CHARTING THE COURSE 
– The Voyage ahead for the Catholic Parish of Wellington South
Beginning Sunday 2 August, the four parishes in the Wellington South Pastoral Area will begin a nine week discernment process, which is tied into our new Parish Vision –
“We are a community of joyful disciples growing together and sharing Christ’s message.”
The process will provide the foundation and direction for the Catholic Parish of Wellington South. It is a time to reflect deeply before we begin the next step of the transition, which involves making decisions around pastoral care, administration, and more for the new Parish.
During each Sunday Mass we will be focusing on and identifying how we come together, how we will be joyful disciples and how we will share Christ’s message. It is important to acknowledge that becoming a new parish means change, which can be difficult and painful.
Each parish community carries a rich history of belonging and we are being asked to set off into the unknown. Acknowledging any fears in prayer, reflection, and listening can lead to a greater place of freedom, to look forward in hope, of how together we find new ways of belonging and solidarity.
Over the next ten weeks at each Sunday mass we will be focussing on and identifying
- How we come together,
- How we be joyful disciples
- How we will share Christ’s message.
Becoming a new parish means change which can be difficult and painful, as each of our faith communities carries rich histories of belonging and we are asked to set off into the unknown.
Acknowledging these fears in prayer, reflection and listening can lead to a greater place of freedom, to look forward in hope of how together we find new ways of belonging and solidarity.
WEEK ONE 26 July The Launch into the Deep
Explains the Discernment Process and Teams commissioned and fare welled from Home Church communities
WEEK TWO 2 August Naming the Fears
An opportunity to name the fears and concerns people may have regarding the New Parish Structure
WEEK THREE 9 August Responding to Fears
Prayer and Reflection on the Fears and Concerns
WEEK FOUR 16 August Discernment of Hopes and Desires
Discernment of our Hopes and Desires for the New Parish
WEEK FIVE 23 August How will we be a Community?
How will we be and what will we look like as a Community of the Catholic Parish of Wellington South?
WEEK SIX 30 August Checking our Bearings
A time to join with one another in gratitude as we hold all we have and all we hope for in prayer.
WEEK SEVEN 6 September How do we grow together?
WEEK EIGHT 13 September How do we share Christ’s Message?
WEEK NINE 20 September THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
WEEK TEN 27 September REPORTING BACK