Category: Diocesan News

To face the challenge of the increasing demand for meal services and people seeking assistance experienced in recent months, Compassion Soup Kitchen will launch its Annual Appeal on 1 August. 

St Joseph’s historic church in Pāuatahanui is undergoing a facelift. A new St Joseph’s Church Stewardship Committee has been formed from within St Theresa’s parish Plimmerton, with the vision to preserve and resource this special place ensuring its future for generations.

Bishop Steve Lowe, former Bishop of Hamilton, and now Bishop of the Auckland, recently presented Michael (Mike) Hanaray with a Papal Knighthood, in recognition of his dedicated and lifetime service to the Catholic Church at parish, diocesan and national levels.

Running a project to strengthen and refurbish a Grade 1 listed heritage site, requires much more than technical skill.

To succeed, there has to be a personal commitment to the project, a willingness to perse-vere despite unforeseen obstacles and an appreciation of heritage for both the present and the future.

The altar from St Gerard’s Church in Wellington has been given a new home at the city’s Catholic Sacred Heart Cathedral.

St Gerard’s – a distinctive, category one, heritage-listed church and monastery building – was sold in March this year.

The Wellington Abrahamic Council of Jews, Christians and Muslims met with Wellington’s Mayor Tory Whanau in April, to discuss areas of cooperation with environmental stewardship, diversity, and respect for minority groups. 

E rere ngā wai pūaroha ki a koutou, otirā tātou. Let the Waters of Compassion greet you. 

At the six yearly gathering of the Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion – also known as the Sisters of Compassion – the historic decision was made to re-elect their current leadership team: Sr Margaret Anne Mills, Sr Sue Cosgrove, Sr ‘Alisi Tu’ipulotu, Sr Lusiana Raratini.

After years of planning and building, Napier’s new Pastoral Administration and Mission Centre was officially blessing and opened on Sunday 28 May. 

As well as being the birthday of the Church, Pentecost – this year Sunday 28 May – is also the Feast Day of Palmerston North Diocese. Bishop Peter Cullinane and Kate Bell discuss dedicating the diocese to the Holy Spirit, in a video online.

Tuesday 20 June 2023 marked 175 years since the Diocese of Wellington was formally established in 1848, when Pope Pius IX divided New Zealand into two dioceses – Auckland and Port Nicholson (Wellington). Because all Bishop Pompallier’s priests were to move south, it took time to recruit replacements and bring them across the world. It […]