Winter
opening
From
1 November to 31 March the church is open weekends, Wednesdays and bank holidays, weather permitting,
From 1 April to 31 October, St. Tudno's is
open every day.
Sponsor-a-Slate
Sponsor-a-Slate
is a fundraising scheme organised by
the Friends
of St. Tudno's Church to help raise funds to re-roof the church.
In
September 2010
Sponsor-a-Slate the target,
when theArchbishop of Wales, Dr. Barry Morgan, sponsored the 1000th
slate. It
is still possible to sponsor a slate but the slate might now be a
re-used one from the current roof, rather than a new one.
Carols by Candlelight 2011
The annual services of Carols by
Candlelight were held on Sunday 18 December at 3.00 pm and at
5.00
pm.
The Friends of St Tudno's Church prepared the church but it was not
possbile to set out the path lights due to the squally weather.
However the weather did not put people off and we were delighted to
welcome 120 to the first service (first photo) and 55 to the second
(second photo). There are more photographs on the Holy
Trinity events 2011 and Friends of St. Tudno's archive pages.
South
African War Memorial
On Saturday 12 November a wreath
was laid at Llandudno’s “other” war memorial to honour men who had died
in their country’s service in an earlier conflict far from home.
The South African War Memorial in St. Tudno’s churchyard on the Great
Orme commemorates four men from the Denbighshire Hussars Imperial
Yeomanry and the Royal Welch Fusiliers who died during the 1900-1902
Boer war. The memorial was erected by public subscription and in
2009
it was restored by the Lions Club of Llandudno. On Saturday the
Lions, with some of their families and other supporters, attended a
short service of remembrance at St. Tudno’s Church before laying a
wreath at the memorial. There is another photograph on the Holy
Trinity events 2011 page.
Remembering the Boer War
Autumn Working Party
This was on Saturday 15
October: the weather was glorious, the benches were put away for
the winter, the
churchyard was tidied and there was even time to enjoy a cup of coffee
in the sunshine.
Evening
Prayer
The last service of the summer
season was Evening Prayer on
Sunday 25 September at 4.00 pm. The
service was followed by tea and cakes.
Friends
of St. Tudno's Eucharist
On Saturday 24 September there
was a Eucharist for the Friends
of St. Tudno's Church, prior to the Friends' AGM.
Open Church Day
On Saturday 17 September St.
Tudno's took part in the national Open Church Day. The
church was "manned" by the Friends
of St. Tudno's Church, who welcomed visitors, provided
refreshments, gave talks on the church and showed slides of old
pictures of the church.
Open
Air Songs of Praise
This was on Sunday 28 August and
was in
addition to the regular open air service in the morning. The
hymns
were chosen and introduced by members of the Friends
of St. Tudno's Church. The invitation choose a hymn was open
to everyone in the parish but it was the Friends who took up the
challenge.
Friends
of St. Tudno's Church Summer Fair
This was held at Holy
Trinity
Church on Saturday 27 August, to raise funds for re-roofing St.
Tudno's
Church. We were glad to use the parish gazebo as the day turned
very
wet and windy!
Celtic
Harp Concert by Delyth Jenkins 
On Thursday 11 August Delyth
Jenkins, one of
Wales' leading players of the Celtic
Harp, visited St. Tudno's Church to perform a concert as part of her
"100 Best" tour. Inspired by and based on the book "Wales's Best
One
Hundred Churches" by T.J.Hughes, Delyth Jenkins has been undertaking a
concert tour of buildings of architectural, historical and spiritual
significance, providing perfect settings for her music which has been
described as "meditative" and "rich with imagery". Her programme
included traditional tunes, as well as her own compositions and one by
her violinist daughter, Angharad.
A very appreciative audience turned out on a very wet evening and
thoroughly enjoyed this wonderful concert - and it even stopped raining!
This photograph shows Delyth tuning up before the concert and there is
another photograph on the Holy
Trinity events 2011 page.
The concert was supported by the Arts Council of Wales as part of
the Night
Out / Noson Allan scheme.
Concelebrated Eucharist
On Tuesday 12 July we were
pleased to welcome members of the
Society of Catholic Priests of the Bangor and St. Asaph Dioceses, who
returned to St. Tudno's for their annual Concelebrated
Eucharist, at which the main celebrant and preacher was Bishop Gregory
of St. Asaph.
Pet Blessing Service
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Sunday 10 July was held in the church
as it was raining but was still attended by a good number of cats, dogs
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St
Tudno's Day 
St.
Tudno's Day is on Sunday 5 June.
On St. Tudno's Eve,
Saturday 4
June, the annual Pilgrimage walk took place from Holy
Trinity Church
to St. Tudno's, visiting St. Tudno's Well by kind permission of the
landowners. The Pilgrimage began with a short service at
Holy
Trinity at 4.00 pm. The Pilgrims then
walked
up the Great Orme, with a couple of stops on the way. After
visiting
St. Tudno's Well, the Pilgrimage ended with a short service at St.
Tudno's, after which the Pilgrims picniced in the church grounds.
The Pilgrims on the way to St. Tudno's.
On St. Tudno's Day, Sunday
5 June, there was a Parish Eucharist at St.
Tudno's
Church
at 10.30 am. There was not a service at Holy Trinity at this time
and a small
bus provided a shuttle service from between Holy Trinity and St.
Tudno's, so that visitors and the congregation from Holy Trinity
could
all travel to St. Tudno's. It
had been hoped that the service would have been in the open air but as
it was cold and windy the service was held in the church, which was
consequently packed. We were delighted to welcome the Mayor and
Mayoress of Llandudno and Miss Alice Llandudno to the service.
 
There are more photographs
on the Holy
Trinity events 2011 and Friends of St. Tudno's archive pages.
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Miriam restored
We
are delighted to report that the stained glass window of Miriam has
been restored following the break in at St.
Tudno's earlier this year.
The marble cross which was used as a "battering ram" during the break
in has been returned to its grave but sadly the cross was found to have
been damaged during the break in. The cross is now awaiting
repair.
Spring working party
The
spring working party was held on Saturday 14 May and
the church and churchyard were prepared for the coming season by
setting out benches for the open air services, cleaning and
tidying.
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Holy Week and Easter at St.
Tudno's
On
the Wednesday in Holy Week we welcomed our neighbours from
Rhoscystennin Parish to St. Tudno’s for a Service of Light and Shadows
led by Revd Peter Walker of Rhoscystennin. The service began in
the unlit church while light from the Pascal candle was passed from
person to person as "Let all mortal flesh keep silence" was sung
unaccompanied (see photo left). The church lights were then put
on for the rest of the service of light, which dates from the fourth
century and is associated with the lighting of lamps and with Psalm
141, which was said during the service.
The service of shadows,
Tenebrae, originates from monastic prayer in the 12th century and
included a reading of the Passion of Jesus from St. John’s
gospel. During the reading the candles were gradually
extinguished, the church lights were put out and finally the old Pascal
candle was extinguished. The new Pascal candle was lit at St.
Tudno’s during the Easter Vigil on Easter Sunday, as shown in the photo
below.
The Easter Vigil service began
at 5.30 am and the sun was just rising when the barbecues were lit at
6.00 am.
The service began with
kindling of the new fire, the lighting of the Easter Candle and
singing of the Exultet (a special Easter chant). The
Vigil
part of the service consisted of a number of readings, psalms and
prayers in the darkened church. The service contineud with the
proclamation of
the resurrection with organ playing and ringing of bell. Water
for baptism was blessed and the congregation were then invited to renew
their baptismal vows. The service concluded with the First
Eucharist of Easter.
Twenty six people attended the service and most stayed on to enjoy a
breakfast of barbecued "bacon butties" prepared by the Friends
of St. Tudno's Church and eaten outside in the beautiful
surroundings of the Great Orme on a beautiful morning (see photo
below).
Friends of St. Tudno's Church spring fair
This was held at Holy
Trinity Church on Saturday
16 April. The fair opened with a performance from Llandudno Town
Band and in addition to refreshments there were various stalls including
plants, books and handicraft materials. Good
weather allowed some stalls to be held in the church grounds, where the
soft toy bungee jump was in operation. The fair was in
aid of re-roofing St. Tudno’s Church. There are additional
photographs on the Holy Trinity events 2011 and Friends of
St. Tudno's archive pages.
Archbishop of Wales sponsors
1000th
slate
In April 2011 The Archbishop of
Wales, the Most Reverend Barry Morgan, sponsored the 1000th slate for
the roof of St. Tudno’s Church.
Dr. Morgan’s message for the book of sponsors is: “I
have
very fond memories of preaching at St. Tudno’s when Elwyn Roberts was
the incumbent and I was university chaplain. I have loved the
place
since those days.”
The Archbishop is seen receiving a special Sponsor-a-Slate
certificate
from the Rector of Llandudno, Canon John Nice, following a service at
Holy Trinity Church, Llandudno, when the Archbishop had been presenting
the Archbishop of Wales’ Awards for Church Music (see Holy
Trinity events 2011).
Sponsor-a-Slate has raised £14,700 towards the roof appeal
and the Friends
of St. Tudno’s Church are continuing to help the parish raise the
necessary funds. For further information, please see the
Sponsor-a-Slate
archive page.
Add-venture in Learning at St. Tudno’s
On
March 17th St. Tudno’s was visited by a group of blind and partially
sighted people, accompanied by sighted guides and a number of guide
dogs. The party comprised about 30 people who were taking part in
an “Add-venture in Learning” week based in Llandudno. The party
arrived in minibuses, cars and on foot, a number having walked up from
Llandudno. After a welcome from the Friends of St. Tudno’s and a
short introduction to St. Tudno and his church, the party was split
into four groups to be shown some tactile objects in the church and
churchyard, under the direction of some of the Friends
of St. Tudno's Church.
Break in at St.
Tudno's
We are sorry to announce that there was a break in at St.
Tudno's during February. The vestry window and one of the church
windows were broken and a CD player was stolen.
The vestry window was broken using a small marble cross which had been
taken from one of the graves. The cross commemorates a little
girl, Mary, who died in 1883 aged just one year and as her surname was
not given on the cross it may take a little while to identify the
correct grave to return it to.
The stained glass window which was broken shows Miriam leading the
Israelite women in singing and dancing after crossing the Red Sea and
is considered to be a fine example of the manufacturer's work.
While we are grateful that the damage was no worse, it is sad that our
beautiful, peaceful church was violated in this way.
Carols
by Candlelight 2010
On
Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 December the roads on the Great Orme
were nearly impassable due to snow. However on the Saturday five
of
the Friends
of St. Tudno's Church
walked to the church to clear the paths and prepare for the service and
there are some photographs of this on the Friends' archive
page.
The same five walked back the next day to lead the services and were
delighted to be joined by 25 people at the 3.00 pm service and five at
the 5.00 pm service. Most of these were Great Orme residents, but
a few
had managed to travel from further afield, and all had walked over the
Orme
to St. Tudno's.
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Some of the congregation at
the 3.00 pm service (below) and the 5.00 pm service (right).
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