WelCom November 2021 Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary TimeMark 12:38-44 [or 12:41-44] 38 In his teaching Jesus said to the crowds, ‘Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes and accept greetings in the marketplaces, 39 front seats in the synagogues, and places of honour at banquets.40 They devour the houses of […]
WelCom November 2021 “The promise was that when the glass was full,it would overflow, benefiting the poor.What happens instead is that when the glassis full, it magically gets bigger, but nothingever comes out for the poor.” Pope Francis
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WelCom October 2021 In March 2019, almost immediately after the terrorist attacks on the mosques in Christchurch, in which 51 people were killed and many more injured physically and psychologically, the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, coined the phrase ‘They are us’. She was saying as New Zealand reacted in horror to those attacks, the members […]
WelCom October 2021 Lisa Beech Support Life Sunday 2021 is celebrated on Sunday 10 October. This year the focus is on ‘Supporting and honouring health carers’, to acknowledge the work of health carers, including family carers and health professionals on the frontline supporting and protecting life. Pope Francis has acknowledged and thanked health carers in […]
WelCom October 2021 Aggie Paulo Fa’amalosi is the name of the Year 12 Business Studies class at Bishop Viard College in Porirua. This is particularly apt given the meaning of Fa’amalosi – a Samoan term meaning to ‘Stand Up’ – and the success of the group in Standing Up for their cultures and their own […]
WelCom October 2021 Pasifika leaders and health providers have been encouraging members of their communities and specific ethnic groups to get Covid-19 vaccination rates up and help save lives. They have been finding new and innovative ways to try to make a difference through education and campaigns to address some of the misinformation and fears […]
WelCom October 2021 The Vatican announced in May that the synod on synodality would open with a diocesan phase lasting from October 2021 to April 2022. A second, continental phase, will take place from September 2022 to March 2023. The third, universal phase will begin at the Vatican in October 2023 with the XVI Ordinary […]
WelCom October 2021 Mission Sunday, 31 October 2021 Fr Bernard Espiritu svd Mission Sunday finds its roots in Jesus’ Great Missionary Mandate: Go and preach the Good News to all! (Matthew 28:19). All the baptised are commissioned to carry on this sacred mandate. Mission Sunday is the day we celebrate the privilege of participating in […]
WelCom October 2021 A unique exhibition being brought to New Zealand this summer will allow visitors an unprecedented closeness to view powerful reproductions of the works of Michelangelo. The originals adorn the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at a height of 22 metres. The six-week exhibition, from late December 2021 at the Aotea Centre in […]