WelCom August 2022 The Catholic Foundation offers eight scholarships to students living in the Wellington Archdiocese and who are in their final year of secondary education. The scholarships, worth $2,000 each, are to help with study in a student’s first year of tertiary education. Applicants are invited to apply online by 30 September. Go to […]
WelCom August 2022 Four people nominated for their outstanding work in Catholic youth ministry are winners in the 2022 Delargey Awards. The awards are named in honour of Cardinal Reginald Delargey (1914–79) who was noted for his tireless work for young Catholics. The awards are presented by the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference every two […]
WelCom August 2022 Earlier this year, when our community of Sacred Heart Petone found out that a past student had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, we were devastated. We wanted to do something to support Otis and his family and so we decided to hold a non-uniform day to raise money. We […]
WelCom August 2022 Members from the archdiocesan Youth Ministry of Church Mission and Life Teen Aotearoa teams came together in May to run a weekend in Wellington, called ‘Empower Youth Ministry Training’. Youth ministers, junior leaders, clergy, and parish leaders teamed up to develop youth ministry skills and to learn how to better support young […]
WelCom June/July 2022 Continuing research has produced further details of where and by whom much of the reported abuse in the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand was committed. The research is being undertaken by Te Rōpū Tautoko, the group that coordinates Catholic Church engagement with the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care. Te Rōpū […]
WelCom June/July 2022 + John A Cardinal Dew, Archbishop of Wellington Archdiocese, Apostolic Administrator of Palmerston North Diocese The Acts of the Apostles recounts, among other things, the story of the early church as it learns to become a community guided by the Holy Spirit. It is the same for us today. Learning to listen […]
WelCom June/July 2022 Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Michael Gielen (50) as the new Bishop of Christchurch. Bishop Gielen has been the Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland since March 2020. He will be installed in his new Christchurch role by July to replace the former Bishop of Christchurch, Paul Martin sm, who was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop […]
WelCom June/July 2022 Two ‘pre-synod’ hui were held last month – one in the Diocese of Palmerston North and one in the Archdiocese of Wellington – each as the final step in the diocesan ‘listening phase’ of the Pope’s Synod of Synodality, 2021–2023. A cross section of representatives from the two dioceses met respectively at […]
WelCom June/July 2022 ‘The Catholic bishops of New Zealand are looking forward to meeting a wide a group of people at the national synodal hui in Wellington, on July 2, as we look at the question, “How do we as a Church journey together?”,’ said Bishop of Auckland Stephen Lowe, Secretary of the New Zealand […]
WelCom June/July 2022 This month, WelCom visits Holy Family Parish in Porirua East, 22kms north of Wellington. The pastoral area includes Cannons Creek, Porirua East, Ascot Park, Waitangirua and Rānui. The area was developed following the second world war. The village of Porirua became the site of a new city after the government acted on […]