WelCom August 2018: More than 13,000 especially knitted babies’ booties were displayed outside Parliament on Thursday 26 July as a ‘project of love’ and memorial to 13,285 ‘lives lost to abortion last year’. Pro-life organisers, Voice for Life, invited thousands of people from across the country to take part in knitting the booties for this public […]
WelCom August 2018: Deirdre Hanlon Crowds gathered at St Anne’s Church, Newtown, in June to commemorate 183 years since the birth of Suzanne Aubert in Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay, France. Cardinal John Dew concelebrated Mass with Bishop Emeritus Stuart O’Connell and local priests. In his homily, Cardinal John said, ‘I am certain if there had not been 102 years […]
WelCom August 2018: Deirdre Hanlon Two exhibitions connected to Hiruhārama-Jerusalem on the Whanganui River are showing from 22 July to 20 September at the Suzanne Aubert Heritage Centre, Our Lady’s Home of Compassion, Island Bay. ‘Burying a Poet: the Tangihanga of James K Baxter’ depicts images by photographer William Farrimond during the tangihanga on 25 October […]
WelCom August 2018: Since August 2017, over 700,000 Rohingya people have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh. Many refugees have settled in a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar in south-east Bangladesh. Though the Rohingya are now safe from persecution and being supported by organisations on the ground, they are faced with the risk of flooding from monsoon […]
WelCom August 2018: On 14 July 2018, Pope Francis appointed four cardinals as presidents delegate to the synod on youth, which will meet at the Vatican this October. Those appointed are Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako, Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon; Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana of Toamasina; Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon; and Cardinal John Ribat of […]
WelCom August 2018: ‘His Holiness Pope Francis was deeply saddened to learn of the recent wildfires in Greece, and extends his heartfelt solidarity to all those affected by this tragedy.’ Pope Francis expressed this in the condolences he sent to the loved ones and victims of those affected by the wildfires in Greece where recent forest […]
WelCom August 2018: In this month’s article for WelCom’s Catholic Thinking series about theology, mortality, ethics and faith heritage Rev Dr John Owens sm, a lecturer in philosophy at Good Shepherd College – Te Hēpara Pai, discusses ‘reality’. Evicting Our Everyday Selves In an age of innocence, before a particular serpent had appeared in the garden, […]
WelCom August 2018: Join Wellington On A Plate’s PASSION AND COMPASSION event on Sunday 19 August, 6pm‒9pm, at Compassion Soup Kitchen, 132 Tory St, Te Aro, with an Italian-style dinner catered by Mediterranean Foods Trattoria and Deli Newtown. Line up for the first of four courses and meet the tireless volunteers and unsung heroes of the […]
WelCom August 2018: The Choir of St Mary of the Angels will celebrate Vespers for the Feast of the Assumption, 7.30pm, Wednesday 15 August, at St Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott St, Wellington. The Liturgy of about 50 minutes includes Latin psalms, Gregorian antiphons and Palestrina’s Magnificat. To follow will be a 30-minute concert of […]
WelCom August 2018: Chanel College 40-year Jubilee over weekend 14‒16 September, will celebrate the years since it was founded in 1978. Former students, parents and teachers are invited to contact the Chanel College Office or to visit the website at chanelcollege.school.nz for details. There will be entertainment, time to catch up with former classmates, teachers, family […]