Welcome to the first edition of Tūmanako

Tūmanako is a new pastoral initiative from the Diocese of Palmerston North. You can expect monthly editions of this email, regular posts on our new Tūmanako website, and more mission-focused work coming later in the year.

We invite you to join us as we share and discover how we are united in hope through our faith in Jesus Christ - and how we can share this hope with our country.

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I te Tūmanako o te Kotahitanga | United in Hope

Tūmanako is a pastoral initiative of the Diocese of Palmerston North.

This initiative celebrates our unity as the people of God in this time and place. And we celebrate this unity in the context of hope; hope in Christ, hope in faith, in love and in the gifts we are given.

In the context of tūmanako/hope, we will look back at where we have come from, marking our 40th year as the Diocese of Palmerston North. We will explore where we find ourselves now, even in the midst of local and global challenges. And we will invite God to continue to lead us, to reveal to us where we are being called and how we should strive to live.

Hope - The Air That We Breathe

"Looking back to the start of the year, life probably seemed a lot simpler. Although each year typically has a few defining events, 2020 has already contained so many..."
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United in Prayer: Sunday 2nd August

Our prayer resource that we began developing during lockdown is available again. This is designed for families, individuals and households to pray together and reflect on the Sunday Scriptures.
Read now.

Fr Trung's Vocation Story

Fr Trung is our newest priest in the Diocese. Earlier this year, before his ordination, he shared his story of vocation and discernment.
View the video.

'Flashes of Insight' - online liturgy conversation

An online, international conversation for everyone who has experienced liturgical disruption through Covid-19 and is seeking to “understand” their experience and harness its value for future growth.
More information on our website.

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