Growing up in West Auckland and experiencing hardship firsthand, Kaira Mitchell developed a deep sense of empathy and understanding. As a support worker at the Compassion Soup Kitchen, she knows well the struggles of our whānau, the most vulnerable in our community.
September: 1. Day of Prayer for Creation 7. Blessed Virgin Mary 8–14. Social Justice Week 9. St Peter Claver 21. St Matthew Apostle 27. St Vincent de Paul
If you would like to list your parish and school events free on this page, please email welcom@wn.catholic.org.nz with event name, date, time, location and contact details. Sunday 8 September Nativity of our Mary our Mother – Catholic Fijian Community invites all migrant communities join them at the Home of Compassion, 2 Rhine St, Island […]
Two workshops organised by the Integral Ecology Committee of the Archdiocese of Wellington EJP Commission, are being held this month to prepare for the Season of Creation: 1 September to 4 October. Everyone is welcome.
Applications are now open for the archdiocese’s new one-year adult formation programme that will begin next year. Entitled, ‘Called and Equipped’, the programme is designed to support and encourage lay people serving in parishes.
To list events free, email welcom@wn.catholic.org.nz with event name, date, time, location and contact details. Saturday 3 August Fill the World with Love – Music for the Soul and Spirit, evening of music and song featuring Kathi Craig & Voices of Inspiration, guest Marla Kavanaugh from US, 7.30pm, Cathedral of the Holy Spirit. Koha entry. […]
August: 6: Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. 15: Solemnity of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, Patronal Feast for New Zealand. 19: Memorial of St John the Baptist. 22: Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Pope Francis has declared 2025 as a year of Jubilee with the theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope’, to foster a greater sense of global sisterhood and brotherhood, solidarity with the poor, and caring for the environment. In Rome, millions of pilgrims are expected to visit holy sites around the city next year. In the Archdiocese, plans […]
June: 2. Corpus Christi – Holy Body and Blood of Christ 7. Sacred Heart of Jesus 8. Immaculate Heart of Blessed Virgin Mary 13. St Anthony of Padua 29. Ss Peter and Paul July: 3. St Thomas, Apostle 22. St Mary Magdalene 25. St James, Apostle 26. St Joachim and St Anne, parents of Mary […]
Treaty of Waitangi – free lecture series in Napier and Hastings over four Thursdays. An opportunity to enhance understanding of The Treaty of Waitangi and to hear some interesting and well-informed speakers. Each meeting is 7pm–9pm, with tea and cake from 6.30pm.