St Mary the Virgin, Cardiff

St Mary the Virgin, 2 North Church St, Cardiff, CF10 5HB

Our Festival events and activities will be exploring ‘Welcome, Sanctuary and Diversity.’ Each day has something different to offer but, throughout the week, there will be stand alone opportunities to discover more about St Mary’s Church and the brilliant multi-cultural community of Butetown and Tiger Bay, as we also celebrate Refugee Week 2022

These include:

• Exhibitions and Displays from St Mary’s School (including an Audio-Visual Loop), The Cultural Exchange/Tiger Bay and the World, Info-point, and others.
• Tours: An opportunity to take an interactive tour through St Mary’s using Info Point or own QR Code trail both inside the building and in our grounds
• Wild Side: yes, our gardens will be open for you to explore – you can dig deep into our wildlife area and discover the beauty of nature, or take an interactive journey on your Smartphone with our Stations of Creation and God’s Garden Adventure (designed for children) or visit some of the other reflective areas and shrines. There is also a QR Code Trail which helps you discover more about St Marys and Butetown.
• Prayer Stations: In addition to the outdoor opportunities for discovery and prayer, you can also engage with the Prayer Stations inside the church, designed and created with children
• Café: Tea, coffee, cake available throughout each day from after Morning Prayer to 3.30pm
• Treasure Hunt: children can discover an amazing secret on our Tiger Bay Treasure Hunt
• In the weeks before there is also a Poetry Competition for Church Primary School with the winners announced at the Presentation Ceremony on Thursday

Events

Tuesday 21st June - Open 8.30am-4pm (other than 10-11am and 1.30-2.30pm when schools are visiting)

• First English language performance of the ‘Now let me tell you’: Betty Campbell play for St Mary's CinW Primary and St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary Schools

Wednesday 22nd June - Open 8.30am-4pm (other than 1-2pm when the school is visiting)

• 11am School Mass. All welcome
• Performance of the ' ‘Now let me tell you’: Betty Campbell play for Mount Stuart Primary School
• 7pm 'A Scandal to have Lost’ In an edition of St Marys Parish Magazine of 1872, we read “It now remains for the Welsh Churchmen of Cardiff to aid the Vicar in his endeavours to restore, what is a scandal to have lost, Welsh Services for the Church of the most important town in Wales". Join us for this bilingual event with simultaneous translation (TBC), as we discover the contribution towards the Welsh Church and the Welsh Language of a past Pioneer priest of St Mary’s, Fr Griffith Arthur Jones, led by Rev'ds Dyfrig Lloyd and Dean Atkins.
• 7pm 'Sgandal i fod wedi colli' Mewn rhifyn o Gylchgrawn Plwyf y Santes Fair yn 1872, darllenwn: 'Mae’n nawr yn nwylo Eglwyswyr Cymraeg Caerdydd i gynorthwyo’r Ficer yn ei ymdrechion i adfer yr hyn a oedd yn sgandal i fod wedi ei golli, sef Gwasanaethau Cymraeg yn yr Eglwys, yn hon, y bwysicaf o drefi yng Nghymru'.  Ymunwch â ni ar gyfer y digwyddiad dwyieithog hwn gyda chyfieithu ar y pryd [tbc], wrth inni edrych ar gyfraniad offeiriad Arloesol y Santes Fair, Tad Griffith Arthur Jones i’r Eglwys Gymraeg a’r Iaith Cymraeg. Arweinir y noson gan y Parchedigion Dyfrig Lloyd a Dean Atkins. [NB Simultaneous translation tbc]

Thursday 23rd June - Open 8.30am-4pm

• 2pm ‘In our words’ Children’s presentation from St Mary’s CinW Primary School about Welcome, Sanctuary and Diversity
• 7pm Interfaith Choir Rehearsal/Gathering - all welcome as the choir prepares for their event at St Mary’s next week – ‘End the Persecution’ – (Freedom of Religion event)

Friday 24th June - Open 8.30am-4pm

• 11am 'In our words’ Children’s presentation from St Mary’s CinW Primary School about Welcome, Sanctuary and Diversity
• 2pm ‘Enter the Mystery’ Discover the Mystery and History of St Mary’s Church on our guided, interactive tour

Saturday 25th June - Open 10.00am-4pm

• 1pm 'Faithful Butetown Walk – ‘Meet me by Betty’s Statue’ - a guided walk with conversation beginning at Central Square and finishing in the Bay, as we discover the faithful, past and present, of Cardiff and Butetown

Sunday 26th June

• 11am Solemn Mass for Sanctuary Sunday followed by food!