WelCom April 2022
World Day of Prayer is a global ecumenical movement, led by Christian women, and celebrated on the first Friday of March each year.
World Day of Prayer encourages Christian women to join in prayer and to help raise awareness of the lives and concerns of others throughout the world, for peace and justice.
Every year, a different country’s national committee, made up of representatives of the participating denominations, prepares the theme and service, which is shared throughout the world.
The service this year was prepared by the WDP committee in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the theme was ‘I Know the Plans I Have for You’.
In Blenheim, about 50 people attended the World Day of Prayer ecumenical service on 4 March, hosted at the Methodist Wesley Centre. The group raised $272, which will go towards Christian World Service, Bible Society and the Interchurch Council for Hospital Chaplaincy in New Zealand.
Taiwan’s WDP committee is preparing the World Day of Prayer service for 2023 with the theme ‘I Have Heard about Your Faith’. St Mary’s Catholic Church will host the 2023 ecumenical service for Blenheim.
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
If you would like your event listed on this page, please send an outline to welcom@wn.catholic.org.nz including name of event, date, time, location and contact.
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.