Following recent media enquiries about the expected timeframe for the appointment of bishops to the two dioceses of Palmerston North and Hamilton, Bishop Steve Lowe, Bishop of Auckland, Secretary of the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference issued the following statement to clarify the process.
The New Zealand’s Catholic Bishops Conference (NZCBC) welcomed the Church’s new Te Rōpū Māori to their November meeting.
The new group’s purpose is to work with the bishops on NZCBC’s agenda items of importance to Katorika (Catholic) Māori.
The agreement to begin more transparent financial pooling schemes for Catholic schools in Aotearoa New Zealand and major improvements to school property have been highlights of 2022, says Dr Kevin Shore, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office.
An immersive multi-media experience featuring masterpieces of the 10 most famous Renaissance masters, will be showing as an enhanced digital projection at Auckland’s Aotea Centre in January.
Christian Life Community Wellington offered Fr Michael Hansen sj’s five-week retreat in daily life ‘Inner Peace in Friendship with Jesus’ over August and September. A group of 30 people – including through Zoom – met every Sunday afternoon at the Home of Compassion, Island Bay. The retreat was a grace-filled experience for participants and givers.
Before the start of Holy Week in April this year, on 8 April about 100 parishioners spent time in silent adoration during a 13-hour night vigil. Adoration was enhanced with rosaries, hymns, bible readings and prayers for divine mercy.
Members of the Society of St Vincent de Paul from Kapi Mana, Wellington and Hutt Wairarapa Areas gathered at Tawa parish’s Our Lady of Fatima Church, on Sunday 25 September, to celebrate their annual feast day.
Several parishes in our two dioceses celebrated their annual memorial Masses on or near 2 November – All Souls Day – to remember all those departed from their parishes during the past year. Here are some of their stories.
Every year during the Season of Creation, the Catholic Parish of Hastings responds to Pope Francis’ call to ‘Listen to the Cry of the Earth’. The Pope’s 2022 theme, ‘The Burning Bush (Ex 3:1-12), Listen to the Voice of Creation’, challenges how we see and understand the world: the creative voice of God speaking through all creation ‘the sweet song in praise of our Creator’; and destructive power of human activity as it negatively affects our environment.
Jim McAloon, chair of the Archdiocese Ecology Justice and Peace (EJP) Commission and a Sacred Heart Cathedral parishioner, welcomed Cardinal John Dew, EJP Commission members, friends and parishioners to a special Cathedral Parish Eucharist celebration on 2 October – the final day of the 2022 Season of Creation.