WelCom November 2016: News Monsignor Gerard Burns Much admired and determined union leader, Helen Kelly, aged 52, died last month following a battle with lung cancer. More than 1500 people gathered at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington on Friday 28 October to farewell the former Council of Trade Union president. I met Helen a couple […]
WelCom November 2016: Features The South Pacific faces enormous challenges resulting from climate change over the next half century and beyond according to Jonathan Boston, Professor of Public Policy at Victoria University. Professor Boston strongly welcomed the Caritas State of the Environment Report for Oceania 2016, and commended Caritas on their excellent research and presentation. We […]
WelCom November 2016: Features Dr John Kleinsman, Director, the NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre The Health Select Committee Inquiry into Ending One’s Life in New Zealand continues with the presentation of oral submissions. An analysis of the more than 75 per cent of submitters who are opposed, shows a number of key themes emerging. 1. We should not […]
WelCom November 2016: Diocesan News Pleroma Social Services and Pleroma Christian Supplies co-founder, Shirley Duthie, was awarded the Central Hawke’s Bay District Civic Award for 2016 by CHB Mayor, Peter Butler. The award recognises Shirley’s dedicated voluntary community service to the district. Shirley received the award on 8 September for over 40 years of service to […]
WelCom November 2016: Diocesan News Gary Bowden After the earthquake-related building restrictions of 2012, the beautiful, iconic limestone and marble church of the Sacred Heart in Takaka’s main street has been declared unfit for use. To the congregation this is something of a puzzle as the church has lasted since it was first constructed around 1917 […]
WelCom November 2016: Diocesan News Honora ‘Nano’ Nagle (1718‒1784) founded the Presentation Sisters in Ireland during the Penal Laws when Catholicism was outlawed. She reintroduced Catholic education in Cork despite significant personal danger and became a pioneer of Catholic education in Ireland. She was declared ‘venerable’ in the Catholic Church on 31 October 2013 by Pope […]
WelCom November 2016: Diocesan News Just over a year ago Cardinal John Dew led an early-morning blessing of the site of a new teaching and administration block at St Catherine’s College Kilbirnie. On Friday 14 October, Cardinal John along with Principal Mrs Mary Curran, Chair Board of Proprietors Mr Nigel Prince, Srs of Mercy Congregation Leader […]
WelCom November 2016: Diocesan News Sophie Goulter Around 230 Wellingtonians demonstrated their support to end homelessness in the capital by sleeping rough overnight on Friday 7 October. The Wellington part of the nation-wide and now annual event, ‘14 Hours Homeless’, was held at Mt Cook School. The event brought together a diversity of participants including students, […]
WelCom November 2016: Youth, Schools, Education Are you leaving college, or are you under 20, and unsure of what to do with your life? Do you long for more meaningful work or study, or for a deeper sense of purpose and belonging? Do you like the idea of different experiences in different places across New Zealand […]
WelCom November 2016: Reflections During the celebration of this Year of Mercy, in May the Wellington Abrahamic Council of Jews, Christians and Muslims hosted a discussion on Mercy in our Sacred Scriptures at St Joseph’s Church, Mt Victoria. On the panel was Sr Elizabeth Julian rsm, whose presentation is reproduced in WelCom in three-parts: a key […]