In the silence of a candle-lit school hall at midnight on 1 January, 120 young Catholics from all over New Zealand celebrated the New Year in a ‘counter-cultural’ way. They were deep in prayer. They were participating in the 10-day Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer School 2023, held at Ngā Tawa School in Marton, a rural town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region.
Around 50 teenagers from Wellington joined other teenagers from around New Zealand at the 2023 five-day Life Teen Summer camp held at St Peter’s School in Cambridge in January. The camp was held for the first time since 2020.
The Vatican body that oversees the conservation and maintenance of St Peter’s Basilica has launched a new School of Arts and Trades to offer technical formation for future stonemasons, carpenters and marble craftspeople.
The latest issue of WelCom is available to read here.
The Catholic Church has launched two Appeals for donations to support those who have suffered ‘unimaginable damage’ in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle.
A National Appeal is being organised by the Diocese of Auckland through its Catholic Caring Foundation. Funds donated to this Appeal will go to all areas affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.
The Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania has spoken out on the need for ‘deeper ecological conversion’ and to embrace ‘the challenge of integral ecology’.
In his Message for Lent 2023, 22 February–6 April, Pope Francis highlights the relationship between the Lenten journey and the synodal journey, which are both rooted in tradition and open to newness.
If you would like your event listed free on this page, please send an outline to welcom@wn.catholic.org.nz including name of event, date, time, location and contact. Sunday 5–Friday 10 February Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania – this four-yearly meeting will take place in Suva, Fiji. It always an important gathering of the Bishops […]
Members of Te Āhi Kā o Mātaruranga – a young Catholic adult community from Palmerston North – went on a hīkoi to the Far North late last year to trace the origins of faith mission in this country, through the work of early Marists.