The Diocese of Palmerston North invites all parishioners to the Mass to celebrate the Jubilees of Priestly Ordination. The Jubilee Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday 11 October at 12.05 pm in the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit. The presider will be Cardinal John Dew. The priests celebrating Jubilees this year are: Fr Joe O’Sullivan […]
Parishioners, whānau and friends gathered at Holy Family Church in Porirua to support the Sisters from the Missionaries of Charity and the Community of the Missionaries to celebrate the feast of St Mother Teresa of Kolkata at Mass on 3 September.
Vocations directors from around the country met for a day with formation staff at Holy Cross Seminary in Auckland in August to discuss the formation of future diocesan priests in New Zealand.
Joseph Kham Dinh Nguyen, Joseph Long Tranh Kim Tran and John Quang Dinh Dang have arrived in New Zealand to continue their English language study and further discern their call to training for the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Wellington. They will initially be with Vocations Director Fr Andrew Kim at St Theresa’s parish, Plimmerton, […]
Levin’s Catholic Parish of St Joseph’s and St Joseph’s School had a full schedule during September to celebrate the Season of Creation 2022.
Proud silver medal winner Maria Collier (Te Rarawa and Ngāti Whātua) of Our Lady of Kāpiti Parish won a silver medal in the 19th IVF Va’a World Sprint Championship. The outrigger championships were held in Windsor, UK, in August. Maria paddled in the Women’s Master 60+ years. She is pictured (second from right) holding her […]
WelCom September 2022 Nick Wilson The Palmerston North Interfaith Group in collaboration with the Palmerston North City Council facilitated a Religious Diversity Celebration Day last month. The theme was ‘Care of the Earth’ with a focus on our collective and sacred responsibility. The theme resonated with approximately 50 people who attended from Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Baha’i, […]
WelCom September 2022 Fr Ron Bennett A group of members of Wellington’s Abrahamic Council were warmly welcomed to a weekend retreat last May at Kopua Monastery in Central Hawke’s Bay. The Abrahamic Council is a group of Jews, Christians and Muslims who seek to have a better understanding among one another, with Abraham as a common […]
WelCom September 2022 Our Lady of Kāpiti Church complex was completed in August when the ‘Risen Jesus’ stained-glass window in the chapel was blessed by Fr Michael McCabe, the previous parish priest. The original concept for the window came from artist and parishioner, Johannes Sijbrant. It was completed by Olaf Wehr-Candler at Pukerua Glass Studio and […]
WelCom September 2022 Cardinal John Dew met with Seán McMahon, Curator of Manuscripts at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, last month, to mark the transfer of the papers of Eileen Duggan from the Archdiocese into the Turnbull. Of Irish heritage, Duggan was a prominent New Zealand Catholic author as a poet and a columnist from […]