7 May 2023
Fifth Sunday of Easter – Year A
Cathedral Update
The Cathedral is closed indefinitely.
Please be advised that all events scheduled at the Cathedral over the next coming weeks have been CANCELLED/POSTPONED until further notice. Thank you for your patience.
Parishioners will be notified on Friday, May 5 regarding future openings.
All Cathedral Weekday Masses
All weekday masses are transferred to Our Lady of Lourdes Church until further notice.
Tuesday to Friday, 12.05 pm at Our Lady of Lourdes
Saturday 9 am with Reconciliations, at Our Lady of Lourdes
This weekend, May 6 and 7 Sunday Masses
Sunday Mass times are:
5.30 pm Our Lady of Lourdes Saturday, May 6
7.30 am Our Lady of Lourdes, Sunday, May 7
9 am St Mary’s Ruahine Street, Sunday, May 7 please note the time change
9.30 am Our Lady of Lourdes, Sunday, May 7
6 pm Our Lady of Lourdes, Sunday, May 7
Weekday masses are at Our Lady of Lourdes Church
10 am Our Lady of Lourdes (Lourdes community)
12.05 pm Our Lady of Lourdes (Cathedral community)
Sunday’s Readings
1st Reading – Acts 6.1-7
2nd Reading – 1 Peter 2.4-9
Gospel Reading – John 14.1-12
Responsorial Psalm: “Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.”
Memorial Acclamation – When we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim your death, O Lord, until you come again.
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We Pray For
Our deceased
May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. Like the seed buried in the ground, you have produced the harvest of eternal life for us; make us always dead to sin and alive to God. Amen.
We pray for those in our community who need our prayers:
Emma Whitson, Mary Hurley, Dot Bowe, Mary Bennett, Tulita and David Hobbs.
Donation Tax Receipt Update
Due to the fire and unforeseen circumstances at the Cathedral, we are unable to release the tax receipts this week, unfortunately it will be delayed by another week. We are sorry for the inconvenience this has cause. Blessings, Fr Joe.
New Zealand Sign Language Week
Sunday 7 May is the start of New Zealand Sign Language week and to kick this off the 9.30 am Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Shamrock Street, Takaro, Palmerston North on 7 May will be translated into New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) in the presence of members of our Catholic Deaf Community and their families. Our chaplain for the Deaf – David Loving-Malloy will be there. Resources can be found on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/catholicdeafcentre. If you go to that page and look under videos, you will find some popular prayers in NZSL and also an A – Z vocabulary of Catholic Signs we use. All enquires to David Loving-Molloy – email: catholic.deaf@pndiocese.org.nz.
Thank you
Thank you to everyone who has been in contact and has offered us, the parish team, words of support and prayers. We greatly appreciate it. Hebrews 12:28-29 “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.””
Youth Ministry Information – For all information please click here
St Vincent de Paul (The Vinnies)
SVDP Conference Meetings is held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 5.15pm in the Cathedral but please be advised that the meeting on 9 May at 5.15pm will be held in the McManus room. For more information please phone Rose Semmens 021 153 4810.
Thank you for your continuing support of our food store. The demand for food is constant as rising costs affect the community.
If you prefer to make a monetary donation our account is 03-0718-0047377-000. For a receipt for donations made over $5 please email your details to Maurice Kerr, SVDP Treasurer, bernandmaurice@gmail.com.
St Vinnies Op Shop
Shop hours are: Tuesday- Friday 10 am – 4 pm & Saturday 9 am – 3 pm.
Our need at present is clean warm winter clothing of all sizes.
Looking for quality second hand goods at competitive prices? Check out our store.
Volunteers are still needed to assist in the shop. Please phone Toni 06 357 6779 for information.
Catholic Focus on Faith and Politics Series 2023
Come along and join the Young Adult community and go deeper on contemporary politics and faith issues. Poster Link. Diocese centre, 33 Amesbury Str, Wednesday 14 June, Wednesday 23 August and Wednesday 18 October. For more information contact Br Kevin Dobbyn, kdobbyn@pndiocese.org.nz or 021 755 270.
Position Vacant for a Volunteer
Ideal for one or more volunteers with a special interest in books. Our diocese makes first class scholarship and up-to-date Church information and comments available to all comers. Might this be an apostolate for you?
Where: The library within the Diocesan Centre. When: At the volunteer’s own convenience, for at most ½ hour per week.
For further information contact: Bishop Peter | 06 326 9368 | pjcullinane@xtra.co.nz or Therresa Logan | Diocesan Centre | 06 354 1780 ext. 820 | tlogan@pndiocese.org.nz.
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These Fixed Event are all cancelled until further notice
Ladies Movie Afternoon
Every 3rd Tuesday of the month at 1.30 pm here in the Cathedral Lounge.
Blokes Morning Tea
Every 2nd Tuesday of each month at Manawatu Golf Club Café, Centennial Lagoon (pay your own only).
Every 4th Tuesday of the month at 10.00 am in the Cathedral Lounge (morning tea provided).
Wednesday Mass and Morning Tea at Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Every Wednesday morning, 10 am Mass followed by morning tea in Our Lady of Lourdes Foyer.
Shining Stars (Pre-school Music Group)
Every Thursday morning (during school term time), 9.30am in the Cathedral lounge for a Music Session followed by morning tea. Everyone is most welcome!
Christian Meditation
If you are interested in learning about Christian Meditation or being part of a meditation group, we currently meditate at Te Rau Aroha: The Diocesan Centre (33 Amesbury St) on Monday evenings at 7pm. Young and old, all are welcome. If you need more information, please contact Sean Ryan on 027 449-6506 or sdr4412@gmail.com 😊
St Joseph’s Shannon 60th Anniversary
On 23rd April St Joseph’s Church, Shannon celebrated the 60th Anniversary of being opened. The Church was opened 21st April, 1963, by the then Archbishop Reverend Peter McKeefry.
We were blessed with a fine warm day, a perfect setting for the 120 people that joined to share the celebrations. The group consisted of present parishioners, former parishioners and friends of the church.
We were privileged to have Monsignor Brian Walsh and Reverend Fr Joe Grayland join with us in celebrations.
After a brief welcome, Fr Joe blessed recently installed Tukutuku panels that have been crafted by a local family.
Mons Brian and Fr Joe celebrated Mass, during which Mons Brian preached a Homily focused on the history of the occasion and a reminder of the need for thanksgiving and gratitude for the benefits we have been fortunate to share.
Among those present were a number that attended the original opening 60 years ago. At the conclusion of Mass there was a slideshow 
dating back to the previous Church in Shannon. We then joined together for a very generous shared morning tea, old friendships rekindled and the over arching question, where did the time go. An outstanding feature of St Joseph’s Church is that in just a few years of opening the debt had been paid off, the Church was then consecrated. That was at that time a considerable achievement, the pride of the parishioners being well justified.
A big thank you to those clergy whose efforts over the years have enabled Church life in our small community, especially those that serve us now. The efforts of Mons Brian and Fr Joe contributed to a very satisfactory conclusion, thank you for your efforts.
Obviously, people make a Church, so it is in thanksgiving that we remember those earlier parishioners who are no longer with us, that had made the contributions that made the Church possible.
To those people who made the effort to celebrate with us, thank you for effort it was really appreciated.
Finally the small group that organised this occasion, applause all around.
As stated earlier,the celebration was outstanding in it’s success. We have much to be thankful for.
Terry Olsen
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