A warm invitation to you to plan to attend one of the Annual Chrism Services held in the Diocese in Holy Week.

Sisters and Brothers in Jesus Christ

The Chrism Mass is a wonderful opportunity for lay and ordained people to both remember and renew the commitment we made as servants of Jesus Christ. There are two planned Chrism Services –

• All Saints' Gladstone Invercargill on Tuesday 31 March at 6pm, with light refreshments, tea and coffee afterwards

• St Paul's Cathedral Dunedin on Wednesday 1 April, also at 6pm, with light refreshments, tea and coffee afterwards.

The hope is that these two services are timed well to suit our Clergy and Lay people.

Please note that the service is first at 6pm, followed by a good opportunity for us to share fellowship together.

Please indicate your attendance for either service here

Clergy who wish to robe, please wear white stoles.  

The Oil of Chrism will be blessed and there will be a chance to fill your church and labelled personal containers. In addition to the Oil of Chrism, there will be two further oils blessed and available afterwards: the Oil of the Sick and the Oil of Catechumens (for use at baptisms).

If you have oil from previous years, it might be the time to refresh stocks. If you are disposing of old oil stock, a respectful and sensible way to do this is to burn it or pour it into the ground.

Chrism Eucharist details:

Tuesday 31 March 2026 6pm @ All Saints' Gladstone, Invercargill

Followed by light refreshments, tea and coffee

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Wednesday 1 April 2026 6pm @ St Paul's Cathedral 

Followed by light refreshments, tea and coffee.

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