St. Michael
& All Angels,
Cathays,
in the Roath & Cathays Ministry Area, Cardiff
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Latest News
Caroline will be leading a short service of prayer and reflection in preparation for the season of Advent. Details are in the poster to the left. Please let Caroline know if you would like to attend. It will be lovely.
All welcome to our Quiz Night in the Church Hall on September 10th. Come for convivial company, querulous quizzling, and a dollop of dosh as well as a triumphant trophy for the winning wizards! Email us to reserve places on stmichaelandallangelscathays@gmail.com
St. Michael's Café is open once more on Saturday, July 13th, between 11am and 2pm. Come join us for great food and good company!
All, all, all are welcome!
Lady Whistledown writes that Afternoon Tea will be served at 2.30 of the clock on Saturday, June 8th, in St. Michael's Church Hall, to which all aspiring members of the Ton are invited. Tickets are now on sale and are going like veritable raspberry possets, so all haste!
Many thanks to our volunteers who, to celebrate the Feast of Pentecost on May 19th, recited the Lord's Prayer in the following 13 languages - Welsh, Yoruba, Somali, Luganda, Latin, Korean, Irish, Ibo, German, French, Farsi, Polish and English - all members of the St. Michael's community. Simply wonderful!
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St. Michael's Café is opening its doors again in May - just in time for the good weather!
All, all, all are welcome!
Here are the details of our services planned for Holy Week and Easter Day. Links for the online services will be sent to all those on St. Michael's email list nearer the time. If anyone else wishes to join us - you are more than welcome! - please email stmichaelandallangelscathays@gmail.com to receive the link.
We are particularly looking forward to Messy Easter for our young and young at heart members on Good Friday at 10.30am. Craft, worship and song followed by hot-cross buns!
Here are the details of our Lent Course for 2024. Each session is independent of all the others so you are welcome to attend any or all of our sessions. We will finish on a Saturday morning in March which will be followed by a soup lunch. As usual, there will be a mix of talk, art, music, poetry, reflection and prayer. All, all, ALL are welcome!
And our Lent Appeal for 2024 is 'Joy of Learning' - a charity aimed at educating children and providing for essential needs in Uganda. Here is their website for more information: Home Page – Joy of Learning (joyoflearningug.com)
We're back! Our next opening of the famous St. Michael's Café is on Saturday, March 9th. Delicious food and refreshing beverages will be created and served by our talented team of Pirelli chefs (better than Michelin!). Doors will open between 11am and 2pm. Be there early to get the best bites!
Christmas in Cathays 2023
All, all, all are welcome to these two special services leading up to Christmas Day.
Christmas Day Sung Eucharist at 10am, as usual.
Messy Church came to St. Michael's on December 9th and 'Messy Christmas' was a great success. Thank you to all who worked so hard for this and to those who came to join in the fun!
Some pictures of our wonderful Christmas Fayre from November 18th 2023
Our grateful thanks to everyone who has crocheted, knitted or assembled our display for Remembrance Sunday - it is simply stunning and will be kept for evermore.
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
It's coming! It's coming!
The Big One is nearly here!
All are welcome to our wonderful Christmas Fayre in St. Michael's between 11am and 2pm on Saturday, November 18th.
There will be a spectacular Santa's Grotto, stalls and seasonal refreshments to put us in the Christmas Spirit (How many Ss can we squeeze in?!)
Looking forward to seeing you there!
On Saturday, October 21st, we held our second Games & Craft Afternoon for people of all ages. We look forward to displaying the peace lamps that were made in aid of the situation in Israel and Gaza in Sunday's service tomorrow. Holy Eucharist at 10am as normal, with Zoom at 5pm.
Just a few pictures from our lovely café in St. Michael's on Saturday, September 16th. A good time was had by all, and a very big thank to the army of helpers who set up, cooked, served, washed up, and cleared away. Our next event is our Macmillan Cancer Support Coffee morning on Saturday, September 30th (see below, and see you there!).
St. Michael's is supporting Macmillan Cancer Support by holding a coffee morning between 11am and 1pm on Saturday, September 30th in church.There will be games and a raffle, and donations of cake would be greatly appreciated. There will be a collection box available if anyone would like to donate but can’t make the coffee morning. Any leftover cake will be available for sale at the Harvest Festival the next day, Sunday October 1st. Please remember that there is no 10am service on that Sunday owing to the road closures due to the Cardiff Half-Marathon and our Harvest Festival service is at 4pm on that day.
St. Margaret's in Roath is opening its doors once again this year as part of the celebrations for European Heritage Days. All are welcome and we are sure you will enjoy your visit. More information in the leaflet to the left.
What a joy and a privilege it was to celebrate the baptism of Phoebe Evangeline on August 26th. Mark & Beckie were married in St. Teilo's 10 years ago - and they haven't changed a bit!
Please support our friends in St. German's who are holding their Summer Fair on Saturday, July 22nd, between 10.30am and 1pm. Please see the poster (left) for details.
St. Margaret's Church, Roath, is holding a Flower Festival, combined with some musical events, between June 29th and July 2nd. The Festival ends with a service of Songs of Praise at 5.30pm for the whole Ministry Area. All are welcome to attend any of the events advertised in the poster to the left. It will be mar-vel-ous, darling!
As the song goes - What a lovely day for a wedding! Many congratulations to Abi and Stewart who were married in St. Michael's on the Eve of the Feast of Pentecost. It was a very moving and uplifting ceremony, with beautiful singing by the choir of St. Monica's School - not a dry eye in the house! Our love and very best wishes go to the happy couple in their married life together.
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And what a simply splendid affair it was, writes Lady Whistledown. And here are some pictograms to prove it! See you in 2024!
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Fancy your chances at Snakes & Ladders? Have you got the skills to conquer Jenga? Or are you clever enough to Connect 4? If so, our Games Afternoon is for you. All ages welcome. Caroline will be taking part in Twister as she is a past European Champion!! Entry is free and refreshments are available.
Bacon rolls and/or sausage sandwiches will be served after the morning Eucharist on Sunday, April 30th. The cost is an absolute bargain at £1. Veggie options available and a whole cornucopia of sauces! Our thanks go to Pat, Neil and Julie for organising this.
A very Happy Birthday to our lovely Pam, who celebrated a significant birthday on March 3rd. We celebrated in church the Sunday before. Thanks to David & Julie for organising the wonderful cake.
Our Lent Group for 2023 kicks off on Wednesday, March 8th at 7.15pm in St. Michael's Church. Details are in the adjoining poster. All are very welcome.
In response to the terrible earthquake affecting Türkiye and Syria we have a collecting box in St. Michael’s and any money raised will go to the Disaster Emergency Committee, an umbrella organisation of 15 charities - including Christian Aid, the Red Cross, Oxfam and Tearfund. £30 could provide a month’s supply of hygiene essentials for a family; £50 could provide clothes and blankets to help a family survive the cold; £125 could provide a month of food to keep a family strong and healthy. Please give as generously as you can. Following Liz’s sermon last week, this is just one practical way we can be the salt and light of the world. Thank you! And there will be a concert of light classics at 7.30pm on Saturday, February 18th, in St. Margaret’s, Roath, with monies going to the earthquake appeal.
Just a thought!
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Some of Caroline's thoughts as we move through the Church's year. This one is for Candlemas as we near the end of the season for Christmas and Epiphany.
Our love and congratulations go to Annie and Owen on their engagement on New Years' Day and to Mark and Beckie on the safe arrival of Phoebe Evangeline on January 2nd. What a lovely start to the New Year!
Two hours of peace and quiet at this busy time. All welcome to join us for a chance to think about the reason for the season.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES IN ST. MICHAEL'S
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Crib Service at 5pm on Christmas Eve with carols and readings and re-enacting the Christmas Story for the young and young at heart. Come dressed as a shepherd or an angel or a wise person - the more, the merrier!
Carol Service at 6pm on Sunday, December 18th. Carols, Bible readings, poetry and prose - something for everyone!
It was such a joy on November 19th to welcome Santa to St. Michael's Christmas Fayre on his stopover on the way to the North Pole. He made time in his busy schedule to speak to over 40 young people and the young at heart. Santa was particularly grateful to M.Bow's Construction Company for his temporary shelter for the day.
The Fayre was well-attended and, as well as raising much-needed funds for the church, it was a chance for our community to re-gather after an absence of nearly 3 years because of the Covid pandemic. It was lovely to see so many familiar faces.
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Thanks to all who prepared, cooked, baked, served our luncheon food, and to those who did the washing up. And many thanks to all who manned stalls, who sang carols, and to all our visitors. We look forward to seeing you all again soon.
It was such a delight to witness the baptism of Amelie and Eli on All Saints Sunday, October 30th. We think Eli has now forgiven Caroline! These two lovely children are amongst the youngest members of our church family and we are so pleased to have you with us. Mum and Dad aren't too bad either!
From the beginning of November onwards we are collecting donations of tins of soup, which will be forwarded to the Cardiff Foodbank to help people struggling through the winter months. Any brand, any flavour - all gratefully received! Thank you!
We are once more working alongside the Trinity Centre on Newport Road, who are desperate for the following items which will be distributed to refugees and asylum seekers. If you can help with donating any of the following items, please bring them to church. This appeal will run for the next few weeks and we will update you on the deadline. Thank you, as always, for your support!
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Essentials, urgently needed:
Shampoos and conditioners (for all hair types, including Afro-textured hair)
Shower gel
Bars of soap
Toothpaste
Toothbrushes
Sanitary products (tampons/towels, not loo roll)
Baby oil/ moisturiser
Plasters (in strips to cut to length or packets of different sizes)
E45 cream
Antiseptic cream
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Extras:
Tweezers
Nail files
Nail scissors
Baby wipes
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NB. Please no alcohol-based products.
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ST. MICHAEL'S OPEN DAY - MAY 7TH 2022
A very big thank you to all those on the Social Committee who worked so hard to organise our 25th Silver Anniversary Open Day. Thanks, too, to the cake makers, the tea and coffee makers, and to anyone who helped in any way to make the day a success. And if you missed the Slide Show, or would like to see it again, click on the icon opposite. You may have to unmute the sound - there is a musical note with a line through it in the bottom right-hand corner. To unmute it, just click on the note and the strike-through should disappear!
