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25 September @ 7:00 pm
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27 September @ 5:30 pm
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Hope for the World is the 2026 international conference on life, faith and family, organised by Family Life International NZ. Featuring an impressive line-up of international and local speakers, it will inform, inspire and equip you to live your faith with courage, defend human life and strengthen marriage and the family.
Dates: Friday 25 – Sunday 27 September 2026 (Auckland)
Venues:
- Friday night (free and open to all): Opening Mass at St John Vianney Catholic Church, 317 Hillsborough Road, Hillsborough, Auckland, 7:00pm — main celebrant Bishop Stephen Lowe, followed by Opening Address and supper.
- Saturday & Sunday: Ellerslie Events Centre, 100 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland.
Speakers: Isabel Vaughan-Spruce (Co-Director, March for Life UK — Conference Dinner keynote), Fr Shenan J. Boquet (President, Human Life International), Dr Brian Clowes PhD, Dr Ligaya Acosta PhD, Dr Michele O’Neill, Fr Robert Steele, Catherine Gillies and Dame Colleen Bayer DSG.
Programme highlights: Saturday 26 September from 8:00am (Holy Mass 8:30am, morning and afternoon sessions, Conference Dinner 6:30pm); Sunday 27 September from 8:30am (Rosary, sessions, Divine Mercy Chaplet 4:10pm, Closing Mass 4:30pm with blessing of children and families).
Cost: Full conference $255 individual / $355 family / $130 student; single day $135 individual / $185 family / $75 student; Conference Dinner $90 per person. Priests, religious and seminarians free. Full and partial sponsorship assistance available — no one excluded for cost.
Register: fli.org.nz/prolifeconference2026
Source: Family Life International NZ (via CathNews New Zealand)
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Hope for the World is the 2026 international conference on life, faith and family, organised by Family Life International NZ. Featuring an impressive line-up of international and local speakers, it will inform, inspire and equip you to live your faith with courage, defend human life and strengthen marriage and the family.
Dates: Friday 25 – Sunday 27 September 2026 (Auckland)
Venues:
- Friday night (free and open to all): Opening Mass at St John Vianney Catholic Church, 317 Hillsborough Road, Hillsborough, Auckland, 7:00pm — main celebrant Bishop Stephen Lowe, followed by Opening Address and supper.
- Saturday & Sunday: Ellerslie Events Centre, 100 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland.
Speakers: Isabel Vaughan-Spruce (Co-Director, March for Life UK — Conference Dinner keynote), Fr Shenan J. Boquet (President, Human Life International), Dr Brian Clowes PhD, Dr Ligaya Acosta PhD, Dr Michele O’Neill, Fr Robert Steele, Catherine Gillies and Dame Colleen Bayer DSG.
Programme highlights: Saturday 26 September from 8:00am (Holy Mass 8:30am, morning and afternoon sessions, Conference Dinner 6:30pm); Sunday 27 September from 8:30am (Rosary, sessions, Divine Mercy Chaplet 4:10pm, Closing Mass 4:30pm with blessing of children and families).
Cost: Full conference $255 individual / $355 family / $130 student; single day $135 individual / $185 family / $75 student; Conference Dinner $90 per person. Priests, religious and seminarians free. Full and partial sponsorship assistance available — no one excluded for cost.
Register: fli.org.nz/prolifeconference2026
Source: Family Life International NZ (via CathNews New Zealand)