The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart

14/09/2026

CELEBRATION OF 200 YEARS OF THE CENACLE AT OUR LADY OF KĀPITI CHURCH

You are invited to join the Cenacle Sisters Community to celebrate 200 years since the founding of the Cenacle in France!

✝ Date: Saturday, 26 September
✝ Time: 5pm
✝ Place: Our Lady of Kāpiti Church (1 Presentation Way, Paraparaumu 5036)

There will be supper after in Our Lady of Lourdes Room.

We hope to see you there!

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14/09/2026

🗳🏠✝ HOUSING ELECTION FORUM 2026 + LIVESTREAM ✝🏠🗳

Join church leaders, community voices, and political representatives for a unique forum on one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most pressing challenges: Housing.

🏠 Date: Wednesday, 23 September
🗳 Time: 6:30pm
✝ Place: Wellington Cathedral of St Paul (2 Hill St, Thorndon in Wellington)

This is a free event. You can also watch a livestream here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNO3vzFBfVo

Hosted by church and community organisations, the Housing Election Forum 2026 will explore homelessness, housing affordability, social housing, and pathways to secure, safe and dignified homes for all.

Hear perspectives grounded in faith and community experience, learn about the housing policies being proposed by political parties, and be part of the conversation about creating a future where everyone has a decent home.

Hope to see you there!🙏

13/09/2026

☀️🌹🍽✝ SHARED SPRING DINNER TO SUPPORT THE MISSIONARY SISTERS OF ST PETER CLAVER:

The Sisters of St Peter Claver are holding a shared spring dinner fundraiser – and everyone is invited.

Date: Saturday, 10 October
Time: 6pm (note dinner is served 6.30pm sharp)
Place: St Anne’s Catholic Church hall, 22 Emmett Street, Newtown
Admission: $15 ($10 for kinds 6 to 12 years, and free for children 5 years and under)

Tickets are available at the hall entrance, or by contacting the Missionary Sisters of St Peter Claver.

Email: [email protected]

Please bring your favourite dish to share.

For more information, please contact Sr Reena John on 04 383 8401.

Hope you can make it! 😁🙏

13/09/2026

✝ OCIA WORKSHOP FOR COORDINATORS ✝

The Church Mission group are facilitating a workshop explaining the process of the Order of Christian Initiation (OCIA). This workshop is for all those who coordinate the OCIA in the parish, or those who are on an OCIA team.

✝ Date: 3 October, 2026
✝ Time: 9:00am to 12 noon (you are welcome to join Mass in the Cathedral at 8:30am)
✝ Location: Connolly Hall at Sacred Heart Cathedral (40 Hill Street, Thorndon in Wellington)
✝ Registration: By 22 September (include name, phone, email, and parish)

Send to Joe Green at [email protected] (Joe is the Archdiocesan representative on the National Network for the OCIA)

If you cannot attend in person, please indicate and you will be sent a link to join by Teams/Zoom.

Hoping you can make it!

13/09/2026

Today we celebrate the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, a feast day that dates back to a ceremony venerating the true cross at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (the site of Christ’s tomb) on 14 September 335.

𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖,
𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕,
𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔
𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅,
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖,
𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖
𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅.
- Saint Francis of Assisi

11/09/2026

Ordination of Emilio Capin

11/09/2026

The Choice to Forgive

Forgiveness is often easier said than done. When someone hurts us or treats us unfairly, our natural reaction can be to defend ourselves or respond in the same way. Yet the readings this Sunday remind us that forgiveness is a choice we are called to make again and again. In the Gospel, Jesus speaks about forgiveness twice. First, Peter asks how many times he should forgive someone who hurts him....

Forgiveness is often easier said than done. When someone hurts us or treats us unfairly, our natural reaction can be to defend ourselves or respond in the same way. Yet…