The Bell
THANKSGIVING for the HARVEST – Sunday 5th October
The Magazine of the Cathedral
and Parish of Llandaff
OCTOBER 2014
40p
SERVICES at LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL
SUNDAY SERVICES
Morning Prayer
HOLY EUCHARIST
7.30am (said)
8am (said)
9am (sung, with the Parish Choir),
together with Sunday School
in Prebendal House,
followed by coffee*
*[not Oct – Dec 2014]
11am (choral, with the Cathedral Choir)
12.30pm (said, in the Lady Chapel)
Evening Prayer
3.30pm (choral, with the Cathedral Choir)
Compline
5.30pm (sung, in the Lady Chapel,
with the Parish Choir adults)
WEEKDAY SERVICES
HOLY EUCHARIST (* in Welsh)
Mon
9.30am
Tue
9.30am*
12noon
Wed
9.30am
Thu
10.00am*
11am
Fri
9.30am
Sat
9.30am
On major Feast Days (or the Eve), there is usually an evening Eucharist;
details are published in the magazine, music sheet & weekly notes.
Evening Prayer (sung in Cathedral School term-time – see Music Scheme)
Mon 5.30pm Cathedral School Choir
Tue
5.30pm Cathedral Choir
Wed 5.30pm Cathedral School Choir
Thu
5.30pm said
Fri
5.30pm Cathedral Choir
Sat
5.30pm Cathedral Choir
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From the Very Revd Gerwyn Capon
Dean of Llandaff
Dear Friends
During the Vigil of Prayer for Iraq held recently, I was struck with the
powerful sense that the whole Cathedral had literally fallen into silence – a
place that is normally full of sound, during our worship or indeed during the
day when there is chatter and activity, was completely still. Any movement
seemed incongruous, small noises intrusive and out of place. I guess that
most of us that day, had a few words to articulate through the heart, a
silently spoken plea to God to transform the plight of our brothers and
sisters in Iraq. But I imagine that some of us in the Cathedral that day, sat
there in silence where no words came, just a sense of grief in solidarity; we
sat in silence like Job’s comforters:
“Now when Job’s friends heard of all these troubles that had come upon
him, each of them set out from his home...they met to go and console
him. When they saw him from a distance, they did not recognise
him....they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and
no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very
great” (Job 2: part of 11-13)……………
The horror we see unfolding for many Christians in our world today leaves
us dumbfounded – we can scarcely imagine what the tension must be like
for people who are under threat of death simply because of their belief in
Jesus Christ.
It is right for us to realise that the church continues to be persecuted in its
witness to Christ. Since through our belonging to Christ each of us belong
to one another, it follows that if one person suffers, we all suffer – in a
mystical way. Our communion with Christ joins us to all that he is and all
that he holds; if we believe he has concern for our world in this and every
age then his concern must also be ours. We are not dispassionate
onlookers!
The Book Revelation is both the least read and perhaps the most
misunderstood text in the whole of the Bible. John of Patmos, the writer,
describes the battle between good and evil in the most graphic terms, by
painting images of earthly and cosmic chaos. Of course, the background of
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the book is one of suffering and persecution of the people of God; it was a
time of extreme crisis and critical danger for the church at the end of the
first century AD. The fundamental purpose of the book was to encourage
the people of God to stand firm. Again and again, throughout the centuries,
Christians have had to resist claims made by earthly rulers who want to
usurp the values of the God of love; Christians have had demands of
obedience foisted upon them that compromise the loyalty of the Church to
Christ. St John was right in seeing that the future belonged, not to the
beast (worldly corrupted power), but to the lamb (to Jesus); not to Babylon
(the city of terror, injustice and disobedience), but to the City of God, what
John refers to as the New Jerusalem.
For John of Patmos, the inhabitants of the new heaven and the new earth,
are the people of God – the church. The church is to reflect in the world,
what the power of the Good News of Jesus effects – a fundamental power
that has the ability to change humanity for the best - it is, in the end, what
the church must stand for. It is here, not to bless our best efforts but to
revolutionise the human family and bring it back to God.
It is perhaps in our own generation, time for us as Christians to respond
once again to the call that St John so poetically calls “the voice from the
throne” that is set in the middle of this new city of God: “Come. Let
everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wishes take the water of life
as a gift”.
John is told in his apocalyptic vision, “Do not seal up the prophecy in this
book, for the time is near. Let the evil doer still do evil, and the filthy still be
filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy”.
We live in the midst of a world that can be filthy, yet in many places it is still
beautiful; it is torn by hatred but at the same time is constantly healed
through acts of love; it is degraded by war, and yet tranquility and peace is
here as well; we try to master our planet yet we cannot even master
ourselves. It is why in the midst of it all, we are a people of hope.
Our Harvest appeal this year will be collected in aid of the church in Iraq, in
particular, the parish and people of St George’s Baghdad. Please support it
– the envelopes are to be found at the rear of the nave in the Cathedral.
Let the arms of the church of God in Llandaff reach out to embrace our
friends in Baghdad for we are one in Christ.
Yours in God’s love,
Gerwyn
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DIARY for OCTOBER 2014
Regular Sunday and weekday services are listed on page 2
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
6.30pm : Servers Annual Eucharist
2
7.30pm : Harvest Supper at St Michael’s College
3
4 St Francis of Assisi
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
5 THANKSGIVING for the HARVEST (Pentecost 17 ; Trinity 16)
6 William Tyndale
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8
9 St Cynog
10
11
Sun
Mon
12 Eighteenth SUNDAY after PENTECOST (Trinity 17)
13 Edward the Confessor
11am : MU Deanery Eucharist (Margam Deanery)
14 Esther John
15 Teresa of Avila
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
16
17 Daniel Rowland
18 St Luke, Evangelist
9.30am : Holy Eucharist
19 Nineteenth SUNDAY after PENTECOST (Trinity 18)
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21
6.30pm : Holy Eucharist followed by PCC Meeting
22
23 St James of Jerusalem
24
25 Lewis Bayley
5
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
26 Last SUNDAY after PENTECOST : BIBLE SUNDAY (Trinity 19)
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28 SS Simon & Jude, Apostles
9.30am : Yr Offeren
12.00noon : Holy Eucharist
29
30 Richard Hooker
31 Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation Era
Arthur Parkes
Piano tuner
17 Bramshill Drive
Pontprennau
Cardiff CF23 NX
029 2048 1970
07950 454926
[email protected]
Material for any issue of The Bell should be sent to the Editor, David
Llewellyn, no later than the 6th of the preceding month.
Material may be delivered to
40 Pwllmelin Road, Llandaff, Cardiff CF5 2NJ
or (preferably)
emailed to [email protected]
A colour edition of ‘The Bell’ is available to read on the Cathedral website:
www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk . [Ed.]
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WEEKLY EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Sunday School:
9am Prebendal House (Louise Beesley  029 2140 8013)
Parish Choir:
Monday, 6.15pm (juniors); Sunday, 4.30pm (adults) (David G Thomas)
Linen & Vestment Group:
Tuesday, 10am Prebendal House (Elizabeth Evans  2062 8677)
Men's Fellowship Working Party:
Tuesday morning and Friday evening (Bob Willmott  2040 8675)
Bellringers:
Tuesday, 7.15pm - 9pm (Pat Moore  2115 4275)
Parent & Baby/Toddler Get-together:
Wednesday, 9.15am - 11.30am Parish Hall
(Emma Griffin  07539 201137)
Servers of the Sanctuary:
Wednesday, 6.15pm, or at a pre-arranged time
(John Kenyon  2056 7666)
Bible Study Group:
Meets every other week on Thursdays (Victor Steele  2021 3329)
Llandaff Parish Mothers’ Union:
Meets every other week on Mondays (Jean Blunn 2056 7372)
St Teilo Guild:
Meets every other week on Mondays (Daphne Townsend  2056 6447)
Healing Fellowship:
Second Tuesday of the month 7.30pm (Claire Routledge 2056 1880)
Brownies & Guides:
1st Llandaff Brownies: Wednesday 6pm C/W School Hall
2nd Llandaff Brownies: Wednesday 6pm Parish Hall
1st Llandaff Guides: Wednesday 7.30pm C/W School Hall
(Andrea Davies 07813 642104)
Flower Guild:
(Ann Tregidon 2221 7992)
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ROTAS for October 2014
ALTAR LINEN
Beryl Baldwin
FLOWER ROTA
Date
Team Leader
Oct 5
Volunteer Team
Harvest
Oct12
Oct 19
Oct 26
Team
Volunteer Team
Brenda Alexander, Jan Biss,
Shirley Roberts
Pat Clayden, Margaret Moorcraft
Dianne Bartley, Janet Jones,
Heather Williams
Mary Madsen, Jean Mackenzie
SIDESPERSONS’ ROTA
Oct 2014
8am
9am
Mike O’Connor, John Pothecary
David James, Tannwen James, Brian Jones,
Jacqueline Jones, Carol Olavsen, Tony Olavsen,
Chris Taylor, Tim Taylor
12.30pm Dorothy & Joe Piffaretti
Nov 2014
8am
9am
Veronica Smith, Barbara Treharne
Diana Brewster, Huw Evans, David Johnson,
David Llewellyn, Ian MacDonald, Katharine MacDonald,
Mark McDonald, Brian Robinson
12.30pm Joyce Lloyd, Margaret Moorcroft
If you are unable to fulfil a duty, please arrange for a substitute
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CATHEDRAL PARISH NEWS
CONFIRMATION - JULY 2014
We remember those who were confirmed in the Cathedral by the
Archbishop on Thursday 17th July 2014:
Byron Abdulla
Grace Gray
Brodie Morgan
Tommy Scoulfield
Eithan Balch
Iraj Irfan
Joel Payne
Joseph Travaglia
Shannon Bird
Elen James
Tabitha Pennington Olivia Walters
Rhys Bown
Elin Jones
Jacob Pickup
Evelyn Webb
Joshua Day
Scott Jones
Phoebe Pollock
Caitlan Wright
Bethan Ferhon
Megan Lewis
Joseph Priest
Carin Gotru
Benjamin Miller Gabriel Santos
GUILD OF ST TEILO
Our meeting on October 13th will be different - we will entertain ourselves!
Members who wish to take part will be asked to bring a favourite item,
something that holds a special meaning to them, and talk about it for a
couple of minutes.
On October 27th, we will have Gail Lewis as our Speaker, and her topic is
“Going for a Song”.
If you are not already a Member, do come along and “give us try”. We’re a
friendly informal Group of around 50 Members and we are always keen to
welcome anyone new. We ask for £2 which includes tea and biscuits and if
you then decide to become a Member this is deducted from the Annual
Subscription of £8.
Our Meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month in the
Parish Hall at 2.30pm. We look forward to seeing you.
Daphne Townsend  2056 6447
FIRST TUESDAY LUNCHES
The First Tuesday Lunches scheduled for October and November have had
to be cancelled while the future of the Prebendal House kitchen facility is
reviewed. The resumption of the lunches will be announced in due course –
Ed]
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LLANDAFF PARISH MOTHERS’ UNION
Our first meeting this month will be on 6th October when Sally Humble
Jackson will be coming along to tell us all about ‘The Story’. This project
hopes to bring the Nativity story back to life in Cardiff City Centre in the
weeks before Christmas.
Then on 20th October Sylvia Robinson, a Mothers’ Union speaker from
Penarth, will be giving us an illustrated talk about the ‘Temples and Gardens
of Japan’. These meetings are held in the Parish Hall beginning at 2.30 pm
and light refreshments are served afterwards.
Jean Blunn 2056 7372
LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL VOLUNTEERING
How could you help??
Even an hour can make a difference and training and support is available to
you. The following are just a few examples, but if you would like to help in
any other way, please talk to the churchwardens or clergy.
Working Party
Could you help with repairs and improvements around the Cathedral?
Details from Bob Willmott  2040 8675
Guild of Guides and Welcomers
Every year a large number of visitors come to the Cathedral, as individuals
or as members of tour parties. Could you make their visit special by offering
a little time to welcome and guide them around? Training given.
Please contact Bill Norman 2021 2056
Cathedral Shop
Could you assist in the Cathedral Shop?
Please contact Pam Barlow 2065 2519
Guild of Servers
If you are confirmed, whatever age or gender, and would like to join us,
please come and have a chat with the Head Server after a service, or
telephone.
Contact John Kenyon 2056 7666
Flower Guild
The Flower Guild needs volunteers to help beautify our Cathedral.
Please contact Ann Tredigon 2030 8414
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CATHEDRAL SHOP
The shop has several books about familiar places by local authors, including
Carol and Tony Olavsen's "The Norwegian Church", (£4), full of interesting
facts and photographs of the church in Cardiff Bay, and the two well
illustrated booklets (£3), by Ian Fell and Professor Madeleine Gray about the
wonderful medieval wall paintings which are being restored at St Cadoc's,
Llancarfan.
A recent arrival is Edwina Slack's "A shed, chickens, Siencyn and me", (£6),
an amusing account of life in a Welsh valley in the 1930's. Many of you
remember Edwina, mother of our churchwarden Katherine, and those who
have already read the book are recommending it to their friends.
Still selling steadily is the hardback "Llandaff Cathedral", (£25), edited by
Nick Lambert, with contributions from Canon Holcombe, Nevil James and
Pat Aithie - a fascinating insight into the history, architecture, artworks and
music of a building on whose beauty so many of our visitors comment.
As Christmas approaches there will be new books suitable for gifts, so
please keep the Cathedral shop in mind when looking for presents.
Christmas cards, calendars and cribs will be on sale throughout the autumn
months, as well as Advent calendars and candles. This year's Advent book
will be on sale in November.
And finally the long-awaited new Diocesan directory, which lists parishes,
clergy, readers, church officers, diocesan committees, etc, has at last been
published and is available from the shop.
Mary Madsen and Pam Barlow
Christmas Cards
Please consider the Cathedral Shop when
purchasing your Christmas cards this year.
There are some bargains on offer at
present.
[“If we all bought one packet of Christmas
cards the finances of the shop, and
therefore the Cathedral, would benefit
significantly” – Ed.]
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FUND RAISING in MEMORY of TERRY LEWIS
The Marie Curie Inca Trek
In the July/August edition of The Bell, Michelle and Zinnia Lewis described
how the family embarked on a year’s fundraising for the Servers of Llandaff
Cathedral and the Marie Curie Hospice, Holme Tower, Penarth - in
accordance with Terry’s wishes. Sean, Peter and Michelle joined the Marie
Curie Inca Trek in May, the family already having raised over £20,000. With
the other trek participants a staggering £160,000 was finally raised –
enough to keep a hospice running for three weeks.
Below is a summary of the trek indicating the high altitudes and long
distances covered during their time in Peru.
Sun 4th May
Mon 5th
Tues 6th
Wed 7th
Thurs 8th
Fri 9th
Acclimatisation walk – Cusco
[8km - 4 hrs trekking]
OLLYANTAYTAMBO – HUAYLLABAMBA
Inca Trail registration at Ollantaytambo. Trek along the banks of
the Urubamba River to the magnificent ruins of Llactapata Early
to bed as the effects of altitude and exertion take their toll.
[start 2703m - up to 2975m - end 2975m : 12km]
HUAYLLABAMBA - PACAMAYO
A difficult trek to the highest point of the trail - Warniwanusca
(4205m), on to Dead Woman’s Pass. Camp in Pacamayo Valley.
[start 2975m - up to 4231m - Camp at 3718m: 11km]
PACAMAYO Past the Inca Ruins of Runca Raccay - continued on the Inca Path
to the Sayacmarca Ruins - Finally a slight ascent to the
Phuyupatamarca ruins.
Down an old Inca stair case into the Cloud Forest with views of
Winay Winay.
[start 3718m - up to 3973m - end 2682m: 12km]
MACHU PICCHU
Up early to view Machu Picchu in the early morning sun. Return
on the train to Cusco
[start 2682m - up to 2738m - end 2445m: 5km]
CUSCO DAY
Celebration dinner to mark the end of this fantastic challenge.
The family greatly appreciated the support they had for this most successful
fund-raising project.
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LLANDAFF CITY CHURCH IN WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL
Folk Dancing Club
This year the Folk Dancing Club has taken part in many exciting
performances. They first showcased their talents in Llandaff City’s Summer
School Fayre, where they
entertained parents and
friends. Then it was back to
rehearsals to get ready and
perfect the dances for
Llandaff Cathedral’s Rainbow
Fayre.
All
children
demonstrated
a
mature
attitude and the performance
was enjoyed by all.
The final performance of the
year took place at Tredegar
House, where the children were given the exciting opportunity to
participate in the Gwyl Plant folk dance festival. Many schools came
together to take part in the festival and all the children enjoyed meeting
each other to celebrate their hard work and commitment. The dancers
confidently took part in 12 traditional folk dances and even taught their
parents some moves. The children were presented with a trophy for taking
part in the Gwyl Plant festival, which we proudly display in Llandaff City
Primary School.
Victoria Smith - Dance Teacher
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BOOK REVIEW
“Nolo Episcopari.” A Life of C.J.Vaughan
Trevor Park - (St Brega Publications 2013)
In the North Aisle of the Cathedral is the fine monument to Charles John
Vaughan, Dean of Llandaff from 1879 to 1897. It is one of several
memorials throughout the country, paid for by public subscription in the
years following his death. Now Trevor Park has produced a biography, which
argues that Vaughan was one of the most important and influential figures
in the nineteenth century Church of England.
Reading this book, one is naturally
tempted to concentrate on Vaughan’s
connection with our Cathedral. but his
distinguished career before becoming
Dean cannot be ignored. He had been a
brilliant student, first at Rugby School
under the great Thomas Arnold, who
had a permanent influence on him, and
then at Trinity College Cambridge. At
the young age of 28, he became
Headmaster of Harrow School, where,
even today, he is counted as one of its
great headmasters. After a fruitful
period as vicar of Doncaster, in 1869, he
became Master of the Temple, meaning
that he was in charge of the Temple Church, one of the most fashionable
and influential churches in London. He is known to have been offered and
refused several bishoprics and other high positions (Hence the title of this
book: “Nolo episcopari“- meaning “I do not wish to be a bishop” - a formula
apparently used in the Middle Ages, when refusing the honour).
However, perhaps over and above a brilliant career, Park suggests that
Vaughan had more important claims to greatness.
Firstly, Vaughan established himself as one of the finest preachers of his
generation in England. His sermons always attracted large congregations
and, when published, were widely read and treasured. He was a favourite
preacher of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort, and, in 1851, he was
made a Chaplain-in-Ordinary - a position which he retained for over forty
years. In his last illnesses, the Queen asked for regular bulletins on his
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health, and eventually sent a wreath and a personally-written note to his
funeral.
Secondly, beginning in Doncaster, he trained men for entry into Holy Orders.
Every year, he assembled a small group of university graduates - at first 3 or
4, later up to 20. Working in his own house, he met them regularly for
prayer and study of scriptures, usually in the original Greek. He made them
write sermons, which he read and criticised carefully. He arranged for them
to work in local churches, often located in the most demanding areas. All
the time, he was ready to offer counsel, advice and friendship. These
trainees became known as “Vaughan’s doves”, though he himself never
used the term, preferring to call them “his men”. He was to continue this
work up to his death. Over 450 men were trained. 18 of them ended up as
bishops, one eventually becoming Archbishop of Canterbury, another
Archbishop of the West Indies. Many more were appointed to other
positions of authority in the Church.
In view of all this, it was only to be expected that, when in 1879 Vaughan
accepted Bishop Ollivant’s invitation to become Dean of Llandaff, it would
arouse considerable surprise. South Wales seemed remote from power and
influence and Llandaff was certainly not ranked as a major cathedral.
However, Park suggests that his motivation was straight-forward. His health
was giving cause for concern, and his doctor had warned him that he had to
spend at least the greater part of the year away from London. Llandaff
seemed the ideal solution. At that time, Llandaff was still a country village
with peace and clean air but it was close to Cardiff with its good
communications to London. The Cathedral itself was, in Vaughan’s words,
“a sweet little Cathedral” without the challenges that a great English
cathedral would pose.
Unlike today, there were no parochial
responsibilities, which fell to the separate Vicar of Llandaff. Thus Vaughan
felt that he would be able to retain the Mastership of the Temple. This he
did until 1894 - spending the four winter months in London and the rest of
the year in Llandaff. In fact, he was to become more and more fond of
Llandaff, choosing to spend the last years of his life there and to be buried
there.
It should not be imagined that he treated his period as Dean as a prolonged
retirement. He remained very active in administration. When in residence,
he preached at least every Sunday afternoon to large congregations. He
raised the standard of the services, particularly with regard to the music. He
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developed a professional choir, and, as part of that, he founded the
Cathedral School for the education of boys for the choir, which he described
as his “pet child, my chief interest, next to my men”. His interest in
education emerged also in his support for the City School, Howell’s School,
a local school for the deaf in Llandaff, Cardiff School Board and Glamorgan
Education Board. Perhaps his greatest contribution to education in Cardiff
lay in his active role in establishing the University College Cardiff, of which
he eventually became President of the Council. On the whole, he tried to
avoid church and public politics, but there was one issue on which he
became particularly active - fighting the first proposals to disestablish the
Church in Wales. I found it rather intriguing that one of his last acts as Dean
of Llandaff was to write an appeal to members of the Cathedral
congregation to join a weekly offertory scheme and to increase their giving.
Otherwise, there would have to be cut-backs. It all seemed strangely
familiar!
There is one issue from earlier in Vaughan’s career, to which Park devotes
special attention. For the last fifty years, Vaughan’s reputation has been
darkened by an allegation that, while Headmaster of Harrow, he had an
illicit relationship with a senior pupil, Alfred Pretor, that this was discovered,
and that, to prevent public disclosure, Vaughan agreed to resign
immediately as headmaster and never to accept a high position in the
Church. Park points out that the sole source of this allegation is to be found
in a private book of memoirs written by a fellow pupil of Pretor, John
Symonds, some thirty years after the event and not published until the
1960s, long after all the people supposedly involved were dead. Park gives
strong reasons why Symond’s account should be treated with great
suspicion. He also examines other correspondence and diaries that might
throw light on the events. His general conclusion is that there is very little
that might be held to support the accusation and that much that contradicts
it - in brief, that it cannot be upheld.
Park’s book is very detailed, and contains very long quotations from
Vaughan’s and others’ correspondence and diaries. It is difficult to believe
that much more could be said about him.
Park’s final judgment on Vaughan is “A flawed man, for sure, as all men are.
Yet one who, despite never accepting high office in the Church, and possibly
because he chose not to, achieved true and lasting greatness.”
Arthur C. Impey
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42
83
83
105
86
128
140
95
142
119
146
35
29
38
34
31
Made members of Christ in Holy Baptism
Aug
3
10
17
24
Louise James Minert
Finley Edward French
Henry John Mildred, Charles Edward Elias
Zara Mary Rose Torrie, Charlie Llyr Horn
Those Joined in Holy Matrimony
Aug
2
29
Nicholas John Frey & Hannah Elizabeth Ward
Joseph Michael Annetts & Louise Jennifer Ring
The Faithful Departed
Aug
11
13
28
Mair Davies
Joan Sargent
Christine Berridge
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THE CATHEDRAL CHAPTER
Very Reverend Gerwyn Capon
Dean
Venerable Peggy Jackson
Venerable Philip Morris
Venerable Christopher Smith
Archdeacon of Llandaff
Archdeacon of Margam
Archdeacon of Morgannwg
Canon Stephen Ryan
Canon John Rowlands
Canon Philip Masson
Treasurer
Chancellor
Precentor
Canon Graham Holcombe
Canon Graham Francis
Canon Robert Donkin
Canon Steven Kirk
Canon Derek Belcher
Canon Nigel Cahill
Canon Jenny Wigley
Canon Mark Preece
Canon Stewart Lisk
Canon Ruth Moverley
St Teilo
St Nicholas
Llangwm
Fairwell
Warthacwm
Fairwater
St Andrew
St Dyfrig
Caerau
St Cross
Chapter Clerk
Sir Donald Walters
Deputy Chapter Clerk
David Lambert
CATHEDRAL OFFICE
Administration :  2056 4554 (10am to 1pm)
Fax : 2056 3897
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk
HEAD VIRGER
Jonathan Hoad
 2056 8397
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LAY EUCHARISTIC ASSISTANTS
Kate Bates
Dylan Gwyer-Roberts
Tannwen James
John Kenyon
Helen Patterson
Victor Steele
Christopher Conners
Susan Gwyer-Roberts
Rhys Jenkins
Ian MacDonald
Christopher Preece
Richard Swain
David Davies
Jonathan Hoad
Arthur Impey
Katharine MacDonald
Sam Smith
Ruth Watt
LICENSED READER
Victor Steele :  2021 3329
HEAD SERVER
Dr John Kenyon :  2056 7666
ORGANISTS & CHOIRMASTERS
Organist & Master of the Choristers
Richard Moorhouse, GRSM, LRAM, ARAM
 2057 5218
Organist & Director of the Parish Choir
David Thomas, MA, BMus, ARCO, ARCM
CHURCHWARDENS
Dylan Gwyer-Roberts :  2055 5098
Katherine MacDonald :  2056 9002
HEAD STEWARD
Dr Sarah Morgan
PCC SECRETARY
Louise Beesley
SUNDAY SCHOOL AND YOUTH GROUP
Contact via Louise Beesley or Lyn Davies
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THE CLERGY
Dean & Vicar
The Very Reverend Gerwyn Huw Capon : The Deanery
 2056 1545
Residentiary Canon
The Revd Canon Graham Holcombe, BA, FRSA : 1 The White House
 2056 9521
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New worshippers in the Cathedral
are invited to make themselves known to the clergy
All enquiries about Baptisms and Weddings (& Banns of Marriage)
should be made to the clergy, in the first instance to:
Canon Holcombe  2056 9521
In order to carry on the work of the Church in and through this Cathedral
Parish, not least the upkeep of this magnificent building, we rely
substantially on your generous giving. A significant proportion of our funds
is raised through Christian Stewardship among our regular worshippers.
If you are a tax payer, we invite you to give by means of GWADD (Give With
a Direct Debit), or another form of Gift Aided donation. This means we can
claim the tax back and so your donation increases by 25%. We are
enormously grateful to all who do this as an expression of their gratitude for
God’s great goodness. For more information, please contact the
Stewardship Secretary Revd John Baldwin  2055 4457
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