WelCom July 2017: Steven Thomas Hancy was born in Wairoa on 23 September 1953. After studying at Holy Cross College Mosgiel from 1981 to 1987, he was ordained to the priesthood on 6 February 1988. He is remembered for his gentleness and quiet faith as he loyally served the Palmerston North Diocese and its parishes in Hawera, […]
WelCom July 2017: Parish Priest of Whanganui Pastoral Area – Te Parihi Katorika Ki Whanganui, Fr Marcus Francis, was welcomed on Pentecost Sunday onto Kaiwhaiki Marae, 20 kilometres upriver from Whanganui township. In his welcome, kai korero (speaker of the day) and local historian, Kohunrangi Simon, explained how Fr Lampila sm arrived in 1853 to establish a […]
WelCom July 2017: Wellington Mayor, Justin Lester, recently presented St Mary of the Angels parish priest Fr Barry Scannell with an Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian Award. The city council’s awards acknowledge members of the community who have made outstanding contributions to the Capital and its people. Mayor Lester said, ‘These awards are about recognising the people who selflessly […]
WelCom July 2017: Life looks a whole lot different now for the participants in a re-gathering that took place over Queen’s Birthday Weekend. The Leadership Formation Programme (LFP) ran in the Archdiocese of Wellington between 1997 and 2009. During those 12 years more than 250 young people aged between 18 and 25 years participated in an […]
WelCom July 2017: Tim Donkin, a year 10 pupil from St John’s College, Hastings, took part in the Junior Prepared Speech section at the O’Shea Shield competition in Lower Hutt over the weekend of 13–14 May. Tim’s speech was titled ‘Perseverance’, which is something Tim knows only too well as he suffers from the genetic, chronic […]
WelCom July 2017: St Michael’s Church Youth Group Taita, of Lower Hutt’s Te Awa Kairangi Parish, hosted their fourth annual youth fellowship over Queen’s birthday weekend. Led by guest MC Viane Makalio of the Christchurch Youth Team, this enjoyable event held in Taita brought together around 80 youth from within our Wellington region. Parish priest Fr Patrick […]
WelCom July 2017: Sunday 4 June marked the Church’s ‘birthday’ at Pentecost. It also marks the day the RNDM sisters (Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions) took their vows many years ago. The Special Character Committee at Sacred Heart College in Napier wanted to recognise this by holding a Liturgy at the school’s Urupa (burial […]
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WelCom July 2017: Garin College in Nelson has found a more affordable option for religious studies’ school trips or pilgrimages. Students are travelling down into the catacombs of Rome or viewing the Blue Mosque in Turkey without requesting any funds from management. Mrs Pope at Garin has introduced virtual reality (VR) pilgrimages using Google cardboard viewers or […]
WelCom July 2017: Students from Garin College and St Mary’s College were among the performers in the annual student-led dance and music competition called Stage Challenge. The Wellington section was held on 1 June at the Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua. This annual student production aims to motivate and inspire students to lead positive pro-active lives by giving […]