Author: Jemma
Mass of Dedication
WelCom August 2022 A Mass of the Dedication of St Mary of the Angels in Wellington as the National Shrine to Mary, Mother of God, Assumed into Heaven, will be held at St Mary of the Angels on Sunday 14 August 2022 at 2pm. Everyone is welcome to attend, from anywhere in Aotearoa New Zealand. […]
Social Justice Week – Te Wiki o te Whai Tika
WelCom August 2022 The Social Justice Week 2022 Parish and School resources are available to download from the Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand website. Schools: www.caritas.org.nz/schools/social-justice-week Parishes: www.caritas.org.nz/parishes/social-justice-week If you have any questions or would like more information, please don’t hesitate to contact us on 0800 22 10 22 or email caritas@caritas.org.nz Social Justice Week (SJW) […]
Bishops urge action on Palestine
WelCom August 2022 The Catholic bishops have asked the New Zealand Government to take the lead in organising a forum of world leaders to bring peace to Israel and Palestine. In a letter calling for action to end Palestinian suffering, the bishops say: ‘Our Government should consider using its good international standing to call for […]
Hui helps create national Synod synthesis from diocesan syntheses
WelCom August 2022 About 80 representatives from the country’s six Catholic dioceses and other entities met for a national hui in Wellington in July as part of the Pope’s Synodal path to the Church’s future. Representatives of dioceses, parishes, schools, priests and religious orders, as well as ecumenical and interfaith attendees, were at the hui […]
Pope’s letter on celebrating liturgy well
WelCom August 2022 Priests celebrating Mass should not be rigidly austere, mystical, overly slow, and excessively finicky, Pope Francis says in a new letter promoting the ‘rediscovery’ of the Eucharistic liturgy. Neither should priests be exasperatingly creative, merely functional, rushed, sloppy, careless or superabundantly friendly. Pope Francis published a new apostolic letter on the liturgy […]
Major upgrade for St Pat’s Kilbirnie
WelCom August 2022 Michael Fitzsimons An ambitious modernisation and seismic resilience programme is set to radically transform the St Patrick’s College Kilbirnie campus. This is the first significant upgrade of facilities since the college was moved to Kilbirnie more than 40 years ago. Seismic strengthening and asbestos removal has been carried out in recent years […]
Cardinals called to Rome
WelCom August 2022 Cardinal John Dew will be travelling to Rome at the end of this month, as Pope Francis has summoned all the cardinals to attend a Consistory in which 21 new cardinals will be created. After the Consistory there will be 132 cardinals, with 62 per cent of them having been appointed by […]
Cardinal attends Plenary Council
WelCom August 2022 Cardinal John Dew attended the Fifth Plenary Council of the Church in Australia as one of its Observers. The Council was held in July (3–9). A Plenary Council is the highest form of gathering for a local Church to discern what God is asking of Catholics. Cardinal John said the Australian Church […]
Vinnies respond to ongoing demand
WelCom August 2022 Michael Fitzsimons Vinnies hubs and networks around the country are continuing to meet a strong demand for assistance as the rising cost of living impacts on disadvantaged communities. In Auckland, the demand for food parcels in June was around 500 food parcels a week, with peak demand this year reaching 1,200 food […]