WelCom August 2022 Pictured at a pre-test function in Wellington, the evening before the final Test Match of the series between Ireland and the All Blacks last month, are (l-r) the Chairman of the Irish Rugby Football Union, Declan Madden, the Irish Ambassador to New Zealand, Peter Ryan and the President of the Marist St […]
WelCom August 2022 Parishioners of the Catholic Parish of Whanganui – Te Parihi Katorika Ki Whanganui recently celebrated with Joan Whelan, Terry Fleming and Helen Codlin, who all turned 90. The congregation sang Happy Birthday and expressed blessings to the three nonagenarians before they marked their milestones with family celebrations. These ‘treasures’ of St Mary’s […]
WelCom August 2022 The archdiocesan Catholic Centre on Hill St, Thorndon, was closed earlier this year due to seismic assessments. After further engineering reports, it has been decided to permanently close the premises and the adjacent Viard House and redevelop the site. This major project is expected to take up to four years. Staff from […]
WelCom August 2022 Parishioners at St Joseph’s Church Wakefield were planning to celebrate their church’s sesquicentennial last year. Due to Covid-19, celebrations were unable to proceed. However, the parishioners have printed a 90-page book that covers the church’s history and events through to 2021. The book is for sale at $30 a copy (plus postage) […]
WelCom August 2022 Sally Cawston More than 70 school-building upgrade and maintenance projects are underway across the Diocese of Palmerston North. The work is part of the diocese’s multimillion-dollar investment in its, Catholic school land and buildings portfolio. The projects – some already completed – range in size and scale to address the need for […]
WelCom August 2022 The Catholic Foundation offers eight scholarships to students living in the Wellington Archdiocese and who are in their final year of secondary education. The scholarships, worth $2,000 each, are to help with study in a student’s first year of tertiary education. Applicants are invited to apply online by 30 September. Go to […]
WelCom August 2022 Four people nominated for their outstanding work in Catholic youth ministry are winners in the 2022 Delargey Awards. The awards are named in honour of Cardinal Reginald Delargey (1914–79) who was noted for his tireless work for young Catholics. The awards are presented by the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference every two […]
WelCom August 2022 Earlier this year, when our community of Sacred Heart Petone found out that a past student had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, we were devastated. We wanted to do something to support Otis and his family and so we decided to hold a non-uniform day to raise money. We […]
WelCom August 2022 Members from the archdiocesan Youth Ministry of Church Mission and Life Teen Aotearoa teams came together in May to run a weekend in Wellington, called ‘Empower Youth Ministry Training’. Youth ministers, junior leaders, clergy, and parish leaders teamed up to develop youth ministry skills and to learn how to better support young […]
WelCom August 2022 Powerful protector, gentle guide The Church marks Sunday as the ‘foremost holy day of obligation’ (Catechism of the Catholic Church, n2177). In New Zealand we have two additional ‘holy days’, the Assumption of Mary and Christmas Day. Following her death, Mary the mother of Jesus was ‘assumed, body and soul, into heaven’ […]