WelCom September 2022
On Sunday 25 September, Vincentians from Wellington, Hutt-Wairapapa and Kapi Mana Areas will gather at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Tawa to join with parishioners in celebrating the feast day of St Vincent de Paul at the 10.30am Mass. We are pleased to have Cardinal John Dew lead us in this celebration.
This year is very special as Covid-19 made it impossible for the last two years to gather and celebrate St Vincent de Paul as our model and patron. Right from the beginning in 1833, our founder, Blessed Frederic Ozanam, insisted we follow the example of St Vincent in our work of loving our neighbour through practical assistance to the poor.
St Vincent de Paul has been an essential part of parish life in New Zealand for over 150 years and celebrating in a parish give us a chance to thank people for the assistance that makes our work possible.
Gerard Stevens, Area President Kapi Mana, Society of St Vincent de Paul in New Zealand.
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.