Our first Diocesan Hub gathering will take place:
- Saturday 7 March, 12:30pm–4:30pm – Palmerston North (Diocesan Centre)
- Sunday 8 March, 12:30pm–4:30pm – Hastings (St Peter Chanel Hall)
At this first Hub, we will begin by returning to one of the foundational documents of the Second Vatican Council: Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy. We are beginning with a simple but essential question: why does the liturgy matter?
If renewal is to take root in our Diocese, it must begin where the Church herself begins: in worship. The liturgy is not an optional extra in parish life, nor simply one activity among many. It is the source and summit of the Christian life. In the liturgy, Christ forms us as His people, reveals who He is, and reminds us who we are as His Body. It shapes our posture before God and sends us out again on mission.
In response to the Holy Father’s invitation to re-read and prayerfully receive the Council as a living gift of the Spirit, we will engage directly with the text itself — not simply to study it, but to allow it to form us.
Our afternoon will include lunch, teaching, small group reflection and conversation, Eucharistic Adoration, and an invitation to make a personal response.
The Diocesan Hubs are open to all. They are not only for leaders. They are for anyone who desires to grow in faith, strengthen communion across parishes, and take their place more confidently within the Body of Christ.
Lunch is provided. Please register to assist with catering.
Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/si6GpNKWz9
We warmly encourage parishioners to attend either location, travelling where helpful, so that we may gather as one diocesan family.
For more information visit https://tumanako.pndiocese.org.nz/diocesan-hubs/
or email Emily Sit esit@pndiocese.org.nz