WelCom November 2021 John Holden The Marist St Pat’s Club 50th Jubilee celebrations saw past and present players and supporters fill the Hataitai clubrooms in Wellington over Queen’s Birthday weekend. A common theme discussed was how sporting activities and physical fitness add value and joy to life and benefit everyone involved. Cardinal John Dew, MSP […]
WelCom November 2021 Fr Gerard Burns Our Lady Star of the Sea, Te Whetu o te Moana is a large parish. It was formed in 2016 with the combination of the former Picton, Kaikōura and Blenheim parishes so it stretches from the tips of the Marlborough Sounds to south of Kaikōura and halfway across towards […]
WelCom November 2021 Pā Phil Cody from Te Whānau Pukekaraka, Ōtaki and Elishka Graham from Māoriland Inc, Ōtaki, were part of a local working bee doing a recent planting of Renga Renga (New Zealand rock lilies) along the top of the Puke (hill) during the Māoriland Matariki festival. The planting was part of the Matariki […]
WelCom November 2021 Fr Bernard O’Donnell Isolation is not a new thing for the Central North Island. While the pandemic lockdowns have caused changes and interruptions to Church services and pastoral activities, some of the changes have brought out good in people who have responded in practical and kind ways. Due to the difficulty of […]
WelCom November 2021 The second postponement of the Cathedral Restoration Dinner made it 2-nil to Covid in the race to raise funds for Sacred Heart Cathedral! Both August 19 and October 11 coincided with national lockdowns and 170 paying guests had to be advised that their evening would not happen. A third date has been […]
WelCom November 2021 The dates of the next World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon, Portugal, have been announced. The world’s largest gathering of Catholic young people will take place from August 1–6, 2023. Making the announcement on October 3, Cardinal Manuel Clemente, the Patriarch of Lisbon, said: ‘We hope the 22 months that will lead […]
WelCom November 2021 Hannah Mclellan Five, Year 12 St Mary’s College students have launched a small business venture that promotes nutrition and sustainability. Known as ‘Sprout It’, the company has developed a kit – selling at $22 each – containing ingredients to grow a range of micro-edible seedlings. We developed our venture as an entry […]
WelCom November 2021 Acting as a ‘big sister’ to younger students and providing a shoulder to lean on in times of need has garnered recognition for a student at Sacred Heart College, Napier. Lydia Healey, Year 13, won the college’s ‘Upstander’ competition, which asked students to write the name of someone they thought was an […]
WelCom November 2021 Boys looking for their high school home for the next five years, had a taste of St John’s College at an open day in June. At the ‘taster day’, 115 Year 8 students from schools around the region experienced sports, ‘fancy food’ in culinary arts, and robotics and science. Head Boy Jonty […]
WelCom November 2021 Lyanie, a Year 8 student at St Claudine School, Wainuiomata, shares her thoughts for Catholic Schools Day, 29 September 2021: Tūrangawaewae: Catholic Schools – A Place to Stand. Going to a Catholic school means being a part of a big Catholic community. It is a privilege because of how we learn together […]