HOLY WEEK TIMETABLE 2023
Rite II Reconciliation - Tuesday 28 March
7:00pm St Mary’s
Palm Sunday - 2 April
5:30pm Vigil Mass Holy Family
9:30am Mass St Mary’s
11.00am Mass Kaiwhaiki
5:30pm Mass St Anne’s
Monday - 3 April
9:00am Communion Service Holy Family
Tuesday - 4 April
8.00am Mass Holy Family
12.00pm Chrism Mass Cathedral of Holy Spirit Palmerston North
Wednesday - 5 April
5:30pm Mass St Mary’s
7.00pm Reconciliation Rite II St Mary’s
Holy Thursday – 6 April
7:00pm Mass of the Last Supper St Mary’s
9:30pm Night prayer St Mary’s
Good Friday – 7 April
9.00am Stations of the Cross St Mary’s
3:00pm Good Friday Service St Mary’s
Holy Saturday Vigil – 8 April
7:30pm Vigil Mass St Mary’s
Easter Sunday – 9 April
9:30am Mass St Mary’s
Rite II Reconciliation - Tuesday 28 March
7:00pm St Mary’s
Palm Sunday - 2 April
5:30pm Vigil Mass Holy Family
9:30am Mass St Mary’s
11.00am Mass Kaiwhaiki
5:30pm Mass St Anne’s
Monday - 3 April
9:00am Communion Service Holy Family
Tuesday - 4 April
8.00am Mass Holy Family
12.00pm Chrism Mass Cathedral of Holy Spirit Palmerston North
Wednesday - 5 April
5:30pm Mass St Mary’s
7.00pm Reconciliation Rite II St Mary’s
Holy Thursday – 6 April
7:00pm Mass of the Last Supper St Mary’s
9:30pm Night prayer St Mary’s
Good Friday – 7 April
9.00am Stations of the Cross St Mary’s
3:00pm Good Friday Service St Mary’s
Holy Saturday Vigil – 8 April
7:30pm Vigil Mass St Mary’s
Easter Sunday – 9 April
9:30am Mass St Mary’s
Dear Parishioners,
Your response to our diocesan Cyclone Appeal has been wonderful. We as a diocese are very grateful to everyone who has shown great compassion and have given so generously.
Our diocesan team under the leadership of our General Manager, Liam Greer are working with our parishes, schools, and response agencies to identify the most pressing needs in our faith communities, so as to allocate funds appropriately. We expect to have a better idea of these needs next week and will keep you informed.
We have shown that we care. We need to continue what we’ve begun and that’s why your ongoing support of this appeal is so important.
Please continue to pray for everyone whose lives have been turned upside down and everyone working hard to help them.
May our good God continue to bless you and keep all our loved ones safe.
Fr Craig
Cyclone Relief Appeal
The Diocese of Palmerston North has launched a Cyclone Relief Appeal to help those in desperate need following Cyclone Gabrielle. Donations can be made directly online to the Catholic Charities Foundation by direct bank transfer to:
02-0630-0237950-010 with references: “Cyclone” and “your surname and initials”
(Please email reception@pndiocese.org.nz with your email details for a receipt.)
Appeal Link https://pndiocese.org.nz/news-and-events/cyclone-relief-appeal/
Your response to our diocesan Cyclone Appeal has been wonderful. We as a diocese are very grateful to everyone who has shown great compassion and have given so generously.
Our diocesan team under the leadership of our General Manager, Liam Greer are working with our parishes, schools, and response agencies to identify the most pressing needs in our faith communities, so as to allocate funds appropriately. We expect to have a better idea of these needs next week and will keep you informed.
We have shown that we care. We need to continue what we’ve begun and that’s why your ongoing support of this appeal is so important.
Please continue to pray for everyone whose lives have been turned upside down and everyone working hard to help them.
May our good God continue to bless you and keep all our loved ones safe.
Fr Craig
Cyclone Relief Appeal
The Diocese of Palmerston North has launched a Cyclone Relief Appeal to help those in desperate need following Cyclone Gabrielle. Donations can be made directly online to the Catholic Charities Foundation by direct bank transfer to:
02-0630-0237950-010 with references: “Cyclone” and “your surname and initials”
(Please email reception@pndiocese.org.nz with your email details for a receipt.)
Appeal Link https://pndiocese.org.nz/news-and-events/cyclone-relief-appeal/
CYCLONE GABRIELLE
We know from media reports and the stark images on TV, that Cyclone Gabrielle has caused
widespread damage and suffering for many
people, including our own people in Wairoa and Hawkes Bay. People are still missing, many
people’s homes have been damaged or destroyed, livelihoods are at risk and sadly, others still have lost loved ones.
Their suffering is very real, they need our help, and we need to show them we care. The first thing we can do is pray for them and for all who are risking their own lives to help them. The government, local government, the military and good people on the ground are working hard, providing immediate relief to those most in need.
Disruption to ordinary communication has
seriously impeded people’s efforts to contact loved ones in the affected areas and all those working hard to bring relief. This has brought a great deal of stress to an already very difficult situation. Across the diocese we are aware of isolated
incidents including flooding and fallen trees which have caused property damage.
Earlier today, I heard from the Marist Fathers and the Mission sisters in Napier that they are safe and sound. We still have no contact with Fr Rob Devlin and the parish and school in Wairoa which,
according to the media, seems hardest hit.
Speaking to congregational leaders, Fr Tim
Duckworth SM and Sr Margaret Monaghan RNDM two things are clear. Our sisters and priests in Hawkes Bay and Wairoa are resourceful and they’re part of communities. Both these things are in their favour.
As a diocese we have a responsibility to show we care and right now a small team are working on our practical response. Please find enclosed a prayer resource and a simple Liturgy for classroom prayer and families around the dinner table.
May our good God continue to bless you and keep all our loved ones safe.
Fr Craig
Local Administrator
Diocese of Palmerston North
PRAYER for those affected by Cyclone Gabrielle
God our refuge and hope. We pray for all who are suffering because of recent flooding in our Diocese and in other parts of our country. Give them strength when they’re weak, reason for hope in times of despair and the grace to know you are with them.
Bless the work of emergency and aid workers and keep them safe as they risk their lives for others. Bless too the work of local government and our nation’s leaders. Grant them wisdom in their
decision making, and special concern for the poor and vulnerable.
Fill our hearts with compassion for those who are in great need. Open our hearts to see them as brothers and sisters and make us generous in our response.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen
Welcome - Nau Mai. Haere Mai.
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Hiruhārama (Jerusalem) |
Sunday 21 March 2021 Whanganui Parish Pilgrimage to Hiruhārama (Jerusalem)
Rededication of Aotearoa New Zealand
Te Ara a Maria
2021-22
This Commissioned Artwork is now on tour around NZ.
Te Ara A Maria - Hikoi Wairua - Whanganui
Prayer for the Rededication
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Prayer for the Rededication
E te Atua aroha mā te whakapuaki i tō mātou whakapono Loving God in professing this faith In which we are united as your people we unite ourselves with the yes of your mother Mary, the first disciple. E te Atua, te Puna o ngā mea ora katoa, te kaihomai o ngā mea pai katoa O God, Source of all life, giver of all that is good We, your people of Aotearoa New Zealand Meet in the bonds of your love Keep us faithful in our response to your love with Mary patroness of our land. E te Atua aroha, ka karangahia houtia mātou e koe ki ngā hua o te ora. Loving God, you call us anew to the abundance of life For which we have been created. In our life with you we mature in relationship with you, with one another, and with our land We repent the harm we have caused in this holy place To our sisters and brothers and to our land. |
In humility we turn to Mary,
Mother of God, Assumed into Heaven. E te Atua, mā roto i te korowai o Maria te whāea o tāu tamaiti, tō mātou whāea anō hoki O God, under the patronage of Mary, the mother of your son, and our mother We join with those gathered in the Hokianga in January 1838 with the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Pompallier first Catholic bishop of this place to dedicate our land of Aotearoa New Zealand To the care of Mary, Mother of God, Assumed into Heaven. I tenei wā, ka whakahoungia e mātou tēnei oati tapu We now renew this dedication Turning to Mary with new fervour In union with her Son Our Lord Jesus Christ Who lives and reigns with you In the unity of the Holy Spirit God forever and ever Amen |
SYNOD 2021 - 2023 PRAYER
We stand before You, Holy Spirit,
as we gather together in Your name.
With You alone to guide us,
make Yourself at home in our hearts;
Teach us the way we must go
and how we are to pursue it.
We are weak and sinful;
do not let us promote disorder.
Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path
nor partiality influence our actions.
Let us find in You our unity
so that we may journey together to eternal life
and not stray from the way of truth
and what is right.
All this we ask of You,
who are at work in every place and time,
in the communion of the Father and the Son, forever and ever. Amen
as we gather together in Your name.
With You alone to guide us,
make Yourself at home in our hearts;
Teach us the way we must go
and how we are to pursue it.
We are weak and sinful;
do not let us promote disorder.
Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path
nor partiality influence our actions.
Let us find in You our unity
so that we may journey together to eternal life
and not stray from the way of truth
and what is right.
All this we ask of You,
who are at work in every place and time,
in the communion of the Father and the Son, forever and ever. Amen
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