WelCom December 2022
Archbishop Paul Martin sm visited Reefton on Saturday 5 November to administer the Sacraments of Holy Communion and Confirmation. Pictured, l-r, are the four candidates with their sponsors: Sam King, front with Dad Dan, Toby Parkinson with Grandad Barney Archer, Archbishop Paul, Ruby Webb with Christine Archer, parish priest Fr John Petit and Sacred Heart School principal Tony Webb with his sponsor Tony Fortune. It was an extra special occasion for school principal Tony Webb and his daughter Ruby when they received the Sacraments together from Archbishop Paul. The celebration was followed by a light supper at the school. Grateful thanks were given to Bernadette Snowden for preparing the children for the Sacraments.
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.