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UNITED IN PRAYER A PRAYER RESOURCE FOR FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS.The Nativity of the Lord Pause Take a moment to still yourself. Take a deep breath and ask God for a renewed sense of presence with you in this moment. Opening Prayer O God, who wonderfully...
Christmas music is one of the defining characteristics of the season. Whether your preference is to jam to the bouncy beats of "Joy to the World," or croon along to the reflective sounds of "O Holy Night," a huge part of celebrating the birth of Jesus is reflecting...
"For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." - Isaiah 9:6 Let the joyous spirit of the season warm your hearts as...
The Church welcomes her children to prepare for Christmas each year with a four-week season called Advent. The word 'Advent' comes from the Latin word 'adventus,' which means 'coming.' Perhaps, then, we might ask ourselves who or what is coming in four weeks' time. My...
UNITED IN PRAYER A PRAYER RESOURCE FOR FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS.Feast of Christ the KingLearn more about Ordinary Time > Pause Take a moment to still yourself. Take a deep breath and ask God for a renewed sense of presence with you in this moment....
UNITED IN PRAYER A PRAYER RESOURCE FOR FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS.33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Pause Take a moment to still yourself. Take a deep breath and ask God for a renewed sense of presence with you in this moment. Opening Prayer Grant us, we pray, O...
“We are called to acknowledge every poor person and every form of poverty, abandoning the indifference and the banal excuses we make to protect our illusory well-being.” Pope Francis, 2023 The World Day of the Poor is an annual Catholic observance established...
The Most Reverend John Lewis Adams was ordained and installed as the third Bishop of Palmerston North, on Saturday 30 September 2023. Despite the horrendous Palmerston North weather, around seven hundred people attended this momentous occasion, most of them packed...
The weekend of 7 and 8 October is Support Life Sunday 2023. The theme this year is Te Kahu o te Ora - A Consistent Ethic of Life. New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have updated and expanded for the 2020s an important 1997 document that inspires the positive active...
On April 27 2023, a fire was lit in the day chapel of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Palmerston North. Despite being quickly extinguished, it caused significant damage to some of the furniture in the day chapel: namely the presider’s chair, the altar, a small...
Eleven young people from the Palmerston North Diocese experienced the trip of a lifetime when they attended World Youth Day in August this year. Their pilgrimage took them to sacred sites around France and Portugal before attending the week-long Days in the Diocese...
Sunday 23 July is the Third World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. The theme this year is "His mercy is from age to age," from the Gospel of Luke (1:50). The Diocesan Comms Team sat down with Bishop Owen Dolan, the oldest priest in the country, to talk about his...