Following the lifting of the current lockdown restrictions Mass will be celebrated each day at 9.30 a.m. in the Parish Centre beginning on Monday.

I hope, but I very much doubt, that these past two weeks of ‘house arrest’ will have been worth the harm and destruction caused in people’s lives as they loose their jobs, their homes and indeed their sanity and suffer from other health problems. Why do I have my doubts? Well as of this weekend the worst place in the UK for Covid 19 cases is Merthyr Tydfil. Rhondda Cynon Taf is fifth on the list. If it wasn’t so tragic it would be funny. As usual some politicians are trying to pass the blame for this on to the local people even though they were warned beforehand that it was unlikely to work. What are the odds now, I wonder, of another lockdown.

So the Trustees of the Archdiocese are meeting again next week. I am told we will have a clearer picture of what is going to happen with the church and the parish here. I hope so, for following their previous meeting I have been left completely in the dark concerning any plans. No communication at all except for being told there will be another meeting. I will let you know when I have any news.