Our Lady and St. Michaels Church Abergavenny, Wales PILGRIMAGE TO FÁTIMA, PORTUGAL Monday 20 th September 2027 (6 days / 5 nights / Full board/transfers/coach to Airport etc) Cost, depending on exact airfare - cost TBC Flying to Lisbon from Bristol. Sharing room approx. £820.00. Single approx. £955.00 Staying at the Domus Pacis Hotel, run by the World Apostolate of Fatima. To register or For more info contact Fr. Matthew fr.matthew@live.co.uk
SERMON FOR THE 30th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR - 25th OCTOBER 2026
HARVEST SUNDAY - 25th OCTOBER. This Sunday 25 th October, when we will be collecting items for the local foodbank. Lists of suggested items attached to last weeks newsletter.
FATIMA – We will be continuing with the first 5 Saturdays Fatima devotions, continuing on Saturday 3 rd October. Thanks to all those who attended the World Apostolate of Fatima last weekend, it was a wonderful occasion. Various Fatima items are available on the Piety Stall.
MESSAGE FROM ARCHBISHOP MARK, Archbishop of Cardiff Menevia. Prayers for Pope Leo. "We pray earnestly for our beloved Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV. Now that we know that the recent operation was to remove a cancerous growth, we deepen our sense of solidarity with him and all battling cancer. I ask all parishes and communities across South Wales and Herefordshire to offer prayers for the Holy Father at masses over this next week, and to offer a Votive Mass for Pope Leo XIV this coming weekend." Mass will be offered at OLSM this coming Sunday the 10am Mass.
PARISH ADVISORY COUNCIL. The minuites of the July meeting of the PAC are below, next meeting of the PAC ON Sunday 15th November at 11.45am. Tn St. Michaels Centre. Minutes of the July meeting below.
MESSAGE FROM ARCHBISHOP MARK, Archbishop of Cardiff Menevia. Prayers for Pope Leo. "We pray earnestly for our beloved Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV. Now that we know that the recent operation was to remove a cancerous growth, we deepen our sense of solidarity with him and all battling cancer. I ask all parishes and communities across South Wales and Herefordshire to offer prayers for the Holy Father at masses over this next week, and to offer a Votive Mass for Pope Leo XIV this coming weekend." Mass will be offered at OLSM this coming Sunday the 10am Mass.
Aid to the Church in Need. RED WEDNESDAY Wednesday 19 th NOVEMBER 2025. Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Ecumenical Prayer Service – 7.00pm. Our Lady and St. Michael’s R.C. Church. 10 Pen Y Pound, Abergavenny. Torchlight procession from Abergavenny Methodist Church at 6.30pm.
Facebook Live - Evening Prayer at 5pm every day, see below on left or View Here PRAYERS FOR THE PARISH – Every Saturday morning (10.45am), we have Exposition and Benediction for the intentions of growing our parish and reaching out to those no longer in Church.
1 st HOLY COMMUNION COURSE – Begins shortly for children in year 3 or above at school. Details and application forms at the back of Church, from Fr. Matthew or the OLSM school reception. Parents meeting after the 10am mass next Sunday 11 th October, 1 st session on Sunday 18 th , 9-10am,before the 10am mass.New Paragraph
