WelCom March 2021
As WelCom goes to print, Monday 1 March 2021, Auckland is at Alert Level 3.
The rest of New Zealand is at Alert Level 2.
These Alert Levels came into effect from 6am on Sunday 28 February to be in place for the following 7 days.
After the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s announcement, 9pm, Saturday 27 February, Cardinal John Dew sent a message to Church leaders and parishes, instructing, ‘there are to be no public Masses or other liturgical events or parish gatherings in the Archdiocese [of Wellington and the Diocese of Palmerston North] for the next seven days. This is about peoples’ safety. We must do all we can to keep one another safe.’
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.