WelCom March 2022
Sister Andre Randon, a French nun, celebrated her 118th birthday on February 11, 2022 making her the second-oldest living person in the world and the oldest living person in Europe, according to the Gerontology Research Group. Born Lucile Randon, she converted to Catholicism at 19 years of age. She served young children and the elderly at a French hospital until she became a nun at the age of 40. She joined the Daughters of Charity, founded by St Vincent de Paul, in 1944. She tested positive for Covid-19 in 2021. She was isolated from the other residents but displayed no symptoms.
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 8 December
‘As has been the custom for many years an archdiocesan Mass will be celebrated on our diocesan feast day, 7pm, Thursday 8 December, at St Teresa’s Pro-Cathedral, Karori. The archdiocese will again be entrusted to the care of Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception at this Mass. Parishes are asked to renew that Consecration on the following Sunday, 11 December, at All parish Masses.’ – Cardinal John Dew
Dates and events – what’s on
December 2022
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Pope Francis registers for the next World Youth Day in Lisbon
At the conclusion of the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis registered for the next World Youth Day to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, in August 2023. Assisted and accompanied by Portuguese university students studying in Rome, the Pope tapped his way to becoming the first officially registered pilgrim for World Youth Day.