Archdiocese of Wellington

Marriage Preparation: Love is a Decision
2025-03-02 | Wellington region
Registrations essential. Visit the Marriage Ministries website to register.
The Commit and Love is a Decision programme is designed to be completed one after the other and are held in person in Wellington. By doing both of these courses, couples are involved in a comprehensive package in order to prepare for the Sacrament of Marriage.
This course is open to couples of any or mixed faith, not only for Catholics.
Married couples present the in-person course and facilitate the Commit Questionnaire with you.
The focus of each step is about discussions between the couple, spending time without distractions and in a relaxed neutral setting, prompting useful discussions between you and your partner, on important topics, things like your unique differences as individuals, your family of origin and early learning about relationships, continuing to build a life together and your shared values, maintaining healthy communications and ways of managing conflict, and continuing to grow your already thriving relationship.
The Commit Questionnaire simply identifies areas that could use more discussion between you. The in-person course delves into useful topics. The couples facilitating the course will share and discuss insights of the realities, challenges and joys of marriage in each of the areas.
When you register for the “Love is a Decision” face to face course, you are automatically registered for the Commit Questionnaire introductory programme. An Archdiocesan Marriage Educator will contact you directly to complete the Commit course before you attend the face to face group course “Love is a Decision”. The total cost is $130.00 per couple.

Catholic Schools Commissioning Mass: South Island
2025-02-28 17:30 - 18:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Our Lady of the Bays Catholic Parish, Richmond
You are warmly invited to the Archdiocese of Wellington Catholic
Schools Commissioning Mass for 2025. We celebrate Eucharist and whanaungatanga, and all who serve within each of our Catholic School and College communities are commissioned and blessed in their ministries.
South Island:
5.30pm Friday 28th February
St Peter Chanel’s 423 High Street, Motueka.
North Island:
5.30pm Tuesday 4th March
The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Hill Street, Wellington.

Sacrament of Holy Orders - Ordination of Matthew White
2025-02-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington
Sacrament of Holy Orders – Ordination of Matthew White
Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Wellington
Saturday, 22 February 2025
11.00am

St Valentines Day Mass
2025-02-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington
Friday 14 February – St Valentines Day Mass. 6pm, Sacred Heart Cathedral.

Year of the Jubilee Opening Mass
2025-01-26 10:00 - 11:00 | Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington
Year of Jubilee
Every 25 Years the Church celebrates a Year of Jubilee. 2025AD has been decreed by Pope Francis to be the Year of Hope. On Christmas Eve he will open the Jubilee Doors in St Peter’s, Rome, and pilgrims from throughout the world are invited to go to Rome and enter the four major Basilica’s which are the destinations of a Holy Year pilgrimage.
Here in the Archdiocese of Wellington the Holy Year will open with the celebration of Mass in our Cathedral on January 26 at the 10am Mass.
Throughout the year there will be a series of celebrations based in our Cathedral.
All are welcome!
Jubilee 2025

Life Teen Aotearoa Summer Camp
2025-01-14 - 2025-01-18 | Marlborough
14 – 18 January – Life Teen Aotearoa Summer Camp. For more information visit lifeteen.nz.

Come and See Vocations Morning
2024-12-08 09:00 - 12:00 | Archdiocese of Wellington, 2/204 Thorndon Quay, Wellington, New Zealand
Come and See Vocations Morning. Thinking about priesthood? Join us for a morning of input and reflection on the priestly vocation. Meet other young men who are discerning the call. We will hear from Fr David Dowling – former Vocations Director for the archdiocese and current Rector of Holy Cross Seminary. Starts with Mass at 9am. Level 2, 204 Thorndon Quay Wellington.

Cathedral Restoration Bake Sale fundraiser
2024-12-07 - 2024-12-08 | Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington
Bake sale fundraiser for the ongoing restoration work of the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart after each weekend Mass.

Invitation to Host: ‘Stand up for Te Tiriti: Christian Perspectives on the Treaty Principles Bill'
2024-11-25 08:00 - 2024-12-15 17:00 | Marlborough
The Archdiocesan Ecology, Justice and Peace Commission invite faith communities to host the video ‘Stand up for Te Tiriti: Christian Perspectives on the Treaty Principles Bill’. Additional information on https://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/about/commission-for-ecology/ejp-commission-activities/
