St Joseph's Advent Retreat
November 21, 2025
Saturday 20th December
ADVENT RETREAT
"God enters only his own rooms, where someone is always keeping watch for him..." - Father Alfred Delp SJ
St Joseph’s, New Zealand Road, Cardiff are having an Advent Retreat
on Saturday 20 December from 9.15 am – 12 noon. It will begin with Mass at 9.15 am followed by a talk.
There will then be refreshments followed by Adoration (during which time there will be an opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession).
The retreat will end with Benediction
ALL ARE WELCOME
The Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia is seeking a Safeguarding Officer to join their team and help promote a safe environment across all parishes and Archdiocesan activities. To find out more visit the Archdiocese website: rcadc.org/vacancy-safeguarding-officer
Applications for the next cycle of First Holy Communion preparation are now closed. All First Holy Communion updates will be available in our parish newsletter or on the parish website .
We have a limited number of the Directory and Year Book, 2026, for the Catholic Province of Cardiff-Menevia and Wrexham. £6 ring bound, £4 perfect bound.
Members of the U.C.M. would like to thank everybody ( sadly belatedly ) for the tremendous support you gave our coffee morning before Christmas. We are thrilled to tell you that we made £422! This is indeed a great boost to Parish funds, and we are deeply grateful. Your support has been incredible for so many years. THANK YOU!
From Saturday 10th January to Saturday 21st February inclusive there will not be a slot for Confessions before Mass, as First Holy Communion classes will be taking place. Sunday morning Confessions will continue as usual. During this time, if urgent, please contact Fr Keith directly. The next Saturday Confessions will be on the 28th February, 4.30pm to 5pm.
is closed from Wednesday 24th December until Monday 5th January, when Teresa will be back in the office.
On Saturday 29th November, we held a coffee morning for the Cardiff Chameleons, a club for people with learning disabilities, in the church hall. Just to let you know that along with donations we raised the sum of £433.10 and would like to thank those parishioners who attended in helping us towards raising this amount. Steve & Pamela Bailey.
When you phone our team to request a hall booking, please can you remember to leave a contact number. We don’t have caller number display when we pick up your messages and we can’t respond to you if we don’t know who to call! Alternatively, please email us at hall@sphilipevans.co.uk or use the contact form on our webpage . Thank you.
