World Day of Prayer for Vocations is observed this year on Sunday, April 30, 2023. It is also known as Good Shepherd Sunday. The purpose of this day is to fulfil the Lord’s instruction to, ‘Pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers into his harvest’ – Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2.
Across the Pacific, people are picking up the bones of their ancestors like shells on the beach. Burial grounds are being washed away by rising tides. Communities are shoring up seawalls with old tyres.
Chaplain Brian Fennessy ED, RNZChD
Later in the year I’m going on a Battlefield Tour of Germany including a visit to the Mohne and Eder Dams, of the Dambusters fame, and Colditz Castle. Charles Upham VC & Bar was a prisoner at Colditz for about six months.
Palm Sunday – Matthew 21:1-11 When they drew near Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find an ass tethered, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them here to me. And if […]
A once popular form of prayer honouring Our Lady, Mary, Mother of Jesus, is rarely heard today, Fr James Lyons writes.
In response to the Synod on Youth in 2018, the Bible Society of New Zealand has developed a unique youth Catholic New Testament.
Identity:Identified has been designed to help teenagers who wouldn’t normally read Sacred Scripture to discern their calling in life.
Hundreds of teachers and staff from the Archdiocese of Wellington’s Catholic schools travelled from all over the lower North Island to gather for their annual Commissioning Mass, held on 14 March at St Mary of the Angels Church.
Students from St Patrick’s College Wellington led the capital city’s 2023 St Patrick’s Day parade along Wellington’s waterfront on Sunday afternoon, 12 March.
We are having Mass at 10am on Sunday 23 April celebrated by Mons Brian Walsh and a shared morning tea after Mass with a slideshow of historical photos from the opening day to the present day.
WelCom April 2023
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