Catholic college quiz night for charity
The annual Sacred Heart College and St Bernard’s College quiz night fundraiser was held in August at the SHC Performing Arts Centre in Lower Hutt.
Author: Rose Miller
Students win awards at ‘Design, Make and Model’ competition
Three Sacred Heart College students have won several awards at a Design, Make and Model competition in Hawke’s Bay.
Dates and events – what’s on
December 2023
A time of listening to the experience of many
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ
I am writing this in the last week of the Synod here in Rome. It has been a time of listening to the experience of many, of trying to see where the Holy Spirit is leading the Church and how to be faithful to our call to follow Christ from within our Catholic tradition.
St Bernadette’s School75th Jubilee
St Bernadette’s School Naenae celebrated its 75th Jubilee on the Feast of the Assumption, 15 August, with a beautiful Mass and singing. Songs included Our Lady of Knock, a community favourite hymn from when the Presentation Sisters taught here.
WelCom November 2023
The latest issue of WelCom is available to read here.
“Out of the depths I cry to you O Lord; hear my voice”
The Anglican and Catholic Bishops of Aotearoa New Zealand jointly issued the following statement on Friday 20 October, on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Watershed moment in the Holy Land
The crisis in Gaza is a watershed moment that could have long-term impact on life in the Holy Land, says New Zealander Br Peter Bray fsc, the Vice-Chancellor of Bethlehem University in the Occupied West Bank territory.
Biden and Pope Francis discuss ‘durable peace’ in Israel and Gaza
President Joe Biden and Pope Francis spoke by phone on 22 October 2023 to discuss the conflict in Israel and Gaza and facilitating a path to ‘durable peace’ in the region, according to the press offices of both leaders.
Pope Francis first pope to attend climate summit
Pope Francis will take part in the United Nations’s international climate summit in Dubai, known as COP28, which begins on 30 November.
COP28 is being held in the United Arab Emirate’s largest city, from 30 November to 12 December.