, peanut butter, lemon squash, men's toiletries, toilet paper and dog food.

Thank you and bless you for your ongoing support. Ewa Thomas

A Parish in the Archdiocese of Cardiff Diocese Registered Charity No:242380 Please remember your Parish in your Will

LOTTO bonus ball winner 22/07/17: L.Dobson No.23

Newsletter Items: please email the Parish Office or hand to Fr. Mark by Wednesday evening

Llantwit Major & Cowbridge

Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Mark J.Rowles The Presbytery, Ham Lane East, Llantwit Major. CF61 1TQ.

Tel No. 01446 792381 (Emergency ONLY 07488 279856) Email: ppwvale@btinternet.com

Website: www.westvalecatholics.org.uk

Our Lady & St. Illtyd with St. Cadoc Parish

Response to the Psalm: Lord, how I love your law! Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! I call you friends, says the Lord, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father. Alleluia!

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) 30th July 2017

Saturday 29th July

Vigil 4.30pm Cowbridge 5.00pm

Holy Rosary Missa Pro Populo

Sunday 30th July 17th in Ordinary Time

8.30am Llantwit Major 9.00am

Holy Rosary Mass: Bob & John Baillie RIP (M&S)

Tuesday 1st August 7.00pm Cowbridge Service of the Word & Holy Communion

Wednesday 2nd August 10.00am Llantwit Major Service of the Word & Holy Communion

Thursday 3rd August 10.00am Cowbridge Service of the Word & Holy Communion

Friday 4th August 7.00pm Llantwit Major Service of the Word & Holy Communion

Saturday 5th August

Vigil

10.00am Llantwit Major 4.30pm Cowbridge 5.00pm

Service of the Word & Holy Communion

Holy Rosary Mass: Moira Gedig (P.&CW)

Sunday 6th August Transfiguration of the Lord (Feast)

8.30am Llantwit Major 9.00am

Holy Rosary Missa Pro Populo

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT FOR ADORATION Our Lady & St. Illtyd: WEDNESDAY 10.30am to 11am Our Lady & St. Illtyd: FRIDAY 10.00am to 6:30pm

THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confession)

St. Cadoc: SATURDAY On request only Our Lady & St Illtyd: SUNDAY On request only

Please pray for the following who request your prayers: Tom McNally, Francis Harris, Tim O’Sullivan, Yvonne Harris, Alf John, Maria Morgan,

Elizabeth, Rosina Bruen, Mick & Marianne Davey, Ray Cullinane, Fiona Lindsay,

Pat Beverley, Joan Whitton, Gretta Cooper, Dick Barnicott, Olive Collins, Carla Carpanini,

Mike Carey, Simon Stanton, Thea Boyd, Fr. Mark MAY THEY BE TOUCHED BY GOD’S HEALING HAND.

Reflection (Flor McCarthy, SDB) AT THE END OF THE DAY The Kingdom of Heaven is like a net cast into the sea which catches all kinds of fish. When it is full, the fisherman hauls it ashore. Then he sits down and sorts out the good fish from the bad. The good he keeps, the worthless he throws away. In a sense, all of us are fishers. Each day we cast our net into the sea of life. And at the end of the day we have a catch, sometimes small, sometimes large. May we take time to sift through that catch. And may you, Lord, give us the wisdom to know what to keep and what to throw away. THE VIGIL LAMPS WILL BURN THIS WEEK FOR:- Our Lady & St Illtyd Our Lady: Thea Boyd Special Intention Sacred Heart: Bertie Special Intention St. Cadoc Our Lady: Mike Carey Special Intention (PLG) Sacred Heart: Mike Carey Special Intention

Please keep Fr Mark in your prayers as he continues to make good progress.

CONGRATULATIONS Congratulation to REV. FR. PETER MCLAREN who was ordained to the Holy Priesthood yesterday. Peter was one of our Permanent Deacons, sadly his wife passed away and he asked to go forward to full Priesthood; we wish him our prayerful support and a long and fruitful ministry in the Archdiocese of Cardiff.

CLERGY MOVES & APPOINTMENTS

The Archbishop has appointed with effect from September 2017:

Fr Edmund Neizer to Our Lady and St. Patrick, Maesteg & St Robert, Aberkenfig

Fr Joseph Henry Mensah to the Pastoral Area of Tredegar, Rhymney & Ebbw Vale

Fr Michael Doyle to All Saints Newport

Fr Daniel Stanton to All Saints Newport

Canon Michael Evans to St Patrick, Grangetown

Fr Christopher Hancock to Merthyr Tydfil Parishes

Fr Peter McLaren to Tonypandy & Ynyshir

Fr Bogdan Wera resident at St David’s Cathedral to work with the Polish chaplaincy

WELCOME If you are new to our Parish Family or just visiting the area on holiday, you are very welcome. Please join us for tea/coffee after Mass in the Parish Centre. Also please browse the stalls, there is always a good bargain to have!

WHAT’S ON IN THE PARISH THIS WEEK?

FILM NIGHT: WEDNESDAY, “The Scarlet and the Black” will be shown, with subtitles, at 7pm, Parish Centre. The Scarlet And The Black is an entertaining and inspirational true story of courage and ingenuity. During the German occupation of Rome in 1943, an athletic Irish priest, Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty (Gregory Peck), devotes all the time he can spare from his work at the Vatican to hide Allied POWs from the Nazis, risking his life in the process. The PRAYER GROUP meets weekly on THURSDAY at 2.30pm in Our Lady & St. Illtyd for Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Scripture Reading, Prayer and Intercessions. EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT FOR ADORATION on FRIDAY from 10.00am to 6:30pm in Our Lady & St. Illtyd. Volunteers are needed to keep watch with the Lord, please write your name on the list in the porch.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SECOND COLLECTION for Levy will take place NEXT weekend of 5th/6th August. GIFT-AID LETTERS based upon the offertory report for 2016/17 have been received from the Archdiocese, please take your copy from the welcome table in the porch. There will be NO WEEKDAY Mass this week due to prior commitments of the Deanery Priests. Fr Tim is available should you require a priest in an EMERGENCY ONLY, please direct any other enquiries to the Parish Secretary; contact details are printed overleaf for your convenience. Please remember to browse the CTS BOOK STAND, there are many inexpensive books to accompany you on your spiritual journey. These books are not on sale or return from the CTS.

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY!

COFFEE MORNING: Saturday 9th September from 11am in the Parish Centre.

MAINTENANCE The annual maintenance service of the SECURITY ALARM SYSTEM in Our Lady & St. Illtyd revealed some major faults and due to its age the parts are obsolete. An upgrade of the system has taken place, the code has been changed, however the fob can be used as previously. The key pads for the alarm system in the Parish Centre were also renewed due to a fault. Thanks be to God the weather was settled for the decorator to complete the redecoration of the exterior of the Presbytery and Our Lady & St. Illtyd & Parish Centre in three weeks. Thank you to those of our Parish family who contributed towards the cost.