In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. This celebration is attached to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd. This Feast is also known as Candlemas Day; the day on which candles are blessed symbolizing Christ who is the light of ...
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From today onwards Mass will be broadcast weekly on Shine TV. Free to air Channel 25 Sky channel 201
A conversation with Monsignor Tomáš Halik Ordained secretly as an underground priest, now theologian at Charles University Prague and close adviser to Václav Havel. Winner of the prestigious Templeton and Razinger awards. Supper will follow.
All are welcome to celebration of Mass in Te Reo Māori and English to pray for our nation as we acknowledge the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in 1840. Miha (Mass) will be celebrated at Whaiora Marae, 14 Ōtara Road, Ōtara beginning with a Pōwhiri at 8.30am on Tuesday 6th February 2024. Following Mass ...
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6 February is our national day commemorating the first signings of the Treaty of Waitangi – Te Tiriti o Waitangi, in 1840. 'Because of the Christian involvement in its signing and the Church’s mission to bring about a better world we can mark Waitangi as a significant spiritual event and a time to pray for ...
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Past, present members of the Diocesan Commission for Ecumenism and Interfaith relations, and those interested in these aspects of Church life are invited to a meeting to explore how the diocese moves forward in these important relations particularly in light of the Synod’s call to engage. Bring your interest. enthusiasm and ideas.
Today the Church prays with Saint Josephine Bakhita a women captured and enslaved. On 1 October 2000, she was canonized as Saint Josephine Bakhita. She is venerated as a modern African saint, and as a statement against the brutal history of slavery. She has been adopted as the patron saint of modern Sudan and human ...
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On the second Sunday of each month Mass is offered in the Poynton Room of the Pompallier Diocesan Centre in NZSL. You are invited to bring something for the shared lunch that follows. All welcome.
Want to know what happened at the Synod in October? Everyone is invited to join one of the two evening Zooms to hear Auckland Vicar for Māori Manuel Beazley, St Joseph’s Levin parish Priest Fr Dennis Nacorda and Archbishop of Wellington Paul Martin, SM. The three were part of the wider Oceania group from Australia ...
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Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. Lent is the forty days (excluding Sundays) leading up to Easter. The number forty is significant as it refers to Jesus’ forty days in the desert prior to beginning his ministry of teaching. On Ash Wednesday, Catholics and some other Christian denominations receive ashes in the shape ...
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Startying the day with Jesus is a prioroty in our lives as missionary. Join Dianna for 6:15am prayer once a week for lentern preparation. The firsat session is the morning of Ash Wednesday and 6 subsequent Wednesdays. PLease register on [email protected]. Zoom link will be presented on registration
Want to know what happened at the Synod in October? Everyone is invited to join one of the two evening Zooms to hear Auckland Vicar for Māori Manuel Beazley, St Joseph’s Levin parish Priest Fr Dennis Nacorda and Archbishop of Wellington Paul Martin, SM. The three were part of the wider Oceania group from Australia ...
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The Rite of Election both closes the period of the catechumenate and marks the beginning of the final and more intense preparation for the sacraments of initiation which will be celebrated during the Easter Vigil. The call to Continuing Conversion recognises candidates already part of the elect moving into a reflective time of immediate preparation ...
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Startying the day with Jesus is a prioroty in our lives as missionary. Join Dianna for 6:15am prayer once a week for lentern preparation. The firsat session is the morning of Ash Wednesday and 6 subsequent Wednesdays. PLease register on [email protected]. Zoom link will be presented on registration
Auckland Chinese Catholic Community (ACCC), invite you to join in thier Chinese New Year Mass celebration, Mass Date and Time: Saturday, 24th February 2024 at 4:00pm Mass Location: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 84 Kelmarna Avenue, Herne Bay.
Masterclass is back in 2024! If you're a youth ministry leader or young adult ministry leader, you're invited to our quarterly event dedicated to equipping, empowering and energising you for ministry. Our first Masterclass for 2024 will feature two workshops focused on helping you make the best possible start to your ministry year! Keep an ...
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Join us as we begin another grace-filled year of youth ministry with our Young Leaders’ Commissioning Mass! Monsignor Bernard Kiely will be celebrating the mass and commissioning our young leaders as they are sent out for ministry in 2024. If you’re a youth ministry leader or young adult ministry leader, you’re an essential part of ...
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Startying the day with Jesus is a prioroty in our lives as missionary. Join Dianna for 6:15am prayer once a week for lentern preparation. The firsat session is the morning of Ash Wednesday and 6 subsequent Wednesdays. PLease register on [email protected]. Zoom link will be presented on registration
Wings Ngā Parirau is a three-year programme designed to help you to reflect on and grow in your faith. The goal of the programme is to help you change and act on your new understanding of your own faith journey and what it means to be part of the Body of Christ. "They will soar ...
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The Liturgy Centre is offering liturgical ministry workshops across the deaneries, which will cover training/refreshers for Ministers of the Word and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. These workshops will consist of context, prayer, and practical formation in these areas. Participants will only need to attend ONE of these workshops. All will receive a certificate at ...
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