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The congregation gathered for Trinity Sunday Family Liturgy

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity  ·  31 May 2026

Trinity Sunday
Family Liturgy

Our Lady & St. James, Bangor  ·  10:00 Holy Mass

On the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, the parish gathered for its monthly Family Liturgy Mass — a celebration that draws families celebrating birthdays and significant milestones together around the Eucharist in a spirit of joyful participation.

This month, Fr. Savi marked the occasion with a moving act of welcome: each family that came forward received a blessed candle as a symbol of the light of Christ they are called to carry into their homes and daily lives. The moment transformed the sanctuary into a scene of warmth, laughter, and grace — a living image of the parish community at its best.

The Gathering

A full church — gifts brought to the altar

Offertory procession — parishioners carrying gifts down the aisle

The offertory procession. Parishioners carry the gifts to the altar through a full church, the pews decorated with sunflowers and ribbons in gold and red. The nave is filled from aisle to aisle — a testament to the vitality of a community that gathers faithfully each Sunday.

Families gathered at the sanctuary steps Young people and families standing in the aisle

Called forward. Families with children come together at the front of the church. On the lectern, the Flame Trinity Sunday children’s sheet marks the liturgical character of the day.

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

Matthew 28:19 — Gospel of the Day

The Blessing of Candles

A light for every home marking a significant occasion.

Parishioners standing in prayer at the lectern
Parishioners at the lectern with the decorated ambo Parishioners in reverential pose near the sanctuary

Before the blessing. The congregation gathers in attentive stillness. The decorative garland winding up the ambo and the Candle burning in the sanctuary set the scene for what follows.

Fr. Savi moved along the line of families assembled before the sanctuary, blessing each candle and presenting it personally. A moment of connection between priest and parishioner, old and young, from across the parish.

Fr. Savi presenting a blessed candle Fr. Savi distributing candles along the line Fr. Savi with a parishioner receiving a candle

One by one. Fr. Savi distributes each blessed candle individually, taking time with every family. The gesture communicates that each person in this community is known and valued.

Fr. Savi blessing a parishioner with a candle Fr. Savi handing a candle to a young person Parishioners receiving candles
Applause and celebration as candles are distributed
Fr. Savi with a young parishioner, smiling Families gathered in joyful celebration

Joy. The church breaks into spontaneous applause.

One Body, Many Faces

The parish in all its diversity

Fr. Savi addressing the congregation The congregation filling the nave
All the families assembled in the nave with candles

A parish gathered. Families from across the community — from Wales, from West Africa, from South Asia, from across the globe — stand together in the nave of this Victorian church in Bangor.

The Group Photograph

After Mass — the whole community

Community group photograph — first take Community group photograph — second take

After Mass, the families = gathered for a group photograph at the foot of the nave — the great stained-glass east window and the Paschal Candle framing the scene behind them. Altar servers, families, young people, and long-standing parishioners: the full breadth of the parish, blessed candles in hand, on Trinity Sunday 2026.

A Special Celebration

Happy Birthday

Fr. Savi with the birthday altar server

This week the parish celebrates the birthday of one of our dedicated altar servers. Fr. Savi paused after Mass to mark the occasion personally — a small but telling gesture of the pastoral care that characterises this community. Many happy returns.

“Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.”

The Gloria Patri  ·  Trinity Sunday

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Parish of Our Lady & St. James, Bangor  ·  Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, 31 May 2026

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