HABEMUS PAPAM - WE HAVE A POPE


The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand has received news of the election of Pope Leo XIV, with great joy.


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ALEXANDRA PASTORAL AREA

USUAL MASS AND LITURGY TIMES


​Saturday: 6:00pm Vigil Mass at Omakau

Sunday:    9:00am Alexandra
                 11:00am Roxburgh

Weekdays:

-Alexandra: 5:00pm Tuesday, 9:00am Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, and noon, Friday.
       
-Roxburgh:  5:15pm Wednesday



RECONCILIATION 

-Alexandra:  9:30am to 10:00am Saturdays; elsewhere and otherwise, upon request.
    


ANOINTING OF THE SICK 

-Alexandra:  At the noon Mass, first Fridays of March, June, September and December;
-Roxburgh:   At the 5:15pm Mass, first Wednesdays of March, June, September and December.
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VATICAN NEWS (www.vaticannews.va)
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*Pope receives President of the European Council:

At the heart of the meeting at the Secretariat of State was the proposal to establish a global fund to eliminate world hunger and promote the development of the poorest countries, as well as the international situation. (06 June issue)

*Former Israeli PM Olmert: ‘We need not just a truce, but an end to the war', adding that there is no viable path to coexistence for Palestinian and Israeli peoples other than a two-state solution.

* ‘You Are My Hope’: Pope Leo XIV’s Message for 9th World Day of the Poor, 16 November 2025. The Pope
expresses his hope that the Jubilee Year may be an occasion to implement "new initiatives to support and
assist the poorest of the poor," and notes that "Labour, education, housing and health are the
foundations of a security that will never be attained by the use of arms." He calls on the faithful to rediscover Christian hope as a response to the instability that pervades our world.
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Jubilee Year 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope

​Pope Francis has declared 2025 as a year of Jubilee with the theme 'Pilgrims of Hope', giving voice to his desire for the year to foster a greater sense of global sisterhood and brotherhood, solidarity with the poor, and caring for the environment.  To find out more and access resources click here.

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ADORATION & BENEDICTION 

WEEKLY ADORATION
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Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament occurs in the Alexandra church of St John the Baptist each Friday from 11:30 to 11:50am.

​Come along and spend some quiet time in prayer before the Lord.
St John the Baptist Catholic Church
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Centennial celebration 21 April 2024

“Synodality starts with hearing from the whole People of God. A Church that teaches must be firstly a Church that listens. Consulting all members of the Church is vital because, as the Second Vatican Council reminded us, the faithful as a whole are anointed by the Holy Spirit...
What characterizes a synodal path is the role of the Holy Spirit. We listen, we discuss in groups, but above all we pay attention to what the Spirit has to say to us. That is why I ask everyone to speak frankly and to listen carefully to others because there, too, the Spirit is speaking. Open to changes and new possibilities, the Synod is for everyone an experience of conversion.”



                                                           - Pope Francis (Let Us Dream, 2020)
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