WelCom June 2020:
Photo: Sr Margaret Anne Mills dolc
Will the hum drum of before,
deafen the call to freedom and life?
All we have seen,
all we know and understand,
what will it take to wake up and change,
from plunder, slavery, division, squander and harm?
The earth has sent a message.
A subtle nudge to say change.
Does the earth need to shout,
to explode with full force
of earthquake, storm, fire, heat and cold?
We are faced with life or death,
capitalism or something new.
The earth has sent a message.
Are we brave enough to try?
To seek life!
– Margaret Anne Mills dolc
“Above all things let us be kind. Kindness is what most resembles God”
Suzanne Aubert
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.