Sunday, 19 October 2025
29TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Questions for the Week:
FIRST READING: EXODUS 17:8-13
Moses needed to rely on his brother (Aaron) and his friend (Hur) to assist him in defeating the Amalekites. Can you think of a time when you really needed the support of your family or friends?
SECOND READING: 2 TIMOTHY 3:14-4:2
Paul instructs Timothy to be persistent in relying on what Sacred Scripture teaches us. How do you use Scripture as a guide for your life?
GOSPEL: LUKE 18:1-8
With the parable of the persistent widow, Jesus teaches the disciples about the importance of praying often to God. When do you find yourself praying?
©LPi
A Word from Fr Danny:
This Sunday, our Lord speaks of the need to pray continually and never lose heart. Does this mean we should expect our prayers will not be answered? If they were always answered, we might never be tempted to lose heart. Why, then, does God not simply grant our requests? Would that not seem more efficient for everyone?
When our Lord delays in answering, it must be so that we develop a need for something greater than what we even know to ask for. What could be more important than world peace, or that our loved ones live their faith? It can only be something to do with Christ Himself — a deeper, perhaps unrealised, need within us: to cling to Him even when we feel abandoned.
In this way, the quality of our desire is refined and purified. Thus we are slowly prepared for the burning fire of God’s love, of which heaven consists.
- Fr Danny
PARISH NEWS & EVENTS
Here’s what's happening
Sunday, 19 October: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
5pm Saturday Vigil Mass, Tūrangi | 9am Mass, Taupō
Sacrament of Penance
8.30am | Chapel | Taupō
PACT | NET Retreat Day
10.30am | Church | Taupō
Divine Mercy
3pm | Taupō
Monday, 20 October
Mass
7pm | Church | Taupō
Tuesday, 21 October
Mass
9am | Church | Taupō
Community Lunch
1pm | Cafe | Taupō
Interchurch Welfare Society Meeting
5pm | Cafe | Taupō
Youth Group
6pm-7.15pm (Year 7&8) | Taupō (Weekly during school term)
6.30pm-8pm (Year 9-13) ALPHA YOUTH | Taupō (Weekly during school term)
Wednesday, 22 October
Depth Charge Connect
10am | Hancock’s Place | Taupo
Ave Connect | Rosary
11.30am | Church | Tūrangi
Mass | Tūrangi
12pm | Church | Tūrangi
Fair-Weather Gardeners
12pm - 3pm | Taupō
Ave Connect | Rosary
7pm | Chapel | Taupō
Thursday, 23 October
Mass
9am | Church | Taupō
Purl Connect | Knitting Group
1pm | Cafe | Taupō
Endurance Connect | Men’s Group
7pm | Cafe | Taupō
Woman Connect | The Little Way of St Therese of Lisieux
7pm | Chapel | Taupō
Friday, 24 October
Mass
12pm | Church | Taupō
Divine Mercy
3pm | Taupō
Holy Hour | Adoration, Confession & Benediction
6.30pm | Church | Taupō
Saturday, 25 October
Mass
9am | Church | Taupō
Sacrament of Penance
9.30am | Taupō
Vigil Mass | 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
5pm | Church | Tūrangi
Sunday, 26 October: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
5pm Saturday Vigil Mass, Tūrangi | 9am Mass, Taupō
Sacrament of Penance
8.30am | Chapel | Taupō
Divine Mercy
3pm | Taupō
Monday, 27 October
Mass
7pm | Church | Taupō
Tuesday, 28 October
Mass
9am | Church | Taupō
Community Lunch
1pm | Cafe | Taupō
Youth Group
6pm-7.15pm (Year 7&8) | Taupō (Weekly during school term)
6.30pm-8pm (Year 9-13) ALPHA YOUTH | Taupō (Weekly during school term)
Wednesday, 29 October
Depth Charge Connect
10am | Hancock’s Place | Taupo
Ave Connect | Rosary
11.30am | Church | Tūrangi
Mass | Tūrangi
12pm | Church | Tūrangi
Fair-Weather Gardeners
12pm - 3pm | Taupō
Ave Connect | Rosary
7pm | Chapel | Taupō
Thursday, 30 October
Mass
9am | Church | Taupō
Purl Connect | Knitting Group
1pm | Cafe | Taupō
Endurance Connect | Men’s Group
7pm | Cafe | Taupō
Friday, 31 October
Mass
12pm | Church | Taupō
Divine Mercy
3pm | Taupō
Holy Hour | Adoration, Confession & Benediction
6.30pm | Church | Taupō
Saturday, 1 November
Mass
9am | Church | Taupō
Sacrament of Penance
9.30am | Taupō
Ministers for Sunday, 19 October
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Taupō
Tūrangi
THIS WEEK….
Don’t our gardens look beautiful?! If you’re keen to lend a hand on a casual basis, to pull a few weeds, come along on a Wednesday anytime between 12noon and 3pm and join some of our gardening team.
COMING UP…
RETREATS
Are you a single man who yearns to follow Him as one of His priests?
Come - join Bishop Richard as he, Fr Adam and Fr Isaac lead a retreat to help you discern your vocation. Friday 5th December - Sunday 7th December, Cluny Retreat Centre.
Contact the Vocations team for expressions of interest, questions and registration: vocations@cdh.org.nz
Topics that may be discussed:
How can I be sure that God is calling me to be a priest?
Celibacy: is this something that Jesus is asking of me?
What are some of the joys and challenges of life as a priest?
What does daily life as a priest look like?
I don't want to end up lonely, can I have community; brotherhood; affection; and love as a priest?
What does the journey of discerning a vocation to the priesthood involve?
Participants may have their own questions to discuss also.
Retreats
Tyburn Monastery, Ngakuru &
Cluny Retreat Centre, Tauranga
DIOCESAN NEWS & EVENTS
INTERNATIONAL NEWS & EVENTS
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