WelCom December 2021 He puawa au nō runga i te tikanga, He rau rengarenga nō roto i te raukura, Ko taku raukura rā, he manawanui ki te ao. Puna Te Aroha Wharehoka Te Kura Kōhine o Manawa Tapu ki Ngamotu has held the connection with Parihaka for the past seven years, with koro Rangikotuku Rukuwai […]
WelCom December 2021 Meet Porirua’s Bishop Viard College Year 13 student-entrepreneurs behind ‘The Hustle’ – an award-winning Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) business that incorporates Samoan stories, history and language. In 2020, Malaga, Siose, Oliver, Fa’amanuia, Priscilla and Kade recognised a gap in the market for the representation of Samoan history and language. The team were […]
WelCom December 2021 A Lego ship made with close to 30,000 pieces and measuring 1.8 metres in length, won St John’s College student, Matthew Eagles, a commendation award at this year’s BrickCon-NZ. BrickCon is the biggest Lego show in New Zealand and until the pandemic hit, it was part of a worldwide series of events […]
WelCom December 2021 Louise Lloyd If you love Youth Ministry, want to work with college students and contribute to the mission of the Young Church, then this is an opportunity for you! Our Mission as Christians is to share our faith. In Acts 26:16 we are called to ‘Arise!’ and ‘testify to what we have […]
WelCom December 2021 In response to the Covid challenges, for almost two years now staff and volunteers from Wellington’s youth and community development agency, Challenge 2000, have been supporting many people, families and groups in the Wellington region to manage new life complexities and to stay safe, prepared and well. Kitty McKinley, Challenge 2000’s Founder […]
WelCom December 2021 As chaplain for the Catholic hard-of-hearing and deaf communities in the Palmerston North and Wellington dioceses, David Loving-Molloy’s ministry encompasses a broad area, covering the lower half of the North Island and the top of the South Island. David is based at St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre in Palmerston North. His wide-ranging […]
WelCom November 2021
WelCom November 2021 This article is an abridged version of a homily that Cardinal John gave at St Teresa’s Pro-Cathedral in Karori, Wellington, and at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Palmerston North, at the Opening Masses for the Global Synod on Synodality, on Sunday 17 October. Six years ago today, I was in Rome […]
WelCom November 2021 Catholic health professionals, chaplains and priests are being given guidelines and pastoral help to work with people who decide to die under the End of Life Choice Act, which takes effect on 7 November, 2021. Though the Church opposes the deliberate taking of human life, it cannot turn away those who choose […]