Two parishioners finalists in ‘Welly’ 2023 awards
Two archdiocesan parishioners have been nominated as finalists in The Post 2023 Wellingtonian of the Year Awards.
Author: Rose Miller
Closure and sale of Murchison church property
The Catholic Parish of Buller and Inangahua have decided to sell their St Peter Chanel church, hall and land in Murchison.
Suzanne Aubert Rongoā Garden of native plants
A re-opening ceremony of the Suzanne Aubert Rongoā Garden at the Callaghan Innovation | Te Pokapū Auaha site in Gracefield, Lower Hutt, was held on 25 January this year.
Srs Margaret Anne Mills, Sue Cosgrove, Josephine Gorman, Veronica Hurrings dolc, along with other Compassion whānau members attended the official ceremony.
Plimmerton tragedy recalled at 75th anniversary
On 1 March, 1949, children and staff from Ss Peter and Paul Primary School travelled by train from Waterloo Station in Lower Hutt into Wellington and then on to Plimmerton Beach on Wellington’s West coast for a twice weather-cancelled school picnic. For the children it was an exciting adventure and the site of the picnic had been carefully chosen for its safety record.
Ecology Justice and Peace Commissioning
The Ecology Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Wellington gathered on Saturday 9 March at St Joseph’s Church, Mt Victoria, Wellington, for a Commissioning Mass celebrated by Archbishop Paul Martin sm. With six new members bringing the Commission membership to 19, the EJP is ready to respond to issues of justice and peace inspired and informed by Catholic Social Teaching.
Anzac Day 25 April 2024 – National Day of Remembrance
King George V’s comment, as he visited the Commonwealth war cemeteries in Flanders during 1922, is a powerful statement of remembrance and upholding peace:
‘We can truly say that the whole circuit of the earth is girdled with the graves of our dead…and, in the course of my pilgrimage, I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come, than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.’
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The joy of the Resurrection – the grace of Easter believed
In the Old Testament reading for the Thursday after Ash Wednesday, Moses speaks to God’s people. He speaks about being good, of loving God and of keeping his commandments. If God’s people do this he says, ‘the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you are entering to make your own.’ In the Gospel Jesus speaks of the hardship of being his follower.
The Eighth Day – a new beginning
In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were… Jesus came and stood among them… Eight days later, the disciples were in the house again and Thomas was with them.’ [See John 20:19-31]
Gospel Reading: Sunday 31 March 2024
Easter Sunday, the Resurrection of the Lord – John 20:1-9
1 On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb.