June 2015 Feature The United Nations’ World Refugee Day, observed on June 20 each year, honours the spirit and courage of millions of refugees worldwide and recognises their contributions to new communities. Wel-Com has invited a number people who came to New Zealand as refugees, and are now settled in Wellington and Palmerston North, to […]
June 2015 Reflection Fr Patrick Bridgman Last month we began to look at the Sacraments in Service of Communion, initially discussing the Sacrament of Marriage. It is helpful to restate why Sacraments of Marriage and Holy Orders are described in that way: ‘Holy Orders and Matrimony are directed towards the salvation of others; if they […]
June 2015 News Martin de Jong In the face of huge migrations of people in many parts of the world desperately seeking safety and a better life, Pope Francis has called for the ‘Church without frontiers … to welcome all people, without distinction or limits, in order to proclaim that “God is love” ’. Every […]
May 2015 Feature In a tribute to Mary, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Wel-Com has invited Catholic women from various roles within the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese of Palmerston North to share some of their experiences and stories. Mary’s month Sr Josephine Gorman Mary mother of God, and our mother too, plays […]
May 2015 Schools Jeline Boldevino and Shreeya Patel Late last year, Holy Cross School in Miramar was one of three schools selected by Wellington City Council to pilot ‘Bikes in Schools’, a project that includes new bikes, helmets and purpose-built tracks within the school. Contractors completed three tracks during the summer break and the first […]
May 2015 News Simone Olsen Following their induction into the College of Cardinals in February, Cardinal John Dew of Wellington and Cardinal Soane Mafi of Tonga have been assigned by Pope Francis to offices in the Roman Curia – the central administrative body through which the Pope conducts global Church matters. Cardinal John has been […]
May 2015 Opinion Cardinal John Dew Over the last few weeks there have been touching and impressive stories about various events marking the 100 years since the start of World War One, and many events commemorating Gallipoli and the Anzacs. I was particularly moved when I saw an item on the news about a man […]
May 2015 Anzac Day 2015 A commemorative Mass marking the Gallipoli landing and WWI centenary was led by Cardinal John Dew in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Wellington, on Anzac Day. His homily follows: Growing up in a little town in Central Hawkes Bay, my friends and I loved to go to war movies […]
May 2015 News Fr Simon Story The Hui Aranga Easter gathering of Māori from Catholic clubs around the North Island was held at Flaxmere, Hawkes Bay, over Easter weekend. About 1100 people transformed Flaxmere College into a marae for the long weekend. Easter liturgies were celebrated and competitions held between the clubs in whai kōrero, […]
May 2015 Feature Charism of The Society of Mary Fr David Kennerley SM The Society of Mary emerged out of the French Revolution and its secularising spirit. The first Marists were diocesan seminarians who became captivated by the sense that Mary wanted a religious congregation of men and women working beside laity to rebuild the […]