During the month of September 2024 Pope Francis’ intention is: for the cry of the Earth. We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and of victims of natural disasters and climactic change, and that all will undertake to personally care for the world in […]
Year 10 student at Sacred Heart College, Napier, Poppy McCaskey, crafted this article for the 2024 O’Shea Shield Junior Prepared Speech Competition, in which she was placed second in her category. Poppy’s article reflects the theme for O’Shea Shield 2024: Te Ahi Kā – ‘Sparks of Hope’. It also witnesses to the charism of her school, which draws on the Visitation of Mary.
The Sisters of Compassion invite applications for the Suzanne Aubert Tertiary Scholarship 2025. Applications are open to tertiary students with New Zealand citizenship, living within the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington or the Diocese of Palmerston North.
Students across the dioceses took part in Masses for the Feast of the Assumption 15 August. Among them were students from Sacred Heart Primary School, Thorndon, who attended the parish Mass at their neighbouring Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.
St Catherine’ College Kilbirnie, Wellington, welcomed its new principal Amélie Kelder in July. Addressing St Catherine’s College community at a pōwhiri in her honour, Amélie said the following.
Young Vinnies at St Joseph’s Primary School, Central Hawke’s Bay, prepared and served a delicious morning tea spread for Bishop John Adams when he visited Fr Paul Kerridge and the Parish Leadership Team last month.
Young Vinnies is the youth arm of the Society of St Vincent de Paul. It is a platform to support young people in their work to understand and address social injustices they see in their communities.
Growing up in West Auckland and experiencing hardship firsthand, Kaira Mitchell developed a deep sense of empathy and understanding. As a support worker at the Compassion Soup Kitchen, she knows well the struggles of our whānau, the most vulnerable in our community.
September: 1. Day of Prayer for Creation 7. Blessed Virgin Mary 8–14. Social Justice Week 9. St Peter Claver 21. St Matthew Apostle 27. St Vincent de Paul
If you would like to list your parish and school events free on this page, please email welcom@wn.catholic.org.nz with event name, date, time, location and contact details. Sunday 8 September Nativity of our Mary our Mother – Catholic Fijian Community invites all migrant communities join them at the Home of Compassion, 2 Rhine St, Island […]