Cardinal John Dew has announced the fifth Synod for the Archdiocese of Wellington is to take place in 2017. Cardinal John’s Bishop’s Decree Convoking the 2017 Archdiocesan Synod has been issued 8 December 2016. To view the convocation Convoking Synod Lt Archdiocesan Synod 2017 Announced Pope Francis has brought new emphases and new ways of thinking […]
4 Dec 2016: Suzanne Aubert, the founder of the Sisters of Compassion New Zealand’s home grown order of Sisters, has been declared ‘venerable’, a major milestone on the path to sainthood in the Catholic Church. The announcement has just been made from Rome by Pope Francis. If Suzanne Aubert’s Cause for Sainthood is successful, she […]
WelCom November 2016: Cardinal John Dew I consider the opportunity I had recently to be in Canterbury, England, and then in Rome was a great privilege. I was part of IARCCUM – the International Anglican Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission – established in 2000 to attempt to take us a step further on […]
WelCom November 2016: News Crispin Anderlini, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand Cases of children having to eat cassava roots softened with paracetamol and people dying of starvation are among the examples of widespread hunger and thirst across the Pacific that are reported in the new Hungry for justice, thirsty for change, Caritas State of the Environment […]
WelCom November 2016: As the Year of Mercy closes on Sunday 20 November, let us keep the doors of mercy always open, says Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington. Pope Francis has taken us on an amazing journey, opening doors of reconciliation and mercy in many ways. Many of you have responded generously to his […]
WelCom November 2016 As the Year of Mercy closes on Sunday 20 November, let us keep the doors of mercy always open, says Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington. Pope Francis has taken us on an amazing journey, opening doors of reconciliation and mercy in many ways. Many of you have responded generously to his […]
WelCom November 2016: Thirty-six Anglican and Catholic bishops gathered in the Vatican last month for an historical meeting with Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Justin Welby. They came together to discover new ways for Catholics and Anglicans to give greater witness to their common faith, and how they can collaborate in mission […]
Te Whetu o Te Moana, Star of the Sea Parish – Inaugural Mass Belinda Vavaso, parishioner It was a beautiful summer’s day with the cicadas noisy in the trees on Sunday 14 February 2016, as a large group of people gathered in the grounds of St Mary’s Catholic Church in Blenheim for the inaugural Mass […]
Nā Arama Pou. Greetings to you all. This year, we – the Church – are focusing on mercy and how we can lead merciful lives. Mercy is a broad term and a recurring theme in the Gospel readings this month and during this season of Lent. Through the readings, we come to know what mercy […]
March 2016 Reflection Fr Patrick Bridgman The Lenten season draws to a close; the reception of Ashes one Wednesday now seems long since, and our Lenten practices, which were a mix of going without and doing something positive for others have been of variable success. Palm Sunday dawns and we enter the week known as […]