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‘Easy as CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential’ “Today we want to keep dreaming. We celebrate all the opportunities which enable [us] not to lose the hope of a better world with greater possibilities.” (Pope Francis, 2015)Each year in September, the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference gives us Social Justice Week-toContinue Reading

India flight 25 AugustAir India flight from Auckland to New Delhi on 25 August.Philippines flight 4 SeptemberPhilippine Airlines has announced a special flight to assist stranded passengers back to the Philippines.This repatriation flight will be open for travel agents to sell and ticket.Continue Reading

Owing to the current Covid-19 alert levels and the travel restrictions applied, the hearing laid down for Aug 19th & 20th is postponed to a September date, yet to be advised. We will publish the rescheduled date and venue as soon as this comes to hand.”Continue Reading

12 August 2020Tēnā koutou Priests and Parish Leadership, Following the announcements that the Auckland Region has moved to Alert Level 3 and the rest of the country to Alert Level 2 from noon today, we write to you about the pastoral implications. The new Levels apply until at least midnightContinue Reading

I’m really sorry to inform you that the St Joseph’s Quiz night, which was scheduled for Sunday 16th August, has been postponed due to recent changes on lockdown levels.The safety of attendees always comes first and as we are living in such uncertain times, we made the tough decision toContinue Reading

Next Sunday is our annual Caring Foundation appeal. This important Foundation assists the diocese in providing support for Catholic Social Services, our Pastoral team and youth work. It is also a fund that we can draw on in urgent cases, such as during the lockdown when we were able toContinue Reading