Let us pray – Kia inoi tatou
E te Atua aroha mā te whakapuaki
i tō mātou whakapono
Loving God in professing this faith
in which we are united as your people,
we unite ourselves with the Yes
of Mary, mother of Jesus and first disciple.
The Archdiocese of Wellington’s Catholic Foundation continues to promote its scholarships to students for tertiary studies. However, the Board has moved the availability of its scholarships from 1st year tertiary students to 2nd and 3rd year tertiary students.
Around 300 delegates from bishops’ conferences and international movements from 110 countries met in Rome, from 23 to 25 May, to take part in the 2024 International Youth Ministry Congress. Organised by the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, the event marked five years since Pope Francis published his document to young people, Christus vivit: Christ is alive.
Tom Silverwood was awarded a prestigious Laureate Award for a distinguished contribution to Catholic education at the 2024 New Zealand Catholic Education Convention held in Wellington in June.
Palmerston North Catholic Diocese’s Bishop John Adams led a special midweek Mass on 26 June at Holy Family Church in Whanganui, with the children and staff of St Marcellin School.
Thirty-four children participated in their First Reconciliation at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in the Parish of Our Lady of the Bays, Tasman, on 9 June. They are pictured with the Parish Priest Fr Michael Bellizzi and Fr Ravi Kumar Voliganti. Photo: Supplied
Our May 2024 WelCom’s Te Hīkoi Whakapono – Journey of Faith series featured the Parish of the Holy Spirit – Te Wairua Tapu. This article about Sacred Heart School in Petone was inadvertently omitted from the feature.
Life Teen Aotearoa is a faith-centred movement that works nationally with dioceses and parishes to lead teenagers and their families into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and the Church
Two workshops organised by the Integral Ecology Committee of the Archdiocese of Wellington EJP Commission, are being held this month to prepare for the Season of Creation: 1 September to 4 October. Everyone is welcome.
Applications are now open for the archdiocese’s new one-year adult formation programme that will begin next year. Entitled, ‘Called and Equipped’, the programme is designed to support and encourage lay people serving in parishes.