THERE were more than 150 recipients at the ‘once in a lifetime’ historic service attended by King Charles III and Queen Camilla - more than 35 from across the St Asaph diocese.
Hundreds of people gathered at St Asaph Cathedral on Thursday, April 2, for the annual Royal Maundy service. Recipients received Maundy Money from the King - a symbolic gift recognising their years of dedication to their communities.
Those honoured were mainly from Wales, but also from dioceses across the UK.
His Majesty presented recipients with two purses containing the unique gifts. In the white purse was a set of specially minted silver Maundy coins totalling 77 pennies, to match The King’s age.
In the red purse was a £5 coin commemorating 100 years since Queen Elizabeth II’s birth, alongside a 50p coin marking the 50th anniversary of The King’s Trust.
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Royal Maundy gifts were presented to about 77 men and 77 women.
St Asaph recipients are listed below. More than 35 recipients were selected from within the Diocese of St Asaph and by its local ecumenical partners.
The list below has been provided by the St Asaph Diocese:
- Olive Birch - Bronington - Shropshire
- Phyllis Brown - Welshpool - Powys
- Jean Carthy - near Abergele
- Patricia Chapman - Conwy
- Vivian Craig - Mold - Flintshire
- Elizabeth Day - near Abergele
- The Revd Linda Mary Edwards - Conwy
- The Reverend Alyson Goldstein - Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
- Maryon Hughes - near Rhyl
- Janet McTear - Deeside - Flintshire
- Anne Morgan - Dyserth
- Pamela Smith - Deeside - Flintshire
- Elizabeth Squires - Llandudno
- Mary Steel - near Denbigh
- Joan Windwood - Llangollen
- Hilary Wiseman - Mold
- John Allan - near Wrexham
- Leonard Ellis - Conwy
- Leslie Graham - Penyffordd - Flintshire
- Bleddyn Hughes - Llanrwst
- Allan Jones - Rhuddlan
- Jonathan Major - near Denbigh
- Colin Pengally -Montgomeryshire
- Brian Read - Corwen
- Nick Rees - near Oswestry
- Ffrangcon Roberts - Denbighshire
- Peter Morris - Oswestry
- Alan Story - Wrexham
- Peter Thompson - Newtown - Powys
- Michael Vellacott - Wrexham
- John Williams - Flintshire
- Keith McDonogh - Wrexham
- Sheila Johnson - Denbighshire
- Mary Pugh Jones - Denbigh
- The Revd Brian Matthews - Wrexham
- Joan Barker, Diocesan - President of St Asaph Mothers' Union
- Bethan Roberts - Bodelwyddan
- Doctors Adrian Murray - Bala
- Reg Davies
The service saw the use of the Processional Cross of Wales, a gift from His Majesty The King to the Christians of Wales.
The Cross, which led the procession at Westminster Abbey for his Coronation in 2023, contains a fragment of the True Cross - a gift to The King from His Holiness Pope Francis and believed to be part of the cross on which Jesus was crucified.
At the conclusion of the service, Their Majesties joined the Royal Maundy Party for a photograph outside the Cathedral’s West Door before meeting members of the cathedral community.
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