Their Light Still Shines’ A Time to Thank, Recall and Remember and to Heal / Gwasanaeth Coffa ‘Eu Golau Disglair’

Losing a loved one is lonely and in the build up to the festive season and the traditional time of celebration and sharing, a grieving person may feel like there is no place to find comfort or relief from the darkness of grief.

Ty Cymorth Day Hospice, Carmarthen led by the Chaplaincy Department of Hywel Dda University Health Board, is holding the 8th annual ‘Their Light Still Shines’ celebration on November 17 2019 at 2.30pm.

The Celebration will be held at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, SA32 8HN. The ‘Great Glass House’ is a calm, welcoming space with natural light, a safe space for everyone of faith or none to share grief.  Entry is free via the main entrance and is open to all ages and all faiths or none.

12 central candles are lit representing family, colleagues, those who have given life through organ donation and serving others and this year a candle will also be lit to remember those who have contributed to the NHS throughout its 70 year history. People will also be given the opportunity to place a message on the Festive tree provided.

Euryl Howells, Senior Chaplain for Hywel Dda University Health Board said: “It is an emotional service and it brings the community together, from our Health Board area and beyond, to grieve, reflect and cry, without embarrassment.

“Everyone helps each other through. It’s about offering a quiet, contemplative service as an alternative to more traditional gatherings and to care for and support those of us who are sad and struggling with different kinds of pain and loss.

“It’s important to acknowledge grief and to address it, and this service is saying that we care that you are not alone and that your loved one is remembered and acknowledged.”

In the event that you are unable to attend there is information of the Ty Cymorth Hospice website www.tycymorth.org.uk if you wish to offer a donation.

To commend a dedication please contact Euryl Howells, Senior Chaplain, Hywel Dda University Health Board on 01267 227563 or euryl.howells2@wales.nhs.uk 

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Mae colli rhywun annwyl yn brofiad unig, ac yn y cyfnod yn arwain at y Nadolig sy’n amser i ddathlu a rhannu yn draddodiadol, gall person sy’n galaru deimlo nad oes unman i ddod o hyd i gysur a rhyddhad o dywyllwch y galar.

Mae Hosbis Tŷ Cymorth, Caerfyrddin dan arweiniad Adran Caplaniaeth Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda, yn cynnal eu wythfed gwasanaeth dathlu ‘Eu Golau Disglair’ blynyddol ar 17 Tachwedd 2019 am 2.30pm, i gynnig lle o olau a gobaith i rai mewn galar.

Cynhelir y gwasanaeth yn heddwch y Tŷ Gwydr Mawr yng Ngardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru, Llanarthne SA32 8HN. Nid oes tâl mynediad a mae croeso i bawb o bob oed ac o bob ffydd neu ddim.

Bydd 12 cannwyll ganolog yn cael eu goleuo, gan gynrychioli perthnasau, cydweithwyr, y rhai sydd wedi rhoi organnau a’r rhai sy’n gwasanaethu eraill. Eleni, bydd cannwyll yn cael ei goleuo hefyd i gofio’r rhai sydd wedi cyfrannu at y GIG trwy gydol ei 70 mlynedd. Yn ogystal, bydd cyfle i bobl roi neges ar y goeden Nadolig.

Meddai Euryl Howells, Uwch Gaplan Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda: “Mae’n wasanaeth emosiynol ac mae’n dod â’r gymuned ynghyd, o fewn y Bwrdd Iechyd a thu hwnt, i alaru, i fyfyrio, i ddiolch, i grio, heb embaras. Mae pawb yn helpu ei gilydd. Mae’n wasanaeth tawel a myfyriol sy’n wahanol i’r traddodiadol. Mae’n gyfle i estyn allan i’r rhai sy’n drist ac yn dioddef o boen a cholled.

“Mae’n bwysig cydnabod a mynd i’r afael â galar, ac mae’r gwasanaeth hwn yn datgan ein bod ni’n meddwl amdanoch, nad ydych ar eich pen eich hun a bod eich anwyliaid yn cael eu cofio a’u cydnabod.”

Os na allwch fynychu, mae gwybodaeth ar gael ar wefan Hosbis Tŷ Cymorth www.tycymorth.org.uk a mae cyfle i gyflwyno nodyn er cof a rhoi rhodd i’r hosbis.

I gyflwyno nodyn er cof, cysylltwch ag Euryl Howells, Uwch Gaplan, Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda ar 01267 227563 euryl.howells2@wales.nhs.uk .