WelCom March 2022
Jane Langham
Fr Rico de la Torre, parish priest, and Fr Marlon Tebelin have been serving Our Lady of Hope Parish in Tawa and Titahi Bay for the last four years, both here on a five-year loan from the Philippines. Fr Marlon has now been appointed as parish priest of Holy Family Parish for Nelson/Stoke.
A parish farewell afternoon tea and presentation planned for late January had to be cancelled because of Covid-19 Red Traffic Light number restrictions.
Instead, a smaller event was held after Mass on 28 January for Fr Marlon where he was presented with a financial gift from the parishioners. Having been chaplain to the Filipino community in the archdiocese, as well as assisting in the parish, he will be greatly missed.