Facebook: FrMark Rowles Twitter @FrMarky 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. Edmund Neizer (Maesteg) 01656 733282

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COLLECTIONS 11th/12th November

THANK YOU!

Gift Aid £381.90

Loose £174.84

Total October STO

£556.74

£644.50

Attendance: St Cadoc Our Lady & St Illtyd

Total

46 85

131

PLEASE VIEW THE PARISH WEBSITE “AROUND & ABOUT” FOR FULL DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS

FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE

WMSCS: Sunday 19th November at 3pm at St David's Catholic Sixth Form College, Tygwyn Rd., Penylan, Cardiff. CF23 5QD (CF23 5JB in satnav). BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT: 29th November in the Mostyn Room there will be sessions of reflection, from 11am to 2pm, for anyone who is bereaved. ST DWYNWEN'S MASS OF CELEBRATION: Saturday 20th January at 2pm a Mass of celebration at St. David’s Cathedral for all newly married couples and those celebrating a significant anniversary. Please inform the Parish Secretary and a personal invitation will be sent to you.

BRIDGEND DEANERY FESTIVAL OF CAROLS will take place on Wednesday 20th December at 7.00pm in St. Mary’s Bridgend. All are welcome!

ECUMENICAL CHOIR Rehearsals have commenced at 7:30pm in St. Illtud’s Church in preparation for the Readings & Carols on Christmas Eve. Everyone is welcome to join the Ecumenical Choir which is drawn from all Chapels and Churches in the area.

FOODBANK Please check the up-to-date shopping list and consider buying one or two items to support those in our community less fortunate than ourselves.

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

LOTTO bonus ball winner 12/11/17: No. 54 Ray Cullinane

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: O blessed are those who fear the Lord Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! Even if you have to die, says the Lord, keep faithful, and I will give you the crown of life. Alleluia!

Thirty Third Week in Ordinary Time (A) 19th November 2017

Saturday 18th November

Vigil 4.30pm Cowbridge 5.00pm

Holy Rosary Missa Pro Populo

Sunday 19th November 33rd in Ordinary Time

8.30am Llantwit Major 9.00am

Holy Rosary Mass: Helen Louise Saxon RIP (Arthur)

Tuesday 21sr November Presentation of the BVM

7:00pm Cowbridge Mass: Our Lady’s Intentions

Wednesday 22nd November St Cecilia, Virgin

10.00am Llantwit Major Mass: William Dobson RIP (Family)

Thursday 23rd November

10.00am Cowbridge

Mass: Fr. Slavko Barbaric OFM Anniv (MS)

Friday 24th November St Andrew Dun-Lac & Comp Priest

7.00pm Llantwit Major Mass: Deceased Members of our Parish Family

Saturday 25th November

Vigil

10.00am Llantwit Major 4.30pm Cowbridge 5.00pm

Service of the Word & Holy Communion

Holy Rosary Mass: Joan Kelly Anniversary RIP (Family)

Sunday 26th November Christ the King

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 11.00am

THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confession)

Our Lady & St.Illtyd: SATURDAY 12Noon to 1pm St Cadoc: SATURDAY 4.15 - 4.45pm AND by request

Please pray for the following who request your prayers: Tom McNally, Francis Harris, Tim O’Sullivan, Yvonne Harris, 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, Yvonne Henderson, Maisie Moyes MAY THEY BE TOUCHED BY GOD’S HEALING HAND.

(CTS 10 MINUTE DIARY)

THIRTY SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME “You have been faithful in small things;

come and join in your master's happiness” READ MATTHEW 25:14-30 MEDITATE God has entrusted His most precious property to us: His own Son, given to us in the Sacraments. He made us His children in baptism. We receive Him in Holy Communion; He forgives us our sins in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. How do we live out our lives after receiving these gifts?

LET US PRAY O God, who in your abundance pour out on us your gifts, make me profit

by your grace so that I may experience the rewards of your love in my life. Amen.

ACT Consider the gifts given to you by God, especially those present in the Sacraments and how you are using them.

THE VIGIL LAMPS WILL BURN THIS WEEK FOR:- Our Lady & St Illtyd Our Lady: Grandad Dobson RIP (Laura) Sacred Heart: Katrina Bird Special Intention (Tobin Family) St. Cadoc Our Lady: Departed Family and Friends Sacred Heart: Rosser Family RIP

WORLD DAY OF THE POOR: SUNDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 2017 “It is a day to help communities and each of the baptised to reflect on how poverty is at the very heart of the Gospel and that, as long as Lazarus lies at the door of our homes (cf. Luke 16:19-21), there can be no justice or social peace. This Day will also represent a genuine form of new evangelisation (cf. Mt11:5) which can renew the face of the Church as She preservers in her perennial activity of pastoral conversion and witness to mercy.” - Pope Francis. WAYS TO OBSERVE THE WORLD DAY OF THE POOR 1. Pray for the poor 2. Practice the Corporal Works of Mercy 3. Make caring for the poor part of your routine 4. Learn about the causes of poverty and work to change them. 5. Support the Church’s outreach to the poor A Pastoral Letter from Archbishop George Stack, in relation to the World Day of the Poor, will be read at all Masses this weekend.

WHAT’S ON IN THE PARISH THIS WEEK? FILM NIGHT: “A United Kingdom” will be shown on WEDNESDAY at 6pm in the Parish Centre. Everyone Welcome; Catholic as well as non-Catholic so please consider inviting your family, friends and neighbours. Shown with sub-titles for the hearing impaired. 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. ANNUAL PARISH REQUIEM MASS for deceased members of our Parish Family who died in the past year, will take place on FRIDAY at 7pm in Our Lady & St. Illtyd. Your presence and prayer support will be appreciated. CHOIR PRACTICE meets weekly on FRIDAY following Mass.

FUNDRAISING AND SOCIAL

ANNUAL PRIZE DRAW: thank you to everyone who has taken raffle tickets. We have 30 envelopes remaining in Cowbridge and 23 in Llantwit Major; will you please consider taking another envelope? Can we achieve the goal and sell all 2000 tickets and make this fundraising event successful? PARISH CHRISTMAS SOCIAL “Candles & Carols”: Sunday 10th December, 4pm, Parish Centre. Come along and enjoy an afternoon of festive entertainment, delicious Christmas treats and good company. Tickets on sale at £5.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Please keep Fr. Mark in your prayers as he endures further health issues and has been referred to an Ophthalmic Surgeon on 28th November. Depending on the consultation he may have to spend sometime in hospital and is therefore unsure if he can visit the sick and housebound before Christmas. Fr Mark apologises most sincerely to all those who are unwell and have not been visited for a number of months. Please be assured of his continued prayer support. Please pray for Fr. Silvio who was admitted to hospital this week following a slight heart attack. Fr. Mark will celebrate the 11am Mass in St. Mary’s Bridgend this weekend.

NOVEMBER—MONTH OF THE HOLY SOULS A MEMORIAL MASS will take place on Wednesday 29th November at 11am in Our Lady & St Illtyd for the repose of the souls of those involved in building and running Aberthaw Power Station. Please take this opportunity to invite friends and acquaintances of those who worked there, some of whom may now be lapsed. MASSES FOR THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED: please place a list of your deceased family members in the special Holy Souls envelope with a donation for a Mass to be offered and either place in the Offertory basket or hand into the Sacristy.