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Parish of Llanharan with Peterston Super Montem

£1.20 or £4.00 per annum Issue 27 – December 2015

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Priest in Charge Rev’d Barbara Wood 226307 [email protected]

Vicars Warden/ Angela Cooper 01446 773378 Mission Secretary [email protected] 07811018685 Peoples Warden Janet Pyne 226385 Parish Treasurer Hazel James 227875 Gift Aid Secretary Sylvia Scarf 226925 Parish Organist Rosemary Price 01656 864657 Sunday School Caroline Price 228760 Tea & Toys Llanharan Chevone Charman-Osborne 449084

Mothers Union June Windsor 228599

Old School Room Bookings: Lyn Cogbill 225538

Uniformed Organisation:

Llanharan Rainbows Caroline Price 228760

Brynna Rainbows Debbie Bailey 230844

Llanharan Brownies Steph Horsley 07792307752

Brynna Brownies Jean Crahart 01656 865508

Beavers/Cubs/Scouts Caron Hainge Mobile: 07984957540

Mike Hainge Mobile: 0797794524

Articles for next issue of Outreach send to Angela Cooper at [email protected]

Parish Who’s Who

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Are you rushing around this Christmas?

Have you written all those cards, and hung up

those decorations ready for Christmas?

Doesn’t there seem a lot to do?

Have you forgotten what it’s all about?

Questions, questions, questions.

It is so easy to have a list of all things to be

done, but the meaning of Christmas is not in the

writing of cards, the hanging of decorations and

the drinking and eating.

It is in the simplest of things – the birth of a

baby.

That is the meaning of the Christmas message.

The angels proclaimed the Good News, the birth of Jesus. The shepherds visited the

stable, where animals slept alongside Mary, Joseph and a new born child.

The birth of Jesus brought an overwhelming power to a land where people were afraid.

The wise men came with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, to recognise the birth of a

King ‘God is with us.’

There in that stable was a child who was to change the world and the way we think.

Jesus brought us great love, a love that would transform us from people of hate to a

people of love.

So let this Christmas be a time of good cheer,

a time to change and a time to remember

that a baby was born for us.

So let us take the time to join together in praise and worship to celebrate that

‘God is with us.’

May you have a blessed and peaceful Christmas, and a joyous new year. With much love

and prayers. Reverend Babs xx

News From the Vicarage

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Ss Julius & Aaron Church, Llanharan

Baptism:

Jack Penny 20th September

Drew Penny 20th September

Oliver Cooney 20th September

Ned Sutton 11th October

Mya Evans 15th November

Funeral:

Bernard Mullarky 20th October

Peggy Howells 10th November

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Shepherds in first century Palestine would

have been attuned to the wonders and

ravages of nature: star-lit nights, cold and

heat, storm and calm, and the

unwelcome attention of predators, both

animal and human. They would have

been more aware than we of human

dependency on the seasons, and more

respectful than us of the precarious

nature of existence. Fear, as well as

appreciation, would have shaped their

religious sensitivities. !

Some think the shepherds near Bethlehem may have been guarding sheep for the

Jerusalem Temple, which used them as part of the sacrificial ritual of Judaism in

those days. Yet the kind of work shepherds did and the hours they had to keep

barred them from orthodox religious observance; they were regarded as uncouth

and untrustworthy and were not allowed to give testimony in law courts.

It was typical of St Luke (the only New Testament writer to refer to the shepherds)

to put them in the forefront of his narrative. Luke is the writer who favours the

underdog: tax collectors, sinners, women, old and poor people and non-Jews all

figure favourably in his account. Deliberately he sets before us shepherds as the

first Christmas worshippers. They already knew how to wonder.

William of St Thierry wrote: “A man who has lost his sense of wonder is a man

dead”. The 19th Century scientist Michael Faraday wrote: “Let us consider... how

wonderfully we stand upon this world. Here it is that we are born, bred and live,

and yet we view these things with an almost entire absence of wonder…” This is

no plea for anti-intellectual faith, but rather for the discovery of an extra

dimension. Wonder is the prime ingredient of worship and we need to recover it

and use it. It takes practice.

William Blake encouraged us to look into the ordinary and see the extraordinary:

The ‘wonder’ of the shepherds in the fields of Bethlehem

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“To see a World in a Grain of Sand,

And a Heaven in a Wild Flower:

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,

And eternity in an hour…”

The late Michael Mayne, Dean of Westminster wrote, “A sense of the sublime leads

to a sense of awe, which is I suppose that combination of wonder and fearfulness

you may feel in the presence of what takes your breath away. It is not afraid in the

sense of feeling scared, but rather an awe-struck sense of amazement that the

ordinary is rather more extraordinary than the extraordinary… it is not the rabbit

out of the hat but the rabbit out of the rabbit that is so surprising…”

So, in the astonishing story of heaven-come-to-earth in Bethlehem, of divinity in a

cowshed, it is shepherds who receive the revelation. Not priests, not presidents,

not philosophers. “An angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the

Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.” For all they knew it might have

been bad news. “But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; for see – I am

bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in

the city of David a Saviour, who is the Messiah, the Lord’.”

The response of the shepherds was to go and see. Not to question or even to

reason. The main constituent of their belief was already wonder. They were

accustomed to marvelling, for they were surrounded by a world of marvels. So

they went to look. And as they looked, they marvelled. Later, they were to return

“glorifying and praising God for all they had seen and heard.”

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1. According to the 1st chapter of Matthew, ‘Immanuel’ is interpreted to

mean ___ ____ ___.

2. The Moabite widow, Ruth, is mentioned by name only 12 times in the book

named after her, and not again until Matthew 1:5. What makes this

woman’s life so significant to the birth of Jesus Christ?

3. An angel of the Lord told Joseph, Mary’s betrothed, ‘Do not _______ to take

Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.’

4. What caused Elizabeth’s unborn baby to leap for joy in her womb, when she

was visited by her relative Mary?

5. What was the angel’s name who visited Mary to tell her she had been

chosen to be the Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ?

6. What does Bethlehem mean?

7. Why did Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem?

8. What did the angels say to the shepherds?

9. What did the chief priests tell Herod that worried him so much?

10. Why was ‘a voice heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning?’

Answers on the inside cover of the magazine.

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• Last week, I stated this was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since met

her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement. Mark Twain

• The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and

to the two should be as close together as possible. George Burns

• Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year Victor Borge

• Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. Mark Twain

• I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back Zsa Zsa Gabor

• We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its Way through

Congress. Will Rogers

• I don’t feel old. I don’t feel anything until noon. Then it’s time for my nap.

Bob Hope

• My Wife has a slight impediment of speech. Every now and then she stops to

breathe. Jimmy Durant.

• Don’t worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow old, it will avoid you.

Winston Churchill

• Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can bring you a more pleasant form of

misery. Spike Milligan

• By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad

one you’ll become a philosopher. Socretes.

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The true story of Father Christmas, or Santa Claus, began with a man named

Nicholas who was born in the third centre in the Greek village of Patara, on what

is today the southern coast of Turkey. His family were both devout and wealthy,

and when his parents died in an epidemic, Nicholas decided to use his inheritance

to help people. He gave to the needy, the sick, the suffering. He dedicated his

whole life to God’s service, and was made Bishop of Myra while still a young man.

As a bishop, he joined other bishops and priests in prison under the emperor

Diocletian’s fierce persecution of Christians across the Roman Empire.

Finally released, Nicholas was not bitter, but all the more determined to shed

abroad the news of God’s love. He did so by giving. One story of his generosity

explains why we hang Christmas stockings over our mantelpieces today. There

was a poor family with three daughters who needed dowries if they were to marry,

and not be sold into slavery. Nicholas heard of their plight, and tossed three bags

of gold into their home through an open window – thus saving the girls from a life

of misery.

The bags of gold landed in stockings or shoes left before the fire to dry. Hence

the custom of children hanging out stockings – in the hope of attracting presents

of their own from St Nicholas - on Christmas Eve. That is why three gold balls,

sometimes represented as oranges, are one of the symbols of St Nicholas.

The example of St Nicholas has never been forgotton - in bygone years boys in

Germany and Poland would dress up as bishops on 6th December, and beg alms

for the poor. In the Netherlands and Belgium ‘St Nicholas’ would arrive on a

steamship from Spain to ride a white horse on his gift-giving rounds. To this day,

6th December is still the main day for gift-giving and merry-making in much of

Europe. Many feel that simple gift-giving in early Advent helps preserve a

Christmas Day focus on the Christ Child.

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Shop Tel No. 01443 226217

Clothes?

Books?

Bedding/Linen?

Bric-a-brac?

Toys?

All Monies will be donated back

into the community

Shop Co-ordinator - Gill Richards – 01443 22205

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Sunday School

The Sunday School children

recently held a fruit and

vegetable auction and

raised almost £30 for the

Oxfam Unwrapped Appeal.

Helping communities in

Africa, the money has been

used to train a beekeeper,

buy chickens for families to

rear and provide safe

drinking water for ten

people. Our youngest

members have again showed that they are ready to help others.

We are still collecting used postage stamps for the Us charity (formerly USPG) to

put to good use, so please save any you receive over Christmas.

1st Llanharan Rainbows The Llanharan Rainbow Guides enjoyed a

lovely day out at the RSPB nature reserve at

Kenfig Pool, near Porthcawl. There was plenty

of autumn sunshine on offer as the girls got

down to a minibeast hunt, played games

amongst the sand dunes, donned their wellies

for a spot of pond –dipping and put their art

and craft skills to the test. They are now

looking forward to their Christmas party and a

visit to the panto in the New Year.

Caroline and Denise

Parish Life and Events Autumn 2015

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Images from around the Parish

Rosina and her

grandchildren having fun at

the Sneak a Peek event in

the Cathedral

The children of

Dolau School

recreate the ‘Blood

Swept Lands and

Seas of Red’ for

Remembrance Day.

Rev’d Babs and the

Mayor attended the

service.

15 members of the Parish attended a Retreat

weekend ay Llangasty Retreat House. The retreat

was lead by Rev’d Moira Spence. The weather

was beautiful for the last weekend in October and

this photo sums up the sense of peace and

beauty found in that special place.

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Harvest Festival 2015

On Sunday 4th of October we celebrated our

Harvest Festival with donations this year

being taken to The Huggard Centre for the

homeless in Cardiff. The churches were

beautifully decorated with fruit, vegetables

and flowers, allowing us all to appreciated

God’s gifts that surround us everyday. The

church was full of our children and

uniformed organisations, they all enjoyed

hearing about the story of the church

mouse and the real meaning of Harvest

today.

It was a good opportunity to give thanks to God for all the blessings that he gives

us and to think about the people who are less fortunate than ourselves. Many

thanks to all who came along and contributed in any way to this wonderful festival

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The following day a car was packed with all

the Harvest gifts and taken down to the

Huggard Centre. The Huggard Centre is a

Cardiff based charity that aims to empower

excluded people to reach their full potential.

It has been providing frontline services for

homeless people in Cardiff for over 20 years,

it as an all inclusive policy and endeavours to

be a gateway to many opportunities for all

those who find themselves needing shelter and help. The charity’s remit is to

supply support and advice, clothing, washing facilities, accommodation,

recreation, personal development, hot meals and where possible voluntary

opportunities for our service users to regain their confidence before moving back

into the local community Angela Cooper Mission Secretary

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“Twisted” by Lynda LaPlante.

Lena Fulford attended a dinner party given by a close friend; it was the first she had

accepted since the separation from her husband. After experiencing some embarrassing

small talk about her husband, Marcus; her expanding business empire and her daughter’s

private education, she left the party at the earliest opportunity as she had a meeting with

divorce solicitors the following morning.

Since separating from her husband, their daughter, Amy, spent alternate weekends with

each parent; firstly in her mother’s house in Richmond and then her fathers rented flat in

Mayfair. Occasionally, Amy is collected from school, on a Saturday morning, to spend the

remainder of the weekend with her best friend, another pupil from the same school.

However, on Monday following the weekend, Lena receives a telephone call from the

school’s headmistress saying that Amy has not returned to school and asks is she is unwell

and when will she be returning? She immediately contacts her husband, who says that he

has not seen or heard from her. Next she speaks to the parents of the girl with whom she

was spending the weekend, but again without success. Apparently, Amy had been

collected from school by her friend’s parents, but shortly after arriving at their house, left

to go and pick up a watch from her father’s flat. When Amy did not reappear they

assumed that the arrangements had changed and that she was now spending the

weekend with her father.

So where is Amy? She's not with her mother, or her father, or at school or at the home of

her best friend? Surely she must be with one of them safe and well, but why has nobody

heard from her?

At this point that Lena reports her missing daughter to the police and also that she has

not been seen for four days. Detective Inspector Reid is given charge of the case and

immediately circulates Amy’s description and missing persons form to every police force in

the country via the national database. DI Reid is under enormous pressure to find the

missing girl, and return her safe and well to her parents. In the meantime her parents

locate Amy’s diary, but as it contains damning and incriminating comments about them,

they do not tell the police about the find. Eventually, they have no option but to tell DI

Reid about the diary, which raises more questions than answers. So much so that Marcus

Outreach Book Review

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is arrested and charged with her murder before being released from custody the following

morning. The diary entries appear to be written in several different ‘hands’ and ‘styles’

that only provides further confusion and uncertainty. Who knows the truth of Amy’s

disappearance?

“Headhunters” by Jo Nesbo (Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett)

Roger Brown is a corporate head hunter and is regarded as the best in his field, coupled

with the fact that no company has ever turned down a candidate that has recommended

to fill a position within that organisation. He is clever, wealthy and married to a beautiful

woman who happens to own a respected and successful art gallery.

Whenever the role of corporate head hunter becomes dull his side line as an art thief

keeps him busy and enables him to acquire large sums of additional money to fund their

extravagant life style. His wife then introduces him to one of her clients, Clas Greve, who

was a CEO of a company that has been taken over by a larger competitor. Subsequently,

he is seeking a senior position within the same or an allied industry.

Seemingly, Clas is the perfect candidate for the job that Roger has to fill, not least of all

he owns a priceless painting that makes him a perfect target for an art theft. It is not

very long before Roger realises that there is more to Clas Greve than he first thought and

that he may have made a grave error of judgement in underestimating him. Soon their

roles are reversed and the hunter has become the hunted.

There are numerous twist and turns in this absorbing thriller.

Don’t forget if you have read a good book lately please

write a book review for Outreach and either email it to

[email protected] or hand it to a member of

the team.

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Obituary in the Yorkshire Post (following the death of his wife)

The couple had been happily married for 50 years, when informed of the cost of the

funeral; the man uttered, in true Yorkshire fashion, ‘How much?’

He reluctantly produced his wallet. ‘I want summat simple he explained, ‘My Gladys was a

good hearted, hardworking Yorkshire lass and she wunt ‘ave wanted owt swanky’.

‘Perhaps a small poem’, suggested the woman at the desk. ‘Nay’ he said, ‘she wunt ‘ave

wanted anything la-di-da’. Just put ‘Gladys Braithwaite’s died’, but ‘you need to say

when’, he was told by the receptionist. ‘Do I’? Well put died 17 March 2015. ‘That’ll do’.

‘It is usual for the bereaved to add some meaningful phrase about the dearly departed’.

The man paused and considered for a moment. ‘Well put sadly missed’ ‘That’ll do’ he

said. The receptionist explained that ‘he could have another four words’.

‘No, no’, he cried, she wouldn’t ave wanted me to splash out. ‘The words are included in

the price’ the receptionist explained. ‘Are they? You mean I have paid for ‘em’ exclaimed

the man. ‘Yes indeed’. ‘Well, if I’ve paid for ‘em exclaimed the man, ‘I’m aving ‘em’.

The obituary was duly printed.

“Gladys Braithwaite. Died 17 March 2015; Sadly missed. Also tractor for sale.”

Rudolph the Red

There was once a great Czar in Russia named

Rudolph the Red. He stood looking out the

windows of his palace one day while his wife,

the Czarina Katerina, sat nearby knitting. He

turned to her and said, "Look my dear, it has

begun to rain!" Without even looking up from

her knitting she replied, "It's too cold to rain. It

must be sleeting." The Czar shook his head and

said, "I am the Czar of all the Russia’s, and

Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear!”

Outreach Amusing Stories

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As I write this it is almost time to remove all flowers from the church and replace

them with the Advent Crown. This consists of foliage, mainly holly, ivy and

conifer and five candles – three purple, one pink and one white. The holly and ivy

symbolise God with no beginning or end. The evergreen is a reminder that God

does not change. The holly is also a symbol of the crown of thorns that Jesus

wore when he was crucified. I am often asked what the candles represent and as

I recently received some information from Us – the new name for USPG- regarding

their Advent Appeal supporting Europe’s refugees, which they have linked to the

Advent Crown, I thought I would share it with you.

The four Advent candles remind us that

the coming of Christ was anticipated over

many generations. Each Sunday of Advent

we remember faithful participants in that

journey of faith; The Patriarchs, The

Prophets, John the Baptist, and finally

Mary.

The Patriarchs (Purple) – Hope.

Beckoning God, you called your servant Abraham to leave Ur in search of a new

land of promise. Now may the light of your love bring courage, comfort, and

hope to all forced to travel the world in search of safety, life and peace.

The Prophets (Purple) - Peace

Loving God, your prophets spoke out in the darkness of suffering and loss, of a

light coming into the world. May we proclaim that light of Christ as we stand

alongside migrants, refugees and all without homes, so they may find new

strength and hope.

The Advent Crown

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John the Baptist ( Purple) - Love

Lord Jesus, your cousin John prepared the way for your coming. Bless we pray, all

who speak out courageously against injustice and wrong: so may the light of your

truth burn brightly, and the world become a fairer, more welcoming home for all.

Mary (Pink) - Joy

Lord Jesus, your mother Mary carried you with tender determination on the

dangerous road to Bethlehem, and beyond. May the same flame of love that

drove her on, now bring courage, comfort and hope to all protecting the displaced

children of the world.

The fifth candle is white and represents Jesus, The Light of the World and is lit at

First Mass of Christmas. For me, this is one of the most joyful services in the

Christian Calendar.

June Windsor

A Christmas Poem – Christmas tree

Norway sent a Christmas tree It marks the Saviour’s birth, The incarnation manifest As God came down to earth A babe born to a virgin Would grow up as a man, Yet still divine, such mystery, To implement God’s plan. Another tree was put in place A sacrifice was made, As on that cross He gave His life That all men could be saved. So celebrate that wondrous day When Jesus left His home, To bring salvation down to man, And claim us as His own. By Megan Carter

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UNDERTAKEN

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Stollen mince pies

Ingredients 375g pack sweet shortcrust pastry a little flour, for dusting 375g mincemeat 50g Madeira cake 50g ground almonds 25g caster sugar 50g butter, softened 1 egg yolk 3 tbsp candied peel 100g marzipan, finely diced 25g toasted flaked almonds icing sugar, for dusting Method Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and stamp out 12 roughly

8cm circles – you might need to re-roll the trimmings. Press into the holes of a 12-hole bun tin. Add a few tsp of the mincemeat to each pastry case.

Whizz the cake, ground almonds, caster sugar, butter and egg in a food processor until smooth. Transfer to a bowl, then stir in the candied peel and marzipan. Divide between the tarts and scatter over the flaked almonds. You can cover and chill the unbaked tarts for up to a day, or freeze for up to 3 months.

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Bake the pies for 20-25 mins until golden. Remove from the oven and dust with icing sugar. When cool enough, lift from the tin.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2012

Very berry trifle Ingredients 500g pack frozen mixed berries, we used summer berry mix, defrosted 150g red cherry jam 300-350g Madeira cake, cut into roughly 3cm cubes 500ml tub custard 250g tub mascarpone 5 tbsp caster sugar 400ml double cream 3 tbsp sherry berries, grated chocolate or rose petals, to decorate

Outreach Recipes

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Method Mix the berries and cherry jam together, and spoon into your trifle bowl.

Scatter over the Madeira cake and push down a little into the berries. Put the custard, mascarpone and 3 tbsp sugar in a bowl together and beat

until smooth, then dollop all over the trifle. Put the double cream, remaining 2 tbsp sugar and sherry in a bowl and beat until soft peaks form. Cling film both the trifle bowl and cream and chill until ready to serve. You can do this up to 24 hours in advance.

To serve, spoon the sherry cream all over the trifle, then scatter with your favourite decoration.

Recipe from bbcgoodfood.com, December 2012 Outreach Competion from last issue This photograph was taken by Rev Babs and is meant to be Jean Crahart in Leopoldskron Palace. The back drop for the Trapp family home in the film of The Sound of Music The learning experience from this is never let Rev’d Babs be responsible for taking photographs.

Answers to the quiz

1. God with us – Matt 1:23

2. Her child is in Christ’s lineage – Matt 1:5

3. ‘Be afraid/fear’ Matt 1:20

4. Mary’s greeting/ the Holy Spirit

5. Gabriel – Luke 1:26

6. The House of Bread. It was the city of David –

Luke 2:4

7. To be registered in a Roman census Luke 2:1-

5

8. ‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of

great joy….’ Luke 2:10

9. ‘But you Bethlehem, in the land of Judea… out

of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd

of my people Israel.’ Matt 2:6

10. Massacre of the Innocents by Herod –

Matt 2:18

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Friday 11th – Sunday 13th Dec Parish Christmas Tree Festival,

Parish Church, Llanharan

Friday 11th December Opening Concert with

Christmas Festival Choir 7pm

Saturday 12th December View trees 10am – 3pm

enjoy musical interludes from local schools

Christmas Market 10am-3pm Old School Room

Sunday 13th December Christmas SingALong 6pm with Sherry and mince pies

Sunday 20th December Nine Lessons and Carols 6pm, St Peter’s Brynna

Christmas Eve Crib Service 4pm, Parish Church

Midnight Mass 11pm Parish Church

Christmas Day Eucharist 10am, St Peter’s Brynna

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