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ST PETER CHANEL PARISH

CATHOLIC PARISH OF WAIMAKARIRI

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VISION

A growing and thriving community of Christian faith, hope and love where everyone is welcome.

MISSION

We are joy-filled missionary disciples: fed by the Eucharist, growing in holiness, and taking the Gospel and love of Jesus Christ to the people of Waimakariri.

christmas MASS TIMES

CHRISTMAS EVE

  • 5:30pm Mass at St Patrick’s Church in Kaiapoi preceded by Carols at 5:00pm
  • 8:00pm Mass at St Mary and St Francis de Sales Church in the Chervier Centre in Rangiora preceded by Carols at 7:30pm

CHRISTMAS DAY

  • 8:30am Mass at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Oxford
  • 9:00am Mass at St Patrick’s Church in Kaiapoi
  • 10:30am Mass at St Mary & St Francis de Sales in the Chervier Centre in Rangiora preceded by Carols at 10:10am

NEW YEARS EVE

  • 10:30 pm – Adoration in Rangiora

    11:30pm – Mass at St Mary & St Francis de Sales in the Chervier Centre in Rangiora

 

NEW YEARS DAY

  • 9:00am – Mass at St Mary & St Francis de Sales in the Chervier Centre in Rangiora

MASS TIMES

Please follow this link to register for Mass this weekend – both for the Feast of the Assumption and the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time: https://bit.ly/3fTDP9F
 
Please note these bookings are for if we remain at Alert Level 2. If we return to Alert Level 1 these bookings will not be necessary and some Mass times may change.
 
We are limited to 100 people per Mass so you must register every individual that will be attending Mass.
 
We look forward to seeing you there

We rejoice that we have returned to Level 1 and can resume our normal Mass times from this coming weekend. 

There is no longer any need to register in advance for Mass or to sign in on entry to our churches. 

However as the government is encouraging us to continue to log our own movements, you will be able to scan a QR Code on your phone using the NZ Covid Tracer Ap at the entrance of each of our churches to record when and at what time you visited.

We will have our final Online Mass this Sunday 14 June at 10.30am. 

We look forward to seeing you soon. God bless you and your loved ones.

RANGIORA

SUNDAY MASSES

Saturday – 6pm – Vigil Mass
Sunday – 10.30am

WEEKDAY MASSES

Tuesday – 9am 
Wednesday – 9am
Thursday – 9am + 7pm*
Friday – 12pm

 *Additional Mass during Lent

 

KAIAPOI

SUNDAY MASSES

Sunday – 9am 

WEEKDAY MASSES

Wednesday – 7am* + 12pm
Friday – 9.30am
Saturday – 9.30am

 

*Additional Mass during Lent

OXFORD

SUNDAY MASSES

Sunday – 8.30am

WEEKDAY MASSES

Wednesday – 7pm 
(First and Third Wednesday)

LOBURN

No regular Mass timetable.

MASS ONLINE

WATCH VIA www.WatchPCNZ.org

 

SUNDAY MASS

Sunday – 10.30am – We will have our final Online Mass this Sunday 14 June

COVID-19 LOCKDOWN

Parish youtube channel

We encourage you to visit and subscribe to our parish YouTube channel www.WatchPCNZ.org so that it is easy to access ongoing.

Gospel reflections...

The Ascension: Trusting in the Absence

May 14, 2021

The great feast of the Ascension challenges us to deepen our faith. We are asked to believe in,  and trust in, a seemingly absent Jesus. Yes, forty days after his resurrection Jesus returned to his heavenly home assuring his disciples however that he would be with them, ‘even till the end of the age.’ Here then we have a great riddle of our faith, Jesus who walked among us as a man has ascended into heaven, and yet he promised to be with us always. How can this be? It’s in our feast next Sunday that we find the answer to this riddle. Jesus leaves us so that he might always be with us through the action of the Holy Spirit. Yes, it’s the Holy Spirit that prevents Jesus from simply being an historical figure. It’s though the action of the Holy Spirit that Jesus is with us in every moment. Hidden yes, but truly present all the same. Fr John

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