20th July - VI Sunday after Pentecost

The Latin Mass for next Sunday will be at 3pm at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Morriston.



                                                                          INTROIT

In Thee O Lord have I hoped, never let me be confounded: 

deliver me in Thy justice, and release me; 

bow down Thy ear to me, make haste to deliver me. Alleluia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c8rXLbHIkg

The External Solemnity of the Ascension

A Missa Cantata will be held on Saturday 31st May at 5pm at the Church of The Sacred Heart, Morriston, near Swansea.

The Newcastle Emlyn Schola will sing the Mass for this great feast of the Church.

"Ye men of Galilee, why wonder you...."

Menevia's next Latin Mass

Will be at 3pm on Sunday 18th May at The Sacred Heart, Morriston and will be offered for the repose of the soul of Confraternity member, Christopher Gillibrand's, father who died recently.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion,
et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem.
Exaudi orationem meam,
ad te omnis care veniet.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.

*Please note Fr Jason's excellent radio interview on Our Lady of Cardigan, posted earlier.

Menevia Latin Masses for the next two weeks

Next Sunday's EF Mass, 27th April, will be at 12 noon at St Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea.

The following Saturday (3rd May) Mass will be 5pm at The Church of The Sacred Heart, Morriston, near Swansea and there will be the crowning of the May Queen in honour of Our Lady whose month it is.

There is no EF Mass the weekend of 10th May.

This is the image of our Queen

Who reigns in Heaven above;

Of her who is the hope of men,

Whom men and angels love!

Most holy Mary!

This homage offered at the feet

                                                                Of Mary's image here

To Mary's self at once ascends

Above the starry sphere.

Most holy Mary!

How fair soever be the form

                                                           Which here your eyes behold,

Its beauty is by Mary's self

Excell'd a thousandfold.

Most holy Mary!

                                                          Sweet are the flow'rets we have culled

This image to adorn;

But sweeter far is Mary's self,

That rose without a thorn!

Most holy Mary!

Next Latin Mass for Menevia

The Vigil EF Mass for Passion Sunday - will be at 5pm on Saturday April 5th at The Church of the Sacred Heart, Morriston.

A change to Mass dates

Please note that there will NOT be an EF Mass on Sunday 30th March as previously advertised.

It has been moved to Saturday 29th March at 5pm at The Sacred Heart, Morriston - followed by The Stations of the Cross.

Christ in the wilderness

EF Mass on Sunday 23rd March

Will be at 12 noon at St Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea.

 

Justitiae Domini.....

 

The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts,

and his judgements are sweeter than honey

 and the honey-comb: for thy servant keepeth them.

Psalm 18

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGE TO MASS DATES:

SUNDAY 30TH MARCH (MOTHERING SUNDAY) HAS NOW BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO SATURDAY 29TH MARCH AT 5PM AT THE SACRED HEART, MORRISTON
THERE WILL NOT BE A SUNDAY EF MASS.

Buy a mug.....for Chartres

Most of you will know that the Confraternity is raising funds to send three or more of our young people on the Chartres Pilgrimage this June.

We have already raised £120 from our fundraising site HERE and this will increase still more over the next few weeks and months, please guide your friends to the site.

And now, we have the Chartres Mug....

Yours for a very modest £10 (available after Mass) or, £14 including packing and postage.

For every mug purchased £6.25 is donated to the Confraternity Chartres fund - all other costs are production or postage.

Buy one or two for yourself or, they would make a fine gift for a friend.

Latin Masses in Menevia from now until Easter

Here is our schedule for the next couple of months:-

Sunday 16th February - Sacred Heart, Morriston  3pm

 

Sunday 23rd February - Sacred Heart , Morriston 12.30pm

 

Sunday 2nd March - Missa Cantata, Sacred Heart, Morriston  3pm.

 

Ash Wednesday 5th March, Sacred Heart, Morriston 12 noon

 

Sunday 9th March - TBA

 

Sunday 16th March - Sacred Heart, Morriston  3pm

 

Sunday 23rd March, St Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea 12 noon

 

Sunday 30th March, St Benedict's, Sketty at 3pm

 

Saturday 6th April (Vigil) Sacred Heart, Morriston  5pm (Passion Sunday)

 

Sunday 13th April Sacred Heart, Morriston 3pm (Palm Sunday)

 

Sunday 20th April Sacred Heart, Morriston at 3pm (Easter Sunday)

 

Sunday 27th April, St Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea 12 noon.

 

 

Please note.....

There will be no Latin Masses at St Therese de Lisieux in the foreseeable future but, there is a vigil EF Mass at Our Lady of Ransom, Llandrindod Wells, LD1 6AS at 4pm on Saturday 8th February.

This is my prayer to you, my prayer for your favour. 

In your great love, answer me, O God, with your help 

that never fails: rescue me from sinking in the mud; save me from my foes.

Your chance to attend Mass in the Extraordinary Form

If you live in or around Swansea, this coming Sunday, 22nd December, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, you may attend a Latin Mass at 12 noon at St Joseph's Cathedral. The celebrant will be Fr Michael Burke.


You will see, from the video below, that you do not have to be 'ancient' to attend the Latin Mass, some of the nuns who feature in the clip are barely out of their teens.

So, if you have never been to a Latin Mass before, this is your chance, carpe diem!

Gaudete Sunday, 15th December

Mass in the Extraordinary Form will be celebrated at 3pm at The Church of the Sacred Heart Morriston.

                                               Drop down dew, ye Heavens from above....


And, Masses for the rest of the month and the Christmas period are as follows:-

• Sunday 22nd December - 12 noon at St Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea
• Christmas Eve 24th December - Midnight Mass at St Therese of Lisieux, Sandfields, Nr Port Talbot
• Sunday 29th December - 3pm at St Benedict's, Sketty
• 31st December (New Year's Eve) - 4pm Low Mass followed by reception and then exposition, Te Deum and Benediction at The Sacred Heart, Morriston
• Saturday 4th January, 5pm Vigil Mass of The Epiphany at The Sacred Heart, Morriston

The Hands of a Priest

A tip of the biretta to Father Marcus Holden....

Thanks to all of our priests in Menevia and remembrance of them in our prayers

Latin Mass this Sunday, 25th August....

.....will be at St Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea at 12 noon

I was sorry to miss the Mass for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, but here is the video clip from last year's Missa Cantata, also celebrated, at The Sacred Heart, Morriston.