by Leah Smith

Catholic Character

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Please keep our students in your prayers, they begin their derived grade exams this coming week.

Loving God

be with me now,
as I prepare for my exams.

Thank you for the many talents and gifts you have,
given me and for the opportunity of education.

Calm my nerves and anxiety, help me
to remember all that I have studied,
to express it clearly and to answer the questions
the very best I can.

Holy Spirit, sit with me in my exam
- and always.

A special thank you Ms. Pringle and the year 9 and 10 students who lead the Social Justice Liturgy this Friday. We can learn from the past and embody a way forward.

Attitude, a Christian based outreach for youth presented to all year levels on Thursday and is part of a health, well-being, and dignity Catholic programme for our students growing up in today’s world. The presenters engaged the students in today’s reality and presented them with messages that they want to hear.

Save the Date

September 24th 6pm Mass at St Mary’s Hokitika

October 20 and 21 year 9 and 10 Reflection days

November 1 & 2 Y 13 leavers Retreat

November 2 Liturgy for All Souls

December 8th Prizegiving Mass, Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Ms Pope

Te Kaiwhakahaere o te tūnga whakapono 


An invitation for the year 8 students at St Mary’s Hokitika, to join with John Paul II students to celebrate Mercy Day Mass at 6pm 24 September at Seaview Chapel Hokitika.

Rsvp abina.pope@johnpaul.ac.nz

Malo e lele Tongan language week

MESSAGE FROM The New Zealand Bishops Conference. September 2022

Catholics urged to support hospices and palliative care by direct action.

NZ Catholics are being urged to support the under-funded hospice and palliative care services by donating, volunteering in hospice shops and asking their members of Parliament and the Government to make palliative care a priority.

Bishop of Auckland Steve Lowe, Secretary of the NZCBC, says hospices provide a free service to 20,000 palliative care patients and their whānau each year, but have to fundraise almost half the $176 million cost.

Bishop Steve says: “When the public was asked at the 2020 election to support the euthanasia legislation – dubbed the End of Life Choice law – they were led to believe palliative care would be a priority choice.

Instead, hospice funding has been virtually capped at a time of high inflation”

Full details online here:

https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/support-palliative-care/