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you saw their advert. in the magazine. Page 1. Index. Page 2. Calendar for November. Page 3. From the Editor. Page 4. From the Ministry. Page 5. From the Ministry. Page 6. From the Area Dean. Page 7. Harvest Celebrations. Catch-up. Page 8. From the Rector to be.
Page 9. Mediǣval Garden. Summertime. Page 10. Pastoral Letter. Page 11. Pastoral Letter. Page 12. War Poetry. Page 13 War Poetry. Reader. Evening of Music. Page 14. Advertisements. Page 15 Advertisements. Page 16. Atlantic College. Page 17. Atlantic College. Page 18. Atlantic College. Page 19. Llanmaes Barbecue. Grandmothers. Page 20. Pictures of the Past. Page 21 Pictures of the Past. Shetland. Page 22. Puzzle Page. Page 23. Humour. Page 24. From the Registers. Saints in Wales. Page 25. Saint Tysilio. Page 26. Meaning of Advent. Page 27. Benefice Directory. Page 28. Services in the Benefice.
Editor: Eric Sparks, Bronelwyn, Castle Street, Llantwit Major. CF61 1AP Tel: 01446 795443. [email protected]
Closing date for articles is the 15th of each month.
Your wings already exist. All you have to do is smile. 1
Calendar for November Tue 1st 7.00 pm Mothers’ Union. In Llandow. Wed 2nd 7.30 pm Ecumenical Choir. St Illtud’s. Fri 4th 7.30 pm Evening of Music. St Donat’s Tithe Barn. In aid of Holy Trinity, Marcross. Sun 6th 10.00 am Celtic Eucharist, St Illtud’s. Br Gildas from Caldey. 3.00 pm Talk by Br. Gildas. Then Celtic Evening Prayer and Bring and Share Refreshments. Tue 8th 7.00 pm Friends' Steering Group Meeting. St Illtud’s. Wed 9th 7.30 pm Ecumenical Choir. St Illtud’s. Wed 16th 7.00 pm PCC Meeting. 7.30 pm Ecumenical Choir. St Illtud’s. Wed 23rd 7.30 pm Ecumenical Choir. St Illtud’s. Fri 25th 10.30 am Ringing Association Day Practice. Mon 28th 7.00 pm Healing Service. St Illtud’s. Non – Eucharist. Tue 29th 7.00 pm Church Choir and Friends Supper. Wed 30th 10.30 am Christmas Hamper draw after Eucharist. All donations will be gladly received before that date 'The Friends' Steering Group, which will meet for the first time at 7pm on Tuesday 8th November, is looking for enthusiastic people, who do not necessarily attend St Illtud's, but are interested in the preservation of our Grade 1 listed church.'
Regular Events
Morning Prayer Every Monday at 9.00 am Holy Eucharist 9.00 am on Fridays and Saints days 10.00 am on Wednesday in St Illtud’s and St Tathan Each Wednesday St Illtud’s Church Choir. In church 6.30 pm. Lynn Brown. 793804 Each Wednesday Toddler Church. St Illtud’s. 1.30 pm. Term only. 2nd Sunday 4.00 pm Sunday@4. St Illtud's. 3rd Sunday 11.15 am. Tradecraft Stall St Illtud's. First Wednesday Mothers' Union. St Illtud's 7.00 pm. Not November. Jodie Taylor 794103 Thursdays Bell Ringers. St Illtud’s 7.30 pm Peter Mayle 792603 Alternate Thursdays Llanilltud Ladies. Tabernacle Church Hall. 7.45 pm. Christmas Box date is 8th November. You can give boxes direct to Eleanor MacNamara or leave them in the Parish Office. They need a label stating boy/girl/age group and also a cheque to cover transport.
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We could all take a lesson from the weather; it pays no attention to criticism.
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From the Editor Dear Friends, When I was a little boy, about 6 or 7 years old, I used to go and keep my dad company while he was getting dressed. I’m sure lots of other children do, or did, exactly the same. One day during the procedure, I noticed a mark on his leg and asked him what it was. After a pause, he told me that it was the scar of a bayonet wound which he sustained during the First World War. He had been part of the British forces who took part in the ill-conceived and ill-fated landings at Gallipoli in the Dardanelles. This occasion has been designated as ‘Anzac Day’ as it was the first occasion that Australian and New Zealander troops had been involved in the war. It is only in later years that I have realised the significance of such a scar. It means that he must have been as close to the enemy Turkish soldier as to receive a thrust from his bayonet as opposed to the more remote means of sustaining a wound which are more likely in modern warfare. My father was not killed in the 1914 – 1918 war but played his part and did what he could and I am justifiably proud of what he did. Indeed, on Remembrance Sunday, I wear his medals to the parade, on my right lapel not the left to indicate that they are not mine, and I do this with great pride. I have little time for the professed pacifists who complain that the Remembrance Parade glorifies war. Far from it. These ceremonies, quite rightly, celebrate the courage of those who took part, were wounded or even died in these dreadful times. It is only right and proper that we should express our appreciation of and our gratitude for what these men and women had to endure on our behalf so that we might live in freedom. The Old Testament and Gospel readings from 21st after Pentecost related, firstly, how a great man was cured of leprosy by Elisha and secondly how Jesus cured ten men also from leprosy. The great man came to Elisha to thank him for what he had done but only one of the ten lepers came back to Jesus to express his gratitude. The phrase ‘gave their lives’ is often used as is the word ‘sacrificed’ in this context, but I don’t think that either is applicable. The lives were brutally taken. Not so with Jesus. He knew his fate well in advance and still he went ahead and willingly gave his life for us. We really ought to give thanks.
Yours sincerely Eric Sparks
If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours. 3
From the Ministry
A few years ago, I was showing a year 3 class from St Brides Major church school around St Bridget’s Church; they were doing a project on colour and were particularly interested in the stained-glass windows of saints in the church. One of the children said, “Father Philip, don’t the saints let in a lot of light!” She was referring of course to the windows – and it was the play of colour that was coming into the church. But how perceptive – the saints letting in light. We usually think of a saint as someone who is exceptional good and holy, and who perhaps has performed miracles. Although we may sing “Oh when the saints go marching in, O Lord I want to be in that number” we never think we could. But the definition in St Brides Major Church in Wales School is that a saint is someone who lets in the light of Jesus into the world. “Jesus is the light of the world; I must be like Jesus” are the St Brides pupils’ opening words at daily school worship. A saint is someone through whom the light of the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus, shines. A saint is someone who has seen the light of Christ, the glory of God revealed in Christ, and who shows this through their words and actions, so that others can see the light themselves and live and walk in that light. November is the Month of the Saints, the month that opens with the great festival of All Saints – but also the month which has more commemorations of saints than any other. According to Exciting Holiness, the book which lists the full calendar for the Anglican Church in Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland, 49 saints are observed in November. We could actually call November the Month of the Celtic Saints – for indeed, as we read down the list, for Wales, most of the commemorations are of our saints from the so-called Dark Ages, a time when the flame of the Gospel was very much alight in our part of the world – Cybi, Illtud of course on 6th November, Tysilio, Dyfrig, Paulinus, again of Llantwit Major, Winifred – as well as saints from Ireland and Scotland and the Celtic north of England. We may never have an entry in Exciting Holiness; we may never have a page about us in the parish magazine, but we can all be called saints. When reading St Paul's letters, we soon understand that by a saint, Paul means someone who is a faithful follower of our Lord –
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
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he writes to the saints in Galatia or Ephesus, and today, perhaps he would be writing to the saints in Llantwit Major or St Athan or Wick. The dictionary would have us believe that a saint is someone who is especially blessed - but again, as we read Jesus’ Beatitudes, we realise that to be blessed doesn't come from some special approval of notable good works - but comes from an inner strength, an inner joy, as the glory of God is reflected in our lives. So, we can all be saints - - if we try to follow Jesus in our lives, if we know the need of him in our lives, and hold on to him in faith and trust to do the things he wants us to do. The saints with a capital S that we celebrate this month give us a vision of what is possible. They give us an example which we should be trying to follow. We may think that we can never be a saint, even with a small s - but we must never give up trying to be one. In fact, in St Paul's eyes we are saints - we are the saints of Gileston or Llanmihangel or Monknash or wherever we live. We must never give up trying to know and love Jesus; we must never give up trying to follow his teaching; we must never give up trying to put his principles into practice; we must never give up trying to overcome sin and achieve that perfection which God wants us to achieve and which he will help us to achieve if we just give him a little chance to do so. “Oh when the saints go marching in” - we are already part of that number as we live and work to God’s praise and glory.
Philip Morris Sunday 6th November – St Illtud’s Day
A day of Celebration in St Illtud’s Church 10.00a.m. Celtic Eucharist Preacher: Father Gildas of Caldey
3.00p.m. Talk by Fr. Gildas
followed by Bring and Share Tea and Celtic Evening Prayer
‘Bring and Share’ is a gathering where each guest contributes a dish of food, often
homemade, to be shared. Synonyms include: potluck dinner, spread, supper, faith
supper, covered dish supper, dish party, shared lunch, pitch-in, bring-a-plate, dish-to-
pass, fuddle, and carry-in. In Lancashire, it is known as a ‘Jacob’s Join’. Ed
The mind is its own place and in itself can make a Heaven out of Hell and a Hell out of Heaven.
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Message from the Area Dean Dear Friends, It has been a traumatic 6 months in the life of Llantwit Major Benefice with the departure of first Huw, then Rachel and then Anthony. I’m writing as Area Dean for the Vale of Glamorgan Deanery and I have responsibility for oversight following Huw’s move to St Asaph Diocese until your new Team Rector arrives in December. As well as being Area Dean I’m also priest in the East Vale Group of Parishes, which is 7 churches working together. Therefore, I’m unable to be part of the Sunday cover necessary at this challenging time. There are many people working in Llantwit Major Benefice, who exercise important ministries throughout the 9 churches. Without these ministries things, would have ground to a halt without the stipendiary clergy. The service cover is provided mainly by the retired clergy and parish readers and they are owed a great debt of gratitude. Following Anthony’s departure there has been a need to slim down service provision so that each church will not have the same as usual and I ask your patience with this over the next two months. The retired clergy and readers are doing a lot more than previously was the case and we should not take their generosity for granted. In addition to this service provision each church has an emergency service pack available for those times when the person due to take the service has to withdraw at the last minute. At the heart of organisation is Alison at the Benefice Office. I know that as the first point of contact Alison has to deal with a huge amount of questions and much that she needs to organise. I can’t imagine that things could continue to function without her. I know that there is leadership at each church with wardens and all sorts of other ministries, perhaps too many to mention. I’m grateful to Jodie and Geoff as the Benefice Wardens for the responsibility that they bear and for their professional behaviour during this time. These are challenging times for the church, where many of our experienced clergy are already involved in the setting up of new Ministry Areas. Despite this the Archbishop believes he has found a suitable person to be your next Team Rector. Now that the announcement has been made, I’ve been assured that the search for other clergy will begin even before the Team Rector is inducted. In the meantime, we keep praying that you continue to exercise ministries across the Benefice, using the gifts that God has given you in His service. Your fellow servant in Christ, Canon Martyn Davies (Area Dean)
The word LISTEN has the same letters as the word SILENT. 6
Harvest Celebrations
Autumn is the time of year for the harvesting of most crops and, in a country area, farming and the harvest are highly significant. Harvest services have been held in most of the churches in the Benefice and a few have had harvest meals. St Illtud’s was a lunch on 6th October. Ably organised by Jan Farthing with a band of helpers, a delicious hot meal of ham with parsley sauce and all the trimmings was served in the West Church. Area Dean Martyn made the introductions and Philip led the singing.
Catch-up
Some items of news have been missed recently because of the pressure on space by the Flower Festival. Here are a couple of photos to help us to catch up. The first shows four ladies from Llantwit W.I. who will be recognised as church-goers. When I was told about it, my hearing aids told me that it was a ‘skiffle’ group, but it turned out to be a ‘skittle’ competition which they won. Congratulations. The second shows a group receiving a cheque from the Town Mayor supporting the Flower Festival
. Gossip grows like snowball, but is not so easily melted away. 7
Message from our Rector to be.
Dear Friends I’m grateful to the Editor for giving me some space to pen a few lines to you all in advance of my Induction as your Rector in mid -December. Karen and I are very much looking forward to coming to Llantwit Major. The date of my Induction is now confirmed as Thursday 15th December at 7.30pm at St Illtud’s Church, so that means I can be in post for the Christmas services and at last make a first acquaintance with many of you. The move means a big change of role for me. I’ve been Director of Education for the Llandaff Diocese for the last 16 years and also for the Church in Wales for the last decade. That work has given me oversight of a network of over 150 schools and I’ve seen some of the remarkable work that nurtures children and young people in Church schools across Wales. I’m in awe of the skills that teachers and school support staff use as a matter of course, and the example of faith that they bring to their work each day. I hope some of the skills that I’ve been using in this work will be useful across the Benefice; but please remember, I’m a Parish Priest by trade, and I’m looking forward to having a real focus on the task of caring for you all in the love of Jesus Christ. I’ve enjoyed a previous connection with Llantwit Major through my Mum, who was the School Nurse at Llantwit Major Comprehensive in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Mum died in 2012, but I know she would have smiled at the prospect of me coming to work in a place where she had many good friends and colleagues. I have already been able to spend some time in the Benefice as I start to get a grip of the task ahead, although I have a lot to do in my current roles in the coming weeks, so the real work will start once I’m ‘officially’ in post. Until then, you will all be in my prayers, as I hope I will be in yours, that God may bless us in everything that we do together in the coming years. With every blessing, Edwin
How does one become a butterfly? You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.
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Mediǣval Garden
Thank you so much for the many kind comments about the garden. The ‘perennial’ weed problem has started but I am determined they will not prevail! After last month’s article, Gail has given us a beautiful potted Bay Tree and Karen has provided a Hyssop and a Thyme. Bay. Culpepper writes “the bark is good to open obstructions of the liver and the berries are good against stings of wasps and bees. The oils are good for itch and scabs.” Psalm 37 speaks of the ungodly flourishing like a green bay tree. Hyssop. Psalm 51 reads “purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean, wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.” Boiled with honey and rue, it was used for coughs and shortness of breath. It also killed belly worms and the oils anointing the head can get rid of lice according to Culpepper. Daisy. The daisy, in mediǣval times, was regarded as the symbol of purity and simplicity. Culpepper says that it is under the sign of Cancer and the domination of Venus and was well respected curing wounds of the chest. I hope to find two Rosemary plants for the garden soon.
Anne Sparks
Summertime
Are you ready for Sunday 30th October? Why is he asking a question like that you might well say. It isn’t the last day of the month or anything special like that is it? No! But it is the last day of ‘Summertime’ and the clocks go back the one hour in the small hours of Sunday morning. To me it reminds me that winter is rapidly approaching and having had a lovely vest-less summer, I shall soon be seeking additional insulation.
ES
I love rumours; I always find out things about myself that I didn’t know
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Bay Daisy Hyssop
A Pastoral Letter from the Bishops of the Church in Wales to all the faithful
concerning Admission to Holy Communion The Church, as the Body of Christ, has both Word and Sacrament to nourish and sustain its members. Down through the centuries, the Church has been called to the faithful preaching of the Word and the administration of the Sacraments as part of God’s mission and witness to his Kingdom. From about the fifth century, it became common in the western Church to separate the Sacrament of Baptism (in which a person is joined to the Body of Christ, and sacramentally with Christ’s death and resurrection) from the ceremony of Confirmation, when the bishop, as chief pastor, welcomes the newly baptised, and lays hands upon them praying for the strengthening of the Holy Spirit. From the thirteenth century, it became customary also not to admit anyone to the Sacrament of Holy Communion unless or until they had received the sacramental act of Confirmation. Thus, three ceremonies which the early Church had held together were separated, and the pattern was established with which Anglicans are familiar (of Baptism in infancy, of Confirmation at puberty, and Communion thereafter). These developments seemed expedient at the time that they were implemented, but in so doing, a great truth was obscured: the Sacrament of Baptism, commanded by Our Lord, is in fact the whole ceremony, entire and complete in itself, by which a person is incorporated into Christ, and recognised as a Christian. In the Church today, there are many who believe that the witness of the Church to Jesus Christ, and the process of nurturing children and young people in the Christian faith, would be immeasurably strengthened by recovering this earliest symbolism. Baptism alone should be seen as the gateway into participation in the life of the Church, including admission to the Sacrament of Holy Communion. In conjunction with advice from the Doctrinal Commission of the Church in Wales, and from the Governing Body, the Bench of Bishops wishes now to re-adopt the practice of the early Church with respect to admission to Holy Communion. It is our conviction that all the baptised, by virtue of their Baptism alone, are full members of the Body of Christ and qualified to receive Holy Communion. We have taken note of the existing rubrics and the teaching found in the Catechism of the Book of Common Prayer of the Church in Wales. We have also taken advice also from the Legal Sub-Committee of the Governing Body and have been given the assurance that such a step does not require
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any change in the present Canon Law or Constitution of the Church in Wales. We have also received advice from them of civil law implications in taking this step. With all this in mind, as of the First Sunday of Advent this year, 27th November 2016, we are giving permission for all those who are baptised in water and in the name of the Holy Trinity, to receive Holy Communion at the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist within our dioceses and jurisdictions. None is required so to receive, but no barrier should be erected to prevent all the baptised from making their Communion, other than that which is required by civil law. Of course, this decision raises important questions for the life of the Church. We have asked for assistance in preparing materials which can be used in our parishes and Ministry and Mission Areas to instruct the faithful on the meaning and significance of this change. Since we remain, as a Church, committed to the Baptism of Infants, even the youngest of children would be entitled to receive Holy Communion under these provisions. However, while this will be permitted by the theology of the Church, it will not always be appropriate to administer Communion in both kinds. The civil law does not permit the administration of alcohol to children under the age of five, and even thereafter parental permission is required before a child may receive Communion from the chalice. It will be important for parishes and clergy to establish good practice by ensuring that clear records are kept of what permissions are given, and Communion in all other cases would have to be in the one kind (the bread). In lifting the customary barriers to Communion, we are mindful that this opens out as well a new and strengthened understanding of the Rite of Confirmation. It will be no longer the gateway to Communion, but take its proper place in the sacramental acts of the Church as a channel of God’s grace, affirming disciples of their place in the fellowship of the Church and commissioning them for service in the Church and world. We have asked the Standing Liturgical Advisory Commission to prepare work on a new Rite of Confirmation that will reflect more clearly this understanding. We entrust the Church in Wales to God’s good care and grace, and pray that, as we acknowledge the place of all the baptised at the Eucharist, he may renew our life in him and the commission we receive to his service, so that we might all grow in grace, and bear witness to his love in the world. The Bench of Bishops September 2016
Some more about War Poetry
Despite it's apparent spontaneity there are aspects of John Gillespie Magee's moving poem "High Flight" (September issue) which deserve further examination. Despite its apparent spontaneity, although it was genuinely inspired by the exhilarating experience of his flying experience, the finished work was certainly not created on the spur of the moment. Instead John Magee deliberately chose to construct his poem on the demanding framework of the Petrarchian Sonnet. I became familiar with this format when, in 1938, in my final year at school, we were required to study the works of William Wordsworth as part of our English literature curriculum. In spite of my lack of interest in poetry in general I became fascinated with this complex structure of meter and rhyme; in fact, so much so that a few years after leaving school, I bought a small volume of the shorter works of William Wordsworth which I was later to carry with me in my kit-bag wherever I went throughout my five years of wartime service. Sadly, I seldom took the opportunity to refer to it until the latter stages of the war, when I found myself in a more static situation. I have it to this day, albeit somewhat tattered and water stained. At some time during his education, John Magee must also have studied this verse form and, to his credit, successfully used it to accommodate his beautiful phrasing; no easy task. Wordsworth's "Daffodils", for all its simplicity, was not a five-minute exercise. It probably took many hours of "tinkering" before it met with his final approval.
I also have in my possession a small book published just after the war entitled "Poems from Italy." It is an anthology of verse including some sonnets composed entirely by soldiers who, like myself, served in Italy in 1944 and who, like John Magee, felt sufficiently moved to express their feelings in this way. Probably most had never composed a poem before nor ever did so again.
Perhaps, as we approach the season of Remembrance, I
might be permitted to offer just one of these entitled "To an unknown British Soldier", a true Petrarchian Sonnet in every respect, composed by Lt. M.J.Disney. its sombre theme contrasts with the euphoria of John Magee's work but is nevertheless a product of the same wartime inspiration.
Jim Morgan
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We shall not stay to see the peace we won,
Nor watch the world grow clean again from war;
Find no forgetfulness of things we saw,
In careless freedom under England's sun
Let not the living mock the price we paid,
Or bring dishonour on our half-done task;
Hold not from us the only gift we ask -
Assurance that the dead be not betrayed.
When others feel the joy of lover's kiss
Or gaze in gladness on the springtime flowers,
Or hear the children laugh in playtime hours,
We shall not grudge the happiness we miss.
But let no hatred wake us from our peace,
We gave our lives that enmity might cease.
********* Reader
We congratulate Bill Henderson on his being restored to the ranks of Readers. Some of us may remember that he was a Reader in the Benefice before he and Carole moved to Maenclochog. Bill is well known for his many activities; his partnership in the Parish Magazine, being verger at funerals and weddings, helping Carole with all aspects of the flower arrangements and generally being the general Mr do-it-all around St Illtud’s. Fellow reader Sue Moll accompanied Bill to his ‘re-launch’ in Marcross last month and he will appear regularly on the list of services each month. As an accomplished teller of tales and with his quirky sense of humour, Bill is welcome assistance to the group of clergy who are looking after us at this time.
********* Evening of Music
Friday 4th November 7.30pm Tythe Barn, St Donat’s. A concert in aid of The Holy Trinity Church, Marcross with Matthew Brook, internationally acclaimed baritone and Anna Markland - ex BBC Young Musician of the Year. Plus fund-raising auction. £10 (con £5) Sharon Evans 01446 792462
If at first you don’t succeed, get a bigger hammer.
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Many readers will know that Bill and Sheila Smith do wonderful work with the students at Atlantic College, making them welcome at St Donat’s Church as well as in their own home. They are justifiably proud of what they do and receive, in return, affection from many of the students. Some of them form close friendships with the congregation, and keep in touch with Church members as their lives progress. Here is an excerpt from a recent email from Ellinor, who left in 2015. People in the Benefice may remember her as a very talented harpist: My life since AC is busy and tree-filled, as you might imagine! I’ll probably repeat many things I told you last year, but it will serve as a good recap for me at least ;) … At Bangor University, I busied myself with the very active Christian Union, and found my mini-AC within their Global Café, where we hosted a meal once a week for about 40 international students. The leader for it unfortunately had to give it up within the first month and I found myself going from struggling to cook porridge to organising and preparing all the meals – in at the deep end with domestic duties! My second home was the Eden of the botanic gardens. The gardener was a tough, down-to-earth woman and we connected perfectly. My favourite lecturer also spent much of her time there, her waist-length, much-ornamented dreadlocks bundled up and her little elven figure always bursting with ideas and enthusiasm. I was on the committee for the students who volunteered there (student lunches at work-parties once a month, though unfortunately there was no musical entertainment), and had a part-time job organising events to celebrate and make use of their link with the Xishuangbanna gardens in China. In between I pursued this-and-that… A friend and I ran BADAS (BAngor Daring Adventure Society), a spin-off of the Kurt Hahn Core, but he, unfortunately, ran off to China for a student placement, and I alone could not persuade Uni students to stop pretending to be grown-ups and have some wholesome fun. My harp and I had good quality time together in the local pub playing with the Folk Society, I went gallivanting with the hiking society, and found a friend who was naïve enough to follow me, often plan-less and map-less, into the mountains and forests. More adventures were in order, so I went on an exchange to the university of British Columbia and rejoiced in the respect that forestry is given over there, ran wild with the free, outdoor spirit, and relaxed in the looser interpretation of normality. The campus was beautiful,
It’s not the voting that’s democracy, it’s the counting. 16
Vancouver lively, and the bus service so excellent it was easy to answer the mountains’ beckoning. Here I created my own island where any wayfarer could pull up and enjoy a myriad of adventures with a motley crew of foresters, hippies, UWC alumni, and international students. These adventures consisted of exploring the mountains of North Van (and introducing people to night-hikes in the winter), rather more well-organised excursions with Parks Canada Club and Varsity Outdoor Club, multitudes of pot-lucks, monthly ceilidhs at the Scottish Cultural Centre, and training with the Logger Sports team. I established my home at Faith Café, a small very open minded very odd group (in the best possible way) of Christians who shared soup, bible study and prayers once a week. I had some friend-family - my Brazilian unit-mate who was laughter, life, and dance-loving; a crazy, hyper-active, deep-faithed, environmental science girl; and Mike, my long-suffering friend from Bangor. When I think of my time there the highlights come so thick and fast it’s difficult to pick a hand-full, but an extract would be watching the smooth sunset colours slipping over the jagged Vancouver Island horizon while swimming at Wreck Beach; again, watching a sunset, from the top of Mt Fromme and sharing a mini bottle of home-made sloe-gin my mum sent me and then sliding down the bob-sleigh-esque tracks left by snowshoes on our bums in the dark for about ¾ of the 6km and 850m of elevation; Logger Sports competition in Idaho, with an 80% female, 100% awesome team; avalanche training in a blizzard on Mt Seymour; camping on Saturna Island and doing restoration work with Parks Canada pulling up invasive Daphne plants – eagles squabbling just meters from us, seals, otters, and herds of wild goats; Christmas in California with my friend from the BADAS society and his family… and so many more want to come tumbling out, but I had better not turn this email into a book! I had a hurried 4 days in Vancouver, couch-surfing in my unit that fantastically my Brazilian unit-mate was still living in doing an internship at the Uni, trying to fit in as many old haunts and friends as possible. From here I departed for Port McNeill in the wilds of North Vancouver Island to fulfil the grandly-titled internship of the Prince of Wales Forest Leadership Award. My first week spent happily though mundanely spraying knotweed with weedkiller put paid to any fancy ideas I had. However, from here things became exponentially more intense, and my second week was Timber Cruising (evaluating timber volume and quality for the government to charge logging companies appropriate tax) in primeval old-growth forest with its accompaniment of seemingly impenetrable and twisted undergrowth, huge and slippery fallen tree stems, ridiculously steep hillsides, and hordes of hungry mosquitoes. I was juggled between jobs in engineering and silviculture
Mistakes are the portals of discovery. 17
so that I built up an invaluable and incredibly usefully complete view of West Coast Canadian forestry. It was great to put my body fully to the test, I developed many new muscles (and some scars), and I didn’t mind the danger because the scenery was to-die-for anyway. At Atlantic College, I found my kin in terms of ideals – here I found my life-style kin. My evenings and weekends were filled with canoeing, hikes, camping and potlucks with my youthful work-mates (given how physically tough the work is, we were almost all 20-30 years old). I lived on a friend’s sofa for the first month, and then the pastor and his family took me in and I had a delightful time with them, basking in their laidback yet complete hospitality. After a far-too-short 3 months I headed back to the UK, arriving on a Friday evening and starting work on Tuesday morning. Work is with the Forestry Commission, Highlands and Islands Conservancy. I somehow managed to get a student sandwich year placement with the FC having written the application essays during a very stressful day spent at a library in Victoria while traveling with my family, and doing a phone-interview in a car-park in the Rockies only being able to quietly croak/squeak having lost my voice to ‘flu compounded by camping in the sleet. Such tribulations are not reflected in the job however, and I’ve spent most of my time safely tucked away in the office… but it is filled with friendly and hilarious colleagues, so nothing to complain about. Once I’m trained up though, I will be going out visiting private forests and checking that they are doing what they are getting grants to do, and giving advice as and when I can. I’m living in an isolated tiny ancient two-up two-down cottage at the end of mud track. It suits me very well! In theory, I’m living there with a lovely lady (a friend of my aunt) who does art therapy locally and in Zambia, but she is away much of the time with the imminent birth of grandchildren and her work. I myself have been away a lot too – at training events, and last weekend I went to Holland. I met up with Johanna, Mohammad, Anita, Lucy, and Tarek. It was my first time seeing them since Atlantic College and I’m sure you’ll understand how natural and blissful it was to share my life, even for so short a time, with them again. How are you? And everyone at church? And your clutches of students? Rivers of love and blessings Ellinor I make no apologies for printing this offering in full as I think that the free -flowing ideas of a young person make delightful reading. Ed
Never say ‘No’ to an idea. You never know how or when that idea will
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Llanmaes Barbecue As far anyone can remember the tradition of the August bank holiday event for St Cattwg’s Church goes back into the 1970’s. For many years, it was organised by the late Guy Jones and was always well supported. Usually the weather is very good as it was, thankfully, this year. If it looks as if the weather is going to be poor, we engage the help of the Llanmaes Social Committee who provide us with a marquee. The seventy tickets for the event always sell quickly with friends as usual from all parts of the Benefice. For the first time ever it looked as if we were to be without a clergy presence until Anthony and Elaine Beer plus grandchildren arrived to support us and even to draw the raffle. (It was wonderful to see them for what we think must have been Anthony’s very last Benefice function before taking up his new role in Laleston.) Thanks to the organisation of Kerry Veale and the huge support of St Cattwg’s church members and all who attended, the barbecue was a great success raising just over £600 for church restoration funds.
Bill Henderson
********* Grandmothers
The following was copied from an Australian magazine “Victorian Baptist Witness”. It was written by an 8-year-old Canadian boy. This delightful piece of writing was sent to me some time ago by Joan Davies
from Bethesda’r Fro URC. It has been in my ‘store’ waiting for a suitable
space. Thank you, Joan. Ed
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A grandmother is a lady who has no children of her own, so she likes others people’s boys and girls. Grandmas don’t have anything to do except be there. If they take us for a walk, they slow down past pretty leaves and caterpillars. They never say “Hurry up.” Usually they are fat but not too fat to tie our shoes. They wear glasses and sometimes they can take their teeth out. They can answer questions like why dogs hate cats and why God isn’t married. When they read to us they don’t skip words or mind if it’s the same story again. Everyone should try to have a grandma especially if you don’t have television, because grandmas are the only grown-ups who always have time.
Pictures of the Past - the history of our Benefice
as seen in the Parish Magazine
November 1952 A Farewell Message from the Reverend Dyfrig Lewis. It has been my proud privilege and pleasure to serve in the Parish of St. Illtyd, Llantwit Major, as my first curacy. A first curacy is always important, and this one will always remain close to my heart. I have been exceptionally fortunate and happy with a first-class Vicar, Churchwardens and Parishioners. The decision to move has not been an easy one, and I shall look back and remember my stay with gratitude. A new Wolf Club Pack. Already the first meeting has taken place, and in future the Pack will meet weekly on Thursday evenings at the Gatehouse at 6 p.m. We are confident that under the leadership of Miss Janet Williams and Miss Heather Morgan the Wolf Pack will be well established and will continue to flourish. Welcome. On both sides of this parish, at St. Donat’s and St. Athan, new Parish Priests have been recently appointed. The Rev. P.A.L. Howell is the new Parish Priest at St. Donat’s and he comes with a wide experience of work in the ministry. After serving a curacy at Aberdare, he spent four years in the Mission field in British Guiana and has only recently returned to this country. The Rev. E. Picton Thomas has been appointed as Rector of St. Athan in succession to the Rev. S.R. Gibbon, who retired a few months ago. Mr. Picton Thomas is no stranger to the Vale, for after serving curacies in Cardiff and Barry, he was for three years vicar of Llancarfan. He then went to the Parish of Ynysybwl in the Rhondda and is now coming back to the Vale. Among the list of Baptisms was that of the eldest son of the Vicar: SEPTEMBER 18th - Christopher Wyndham, son of Wyndham Ernest Clifford and Kathleen Mary Thomas. Places to eat in Llantwit Major as seen in advertisements. Quaintways charming old-world Restaurant, Colhugh Street. Afternoon teas a speciality. Teas and lunches? Then come to E. Cummings Vale Café. When in Llantwit Major, come to The Yacht Café for Frozen Foods, Ice Cream, Minerals. Boverton Road.
Spending today complaining about yesterday won’t make tomorrow any better.
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December 1966 Aberfan. The response to the Aberfan Fund from people all over the world has been tremendous. The horror and circumstances of the tragedy created a huge wave of spontaneous compassion. The size of the fund, as we know, creates great problems and we hope that it will be used wisely and well. Our own contribution from the church, £30- including £21 given as a result of the Young Wives’ hairdressing demonstration, went towards the cost of providing hot meals, to the workers on the tip, members of other services, and to the people in the houses in Moy Road. The appreciation of those who had lived on sandwiches and tea for days on end was very great. Three of our own members who were on the spot realised the need and over 1,000 hot meals were supplied free. In addition to this, £8, the collection at the Town Service during the St. Illtyd Festival, went to the Parish Council Fund. We wish to acknowledge also the gifts of suitable clothing hurriedly collected for the workers the day after the disaster. We understand that much of this was used. David Brunning [Does anyone remember who were the 3 members of our church?]
********* Shetland
Do you ever go down Wine Street? If you do, you will have noticed that at the bottom there is a field and that in this field there are often several Shetland Ponies to be seen. These little members of the horse family are delightfully engaging creatures which I find similarly appealing as donkeys. What makes the situation attract the attention even more is that there seems to be a regular appearance of foals. The adult ponies are quite small enough but the foals are so diminutive that I reckon to have seen dogs which are larger! We now regard the field as a sort of equine maternity ward. I have a question – if there are such beasts as Shetland Ponies, why aren’t there Orkney Ponies? ES
The best things in the world aren’t things. 21
Those who bring sunshine to other cannot keep it from themselves. 22
Across 1 Confusion. 4 Market. 8 Nothing. 9 Hinterland. 11 Swirl 12 Relied. 15 Puzzle. 18 Babbles. 19 Meat Substitute. 21 Four footed. 23 Wildebeest. 24 Sundries. 25 Shabby.
Down 1 Milk pudding. 2 Film, play. 3 Existence. 5 Physical. 6 Everything. 7 Inhabit. 10 Lie-in. 13 Displaced. 14 Standards. 16 Obscure. 17 Comfort. 20 Thought. 22 Insect.
Solution to No 44
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Miniquiz. Answers below. 1 Which hormone is also known as epinephrine? 2 Which country had the first woman president? (1974) 3 Who played Jim Hacker in “Yes Prime Minister”? 4 “Doing a Melba” is Australian slang for doing what repeatedly? 5 Which novel by Kingsley Amis has the name of a history lecturer in its title?
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Crossword No 45
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Humour The night was pitch-black and the ship’s captain saw a light dead ahead on a collision course. He sent a signal “Alter your course 10o East.” The reply came back “Change yours 10o West.” Angrily, the captain sends: “I am a navy captain. Change your course sir.” “I am a seaman, AB2” was the answer, “you change yours.” The captain was furious. “I am the captain of one of His Majesty’s battleships. I will not change my course and insist that you do as I say.” Came the reply. “I am manning a lighthouse. Your call.”
********* At morning service, the vicar read out the usual notices and then announced that he was going to inform the congregation of three pieces of news; one bad, then a good and thirdly, a bad. The packed church was intrigued. The vicar continued, “The first news, which is bad, is that the church roof is in need of repair and that it will cost a great deal of money. The second news, which is good, is that we already have enough money to fund the work.” There was a surprised gasp and then an expectant hush. After a pause the vicar continued, “the third piece of news which is bad, is that the money is still in your pockets.”
********* The batsman clearly edged the ball and it was cleanly caught by the wicket-keeper. “How’s that?” roared the bowler. “Not out.” replied the umpire who was from the home side’s village. A couple of balls later, the batsman missed the ball which hit him on the pads right in front of the stumps – clearly out LBW. “How’ s that?” came the shout. “Not out.” again. Later a ball spread-eagled the stumps; clean bowled! The bowler turned to the biased umpire and said, “Nearly got him that time.”
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Can you give me something for my liver? Yes, here’s a
pound of onions.
I’m a split personality, one side loves wine and the other loves chocolate.
At my age,
I’ve seen it
all, read it
all and done
it all.
The snag is
I can’t
remember
what it is.
From the Registers Baptisms 25 Sept. Paige Isobel Lewis 9 Oct. Eli William Thomas Tucker Marriages 17 Sept. Dafydd Owen Brooks & Lydia Guhaniyogi 17 Sept. Jarrod Lee Raymond Windsor & Polly Louise Smith 23 Sept. Daniel Wyn Nicholson & Sarah Rebecca Edwards 30 Sept. Vaughan Rhys Morgan & Lydia Olubokola Ajayi Blessing of a Civil Marriage 1 Oct. Roger Clarke & Katiuska Contreras Burials 22 Sept. Margaret Florence McCabe aged 98 years, St. Athan 28 Sept. Terence Mark Gifford aged 82 years, Llantwit Major 4 Oct. Adrian Prosser aged 75 years, Llantwit Major 19 Oct. Brian Frederick William Forder aged 79 years, Llantwit Major 21 Oct. Gordon Christopher Matheson aged 53 years, Llantwit Major
Saints Days in the Church in Wales
1st All Saints 2nd All Souls 3rd The Saints, Martyrs & Confessors of our Time Winifred, Abbess. 5th Cybi (6th century), Abbot 6th Illtud (5th century), Abbot 7th Richard Davies (1581), Bishop & Translator 8th The Saints of Wales 10th Leo (461), Bishop & Doctor 11th Martin (c 397), Bishop 12th Tysilio (6th century), Abbot 13th Charles Simeon (1836), Priest & Teacher of the faith 14th Dyfrig (6th century), Bishop 15th The Saints, Martyrs and Missionaries of North America 16th Margaret of Scotland (c1045), Queen 17th Hugh (1200), Bishop 18th Hilda (680), Abbess 19th Elizabeth of Hungary (1231), Princess 21st Paulinus (5th century), Abbot 23rd Clement (c100), Bishop & Martyr 25th John Donne ((1631), Priest & Poet
Don’t let the sadness of your past and the fear of your future ruin the happiness of your present.
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Corruption is a tree whose branches are of immeasurable length, 25
Saint Tysilio
Saint Tysilio was born in the late 6th Century in Powys and was the second son of the king, Brochfael Ysygthrog. His ambition was to become a monk which is why he ran away from his father’s court to Abbot Gwyddfarch of Caer-Meguaidd. A war-band pursued him to bring him back but his father became convinced that Tysilio should be allowed to remain at the monastery where he took a prominent in Welsh affairs during the distressful period at the start of the 7th century. He probably started his career in Trallwng Llywelyn (Welshpool) and afterwards took up residence in Meifod where he was associated with Gwyddvarch and St Beuno. Fearful of further trouble from his family, Tysilio set up his base at a hermitage on Ynys Tysilio (Church Island) in the Menai Straits and became a great evangeliser on Ynys Mon (Anglesey). He spent seven years there before returning to Caer-Meguaidd (Meifod) and succeeding as Abbot. Tyslio rebuilt the Abbey Church and things were peaceful for a while. He founded the second church in Meifod - the Eglwys Tysilio. After the death of Tysilio's brother, his sister-in-law, Queen Gwenwynwyn, wanted to marry Tysilio and place him on the throne of Powys. Objecting to both proposals, Tysilio refused and found his monastery persecuted by the state. So, he resolved to leave for Brittany with a handful of followers. Tysilio travelled through Dyfed and across the Channel to Saint-Suliac where he established a second monastery. Tysilio died and was buried at the Abbey of Saint Suliac in 640. Today his name is remembered in several church and place names in north Wales; most famously in the longest place name in the United Kingdom Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch which translates into English as Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool hollow of the White hazel near the Church of St. Tysilio of the red cave". The name, however, is a late 19th- century invention for the burgeoning tourist industry in the area. ES
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The Meaning of Advent
The Christian year starts at Advent! It is the season leading up to Christmas during which we wait expectantly and prepare ourselves to celebrate the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ on 25th December. The name comes from the Latin word "adventus" meaning coming. In the lead-up to Christmas, most people, whether or not they are believers, make preparations for the festive event. They get a tree, introduced to Britain in the early 18th century and made even more popular by Prince Albert. They buy presents and get ready for a family gathering at which they will probably eat and drink too much!! The Church's preparations are just as thorough but lean much more towards spiritual preparedness. The readings at services retell the story which never palls but uplifts and makes us ready for the Day itself. A special candle holder bearing five candles appears and on each successive Sunday an extra candle is lit. Junior schools will stage a Nativity Play, originally telling the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus and Joseph her husband but now they are often extended to include various unexpected participants. Most of the children will have a part to play and all the proud parents will be there with their video cameras to record the performance. Homes may have a Nativity scene on display with figures representing Jesus, His parents, shepherds, donkey and so on. You will find them in a lot of churches as well. We like to get ready for Christmas and we like to celebrate but we always need to have in mind the meaning of Advent and what it is leading up to. ES
Tranquillity is nothing else but the good ordering of the mind. 26
Benefice Directory
Area Dean Reverend Canon Martyn Davies [email protected] Rector To be appointed
Team Vicar To be appointed. Curate To be appointed.
Reader Sue Moll 01446-719445 Pastoral Care [email protected] Reader Keith Brown 01446-793804 Pew News [email protected] Reader Jude Peters [email protected] Reader Bill Henderson 01446-750418 [email protected] Parish Office Alison Weston 01446 792439 Open 9 am Parish Administrator to 2.30 pm St. Illtud's Church, Mon - Fri Church Street, Llantwit Major. CF61 1SB [email protected] Website http://www.llanilltud.org.uk/ School Mrs Ceri Thomas Wick & Marcross Church in Wales 01656-890253 Primary School
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You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you cannot have it.
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NOVEMBER 2016
(Final)
6th
Kingdom II
Illtud {R}
13th
Kingdom III
Remembrance {R}
20th
Kingdom IV
{R}
27th
Advent I
{P}
St Illtud 8.15
Eucharist JB
Eucharist DGB
Eucharist JB
Eucharist DGB
Gileston 9.30
Eucharist MW
Shared Service at St. Tathan
Morning Prayer
SM
Shared Service at St.
Tathan
Marcross 9.30
Eucharist Archdeacon
Peggy Jackson
Shared Service at Monknash
Morning Prayer
KB
Shared Service at Monknash
Monknash 9.30
Shared Service at Marcross
Eucharist MW
Shared Service at Marcross
Morning Prayer
SM
Llanmihangel 9.30
Shared Service at Llanmaes
Morning Prayer KB
Shared Service at Llanmaes
Eucharist AS
St Illtud 10.00
Eucharist * PM
Eucharist** HC / PM
Eucharist MD
Eucharist JB
St Tathan 11.00
Morning Prayer KB
Eucharist MW
Morning Prayer***
BH
Eucharist RL
Wick 11.00
Morning Prayer RL
Eucharist NO SERVICE*
Early morning
Eucharist (see below)
Morning Prayer
SM
Llanmaes 11.00
Eucharist MW
Morning Prayer SM
Morning Prayer
SM
Morning Prayer
BH
St Donat 11.15
Eucharist Archdeacon
Peggy Jackson
Prayer & Praise KB
Eucharist KB/DGB
Morning Prayer
KB
St Illtud 18.00
NO SERVICE Sunday@4 only (see below)
Evening Prayer
KB
Evening Prayer
KB
OTHER 16:00 St. Illtud’s
Sunday@4
8:30 Wick Eucharist
MD
NOTES * Brother Gildas (Caldey) booked to preach and give an afternoon talk at St
Illtud’s
* Wick – joint service due to be held this year in the Unitarian chapel
in Wick
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Lowndes AS – Rev’d
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