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Bishop Mary, Rev'd Emma Ackland, Rev'd Andrew James (Ministry Area Leader for De Morgannwg Ministry Area) and Head of Education Clare Werrett had a wonderful morning with the staff and pupils at St Andrew's Major CinW Primary School celebrating all the hard work that has gone in to creating the school's new faith garden.

The two groups which were inaugurated in response to the Bangor Cathedral Visitation Report and a safeguarding audit by the specialist charity thirtyone:eight have begun to meet regularly.

Bishop Mary is delighted to announce that the Rev’d Anne-Marie Renshaw is to be Archdeacon of Morgannwg.

The Dean and Chapter of Llandaff Cathedral are delighted to announce the appointment of Reverend Kate Harrison to the position of Canon Chancellor. Reverend Harrison will be moving from her current parish in the Diocese of London this summer and will be officially licensed at the Cathedral in September.

In The Ministry Area of Barry Rev'd Zoe King has led a very special service of blessing for three WWI graves in Merthyr Dyfan Cemetery which have been taken over by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

“Hearing loss and deafness is an invisible disability. You can’t tell if a person is deaf or hard of hearing just by looking at them. Especially if they are like teenage me, who styled her hair purposely to hide her “embarrassing” hearing aids,” writes our Deaf Community Mission Outreach Worker, Nicola Roylance.

Five schools from across Bridgend gathered together in St Mary’s, Nolton for a celebration of Welsh language and culture at a diocesan Gymanfa Ganu organised by Clare Werrett, our Diocesan Head of Education.

Wrexham Class at Fochriw Primary School have been learning all about celebrations in their RE classes, so they held a very special wedding at St Tyfaelog’s Church, Pontlottyn in Taff Rhymney Ministry Area to learn all about marriage.

Bishop Mary and Rev’d Emma have visited Llanfair Uniting Church in Penrhys in Rhondda Ministry Area to learn about the many ways the church makes a difference to the community. Llanfair is an ecumenical church, supported and recognised by eight of the historic churches in Wales.