Stabat Mater Menevia

Stabat Mater Menevia
We praise you O Lord and we bless you, for by thy Holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world

Monday 29 October 2012

Mass on All Saints Day - from Alpha to Omega

From St Aaron to St Zygmunt Goradzowski and the thousands in between, we celebrate the great Feast of All Saints this coming Thursday 1st November at 12 noon at The Church of The Sacred Heart, Morriston, near Swansea - all are welcome to  Low Mass in the Extraordinary Form.

And from Cardinal Arinze, an appraisal of the Holy Father's Summorum Pontificum in respect of the return of the Extraordinary Form of Mass.

Monday 22 October 2012

Feast of Christ the King next Sunday

A change of time and church.

Sung Mass in the Extraordinary Form will now be at 2pm at The Sacred Heart, Morriston, nr Swansea. That's Sunday 28th October.


Friday 19 October 2012

October devotions, hymns and the Rosary....

....all will follow the next Mass in the Extraordinary Form which will be offered at St Benedict's Church, Clydach, near Swansea this coming
Sunday 21st October at 2pm.

                                                   Adoro te devote

Sunday 7 October 2012

Schedule of Latin Masses in Menevia


                                               The Feast of Christ the King - 28th October                                    
  • Sunday 14th October - 5pm St Therese of Lisieux, Sandfields, Nr Port Talbot
  • Sunday 21st October - 2pm St Benedict's, Clydach, Nr Swansea
  • Sunday 28th October (Feast of Christ the King) - 3pm Sung Mass at St Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea


Friday 5 October 2012

St Januarius


Reproduced by kind permission of Dylan Parry - A Reluctant Sinner blog



The Miracle of St Januarius' Blood reminds me both of the joy of my own Baptism as well as the Miracle of the Altar

Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe of Naples
(c) Sannita
Published under a Creative Commons licence
(source: Wikimedia Commons)
On 17 October, St Ignatius of Antioch's Day in the post-Conciliar Calendar, I hope to celebrate the 20th anniversary of my baptism and entry in the Catholic Church. So, I hope it will please Almighty God, the Father of all, to grant me the grace to see that day!

Strangely, it feels as if I have been a Catholic for about 60 years, even though I am only 36-years-old! Yet, in another sense the past two decades also seem to have flown by. In fact, I often think I'm still just a young student! (Obviously, I have not yet grown up properly!)

As I mentioned in a previous post, one of the men responsible for my conversion to the Catholic faith was the current Cardinal Archbishop of Naples, Crescenzio Sepe. I will remain eternally grateful to him for the kind letter he sent me all those years ago, which convinced me that God wanted me to know Him and love Him in the only way that satisfies, as a member of His Holy Church.

One day, I hope to get to Naples for the Feast of St Januarius, the martyr-bishop who is the city's patron. His feast is kept on 19 September (today), which also happens to be my best friend's birthday. Who knows, if I do ever get to Italy's ancient 'new city' for Januarius' feast, I might also finally get to meet Cardinal Sepe at the same time?

A well known 'miracle' occurs on St Januarius' Day -- namely, the liquefaction of the fourth century martyr's congealed blood, a relic that is regarded as Naples' most important treasure. The liquefaction only occurs, as far as I know, at the hands of the city's Archbishop -- Januarius' successor.


Sadly, it seems that -- bar God granting me the miracle of bilocation! -- I will not be able to get to Naples today, for the Feast of  St Januarius and the miracle of his blood. But, as the above video points out, a far greater miracle is happening right now somewhere in the world, the Eucharistic miracle; and we Catholics are privileged to share in it in the most intimate way possible!

Happy St Januarius' Day!

St Januarius, pray for us.