NauMai September 2021 In 2015, Pope Francis has established 1 September as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, encouraging the Catholic community around the world to pray for our common home. The day is inspired by the Holy Father’s landmark encyclical Laudato si’, which calls on ‘every person living on this […]
NauMai September 2021 An image has been occurring to me of boats that have become unmoored. They end up on the rocks, or colliding with one another. There are features of our Western world’s culture that seem to fit the image. Important aspects of our lives seem to have become disconnected from what gives them […]
NauMai September 2021 The World Day of Prayer also falls at the beginning of the Season of Creation – from 1 September until 4 October, the feast of St Francis of Assisi. This is an ecumenical season dedicated to prayer for the protection of creation and the promotion of sustainable lifestyles. Thousands around the world […]
NauMai September 2021 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mark 7:31-37 31 Returning from the territory of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon towards the Lake of Galilee, right through the Decapolis territory. 32 And they brought him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they asked him to lay […]
NauMai September 2021 During the month of September 2021 Pope Francis’ universal intention is for: An environmentally sustainable lifestyle. We pray that we all will make courageous choices for a simple and environmentally sustainable lifestyle, rejoicing in our young people who are resolutely committed to this.
NauMai September 2021 On 24 April, 2021, Pope Francis approved a new synodal programme for the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops entitled: ‘For a synodal Church: communion, participation and mission’. The path toward the celebration of the Synod comprises three phases between October 2021 and October 2023: a diocesan phase; a […]
WelCom August 2021 Michael Fitzsimons The views of every Catholic in Aotearoa New Zealand will be sought during an expanded Synod of Bishops’ process announced by Pope Francis. The Synod has been postponed until 2023 so that an unprecedented consultation of Catholics can take place in advance. The Pope has asked all Catholic dioceses around […]
WelCom August 2021 New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have approved a change in name for the annual Respect Life Sunday, promoted each October by the Catholic Church in New Zealand, to Support Life Sunday. Support Life on Sunday 10 October this year, has the theme: Honouring and Supporting Health Carers. The theme is timely, given the […]
WelCom August 2021 The wild weather that brought severe flooding to the West Coast and Marlborough and heavy winds and rains to Wellington and the North Island over the weekend of 17–18 July, forced many residents to evacuate their homes and boil drinking water. Many on the West Coast’s flood-ravaged streets are still left without […]
WelCom August 2021 Michael Fitzsimons Catholic schools are set to receive nearly $38 million in maintenance funding to be spent on essential work in the Catholic schools network over the next 24 months. It is the largest single allocation of property maintenance funding ever achieved in the history of state-integrated education. The Essential Property Maintenance […]