2026 9-Days Novena/Mass Schedule
Published on: 16 December 2025
January 9 to 17, 2026_
Venue: St. Benedict’s Parish of Newton-Auckland, 1 St Benedict’s Street
Rosary starts at 6:30 pm_
_Day 1 Friday, 9 January 202_6
Choir : HUNI (Holy Cross Parish Papatoetoe Filipino Choir)
Sponsors & Pilgrims : All devotees of Senor Sto. Niño & Organizers/ All Sugbuanons (Cebuanos), Sto Niño Devotees – Papakura and Pukekohe, Waiuku, Bombay & Port Waikato, Sto Niño Devotees-Howick and Flatbush areas, Pakuranga & Dannemora
Area Coordinators : Piercy and Mercy Gomez, Ging Neil & Judith Hastings
Day 2 Saturday, 10 January 2026
Choir : Voice of God Catholic Charismatic Renewal Family Choir
Sponsors & Pilgrims : St John Paul II Catholic Community – Albany, Sto Niño Devotees – Glenfield & Albany areas, St Thomas More, Assumpta Church Beach Haven, Sto Niño Devotees – Totara Valley & wider North Shore Areas
Area Coordinators : Emerson & Bernadette Nufable, Eric and Jasvil Villanueva
Day 3 Sunday, 11 January 2026
Choir : El Shaddai
Sponsors & Pilgrims : All devotees of Senor Sto. Niño & Organizers/ All Sugbuanons (Cebuanos), Our Lady of Fatima – Meadowbank
Area Coordinators : All Trustees
Day 4 Monday, 12 January 2026 Special Anointing of the Sick
Choir : Amor Dei Family Choir
Sponsors & Pilgrims : Divine Mercy Devotees – Fr Rory Morrissey, Legion of Mary – Filipino Praesidium, Legion of Mary – Northshore, Legion of Mary – Balmoral, Legion of Mary – National Body, Legion of Mary – South, Legion of Mary – Papatoetoe, Leyte-Samar Waraynon NZ, Devotees of the Black Nazarene, Filipino Catholic Community, Lady of Peñafrancia Devotees, Divine Mercy Devotees, Mga Bicolanos
Area Coordinators : Roland and Chichi Abadingo
Day 5 Tuesday, 13 January 2026
Choir : Echoes of the Beads
Sponsors & Pilgrims : Voice of God Charismatic Group & Families, Lightbringers Group, Sto Niño Devotees – Central Auckland, Sto Niño Devotees – Mt Wellington, Panmure & Ellerslie, Ilonggo Integrated Association Inc and Devotees of our Lady of Candelaria – Western Visayas Region VI
Area Coordinators : Lito & Mary Ann Bitoon, Boboy & Joy Caballero
Day 6 Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Choir : Tawag Awit – Our Lady of Lourdes, Glen Eden Chapter
Sponsors & Pilgrims : Katilingbang Bisaya sa New Zealand (KBNZ) Families & Friends, Sto Niño Devotees – Inner West Auckland and Wider West Auckland, Mother of Perpetual Help Devotees – St. Benedicts, Kapatiran Prayer Fellowship
Area Coordinators : Cherile Busico & Tin Imperial
Day 7 Thursday, 15 January 2026
Choir : San Pedro Calungsod Music Ministry
Sponsors & Pilgrims : Sto Niño Devotees – Milford, Takapuna and the Greater North Shore Areas, Lady of La Naval and Capampangans, Knights Basketball, UCFSA Sinulog NZ basketball and officers Northshore, St. Joseph Parish Takapuna and Kangen Family, St Pedro Calungsod Devotees NZ,Sto Niño Devotees – Danao, Cebu
Area Coordinators : Alex & Carmela Andales, Joseph & Cherile Busico
Day 8 Friday, 16 January 2026 Special Blessings for the Children
Choir : Couples for Christ
Sponsors & Pilgrims : Couples for Christ and its Family Ministries
Area Coordinators : Oscar & Miriam Batucan
Day 9 Saturday, 17 January 2026
Choir : HUNI (Holy Cross Parish Papatoetoe Filipino Choir)
Sponsors & Pilgrims : Leyte Samar NZ Solidarity Foundation, Sto Niño Devotees – Papakura, Sto Niño Devotees – Manurewa, Takanini & South Auckland areas, Devoteees of Our Lady of Manaoag, Devotees of Nuestra Senyora dela Soledad (Pangasinan), Sto Niño Devotees – Invercagill, Sto Niño Devotees – Palmerston North, Auckland Catholic Charismatic Renewal – Jesus Good Shepherd, St. Benedict's Parishioners, Indian, Samoan, Korean, & Spanish Catholic groups
Area Coordinators : Edgar and Maves Fiel
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Free Parking throughout the 9 days Novena Masses at Wilson’s Carpark along Alex Evans St. and St. Benedict’s St., Mondays to Fridays from 6:00 pm, Saturdays mid-day to Sunday nights. Please keep an eye on spaces marked Tenant’s Parking Only.
