WelCom August 2021 Trisha Dwyer The Catholic Church has always been important for Theresa Dwyer, so she was delighted when Cardinal John Dew was able to join her and family members on 17 June 2021, to celebrate her 100th birthday at the Vincentian Home in Wellington. Cardinal John gave Theresa a special blessing and presented […]
WelCom August 2021 Andrew Austin Seeing Sir Michael Jones in person and having the opportunity to meet him will be something boys at St John’s College will be unlikely to forget. Sir Michael’s words of wisdom and encouragement at a recent fundraiser for the school’s rugby foundation, will stay with the budding rugby players, and […]
WelCom August 2021 Catholic Schools Day is celebrated every year among the network of Catholic schools and their communities throughout Aotearoa New Zealand to showcase the special Catholic character of our schools. This year, Catholic Schools Day is on Tuesday 29 September. It is another opportunity to celebrate the taonga of Catholic education for which […]
WelCom August 2021 Around 240 teachers, leaders and support staff from the 13 Catholic primary and secondary schools across the centre of Wellington came together at St Patrick’s College, Kilbirnie, on Friday 9 July, for a mid-winter hui, themed: ‘Feeling Good and Functioning Well in our New Normal’. Wellington Catholic Schools network – ‘Kāhui Ako’ […]
WelCom August 2021 As part of their Education Outside the Classroom: EOTC week, St Bernard’s School, Brooklyn, held a Caritas Challenge Day. They started with a whole school Mass led by senior students, and parish priest Fr Doug Shepherd who talked about the Fruits of the Holy Spirit. After Mass, the children took part in […]
WelCom August 2021 Young Vinnies at Cullinane College organised a mufti day on 1 July to raise money for Starship Hospital, after seeing online Starship asking for donations for more beds. ‘The group gifted the $700 raised for this cause,’ said Mr Simon Peterson, teacher in charge of Young Vinnies. ‘They meet at school fortnightly […]
WelCom August 2021 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel, John 6: 24-35 24 When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and crossed to Capernaum looking for Jesus.25 And when they found him across the sea they said to him, ‘Rabbi, when did you get here?’ 26 […]
WelCom August 2021 The Little Company of Mary, founded by the Venerable Mary Potter in 1877, invite you to join them in their prayer ministry for the sick, suffering and dying. For those experiencing distress at the sudden death of a loved one, it is consoling to know that somewhere in the world prayer is […]
WelCom August 2021 Heritage Art Auctions, Whanganui, advises they will be selling, by auction, on 11 September 2021, a rare 19th Century portrait in oils of Bishop Jean Baptiste Pompallier (1801–1871). The work, in a period oval frame measuring 36cm x 47cm at the widest points, is unsigned and the artist is not known. Bishop […]
WelCom August 2021 After exhibiting in Wellington, Suffrage in Stitches exhibition is showing at Te Manawa Museum, Palmerston North, until 12 September. Suffrage in Stitches developed through a partnership between Vinnies Re Sew – a socially inclusive, sewing studio run by St Vincent de Paul Society, Wellington – and Wellington Museum. It provides over 500 […]