WelCom April 2017: Diocesan News A visit to the Motueka Night Shelter last year sparked a project that saw Vinnies based at St Peter Chanel School in Motueka and fellow parishioners knitting numerous peggy squares to make a blanket for the shelter. Vinnies Youth Co-ordinator, Philippa Winch, said, ‘By the end of term two it looked […]
WelCom April 2017: Diocesan News Ruchika Jayatilaka The Sisters of Compassion in Island Bay have launched their 2017 Compassion Spirituality and Retreat Centre programme. It offers prayer and reflection within organised groups, structured retreats, or opportunities for individuals wanting spiritual nourishment. Alongside Compassion events such as the weekly Meditation, monthly Taizé Prayer and Quiet Days with […]
WelCom April 2017: News Nathaniel Centre The Health Select Committee is still considering New Zealanders’ views on end-of-life issues in response to the petition of Maryan Street and the Voluntary Euthanasia Society that asked for an investigation of public attitudes towards changing the law to allow for ‘medically assisted dying’. The Committee received an overwhelming number […]
WelCom April 2017: Diocesan News Fr Bernard O’Donnell, Officiating Chaplain, Waiouru A short while ago we commemorated 100 years since the war, known as World War I, began in 1914. In 1915, citizens gathered at a Wairarapa community indoor and outdoor church service to remember. It was what we know now as the Dawn Service of Anzac […]
WelCom April 2017: Diocesan News Anne Powell, Cenacle Sisters Pope Francis’ is committed to eradicating human trafficking – ‘In the light of the Good Samaritan, don’t look the other way.’ The Wellington group of religious and friends against trafficking and exploitation of humans, known as ‘Aotearoa NZ Religious Against Trafficking in Humans’ or ANZRATH meet regularly. Formed […]
WelCom April 2017: Diocesan News Ikamatua is a small community on the West Coast of the South Island. Its Catholic church, St Patrick’s, is part of the Reefton parish, 30kms south of the town. On 16 December last year, local parishioners and volunteers at Ikamatua got together to repair and lay down a new pathway for […]
WelCom April 2017: Diocesan News The Felix Kane Cup for the Old Boy of the Year was presented to retired Principal Family Court Judge Sir Patrick Mahony (Silverstream 1950‒53) for 2016 at the annual St Patrick’s College Old Boy Association’s dinner late last year. The award recognises an old boy who has ‘promoted the betterment of […]
WelCom April 2017: Diocesan News Bob Houston Our Lady of Kāpiti Parish’s raft of fundraising activities to support the building of its new school and church in Paraparaumu and to assist people in need in the community, sees parishioners and friends hard at work organising and attending regular events that involve hundreds of participants and outstanding […]
WelCom April 2017: Youth, Schools, Education Eleanor McLeod Although the weather has not been so kind to us this year, here at St Michael’s School in Taita, we had a wonderful start to the school year. The first day saw an open-door policy where all fanau were welcomed to join their children to help settle them […]
WelCom April 2017: Youth, Schools, Education Liz Heatley, Principal It was a lovely, warm sunny day on 15 February for the opening and blessing of our new multi-purpose room. The new room has been nearly two years in the planning and building. Now it is officially ours, and we have named it Pohutukawa Room. The multi-purpose room […]