WelCom June 2020:

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Deacon Trung Nguyen will be ordained to the priesthood at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Palmerston North, 11am, Saturday 6 June. Cardinal John Dew will preside.
Numbers able to attend Trung’s Ordination Mass will be limited due to Covid-19 restrictions. Please see the Palmerston North Diocese website at pndiocese.org.nz for online booking to attend the Mass and for the livestream link.
‘Please continue to pray for Deacon Trung in his preparation for priesthood’, says Monsignor Brian Walsh, Vicar General for the Diocese of Palmerston North.
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.