Cardinal John Dew has sent the following message to parishes in the Archdiocese of Wellington about the change for Alert Level 2 to Alert Level 1:
As the Prime Minister has announced we are returning to Alert Level 1 at 6am on Sunday morning Masses and other parish gatherings can resume on Sunday without restriction on numbers. There will be no Vigil Masses on Saturday evening (6 March).
The same requirements we were following in Alert Level 1 previously apply until further notice:

• Communion on the hand only.
• No distribution of the Precious Blood.
• Non-contact Sign of Peace
• No holy water in stoops.

Please encourage people to be careful when they gather, for their own safety and that of others.
With all good wishes and every blessing
Yours sincerely in the Lord
John A Cardinal Dew
Archbishop of Wellington

28 February 2021
Cardinal John Dew has told parishes in the Archdiocese of Wellington that with Alert Level 2 having come into force at 6am on Sunday 28 February for seven days, there will be no public Masses during this time.
There should also be no in-person parish gatherings or liturgical events. He encourages people to take time to reflect on the Sunday readings, and especially the Gospel which is the account of the Transfiguration. The readings can be found here.
Mass for the Second Sunday of Lent (28 Feb) which was livestreamed from Our Lady of Kapiti Parish can be accessed here.

SATURDAY 27 FEBRUARY 9:30PM 
RECEIVED FROM THE CATHOLIC PARISH OF WELLINGTON SOUTH OFFICE

The Government has just announced that we are going back to Alert Level 2 from 6am Sunday morning

• There are to be no Masses or other liturgical events or parish gatherings in the Archdiocese for the next 7 days 

All the scaffolding will come down within the next 2 weeks, then the lower level painting work can be completed.
There has been a considerable amount of work fixing the timber windows.
The main and entrance roofs are complete.
The back roof to be completed by the end of February.
New Skylights should arrive by 11th March.
Painting due for completion by 26th March.
The Church has also had a new heating and fresh lighting system installed, and is expected to re-open in time for Holy Week.

17 February 2021

Dear Fathers and Lay Pastoral Leaders

As we are returning to Alert Level 1 Masses and other parish gatherings can resume without restriction on numbers.
The same requirements we were following in Alert Level 1 previously apply until further notice:

• Communion on the hand only.
• No distribution of the Precious Blood.
• Non-contact Sign of Peace
• No holy water in stoops.

Please encourage people to be careful when they gather, for their own safety and that of others.With all good wishes and every blessing

Yours sincerely in the Lord
John A Cardinal Dew
Archbishop of Wellington

From John A Cardinal Dew
Archbishop of Wellington

ALERT LEVEL 2 GATHERINGS

As the Alert Level change is, at this stage, only for three days, until further notice we will follow the same procedure as we did when we were last in Level 2:

• There are to be no Masses or other liturgical events or parish gatherings in the Archdiocese. This includes weekday Masses. The Ministry Formation Day planned for Tuesday 16 February will not go ahead.
• There are to be no Ash Wednesday Masses or liturgies in our churches. If your parish planned to participate in an ecumenical service in one of your parish’s churches, it is not to take place in that venue. If the other denominations participating wish to go ahead with an ecumenical service in their church, Catholics are free to make their own decision about joining them.
• If the Alert Level changes back to Level 1 on Wednesday night, we will look at having the blessing and distribution of the ashes at Masses next Sunday.

The full text of Cardinal John’s letter can be read here.

From the Parish Newsletter 7 February 2021
After another useful consultation meeting last Sunday at St Bernard’s, it has been agreed that the date for the final Mass will be Sunday 18 April.
A committee has been formed to make all the arrangements necessary for the closure of the Church.
We move on to work with new partners to build up the life of our Parish and of the whole church of Jesus Christ.

The full text of the media release from 15 January 2021 and relevant information can be found on the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference website at this link.

• There will be a continuation of the conversation about the closure of the Church at St Bernard’s in Brooklyn with Fr Doug after the 10.30am Mass on Sunday 31 January
• The next Newsletter will be 31 January 2021
• Please note that the Sunday 10.30 Mass at St Francis de Sales is temporarily cancelled due to renovations.
• If you are unable to attend one of the other Masses in our Parish go to online Mass at https://kapiti-catholic.org.nz/kapiti/mass-times
• The Parish Office reopens on Tuesday the 26th of January after Wellington Anniversary weekend