This year's Easter celebrations at St Illtyd’s Catholic Church in Wales have received an additional boost with the church being granted funding for urgent repairs costing nearly a million pounds.
The roof at St Illtyd’s Church and Community Centre in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, has deteriorated at an alarming rate, leading to more and more leaks within the Grade II Listed building, notes the Archdiocese of Cardiff.
The church has been forced to rope-off parts of the building, due to falling debris from the roof. Rainwater is also causing extensive damage to the fabric of the sacred building.
