Author: Rose Miller
Events – coming up
Natural Fertility Management – Billings Ovulation Method training seminar, Saturday, Sunday 27, 28 April, Christchurch, for Health Professionals and Natural Health practitioners interested in women’s health and fertility, and those wishing to become accredited Billings Teachers, using or considering using the Billings Method, involved in pre-marriage counselling, and wishing to promote the method within their […]
March Church calendar dates
13: Anniversary of Election of Pope Francis 17: St Patrick – Feast Day 19: St Joseph, Husband of Mary – Solemnity 24: Palm Sunday 28: Holy Thursday 29: Good Friday – Collection for the Holy Places 31: Easter Sunday
Dates and events – what’s on
To list events free, email welcom@wn.catholic.org.nz with event name, date, time, location and contact details. Sunday 3 March Day of Prayer for all Children – Te Rā o Ngā Tamariki | Children’s Day (NZ) ALL IN – Youth Hang Out for youth of Wellington. Games, Mass, music, friends, food,faith, 2–5pm, Avalon Park. Organised by Archdiocesan […]
WelCom February 2024
The latest version of WelCom is available to read here.
Cardinal Thomas Stafford Williams ONZ ChStJ Emeritus Archbishop of Wellington
Cardinal Thomas Stafford Williams, ONZ, Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington has died, aged 93. He passed away peacefully on 22 December 2023 at Charles Fleming Retirement Village, Waikanae, north of Wellington. Cardinal Tom lived in Waikanae since his retirement in 2005.
Letter from the West Bank
Br Peter Bray fsc, a De La Salle Brother originally from Taranaki, was the vice-chancellor of Bethlehem University until the end of last year. Bethlehem University is a Catholic university located in the city of Bethlehem, in the West Bank; it is the first higher education institution founded in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Synodal process powerful tool for Religious Life
The synodal process offers religious orders a powerful tool to be less hierarchical and more transparent in the way they operate, says Sr Margaret Anne Mills, Congregational Leader of the Sisters of Compassion.
Catholic Bishop Michael Gielen and Anglican Bishop Ross Bay in Rome and Canterbury for international dialogue
Bishop of Christchurch Michael Gielen says it is a great privilege to be representing New Zealand’s Catholic bishops at a major Anglican-Roman Catholic gathering underway in Rome and then moving to Canterbury, UK.
Lent: preparing to celebrate the death and resurrection of Our Lord
Greetings to you as we begin a New Year. I hope that the holiday period has been an enjoyable one for you all and you have had some time for rest and relaxation. For those of you who have worked over the holidays so that others may rest, thank you.