Our Pastoral Area-wide discernment, “Charting the Course”, begins this weekend.
We will be led in this process by members from our church communities. Everyone has a part to play by:
- participating in the process,
- supporting your community,
- welcoming and supporting leaders from other communities coming to your Mass.
If you have any questions, or feedback, please get in touch by emailing wellingtonsouthcatholic@gmail.com .
Q & As
What is the process?
The process is one of discernment and involves naming, praying, and reflecting. It does not involve discussing. The detailed programme is here. The discernment is designed to occur within the Mass.
Why are we doing it?
So our communities can reflect deeply before we begin the next step of the transition, which is making some decisions around pastoral care, administration, and more, for the new Parish.
How long will it take?
The discernment occurs over 10 weeks, taking a pause in week 9 for the Pastoral Area Sacrament of Confirmation.
Who is guiding the process?
A subgroup, representing our four church communities, is creating a template to use at all Masses in the Pastoral Area each week. The subgroup is: Tim Gordon, Maria Noonan, Le Bernadette Faifua, Karen Holland, Joy Andersen, Lesley Hooper, Deirdre Hanlon.
Who is leading the process?
We have 22 leaders assigned to Mass Communities. As much as possible, these are mixed teams from different Church communities. Of course, we also have our presiders as a key part of the process.
