WelCom August 2022 Pope Francis has appointed three women to the Dicastery of Bishops, which assists the Pope in choosing bishops. They are the first women to ever be named members of the dicastery. Two of them are religious sisters. Sr Raffaella Petrini, a Franciscan, has been secretary general of the Vatican’s governorate, the second-ranking […]
WelCom August 2022 Cardinal Kurt Koch, a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church and president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, says Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill’s defence of the war in Ukraine amounts to ‘heresy’, and has fractured the unity of the Orthodox community. ‘It is heresy that the patriarch dares to legitimise […]
WelCom August 2022 Nicaragua’s Sandinista-controlled congress has expelled nearly 200 non-governmental organisations from the Central American country, including 18 Missionaries of Charity. According to the newspaper El Confidencial, the nuns were taken by the General Directorate of Migration and Immigration and the police from the cities of Managua and Granada, where they had been serving […]
WelCom August 2022 Shireen Abu Akleh, a Catholic, was a Palestinian-American journalist who worked as a reporter for the Arabic-language channel Al Jazeera for 25 years. She was one of the most prominent names across the Middle East for her decades of reporting in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. As a leading journalist in the Arab […]
WelCom August 2022 The following article by Bishop Peter Cullinane coincides with Pope Francis’ desire for our parish liturgies to be as they should be, and for the Catholic people to receive on-going liturgy formation. Pope Francis’ most recent Apostolic letter, Desiderio Desideravi – ‘I have desired with a great desire’ [Lk 22:15]), published on […]
WelCom August 2022 This month WelCom’s Hīkoi Te Whakapono, Journey of Faith, visits St Francis of Assisi Ohariu Parish. The parish encompasses Wellington’s northern suburbs including Crofton Downs, Ngaio, Khandallah, Johnsonville, Newlands, Paparangi, Glenside, Grenada Village and Ohariu. The area population is about 45,000. Prior to the arrival of early settlers in the 1840s, heavy […]
WelCom August 2022 A liturgical reception is being held for Archbishop Paul Martin sm at St Teresa’s Church, Karori, 6pm, Friday, 12 August. The reception is expected to take the form of Evening Prayer of the Church, during which Archbishop Paul’s formal letter of appointment to the Archdiocese will be read. Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop […]
WelCom August 2022 On Saturday 18 June, the day before the 187th birthday of Meri Hōhepa Suzanne Aubert was celebrated, the Compassion Soup Kitchen was blessed with a visit by the Governor-General of New Zealand, Dame Cindy Kiro, and His Excellency Richard Davies. Dame Cindy attended the evening meal service as a volunteer to wait […]
WelCom August 2022 Jenny Gordon, former Vicar for Education for the Archdiocese, was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours list, for services to Catholic education. Jenny has contributed to Catholic education for more than 40 years, with 25 years as a teacher […]
WelCom August 2022 A Jubilee Mass of Thanksgiving was celebrated for Archdiocesan clergy at St Patrick’s Church, Kilbirnie, on 14 July. Several clergy attended along with parishioners, family members and friends. Jubilarians were Frs John Walls sm, 50 years; Roderick Milne sm, 60 years; David Arms ssc, 60 years; Brian Wysocki sm, 65 years; and […]