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Welcome
The
annual shifts for members of the Society of Mary have
been promulgated and we are pleased to announce that
Father Chris Martin sm will join our Parish ministry
team in 2022. Father Chris will complete his six year
term of Parish Priest of Whangarei in February next year
and after a well deserved break will take up his new
role here in Napier.
Father
Chris will bring many gifts to the Catholic Parish of
Napier. He was involved for many years in Maori Pastoral
Care and is fluent in Te Reo. We look forward to
welcoming him to the Parish.
Congratulations
We
congratulate twenty young parishioners who will receive
their first Holy Communion today. We congratulate:
Jaxon
Bound
Cormac Brassington
Leanne D’Cruz
Adelaide Dowling
Helena Hutchinson
Hugo Jeffares
Talon
Lawton
Kees Lepelaars
Mia Madarasz-Smith
Tamas
Madarasz-Smith Addison Marple
Molly McEwan
Anna
Moioli
Liam O’Neill
Luca Quinn
Hunter
Reilly
Pietra Ribeiro-Kelly
Mila Squire
Kepa
Symes
Theo Trinidad
We
assure these children and their families of our
prayerful support on this First Communion Day. The
celebration of First Communion will continue over the
next two Sundays with a total of 59 children receiving
the sacrament.
Registrations
for Sunday Masses
Registrations open on Tuesdays at midday and close on
Fridays at 1pm. The link to register is:
www.pndiocese.org.nz/mass-bookings
Diocesan requirements for use of Churches at Alert Level
2 include:
a
maximum of 100 parishioners with social distancing;
wearing of masks is recommended;
people entering the Church must sign in using the
Covid19 tracer app or the sign in sheets provided in the
foyer of the Church.
Father Barry Scannell sm
Parish Priest
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