THE CARDIFF ORATORY PARISH CHURCH OF ST ALBAN ON THE MOORS A Parish of the Archdiocese of Cardiff (a Registered Charity 1177272) Website: www.cardifforatory.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/CardiffOratory Contact: [email protected] Parish Priest: Fr. Sebastian M Jones Hospital Chaplain (Fr. Davies) 029 2074 3230; St Alban's Oratory House: 029 2046 3219. ~ To participate in the daily Masses /Benediction / daily Reflection at St Alban's go to St Alban's Parish Facebook site or to Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/cardifforatory AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

THE MASS LINE: 029 2267 0924 It is now possible at 10.00am on a Sunday to participate in Mass from St Alban's church, from your landline telephone or mobile phone. The St Alban's Mass Line is a dedicated phoneline which now connects Parishioners without internet access to Sunday Mass. At the launch of the new Mass Line Fr Sebastian said "It is not how I would wish the Faithful to participate at Mass, but needs must for the present. It grieves me that the Faithful cannot be here. He added. "Mass Line enables the Faithful to hear the familiar Mass prayers and hymns and join in raising their own voices in Worship of Almighty God. Mass Line will give some consolation to those who have felt so cut off since the pandemic lockdown." Mass Line was inaugurated with a Mass for the Pope and Bishops on the Feastday of Our Lady of Fatima.

THE MASS LINE NUMBER IS: 029 2267 0924

(Mass Line is the cost of a local call) Sat 16th 8.00 Mass: Holy Souls 12.00 noon Online: May Meditation 17.00 Oratory Vespers 18.00 Mass: Guarno Sun 17th 5th Sunday of Easter 10:00 Mass: Tony Maunder, RIP 11:15 Mass: John & Norma Pathy, RIP First day for the Novena 12.00 Online: May Meditation for St Philip Neri 16.00 Vespers & Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament Mon 18th 7.30 Mass: Holy Souls 9.00 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 9.30am Mass: Donor's In. 12.00 noon Online: May Meditation 17.00 Rosary and Benediction Tues 19th 7.30 Mass: Holy Souls 9.00 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 9.30 Mass: For Priests 12.00 noon Online: May Meditation 17.00 Rosary and Benediction Wed 20th 7.30 Mass: Holy Souls 9.00 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 9.30 Mass: C. Lewis 12.00 noon Online: May Meditation 17.00 Rosary and Benediction 7.30 Mass: Holy Souls ASCENSION THURSDAY 9.00 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 9.30 Mass: 12.00 noon Online: May Meditation 17.00 Rosary and Benediction *19:00 Mass: M Pinnell Fri 22nd 7.30 Mass: Holy Souls 9.00 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 9.30 Mass: A Van Woudenberg 12.00 noon Online: May Meditation 17.00 Rosary and Benediction Sat 23rd 8.00 Mass: Holy Souls 4.00 Rosary & Benediction 12.00 noon Online: May Meditation 17.00 Vespers Oratory Vespers 18.00 Mass: Phyllis Clarke, RIP (Casey) Sun 24th 6th Sunday of Easter 10:00 Mass: Colin Gristock, RIP 11:15 Mass: Holy Souls / John Haylett, RIP 12.00 Online: Meditation for May 16.00 Vespers & Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament A NOVENA TO PREPARE FOR

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Come , fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Our Lord, Amen.

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Fr Sebastian writes.... There has been much comment this week about the merit of churches being re-opened. In some parts of the world the Catholic Faithful have even initiated Court actions to overturn the decision of governments. For some the idea of churches being closed by the State is a violation of their freedom of conscience and freedom of worship. That individual silent prayer and meditation are presented as being more problematic than normalising large queues of people at supermarkets, Drive Thru fast food restaurants and garden centres is considered irrational. It is a question of numbers and proximity. The concerted dismissal by commentators via the social media sirens that the Church and thus attendance at a church is now an entirely private hobby and not more importance than that, has gone largely unchallenged by the governing elite. The exclusion of God as policy was of course enthusiastically voiced by Tony Blair's administration: "We don't do God!" We of course, as a Catholic People, and in fact the vast majority of human beings on the planet, to recycle the Blair expression: "Do God". Theists are vastly more numerous than atheists (even of the lazy, unthinking petulant variety) and so should certainly ensure that their voices are heard and their human right to freedom of worship is respected. While we know that we can pray, and should pray in our homes, when out and about, nevertheless, Christ established His Holy as a Sacramental Society. Divine Revelation is not a word search; a jigsaw puzzle or game of hide and seek. The Church, the life of the Christian is always one being drawn into that community which draws life in relation to the Most Holy Trinity.

Our Lord Christ through the words and actions of His Priest gives Himself for the baptised who constitute the Mystical Body of Christ. Catholics are not just feeling the pangs of social exclusion, they are in a very real sense experiencing for the first time in their lifetimes the pangs of excommunication, despite the unceasing efforts of many priests to present the Liturgical life of the Church, from within locked churches accessible via the social media. The status quo is not the same. The Liturgy is not a performance or town hall meeting. The Mass is the Mass as long as a validly ordained Catholic priest fulfils his unique function in accordance with the discipline of the Church. When Catholics hear the expression "The Real Presence" they know Whom that refers to. The reality of the Real Presence is no less in a Catholic church if I am not physically in the church kneeling before the Most Blessed Sacrament. However, for the Christian the economy of grace that builds upon human awareness and speaks to us consciously and subconsciously is more profoundly effective when I am really and not virtually present at Mass or in silent prayer before the Most Blessed Sacrament in church.

The roots of our present problem is the impoverished understanding among those drafting public policy as to the importance of God in the life experience of believers. Perhaps bishops, priests and some Catholics and believers share in the blame for this miscomprehension for the secular legislator's disregard for Worship. Whilst we know that the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the Worship of God by God, and we are drawn into this Perfect Worship. The culture and promotion of slip shod celebrations, asserting inclusivity and diversity or "being modern" as their rationale has coarsened Catholic aesthetic: the absence of reverence for the sacred is tangible in most parish churches. It's certainly audible before Mass! The institutionalised flippancy in speaking of Almighty God, the cosy compromises with personal sin and its institutions have brought us to where we are today. The sacred veil between the Holy of Holies and the market place hangs very thin in parts of the Church. It is time to reclaim and promote the sacred in the Church. The Secularists have mobilised the Pan-national organisations to their assertion of the primacy of the market and its deities. Beauty attracts; the beauty of holiness when encountered redeems.

No priest, I am sure, would ever turn away one seeking Confession, nor refuse to attend a call to the bedside of the sick or dying. The Good shepherd mustn't just smell like his sheep, he is the one who lays down his life for his sheep. As a Catholic people we must make a very conscious decision that the Sacred is uniquely important as it is our culture and it draws our awareness to Almighty God who is Truly Present according to His promise. In an age when so many secular groups claim all sorts of rights and freedoms and have them legally recognised, we as a Catholic People must now build locally a better and more representative Society in which the Sacred character of life is represented and heard. Our recent indifference to our place has given carte blanche to the presumption and assertion of the primacy and liberty claimed by secularists. Secular culture, which is pagan, has made it abundantly clear, tanning parlours and reconstituted moulded meat products are now more important than a person's conscientiously held belief in the right to the ancient Worship of Almighty God and the Catholic culture that brought about Western Civilisation. In the words of another inhabitant of 10 Downing Street "It's a Funny old World..." Let us make the most of the days between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost: Veni Sancte Spiritus!

THIS WEEK'S SAINTS. (May 18) St. John I, Pope and Martyr. St. John is commemorated today in the Roman Calendar of St. Paul VI (and on May 27 in the calendar of St. John XXIII). He was sent to the Emperor Justinian in Constantinople by the Arian heretic, King Theodoric. St. John was the first of the Roman Pontiffs to offer the Paschal Victim in the Church of Constantinople. Returning from , he was shamefully arrested and cast into prison by the same Theodoric. In A.D. 526, he lay down as a victim for Christ the Lord at Ravenna in Flaminia, modern-day Italy.

(also May 18) St. Venantius of Camerino, Martyr. In the Roman Calendar of St. John XXIII, St. Venantius, whose name is traditionally anglicized “Wigand,” is celebrated today. According to Christian tradition, the saint was a 15-year-old boy who was tortured and beheaded for faith in Christ during the persecution of the Emperor Decius. He was killed in A.D. 252, and he is buried at the Basilica named for him in Camerino.

19th. St. Celestine V, Pope. Also known as St. Peter Celestine, this saint was born near Naples, Italy, in 1215. He lived the anchoritic life in the Abruzzi, illustrious with a reputation of holiness and miracles. He was elected Roman Pontiff in his eighties, taking the name Celestine V, but he then abdicated the office within the same year, preferring instead to retire in solitude to Castel Fumone near Alatri in Lazio. He died in 1296, and he is buried in the Basilica of St. Mary Collemaggio in L’Aquila, Italy. Until the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI in 2013, St. Celestine was the only Roman Pontiff to resign voluntarily from the Petrine see.

(May 20) St. Bernardine of Siena, Priest. Born in 1380, St. Bernardine was a priest of the Order of Friars Minor, the Franciscans, who evangelized the people by word and example through the towns and cities of Italy, and spread the devotion to the Most Holy Name of Jesus, tirelessly carrying out his office of preaching and bearing abundant fruit among souls even until his last day at Aquila in the Abruzzi. He died in 1444, and he is buried in the basilica that bears his name in L’Aquila, Italy.

(May 21) St. Cristóbal Magallanes, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs. During the Cristeros War of 1926-29 in Mexico, St. Cristóbal Magallanes, priest, and companions, martyrs, were persecuted in various dioceses of Mexico out of hatred for the Christian name and the Catholic Church. They each confessed Christ the King and obtained the crown of martyrdom. The companions of St. Cristobal are: Sts. Román Adame, Rodrigo Aguilar, Julio Álvarez, Luis Batis Sáinz, Agustín Caloca, Mateo Correa, Atilano Cruz, Miguel de la Mora, Pedro Esqueda Ramírez, Margarito Flores, José Isabel Flores, David Galván, Pedro Maldonado, Jesús Méndez, Justino Orona, Sabas Reyes, José Maria Robles, Toribio Romo, Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo, Tranquilino Ubiarco, and David Uribe, all priests; and also Sts. Manuel Morales, Salvador Lara Puente, and David Roldán Lara, laymen. (May 22) St. Rita of Cascia, Religious. Born in 1381 at Roccaporena, in Cascia, Italy, St. Rita married to violent man, patiently endured his fits of rage, and reconciled him to God. Later, after the deaths of her husband and her sons, she entered the monastery of the Order of Saint Augustine at Cascia in Umbria, offering to everyone a sublime example of patience and compunction. She died in 1457, and she is buried at the basilica which now bears her name in Cascia. Despite having died almost 600 years ago, St. Rita’s body remains incorrupt.

(May 23) Dedication of the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St. David at Cardiff. In the Proper Calendar of the Province of Cardiff is celebrated the dedication of the metropolitan cathedral church. The first post-Reformation Catholic parish in Cardiff, St. David’s completed construction of a new church in 1842 at the bottom of David Street. Due to growth, the building was no longer adequate forty years later, and a site for a new, grander church was purchased on Charles Street. Completed in 1887, this new building was finished in less than three years and designed by Pugin and Pugin. In 1920, the former Diocese of Newport was elevated to metropolitical, archiepiscopal dignity and re-named for Cardiff. St. David’s Church, Charles Street, was designated the Metropolitan Cathedral. The Cathedral Church was destroyed by enemy action during an air raid on March 3, 1941. The Church reopened 18 years later, in 1959. Some modifications were made in light of the liturgical reform following the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican; St. David’s remains the heart of the archdiocese and province.

(May 24) St. Manahen the Prophet. According to the , St. Manahen was one of the prophets and teachers who, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, laid hands upon and and sent the two apostles on the first of Paul's missionary journeys. He is said to have been 'brought up' with Herod the tetrarch. He died in the latter half of the First Century.

Please remember them when praying the rosary; in personal prayer:

Sr. Nora, Fr. Delaney, Sally Botto, Geoff, Martin, Edna Murray, Agnes, Coffeey, Billy Page, Alison, Kit Lewis, Sheila Donovan, Eileen, Paul, Ruth Pinder, Audrey Bodenham, Dennis Caine, Christian Babu, Olive Bowen, Paul Burns, David Burns, Julie Cale, Irene Casey, Ethan Chichester, John Cowley, Justin Domenico, Alun Edwards, Elle Fine, Mary Healy, Nell Horan, James Hogg, Barbara Hurley, Don & Dorothy James, Anthony Jeremy, Jennifer King, Colin, Shirley & Michael Kingston, Alexandra Micallef, Michael McCauliffe, Betty Murphy, Beatrice Rajanayagam, Fay Simpson, Beatrice O'Brien, Iris Murphy, Elizabeth Sitole, Shelagh O’Donaghue, Gareth & Ethan Woodberry, Pat Xuereb.

The Fathers and Brothers pray for these intentions every morning. PARISH NEWS Church exterior: St Alban's church is now surrounded by scaffolding on the south-side of the church (Carlyle Street) to enable repair work to begin on the very top elevation of the church roof as a result of the storm damage. I wish to once again to thank those who were so generous and ensured that both these large renovation / restoration projects were been paid for before the lock- down began. I has occurred to me that as the gutters and boards are all painted in the original green, we must paint the Main Church Gate and the side gate to the hall will need to be painted.

Church interior: The long overdue work of professionally cleaning, repairing and polishing the marble floor of the Sanctuary will begin in the next ten days. I should of course be most grateful to any Parishioner who would like to contribute to this important project restoration project for St Alban's ~ The Bells of St Alban's My sincere thanks to those who enabled this project to be realised. I know the World seems to be on hold, but not here..! On Monday we are expecting the delivery from Italy of the Church bell system to replace the redundant system and the original bells. The work of installation will begin next week. If anyone remembers which church the original bells went to I will happily ask about their history and whether St Alban's can have their original bells back! As Quasimodo was want to say: "You can never have enough Bells!" (I don't think Quasimodo was a Whiskey drinker...)

Of your charity, pray for the soul of Of your charity, pray for the soul of Senhora Fernanda, RIP Betty Millar, RIP ~ + ~ ~ + ~ Please pray for her family. Please pray for Betty's family. Details to Holy Mass will be offered for the happy follow. repose of her soul on Monday 1st June at 9.30am. See: Facebook and Youtube. Lord remember me when You come into Your Lord remember me when You come into Kingdom! Your Kingdom!

before his time. Frequent mention of the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord is made in the writings of St. John Chrysostom, St. Gregory of Nyssa, and in the Constitution of the Apostles. The Pilgrimage of Aetheria speaks of the vigil of this Feast and of the Feast itself, as they were kept in the church built over the grotto in Bethlehem. It may be that prior to the 5th century the event narrated in the was commemorated in conjunction with the Feast of Easter or Pentecost. Some scholars believe that the much-disputed forty-third decree of the Synod of Elvira (c. 300) condemning the practice of observing a feast on the fortieth day after Easter and neglecting to keep Pentecost on the fiftieth day, implies that the proper usage of the time was to commemorate the Ascension along with Pentecost. There are many representations of the Lord's Ascension both in Western and Eastern Church art of diptychs and frescoes dating as early as the 5th century. Ascension Thursday Customs Certain customs were connected with the Mass of this Feast, such as the blessing of The History of the Feast of Ascension beans and grapes after the Commemoration Thursday of the Dead in the Canon of the Mass, the The observance of the Feast of the blessing of first fruits, afterwards done on Ascension is of great antiquity. St. Rogation Days, the blessing of a candle, the Eusebius seems to hint at the celebration of wearing of mitres by deacon and subdeacon, it in the 4th century. At the beginning of the the extinction of the paschal candle, and 5th century, St. Augustine says that it is triumphal processions with torches and of Apostolic origin, and he speaks of it in a banners outside the churches to way that shows it was the Universal commemorate the entry of Christ into observance of the Catholic Church long Heaven. Rock records the English custom of carrying at the head of the procession the banner bearing the device of the lion and at Look down from the foot the banner of the dragon, to Heaven, Holy symbolize the triumph of Christ in His Father, from the Ascension over the Devil. In some loftiness of that churches the scene of the Ascension was mountain to the vividly reproduced by elevating the figure lowliness of this of Christ above the altar through an opening in the roof of the church. In others, valley; from that whilst the figure of Christ was made to harbour of ascend, that of the Devil was made to quietness and descend. The Mass of Ascension Thursday tranquillity to this celebrates the completion of the work calamitous sea. mankind's Salvation by Our Lord Jesus And now that the darkness of this world Christ and the pledge of our glorification hinders no more those benignant eyes of with Him, and His entry into Heaven with thine from looking clearly into all things, our human nature glorified. look down and visit, O most diligent keeper, this vineyard which thy right hand VIGIL LAMPS planted with so much labour, anxiety and Most Blessed Sacrament: peril. For the Thomas Family To thee then we fly; from thee we seek for ~ aid; to thee we give our whole selves Sacred Heart altar: unreservedly. Thee we adopt as our Maureen Baker's Int patron and defender; undertake the cause ~ Our Lady's altar: of our salvation, protect thy clients. To thee Anthony Roan's Health we appeal as our leader; rule thine army ~ fighting against the assaults of the devil. ~Our Lady of Pity: Joan & Bill Kerrigan 65th Wedding Anniversary To thee, kindest of pilots, we give up the ~ rudder of our lives; steer this little ship of St Alban: thine, and, placed as thou art on high, keep Patron of Travellers & Guardian of Priests: us off all the rocks of evil desires, that with For the Oratory Fathers and Brother thee for our pilot and guide, we may safely (Thomas Family) If you would like to organise a votive candle for May come to the port of eternal bliss. or for your own intentions or an anniversary, you can do so by dropping the details through the Oratory House front door on Cameron Street or by going to Amen. the new link on the Parish website. ~ + ~ THE SAINT ALBAN'S PARISH ST ALBAN'S PARISH LIVING HISTORY PROJECT FINANCE MATTERS: GIVING SINCE LAST SUNDAY ST ALBAN'S: A pre-World War II Picture

Gift Aid: £510.00 Loose: £260.00 Restoration Fund: £320.00 Direct Debit /Bank Transfer: * £192.00 Parish Website (This week) £115.00 Total £1,397.00 *The Parish Bank Statement for the period (1.4.20 - 30.4.20) records that £768.04 was deposited by individual's making direct banking contributions to St Alban's Parish. Parish Direct giving was approximately £65 per week, pre-Covid19. It is now approximately £192 per week (as an average over 4 weeks). Thank you so much, and thank you for organising this with your bank by using the details given at the bottom of this page. ~+~

St Alban's Parish Bank Details:

Name: Archdiocese of Cardiff

Account: 23099962 A very interesting architectural element apparent from this photograph and lost in Sort Code: 20 18 23 the later renovated of the High Altar are the "riddle curtains" which were attached to the Address: Barclays Bank PLC., reredos (in many churches they were City of Cardiff Branch attached to poles, often surmounted by

God bless and protect you all! ). The bracketed poles either of brass Fr Sebastian M or wooden supported elaborate curtains or tapestries on either side of the Blessed Sacrament. The curtains no doubt helped statue of St. Illtyd survived the bombing of lessen the candles from guttering and covering the school in 1941. This statue was a the altar and priest in candle wax from the memorial of Gerard Illtyd Turnbull, M.C., drafts of leaded windows and open doors. who died of wounds in 1917. It was erected They also gave visible separation to the altar in 130 by his brother, the late Alderman from the rest of the chapel. The word riddle F.H. Turnbull, who was a Governor of the comes from the Middle English riddel which College, and an account of its blessing by means “to separate.” the late Archbishop Mostyn will be found in our issue of Christmas, 1930. The base has been inserted into the wall of the temporary building recently completed, near its original position. The head was kept in the headmaster’s office, where it was seen many Old Illtydians revisiting the College.

Several of these men suggested that the statue should be restored in memory of their comrades who have fallen in this war. Bro. Vincent at once set about partially realising this design when he became headmaster. The present intention is to commemorate our dead in a simple but The following account of the St Illtyd's dignified manner, leaving aside all College World War II Memorial to Fallen Old questions of a major war memorial until Boys is taken from the College Magazine: The the war is over. Illtydian, (Christmas 1944, Pg. 61-63) "The War Memorial". It is reproduced here in full. The memorial occupies the space at the end of the lower corridor, which here opens out "When wasteful war shall statues overturn, into a new and spacious ante-chamber to And broils root out the work of masonry, the Assembly Hall. A new bust, modelled ‘Gainst death, and all-oblivious enmity on the upper part of the last statue, has been Shall you pace forth" carved in Portland stone and the head has been joined on to it. The bust is supported The fifty-fifth sonnet of Shakespeare forms an on an oak bracket which projects from an apt introduction to the subject of our war oak panel. On this panel are carved thirty- memorial. Only the base and head of the three names in four columns; there are also two Latin inscriptions. The lettering is in The work has been designed and carried out incised Roman capitals, the Latin by Messrs Clarke od Llandaff, whose inscriptions are gilded, and the names are craftsmen made the original statue. We painted blue. They are: think it fitting that the names of the men Michael O’ Neill (1923-28); Gerard who have worked on this memorial should Donovan (1923-28); Cornelius Cronin be recorded in this notice. They are: Mr (1924-28); Kingston, who designed the memorial and Daniel O’Keeffe (1924-28); carried out the woodwork; Mr. Spragg, Vincent Sullivan (1926-29); who cut the letters, numbering nearly eight William Kelleher (1926-30); hundred; and who carved the bust; and Mr Dairmuid Mahoney (1927-28); Chant, was also worked on the bust. All Frank Williams (1927-32); Illtydians will be grateful to them for Raymond Shellard (1928-32); restoring St. Illtyd to a place where he can Leslie James (1930-32); once more look down on his sons. Two Mostyn Lewis (1930-36); things remain to be noted: first, that the oak Gerard Francis (1931-35); used in the panel comes from the rood of Joseph Doncich (1931-36); Llandaff Cathedral, which was also Patrick Gallivan (1931-36); bombed in 1941. Thus St. Illtyd comes into Kevin Moore (1931-36); contact with St. Teilo, the founder of William Rixon (1932-35); Llandaff, who in the distant Sixth century Raymond Chivers (1932-36); continued St. Illtyd’s cultural work. George Griffiths (1932-38); Secondly, to make clear the character of the George Nevison (1933-36); new work, a slight change has been made Ivor McDonald (1933-37); in the design of St. Illtyd’s collar. On the Geoffrey Thomas (1923-37); statue’s collar were seven rosettes: in the John Garland (1933-38); bust the central rosette has been replaced by David Matthews (1933-38); the De La Salle Brothers’ star, which is the Derek Martin (1934-37); sign of Faith: the Faith in which our Old Douglas Davies (1934-39); Boys lived and died; our faith, which is the Leon Bassman (1934-39); victory that overcomes the world. The John Lane (1934-39); original inscription, now reinserted in the Anthony Ball (1935-40); wall, reads: Stanley Cattle (1935-40); DEO ET BEATO ILLTUTO Sidney Viggers (1936-39); IN MEMORIAM Daniel Cooper (1936-40); GERADI ILLTUTI TURNBULL M.C., Roderick Hurley (1936-40) QUI IN ACIE VULNERATUS PROCUL OCCUBUIT, A.D. XII KAL. MAI., the Latin lives of the Saint spell his name in MCMXVII various forms, but that they all agree in FRANCISCUS HAROLDUS having only one ‘l’." The visit of Brother FRATER DICAVIT Patrick the former Headmaster of the College for a thanksgiving presentation is a MCMXXX. touching record in the magazine and “Francis Harold, (his brother), dedicated accounts to the significance of the Memorial (this statue) to God and St. Illtyd, in at the time. "On Monday, 16th October, Bro. memory of Gerard Illtyd Turnbull, M.C., Patrick received a hearty welcome on what who was wounded in battle (and) died far was, we hope, the first of many visits to his away, on 14th April 1917.” old school. He was presented with a cheque

by the Head Prefect on behalf of the Staff The new memorial bears two inscriptions:- and boys of the school. Replying to the PATRONE NOSTER ILTUTE INTERCEDE PRO Headmaster, Bro. Patrick expressed his AMIS ILTUTIANORUM QUI PRO CETERIS regret at leaving St. Illtyd’s after fourteen DEDERUNT VITAM years; he said that its pupils, past and “Saint Illtyd, our patron, intercede for the present, were ever in his thoughts, and souls of the Illtydians who have given reminded the boys especially of those men their lives for others.” who have fallen in the war. He wished to CAPUT BEATI ILTUTI commemorate them in a suitable way, and ICTU RESCISSUM HOSTILI desired to restore the cheque to Bro. Vincent PRO MEMORIA CELLEGARUM for the purpose of erecting a suitable REDUCES RESTITUERUNT memorial. He wished also to invite, as of old, ILTUTIANI MCMXLIV St. Illtyd’s First XV to play against St. Helen’s, Lancs., his new school, and “The Illtydians who came back in 1944 concluded by asking the Headmaster to grant restored the head of St. Illtyd (which) was a half-day. Bro. Vincent was able to tell Bro. shattered by an enemy’s blow, in memory of Patrick that a war memorial was already in their schoolfellows.” The former inscription the making, and to the intense joy of the is the work of Bro. Vincent, the latter is by school he agreed to his request of a half-day. Mr. J.M. Cleary. Readers will note that the Later in the morning, Bro. Patrick paid a visit name “Illtyd” is given only one ‘l’ in these to De Le Salle Preparatory School, and two inscriptions. This is in accordance with returned to St. Illtyd’s to inspect the Cadet the findings of the most modern authority on Corps. He also spent some time in the Staff the Saint; Canon C. Doble. In his book “St. Room. All were very pleased to note his Iltut, at page 12, the author shows that that all good health, and we wish him continued health and success in higher latitudes."