Y Ddolen
26 Chwefror 2023
Sul cyntaf y Grawys
Y Sul hwn a thrwy'r wythnos gweddïwn dros
Bro Tysilio
Gweddïwn dros:
- bawb a fydd yn dilyn y Cwrs Lectio trwy'r Grawys, er mwyn inni ddarganfod yn fwyfyth o gyfoeth yr Ysgrythur a chlywed Duw yn siarad â ni
- Cyngor yr Ardal Weinidogaeth wrth iddo ganfod canlyniadau myfyrio ar ein Stori, ein Gwerthoedd a'n Gweledigaeth.
- y cyfleoedd cyffrous i ymestyn ein Gweinidogaeth Teulu mewn ysgolion a'r cymunedau ehangach
- tyst i gariad a gras Duw yr ydym gyda'n teuluoedd, ffrindiau, cydweithwyr a chymdogion
Oddiwrth Archesgob Cymru ac Esgob Bangor
Annwyl gyfeillion
Ar Ddydd Mercher y Lludw yn gynharach yr wythnos hon, roedd yn brofiad gwych gallu ymuno â phobl Bro Celynin, nid yn unig am eu Cymun a’r lludw ond wedyn i fynd allan i strydoedd Conwy a chynnig gweddïo gyda phobl oedd yn mynd o gwmpas eu bywydau prysur. Roedd y trafodaethau a gafwyd gyda phobl yn amrywiol, ond cymerwyd y gwahoddiad i oedi, myfyrio a gweddïo gan lawer.
Yn nhymor y Grawys hwn, fe’n gelwir i weddïo ac ymprydio, gan fyfyrio ar ein diffygion ein hunain, yn hyderus yn nerth achubol Crist a groeshoeliwyd, fel y dywed colect Dydd Mercher y Lludw “Hollalluog a thragwyddol Dduw, nid wyt yn casáu dim a wnaethost ac maddeu pechodau pawb sy’n edifeiriol: crea a gwna ynom galonnau newydd a gwaradwyddus, fel y gallwn ninnau, gan alaru ar ein pechodau yn deilwng a chydnabod ein trueni, dderbyn gennyt ti, Dduw pob trugaredd, faddeuant perffaith a maddeuant.”
Dw i'n gweddïo dros Grawys sanctaidd i chi oll.
+Andrew Cambrensis
Oddi wrth ein Hesgob Cynorthwyol
Mae dychwelyd o gyfarfod yr ACC (Cyngor Ymgynghorol Anglicanaidd) yn Ghana yr wythnos hon wedi gadael llawer i mi fyfyrio arno. I mi, roedd yn ddigwyddiad mawr, roeddwn yn ymweld ag Affrica am y tro cyntaf ac yn cyfarfod â phobl eglwysig Anglicanaidd o bob rhan o'r byd. Roedd cymaint i'w ddysgu. Mae'r ymweliad â'r arddangosfa yn Cape Coast i'r fasnach gaethweision yn rhywbeth na fyddaf byth yn ei anghofio: Mae'r cyfle i sefyll mewn mannau lle mae eraill wedi sefyll a dioddef yn ofnadwy yn bwerus iawn. Gwnaeth yr atgof o sefyll ar lawr llaid llaith nad yw erioed wedi sychu mewn daeardy tywyll lle carcharwyd caethweision, ac mae dysgu bod olion gwaed, chwys a dagrau gaethweision o fewn y ddaear o dan ein traed yn dal i gael effaith arnaf. Roedd yn teimlo fel profiad ymgnawdoledig iawn. Yn llythrennol roedd yn brofiad daearol a chorfforol yn hytrach na meddwl am neu ddychmygu rhywbeth o'r gorffennol. Fe helpodd fi i ddeall ein bod yn cyffwrdd â phoen pobl go iawn. Gwnaeth i mi fyfyrio ar sut mae fy mywyd fy hun, fy ngeiriau, fy ngweithredoedd a'm dewisiadau yn effeithio ar bobl eraill a'u bywydau mewn ffyrdd real heddiw.
Wrth gwrs mae gennym ni atgof o rywbeth tebyg ar ddechrau’r Grawys. Mae dydd Mercher y Lludw yn arwydd priddlyd o'n cysylltiad â phechod, drylliad a marwolaeth. Mae’r Grawys yn cynnig tymor i ni i gyd fyfyrio ar faterion caled yn ein bywydau ac yn ein byd a thymor i ddysgu a thyfu yn ein ffydd mewn ffyrdd a allai wneud gwahaniaeth cadarnhaol.
Un o’r doniau o berthyn i gymundeb byd-eang o eglwysi yw’r cysylltiadau sydd gennym wrth ddysgu a gweddïo gyda’n gilydd. Fe’m hatgoffir i weddïo dros yr eglwys fyd-eang, a thros Gristnogion ym mhob man yn y tymor sanctaidd hwn.
Dduw pawb, diolch i ti am rodd dy eglwys ym mhob gwlad. Yn nhymor sanctaidd y Grawys helpa ni i annog ein gilydd mewn ffydd, gobaith a chariad. Rho ymwybyddiaeth i bob un ohonom o dy bresenoldeb. Lle mae poen, pryder a loes, dysg ni i ildio ein hunain i'th ofal di-ffael. Arwain ni yn dy ffyrdd o ddoethineb, caredigrwydd a chyfiawnder, gofynnwn hyn yn enw Iesu, ein hiachawdwr a'n ffrind. Amen.
Blwyddyn o weddi
'Mae tymor y Grawys wedi cychwyn a dyma ni’n gwneud ein ffordd trwy’r wythnosau hyn nes bod amser dathlu’n dychwelyd gyda’r atgyfodiad. Mae hi mor hawdd camu ‘mlaen at y Pasg, gan anghofio neu anwybyddu’r wythnosau hyn o’r Grawys, ond byddai gwneud hynny’n golygu ein bod yn colli cymaint o’r hanes, er mor gyfarwydd ydy hi i ni.
Beth mae’r wythnosau hyn o’r Grawys yn eu golygu i chi?'
Dyma'r hyn mae'r Parchg Janet Fletcher yn ystyried ym myfyrdod mis yma.
Cynhadledd Clerigion 2024
Nid oes yna Cynhadledd Clerigion eleni ond rydym wrthi yn gwneud paratoadau at 2024.
Dyddiadu'r cynhadledd yw 16-19 Medi 2024.
Bydd rhagor o fanylion yn cael eu rhannu ar dudalen 'Digwyddiadau' y wefan wrth i wybodaeth cael ei gadarnhau.
Casgliad i Esgob Mary
Fel y cyhoeddwyd ychydig wythnosau yn ôl, mae’r Esgob Cynorthwyol wedi’i benodi’n Esgob nesaf Llandaf. Bydd yr Esgob Mary yn dechrau ar ei rôl ar ôl y Pasg.
Hoffai Archesgob Cymru eich gwahodd i wneud cyfraniad ariannol tuag at anrheg i ddathlu gweinidogaeth yr Esgob Cynorthwyol yma yn Esgobaeth Bangor.
Dylid anfon taliadau at Fwrdd Cyllid Esgobaeth Bangor erbyn 9 Ebrill (Sul y Pasg) gan ddefnyddio’r manylion ar y ffurflen ar ein gwefan: Taliadau i Fwrdd Cyllid Esgobaeth Bangor
Defnyddiwch 'EMS' fel cyfeirnod ar gyfer y taliad.
Rhaglen y Crism
3 Ebrill 11.30am
Bob blwyddyn yn Cymun y Crism gwahoddir holl glerigion a gweinidogion trwyddedig lleyg i adnewyddu eu haddewidion ordeinio a thrwyddedu. Yn y gwasanaeth hwn bendithir olewau i'w defnyddio ar draws yr Esgobaeth; yr olew i'r claf, olew y bedydd, ac olew crism.
Mae gan Raglen y Chrism eleni sawl elfen ychwanegol iddi gan gynnwys ffarwelio â’n Hesgob Mary Cynorthwyol, cinio a darlith.
Disgwylir i'r holl glerigwyr trwyddedig a gweinidogion lleyg, gan gynnwys Darllenwyr, fynychu Rhaglen lawn Chrism. Fodd bynnag, os na allwch fod ar y diwrnod, neu ran ohono, anfonwch ymddiheuriadau i swyddfa'r Esgob drwy gysylltu â Robert Jones. Cofrestrwch eich presenoldeb trwy glicio ar y botwm isod a llenwi'r ffurflen.
Dyddiadur
25 Chwefror
Llwybr Cadfan yn Ynys Cynhaearn
Eglwys Cynhaearn Sant
13.30pm
22 Mawrth
Trwyddedu'r Parchg Ben Griffith
Eglwys Sant Ioan yr Efengylydd, Abermaw
19.00pm
3 Ebrill
Cymun y Crism
Cadeirlan Deiniol Sant
11.30am
Rhannu Gwybodaeth
Os hoffech rannu hysbys, newydd am ddigwyddiadau neu adnoddau yma, cysylltwch â Naomi Wood erbyn diwedd y ddydd Mercher cyn iddi gael ei gyhoeddi.
Y Ddolen
26 February 2023
The First Sunday of Lent
This Sunday and through the week we pray for
Bro Tysilio
We pray for:
- all those who will be following the Lectio Course through Lent, that we might discover even more of the richness of Scripture and hear God speaking to us
- for the Ministry Area Council as it discerns the results of reflecting on our Story, our Values and our Vision
- for the exciting opportunities to extend our Families Ministry in schools and the wider communities
- for the witness to God’s love and grace that we are to our families, friends, colleagues and neighbours
From the Archbishop of Wales and Bishop of Bangor
Dear friends
On Ash Wednesday earlier this week, it was a wonderful experience to be able to join in with the people of Bro Celynnin, not only for their Eucharist and imposition of ashes but then to go out onto the streets of Conwy and offer to pray with people going about their busy lives. The interactions that were had with people were varied, but the invitation to pause, reflect and pray was taken up by many.
In this season of Lent, we are called to prayer and fasting, reflecting on our own shortcomings, confident in the saving power of Christ crucified, as the collect for Ash Wednesday says “Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing that you have made and forgive the sins of all those who are penitent: create and make in us new and contrite hearts that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may receive from you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness”
I pray that you all have a holy Lent.
+Andrew Cambrensis
From our Assistant Bishop
Returning from the ACC (Anglican Consultative Council) meeting in Ghana this week has left me with much to reflect upon. For me, it was a big event, I was visiting Africa for the first time and meeting Anglican church people from all over the world. There was so much to learn. The visit to the exhibition at Cape Coast into the slave trade is something I will never forget: The opportunity to stand in places where others have stood and suffered terribly is very powerful. The memory of standing on a damp mud floor that has never dried out in a dark dungeon where slaves were imprisoned, and learning that within the ground beneath our feet are still traces of the blood, sweat and tears of enslaved people made an impact upon me. It felt like a very incarnational experience. It was literally an earthy and bodily experience rather than simply thinking about or imagining something from the past. It helped me to understand that we were touching the pain of real people. It made me reflect upon how my own life, my words, actions and choices impact other people and their lives in real ways today.
Of course we have a reminder of something similar at the beginning of Lent. The ash of Ash Wednesday is an earthy sign of our connectedness to sin, brokenness and death. Lent offers us all a season for reflection upon hard issues in our lives and in our world and a season to learn and grow in our faith in ways that might make a positive difference.
One of the gifts of belonging to a world-wide communion of churches is the connections that we have in learning and praying together. I am reminded to pray for the world-wide church, and for Christians every where in this holy season.
God of all, thank you for the gift of your church in every land. In this holy season of Lent help us to encourage one another in faith, hope and love. Grant to each of us an awareness of your presence. Where there is pain, anxiety and hurt, teach us to yield ourselves to your unfailing care. Lead us in your ways of wisdom, kindness and justice, we ask this in the name of Jesus, our healer and our friend. Amen.
Year of Prayer
The season of Lent has begun and we now make our way through these weeks until the time
to celebrate returns with the resurrection. It’s very easy to jump ahead to Easter and forget or ignore these Lenten weeks, but to do so means that we miss so much of the story, however familiar it may be.
What do these weeks of Lent mean to you?
The Revd Janet Fletcher ponders on this in this month's reflection.
Clergy Conference 2024
There will be no Clergy Conference this year but we are in the process of preparing for 2024.
The dates of the conference are 16-19 September 2024.
More details will shared on the 'Events' section of the website as information is confirmed and available.
Collection for Bishop Mary
As was announced only a few weeks ago, the Assistant Bishop has been appointed as the next Bishop of Llandaff. Bishop Mary will begin her role after Easter.
The Archbishop of Wales would like to invite you to make a financial contribution towards a gift to celebrate the Assistant Bishop's ministry here in the Diocese of Bangor.
Payments should be sent to the Bangor Diocesan Board of Finance by 9 April (Easter Day) using the details on the form on our webiste: Payments to the Bangor Diocesan Board of Finance
Please use 'EMS' as a reference for the payment.
Chrism Programme
3 April 11.30am
Every year at the Chrism Eucharist all clergy and lay licensed ministers are invited to renew their ordination and licensing promises. At this service oils are blessed for use across the Diocese; the oil for the sick, the oil of baptism and the oil of chrism.
This year's Chrism Programme has several additional elements to it including saying farewell to our Assistant Bishop Mary, lunch and a lecture.
It is expected that all licensed clergy and lay ministers, including Readers, attend the full Chrism Programme. However, if you are unable to be at the day, or a part of it, please send apologies to the Bishop's office by contacting Robert Jones. Please register your attendance by clicking the button below and filling in the form.
Diary
25 February
Llwybr Cadfan in Ynys Cynhaearn
Saint Cynhaearn's Church
13.30pm
22 March
Licensing the Revd Ben Griffith
Saint John the Evangelist, Barmouth
19.00pm
3 April
Chrism Eucharist
Saint Deiniol's Cathedral
11.30am
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