WelCom October 2016: Features This is the third and final part of a three-section article in which Bishop Peter Cullinane explores the meaning of gradualness in working for peace. We cannot exclude from the title of ‘peace-makers’ those who risk their own lives to defend others against lethal attack. Citizens have a right to be […]
WelCom October 2016: Reflections The Wellington Abrahamic Council of Jews, Christians and Muslims hosted a discussion about ‘Mercy in our Sacred Scriptures’, at St Joseph’s Church, Mt Victoria, in May. On the panel were JoEllen Duckor (Jewish), Sr Elizabeth Julian rsm (Christian) and Sultan Eusoff (Muslim). Sr Elizabeth Julian’s presentation is reproduced in three-parts: a key […]
WelCom October 2016: Reflections Kieran Fenn fms presents part five of his series on an exploration of ‘Mary in Culture’ as a contemporary form of scriptural analysis. Cultural orientations Mediterranean culture has strong affinity to the present moment, what we see in Jesus’ advice, ‘Don’t worry about what you will eat or drink’ (Lk 12:29). […]
WelCom October 2016: In his announcement of the Jubilee Year of Mercy Pope Francis said, ‘It is my burning desire that during this Jubilee, Christian people may reflect on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy’. This month WelCom features the spiritual works of mercy. The Pope says, ‘It will be a way to reawaken […]
WelCom October 2016: Pope Francis’ message Missionary Church, Witness of Mercy Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, which the Church is celebrating, casts a distinct light on World Mission Sunday 2016: it invites us to consider the missio ad gentes as a great, immense work of mercy, both spiritual and material. On […]
WelCom October 2016: Meri Hohepa No Aotearoa, he taonga of te hunga tapu I raangahia The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference have announced a day of celebration of Suzanne Aubert at Sunday Masses on 2 October – coinciding with the 90th anniversary of Aubert’s death in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1 October 1926. Parishes are invited […]
WelCom September 2016: International News The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) observes World Maritime Day on 29 September. This year’s theme is, ‘Shipping: indispensable to the world’. In June, National Co-ordinator of the New Zealand Catholic Apostleship of the Sea (AoS), Fr Jeff Drane SM of Wellington, attended the AoS conference for fishers for the Asia region. The […]
On 4 September 2016, Blessed Mother Teresa was declared Saint Teresa of Calcutta at a canonisation Mass presided over by Pope Francis. See stories: Memories of Mother Teresa
WelCom September 2016: Cardinal John Dew As the world watches with delight the canonisation of Teresa of Calcutta to sainthood on 4 September, we share the celebration and prayerful moment of this great woman, world leader and now a Saint of the Church. Here at home, in Aotearoa New Zealand, we have our own saint in […]
WelCom September 2016: News The Missionaries of the Charity Sisters, Porirua With the canonisation of Mother Teresa in Rome on 4 September by his holiness Pope Francis, many may be asking, ‘What is a Saint?’ and ‘How does someone become a Saint?’ Even during her lifetime, to those who referred to Mother Teresa as the ‘Living […]