The 2024 Clergy Jubilee Mass was held at Ss Peter and Paul Church Lower Hutt on 6 July, marking significant milestones of priestly ministry by the jubilarians. It was also a Mass of thanksgiving for Cardinal John Dew following his retirement from his role as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Wellington last year.
The sun was shining, and the air was filled with warm festivity. The winter chill was no match for the colourful celebration of Fr Donal Hornsey’s 60th year of ordination was held at Te Awakairangi Parish on 6 July.
Archbishop Paul Martin sm has announced the appointment of Mr Chris Ward as the Director of Catholic Social Services for the Archdiocese of Wellington.
More than 700 educators and people involved with Catholic education gathered for the National Catholic Education Convention in Wellington in June.
Public debate around Te Tiriti o Waitangi has provoked a strong Catholic response.
Under the auspices of the Ko Te Tiriti Mai rāno: The Treaty Is Always Speaking. A Covenant for the Generations hui,nearly 70 people gathered at the Home of Compassion in Island Bay over a weekend in July, to consider Te Tiriti in its religious dimensions.
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is a founding member of the Migrant and Refugee Oceania Network, advocating for the dignity of migrants and refugees throughout the region.
Mark’s Gospel tells of the occasion when, responding to Jesus’ instruction to ‘cross over to the other side’, the disciples ‘took him, just as he was, in the boat; and there were other boats with him’. [Mk 4:35; Jerusalem Bible]
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – John 6:24-35
24 When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.
Early last year, Rebecca Taylor-Hunt was announced asthe newDirector of the Catholic Enquiry Centre. CEC is the agency of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, dedicated to evangelising in Aotearoa New Zealand.
During the month of August 2024 Pope Francis’ intention is: for political leaders.
We pray that political leaders be at the service of their own people, working for integral human development and for the common good, especially caring for the poor and those who have lost their jobs.