Jubilee Year Mass – St. David Lewis Usk

Saturday 25th October was the Feast of the Welsh Martyrs and as part of the Jubilee celebrations there was a diocesan pilgrimage to Saint David Lewis Church, Usk. Archbishop Mark celebrated Mass.

Saint David Lewis, known as Tad y Tlodion – Father of the Poor – was martyred in Usk 338 years ago on
27th August … just for being a Catholic priest at a time when there were false rumours of a Catholic plot
to assassinate King Charles II (Popish Plot). David Lewis was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970.

You can find out more about St. David Lewis here

Led by Archbishop Mark O’Toole and Canon Paul Millar, to commemorate his Martyrdom, pilgrims processed their way from St. David Lewis and St Francis Xavier Church through the town of Usk, to pay tribute to his memory at his grave in the town. In the beautiful Autumn sunshine the pilgrims prayed the Rosary along the route.