St Joseph's - Roman Catholic Parish - Port Talbot
 

The Presbytery, Water Street, Port Talbot, SA12 6LE, Wales
Tel. 01639 882846
Diocese of Menevia
Parish Priest: Monsignor J Cefai, MA, PhD

 


Palm/Passion Sunday 2024 — 24 March 2024

Holy Week:
During this Holy Week, let us join Jesus on Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. As Saint Francis of Assisi contemplated the crucified Lord, he was amazed that his monks did not weep. What about you? Will you be with Him on these days? Are you not moved by God’s love for you? Book these days and come to gaze upon Jesus on the cross and say to him: “Lord, how much you love me! How precious I am to you!” Come and discover that you are loved. And the grandeur of life lies precisely in the beauty of love.

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Mass Times and Intentions

This weekend
Saturday: 5.00pm (P. Int), 6.00pm (John O’Sullivan -Velindre)
Sunday: 8.30am (Parish); 10.00am (P.I. H. Gammond).
 
Monday: 10.00am Mass & Confessions (Anne Madden & Parents -S. M)
Tuesday: 10.00am Mass & Confessions (Intercession of Our Lady – C.D.)  
 
Tuesday: Ecumenical Service at Cwmavon at 6.30pm. We reflect on the Stations on the Cross.  Please join us and welcome the members from the other Christian Churches. There will be refreshments.
 
Wednesday: Chrism Mass at the Cathedral: 11.30am. Confessions at 6.30pm.
 
Holy Thursday is the commemoration of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, when he established the sacrament of Holy Communion prior to his arrest and crucifixion. It also commemorates His institution of the priesthood. Come and receive Holy Communion, thank the Lord for the Mass and the great gift of the Priesthood. Come and pray for your priest. We start at 7.00pm with Mass (Daniel & Margaret McCarthy). Watching at the Altar of Repose until 9.30pm. Confessions at 8.30pm.
 
Good Friday: He dies on the Cross for you. His Passion is awful, gut-wrenching torture. Will you be there to kiss the Cross during the 3.00pm Liturgy of the Passion? Why, Lord, did you wish to endure all this? “To draw near to you and not abandon you in your suffering and your death. To redeem you, to save you. Good Friday was for you. Yet now you know that you are not alone: I am at our side in every affliction, in every fear; no evil, no sin will ever have the final word”.  It is a Day of Fasting & Abstinence. Stations of the Cross and Veneration: 6.00pm. Today there will be a collection for the Holy Places.
 
Holy Saturday: join us in the celebration of life over death, of hope over despair, of offers of assurance in situations of vulnerability. Come at 7.30pm and celebrate the Risen Christ; on this night we joyfully proclaim a message of hope and new life. The Risen Christ also calls us to be messengers of an Easter vision in our personal circumstances, in our time and in our world. We all need to hear the Easter message again. Mass Intention (Parishioners). Confessions 11.00am.
 
Easter Sunday: 9.00am Cwmavon (John O’Sullivan -Dorothy), 10.00am (Vincent Brennan – Birthday)

Announcements

Are you in years 9-13?
Do you want to spend some time getting to know other young Catholics? The Cardiff and Menevia Youth Council is offering you the opportunity for a few days away in beautiful St. David’s, Pembrokeshire, to relax, pray, talk, walk, eat and have fun together. July 24th – 28th. The cost £250 for four nights at St. David’s Bunkhouses, including coach travel and all meals  More information can be obtained by emailing youth@rcadc.org.

Pope Francis has invited Spirit-inspired Catholics to come together
You’re invited to do so: Saturday 13th April 10 am - 3.15 pm at All Hallows, Llantrisant (CF72 8PG); Saturday 20th April 10 am - 3.15 pm at St David’s & St Patrick’s, Haverfordwest (SA61 1SX). To learn more, see facebook.com/CCRSWH or contact Anne Nolan annec_nolan@yahoo.co.uk or 07989 839710.