Peth arbennig ac eto rhyfadd ydi iaith… Tydi "Lle i enaid gael llonydd…" jest ddim yn cyfiethu i'w lawn botensial i'r Saesneg nac ydi! Mae ein hiaith mor sbesial… dwi ddim yn meddwl ein bod yn gwerthfawrogi yn llawn bod gennym eiriau megis… 'hiraeth'… na ellir byth eu cyfiethu i iaith arall heb gynnig brawddeg a rhagor o eiriau! A phwy all feddlw i fod yn ddigon hyderus i gyfieithu… 'Lle i enaid gael llonydd' - gan fynegi y neges i'w lawn botensial… Tydi'r geiriau - 'A place for the soul to have rest'… ddim cweit yn mynegi yr ystyr nac ydi… er ei fod yn ymdrech go lew!!!
Pam fy mod yn parablu ymlaen am "Lle i enaid gael llonydd"/ Wel, oherwydd mod i ar hyn o bryd yn Loyola Hall, canolfan encil arbennig. Dwi yma am wythnos yn helpu gyda encil fel Cyfarwyddwr Ysbrydol, ac yn cael cyfle i gael encil fy hunan. A dyma fi yn cael ychydig o amswer i ddiweddaru y blogg!
Hia all, it has been a long while since i last sent a blogg… sorry. Sanant, my young teacher friend who helped me set up the blogg sent me an email yesterday asking what's happening with my blogg, she wondered if I had forgotten all she had taught me!!! No I haven't forgotten - my excuse is that I am very busy in my new Parishes and Mission Area!
But this week I am at Loyola Hall Jesuit Spirituality Centre helping as a Visiting Spiritual Director. Although working, I am having time to myself for prayer and catching up with tasks!
Loyola Hall has been an important place for me and I have much to thank the staff here. This is where I trained as a Spiritual Director, the place where I had my 30 day Ignatian retreat, and it has certainly be a place where I have experienced growth in personal faith.
Sadly the centre is to close it's doors in a month's time and all the community members and staff will be relocated… there is much sadness among the community members and staff and also among those who come regularly to loyola Hall for their retreat.
Loyola Hall in bloom with spring flowers in the grounds.
So what is happening in the Parishes and in the Mission Area?
A good chapter meeting with Terence and Alex resulted in us deciding that future chapter meetings would happen once a month and that retired clerics who are active in the Mission Area, and all Readers, will be invited.
We are having a joint Mission Area Lent discussion group - working with the Lent programme - Finding a Voice - based on the film - The King's Speech.
We have a meeting set up for May for everyone and especially Mission Area Conference members… whereby we will address and discuss 20/20 vision and it's implications to our mission Area. Philip Chew is joining us for the meeting which is great. Philip will be able to share his experience of setting up a mission Area in a similar setting in Dyffryn Clwyd.
We have as a Mission Area agreed on some matters pertaining to business i.e. to set the same fees for funerals and weddings, to have a policy as regards baptism requests.
Alex is taking lead with the Abermule project - which involves church planting and hosting a Christian service in the local school hall once a month. The Diocese is supporting this project financially. I will assist and support Alex and a singing group from All Saints church will attend the services to help with the music and singing.
The singing group is being encouraged to help encourage other churches who may need a boost and some help re singing and music. the group is ready and willing.
We have a Saturday set aside for all Worship Leaders and Readers to discuss liturgy… in the hope that we can create some new liturgy material for various services - that will be used through ought the Mission Area.
Readers and Worship Leaders are being encouraged to consider working in parishes other than their own home parish - and there is a willingness and eagerness to do this.
My own group of parishes… what news?
We have had a de-cluttering session at all three churches - we have a little more free space now!
Pastoral Assistants are soon to be trained to take the reserved sacrament to parishioners homes and they are excited about this.
We have had a PCC meeting at St Gwynog's Church, Aberhafesp; Llanllwchaiarn and Newtown are having their PCC meeting next week.
Faculty has already been granted to remove the organ from All Saints Church and to remove the choir stalls from the chancel. Allen's Organs have visited and we have arranged to have a demonstration evening at All Saints in May - in the hope that we'll be able to encourage parishioners to make a donation towards the cost of a new organ console.
A faculty needs to be submitted to have an aumbry fixed at All Saints for the use of the three churches - for the purpose of home communions etc.
There is plenty more to do… and not quite enough time to do everything! There is an excellent group of assistants in the parishes… my predecessor has done an excellent job in encouraging lay ministry - thank you Andy.
All for now from Loyola Hall,
God bless,
Nia
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Great blog - more photos of Loyola please.
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