NauMai September 2021
Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, the ‘Iron Primate’ known for his resistance to communism, is to be beatified in Warsaw on September 12. He was a mentor to St John Paul II who said, ‘There would be no Polish Pope without the Primate’. Wyszyński was a martyr of the communist era – he was already the Primate of Poland when he was imprisoned for three years by the regime. He was constantly spied on and kept in dire conditions. According to his biographer Ewa Czaczkowska: ‘He never complained, and never said a bad word about his oppressors.’
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.