WelCom May 2018: Asta Lanceley-Stokes and Courtney Pomeroy Last year Fr Don Morrison’s beloved West Highland Terrier Harry passed away. The streets of Featherston were not the same without Father and his little white dog, so the people of the parish quickly found him a 10-month-old West Highland Terrier. Fr Don’s dogs have a history of […]
WelCom May 2018: ‘Your Right Hand, O Lord, Glorious in Power’ – Exodus 15:6 Over the eight days leading up to Pentecost Sunday the Church invites us into a time of PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY. From 13‒20 May we are invited and strongly encouraged to pray, as Jesus himself prayed, ‘May they all be one’ (John […]
WelCom May 2018: May is the month dedicated to Mary, the month during which we celebrate the two great feasts of the Ascension and Pentecost and the inauguration of the new memorial feast, Mary, Mother of the Church, on the Monday after Pentecost, dedicated to Mary as the Mother of the Church. Mary, Mother of the […]
WelCom May 2018: Young people meet in Rome to prepare for Youth Synod 2018 Annette Scullion Three hundred young people from around the world gathered in Rome for a week-long meeting in March to discuss ‘Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment’ as part of preparations for the Synod of Bishops on the same topic in […]
WelCom May 2018: Pope Francis has written a new apostolic exhortation on ‘the call to holiness in the contemporary world’. Gaudete et Exsultate is the Latin title of the text, which translated into English means ‘Rejoice and Be Glad’. The words are taken from the Gospel of Matthew (5:12) at the end of the discourse on […]
WelCom May 2018: Pentecost celebrates of the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. It is commemorated on the 50th day after Easter – the day on which the Holy Spirit came to the apostles and others gathered in Jerusalem. This year, Pentecost is on Sunday 20 May. Pentecost Journey Joy Cowley Breathe! Be aware of […]
WelCom May 2018: On 26 April 2018, Bishop-Elect Michael Dooley was ordained as the new Bishop of Dunedin by Bishop Colin Campbell. The Vatican announced on 23 February this year, Pope Francis appointment of Fr Michael Dooley as the new Bishop of Dunedin. He is the seventh Bishop of Dunedin and succeeds Bishop Colin Campbell who […]
WelCom May 2018: “The truth will set you free” – World Communications Day Dave Mullin ‘Pilate asked him, “What is truth?”’. Pilate could not have known that his words to Jesus would resound so clearly in 2018. World Communications Day, the only worldwide celebration called for by the Second Vatican Council – Inter Mirifica, 1963 – […]
WelCom May 2018: Let the children come’ Do you and your family have the ability to provide a safe, stable, nurturing and loving home? Social agencies are calling for more foster caregivers at a time of a chronic shortage of caregivers. Catholic Social Services works in close partnership with Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children and […]
WelCom May 2018: WelCom’s Hīkoi of Faith this month visits Sacred Heart Parish of Reefton, the southern-most pastoral area of the Archdiocese of Wellington. The parish area covers Murchison in the north to Ikamatua in the south. To the west it borders with the West Coast Parish of St Canice, Westport. To the east it is […]