Since its inception in 1973, the Auckland Diocesan Pastoral Council has been a “spectacular success”, in the opinion of a lay Catholic who was involved with it for 43 years.
Locals and visitors joined Auckland Bishop Stephen Lowe to remember and pray for the soul Fr Peter Michael Ryan, MHM, or as he was well known, “Pā Mikaere” during a commemorative Mass at Sacred Heart of Jesus/Te Ngākau Tapu o Hehu church, at Waitāruke, and at the unveiling of Pa Ryan’s headstone at Te Puna Roimata, Waitāruke.
The memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary on October 7 saw a special celebration in a holy place on the Awhitu Peninsula north of Waiuku in Auckland diocese.
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