WelCom June/July 2021 Jane Bourke, DRS After a year’s hiatus, the Chanel College Young Vinnies Charity Fashion Show has made a comeback. During the last two weeks of Term One. Young Vinnies collected clothing donations from students and their families. On the final day of term, we held our annual Fashion Show to model the […]
WelCom June/July 2021 This article is an abridged version of Jim Consedine’s keynote address to this year‘s St Vincent de Paul annual general meeting. The central command of Jesus, ‘to love God and love your neighbour’ leads to our understanding from scripture that charity and justice form the component parts of this command. Today, I […]
WelCom June/July 2021 Gospel Mark 14: 12-16, 22-26 12 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples said to him, ‘Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?’ 13 He sent two of his disciples and said to […]
WelCom June/July 2021 John 20:1-2, 11-18 Elizabeth Julian rsm So much weeping! Poor Mary Magdalene! Weeping, turning, announcing. Three verbs lie at the heart of this highly significant passage about Jesus’ encounter with a distraught Mary Magdalene in the garden. While it is proclaimed on her feast day (22 July), we don’t hear it on […]
WelCom June/July 2021 During the month of June 2021 Pope Francis’ universal intention is: The Beauty of Marriage. Let us pray for young people who are preparing for marriage with the support of a Christian community: may they grow in love, with generosity, faithfulness and patience. During the month of July 2021 Pope Francis’ universal […]
WelCom May 2021 Fr Seph Pijfers Last month, 41 clergy of the Archdiocese of Wellington gathered for a week-long assembly at Tatum Park conference centre, north of Ōtaki on the Kāpiti Coast. This was the first time in a good number of years the clergy have gathered for an extended period such as this. We […]
WelCom May 2021 We are called to respond to the Cry of the Earth, the Cry of the Poor, and the Cry of the Children. Last year, Pope Francis invited us to celebrate the fifth anniversary of his encyclical Laudato Si’ for a whole year – from 24 May 2020 to 24 May 2021. “For […]
WelCom August 2019: Te Tangohanga o Meri Takakau Tapu 15 August 2019 – 5 Akuhata 2019 Glimpsing the Joy that awaits us through Mary’s Assumption Mātakitakina te Harikoa e tāria ana mā te Tangohanga o Meri The Catholic Church in New Zealand has the Assumption of Mary as patron. The first missionary outreach to Oceania was […]
WelCom August 2019: Te Wiki o Ngā Karanga Tūranga Whakapono ā Motu 4–11 Akuhata 2019 National Vocations Awareness Week is a call from the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand for vocations to ordained ministry and consecrated life and to renew our prayers and support for those considering a vocational calling. Vocations come from families, communities […]
WelCom August 2019: Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington For many years I have subscribed to the periodical entitled The Pastoral Review. It arrives from England every couple of months. I look forward to the Scripture reflections, which help me in the preparation of homilies and to the different spiritual and theological articles it provides. The May/June […]