Calendar

Our annual Parish AGM will be held This Sunday 23^rd July at 2.30pm in Connolly Hall chapel, followed by afternoon tea in the Cathedral foyer.

There are a number of important items that will be raised during this meeting, so please come along. AGM documents were emailed out last Friday. Limited copies will be available at the meeting.

This is a very important annual event and something that every parishioner is highly encouraged to attend, especially now as we move towards the reopening of our beloved Cathedral.

SAVE THE DATE!

Luncheon Sunday 6 August 2023 with special guest speaker Archbishop Paul Martin SM with a fundraising AUCTION with many great items going to the highest bidder. All proceeds to the Cathedral Restoration.

• Tuesday 15 August (this Tuesday) – Is the Feast of the Assumption and a Holy Day of Obligation. Mass will be celebrated as usual, at 8.00am and 12.10pm in Connolly Hall Chapel. There will also be a special rosary that evening at 5.30pm also in Connolly Hall Chapel and everyone is welcome. There will be no on-line scripture reflection that evening.

We write to invite you and your family and friends to a special All Souls joint service between Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart and Wellington Cathedral of St Paul.

The Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul will be leading our sung worship, which will feature MIHA, a new setting of the Requiem Mass in Latin and Te Reo Māori by Auckland-based composer Takarei Komene.

During the service we will remember in prayer those who have died in the last year. Cards will be available for you to fill out the name of a loved one you would like to be read out during our prayers of remembrance. There will also be an opportunity to light a candle in remembrance of your loved one.

The service will last around 75 minutes, providing time and space for reflection, and seeks to bring comfort in offering God’s peace and the reassurance of our Christian faith and hope.

We do hope you will be able to attend and look forward to welcoming you.

This service is in addition to our regular Masses in our Connolly Hall Chapel which will be at 8.00am and 12.10pm on that day.

Special 8.00am Mass Monday 6 November in Connolly Hall Chapel As the NZ Bishops start a series of meetings in Wellington on Monday, they have asked to celebrate Mass on Monday morning in Connolly Hall Chapel at 8.00am.

All are welcome.

Each year during November, the month of the Holy Souls, the Parish celebrates a Mass in memory of those who were called home to God in the previous 12 months and have a connection with the Cathedral.

This year we will celebrate this memorial as part of the 5.30pm Mass on Saturday 11 November.

Everyone is very welcome as we remember those who have died and prayerfully support those who grieve their passing. All are very welcome to join us for this special commemoration. At the beginning of Mass, we will invite a representative from those families to light a candle of remembrance that will shine in memory of their loved one throughout the Mass. All are welcome

Parishioner update Sunday 26^th November (Not Saturday 26th November as appears in the newsletter)

Please join with the parish leadership teams at 2.00pm in Connolly Hall Chapel for an update, and opportunity to ask questions and offer your feedback on several important issues currently needing parish discernment. Issues such as the future of natural disaster insurance considerations, the potential redevelopment of Archdiocesan and parish land, the Cathedral Strengthening and Restoration project, and the Cathedral reopening and parish office relocation. This will be followed by fellowship and light refreshments in the Cathedral foyer afterwards.

Family Advent Mass to be celebrated during our 10.30am Sunday Mass at St. Thomas More church on the 17th of December.  In preparation – We invite interested parents whose children would like to participate in various Mass roles to stay back for a short time, this coming Sunday 26th Nov after the 10.30am Mass for an initial discussion.

Please contact Chrishanthi Inch on 0211896475 [email protected] for further information.

The Advent Season is all about reflecting on how we can prepare our hearts and homes for Christ’s birth in the world as it is today. The best preparation that we could ever make is to prepare our hearts for Jesus. There will be opportunity for individual Reconciliation on 9^th, and 16^th of December 2023 (Saturdays) after the 8.30am Mass at the Connolly Hall. There will also be an Advent Reconciliation Service (Rite II) on Sunday 17^th December 2023 at 4.00pm in St. Thomas More Church, Wilton.