Support Life Sunday 2026

Support Life Sunday 2026: Living Peace

Each year, on the second Sunday of October, the Church in Aotearoa celebrates Support Life Sunday. As the New Zealand bishops reminded us in the 2023 document, Te Kahu o te Ora: “We do not need to look far to recognise that our world requires a lot of healing. All around us, we experience divisions that are the result of human behaviours and institutions.”

Support Life Sunday 2026 is a time to focus on how we can better support a culture of love and life through prayer and action, with a particular emphasis this year on the need for peace in our world.

The bishops' Nathaniel Centre for Bioethics has prepared resources to mark the day. They can be accessed in this Google Drive folder.

Resources include:

Liturgical Suggestions and Homily Notes

More resources will be added soon