WelCom December 2021 Meet Porirua’s Bishop Viard College Year 13 student-entrepreneurs behind ‘The Hustle’ – an award-winning Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) business that incorporates Samoan stories, history and language. In 2020, Malaga, Siose, Oliver, Fa’amanuia, Priscilla and Kade recognised a gap in the market for the representation of Samoan history and language. The team were […]
WelCom December 2021 The Archdiocese has recently welcomed Louise Lloyd as coordinator for its Young Church Ministry (YCM) team and as Tuākana for St Mary’s College. Louise has been involved in YCM for many years as a participant and as a leader. As a programme coordinator she has been active in the flourishing of Life […]
WelCom December 2021 A Lego ship made with close to 30,000 pieces and measuring 1.8 metres in length, won St John’s College student, Matthew Eagles, a commendation award at this year’s BrickCon-NZ. BrickCon is the biggest Lego show in New Zealand and until the pandemic hit, it was part of a worldwide series of events […]
WelCom December 2021 Louise Lloyd If you love Youth Ministry, want to work with college students and contribute to the mission of the Young Church, then this is an opportunity for you! Our Mission as Christians is to share our faith. In Acts 26:16 we are called to ‘Arise!’ and ‘testify to what we have […]
WelCom December 2021 Hinge Points of Spiritual Living By this letter, I am saying to fellow travellers:know the journey you are on,be nurtured by it,and ready to share it. Peter Cullinane 2021 (Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North) Commemorating – with gratitude and joy – 60 years ordained Waking up to what is real We are […]
WelCom December 2021 Martin de Jong, Caritas Advocacy Advisor United Nations climate talks (COP26) held in Glasgow, UK in November were described by many civil society organisations as the least participatory to date, as Covid restrictions and other measures limited the representation of many Pacific Island nations and monitoring of the negotiations by civil society. […]
WelCom December 2021 It’s time to take the Pope Francis-approach to climate change Griffin Thompson The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow was a tale of two cities: one afloat on bold pledges and new promises, the other sinking under the weight of ‘Greta Mania’ and the chants of ‘blah, blah, blah’ from the followers of […]
WelCom December 2021 In response to the Covid challenges, for almost two years now staff and volunteers from Wellington’s youth and community development agency, Challenge 2000, have been supporting many people, families and groups in the Wellington region to manage new life complexities and to stay safe, prepared and well. Kitty McKinley, Challenge 2000’s Founder […]
WelCom December 2021 WelCom has been profiling the New Zealand Catholic Bishop’s Conference’s various agencies throughout 2021. This month, we feature the Catholic Enquiry Centre, which marks 60 years of mission in Aotearoa New Zealand. Director Fr Neil Vaney sm describes CEC’s journey. Origins and aims When the Catholic Missionary Society set out in the […]
WelCom December 2021 The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, 8 December, is the patronal feast of the Archdiocese of Wellington. This article is an abridged version of a presentation about Mary Dr Elizabeth Julian rsm gave this year after Choral Evenson in St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Wellington,on the feast of the Annunciation, 25 March. Why […]