Pursuing the common good
The core responsibility of those entrusted to govern is to promote the common good. This doesn’t mean just what is best for most people.
Author: Rose Miller
The Rātana Church – Te Haahi Rātana
Rātana is really a family birthday. It honours and celebrates the birthday of the founding prophet of Rātana, Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana (1873–1939). His birthday is 25 January each year. So the atmosphere of Rātana is just that: a whānau gathering to share and enjoy company and mark a birthday, not least by the regular playing and marching of the Rātana band.
Lent – an encounter with the gift of mercy
The season of Lent invites Christians into a time of self-examination; to take ourselves through a ‘warrant of fitness’ test regarding our relationships with God and with one another. It is not meant to be a scary time, but rather one of gratefulness and gladness as we come to appreciate how loved we are – and how loving we can be – through the great gift of mercy.
Gospel Reading: Sunday 3 March 2024
Third Sunday of Lent – John 2:13-25 13 Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money changers seated there. 15 He made a whip out of cords and drove them all […]
‘Your authentic sense of liturgical occasion’
Monsignor Charles Harold Pascal Cooper, a much-loved and respected priest of the Archdiocese of Wellington, died on 3 January 2024, aged 90, at his home in Wellington. Ken Joblin, organist and chorister at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Wellington from 1988–2000, and now Sacred Music Adviser for the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch, pays tribute to his former mentor and guide.
Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention
During the month of March 2024 Pope Francis’ intention is: for the new martyrs We pray that those who risk their lives for the Gospel in various parts of the world inflame the Church with their courage and missionary enthusiasm.
New bishop receives warm welcome
On the Feast of St Brigid, 1 February, the students, staff and community of St Mary’s Catholic School, Foxton gathered in St Mary’s Church, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new bishop of Palmerston North. It was Bishop John Adams’ first visit to our school.
Connecting with God at Life Teen Summer Camp 2024
More than 300 young participants, chaperones and volunteer leaders attended this year’s Life Teen Summer Camp based in Cambridge, from 16 to 20 January.
Fostering Christian musical talents
Another Christian Summer event for young people that took place in the Waikato, was the Festival One Christian Music Festival, 26–29 January, staged in Karapiro, just out of Cambridge.
Wellington Catholic Foundation scholarship winners
The Catholic Foundation of the Archdiocese of Wellington congratulates the eight recipients of its 2023 scholarships for the 2024 tertiary studies’ year and wishes the successful applicants well in their chosen courses. The scholarships worth $2,000 each, are awarded for the first year of a student’s tertiary study. The awards were presented at college prize-giving […]