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“Pray without ceasing.”- 1 Thessalonians 5:17, instructions taken to heart by The Ministry Area Of Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr who have spent 24 continuous hours exploring ways to pray.

Members of the Bishop’s Council recently took part in a vital First Aid and defibrillator training session led by the Revd Geraint John, Ministry Area Leader for Pedair Afon MA, who is also a qualified first aid trainer and volunteer Community First Responder with the Welsh Ambulance Service.

Llandaff Cathedral was full to bursting on Monday morning as the Education Team hosted the Annual Year 6 School Leavers' Service with invitations extended to pupils and teachers from all of our church primary schools.

On July 3rd pilgrims of different denominations and faiths came together to celebrate faith and fellowship at an Ecumenical and Inter-religious Pilgrimage hosted jointly by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia, the Diocese of Llandaff, and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.

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.