WelCom November 2021 The National Liturgy Office (NLO) supports the New Zealand Catholic bishops in their pastoral, liturgical, and teaching ministry, and ensures that the distinctive identity of the Catholic Church in Aotearoa-New Zealand, with its Māori dimension, is present and celebrated in the Liturgy and celebrated. NLO provides Liturgical resources as required by the […]
WelCom October 2021 In March 2019, almost immediately after the terrorist attacks on the mosques in Christchurch, in which 51 people were killed and many more injured physically and psychologically, the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, coined the phrase ‘They are us’. She was saying as New Zealand reacted in horror to those attacks, the members […]
WelCom October 2021 Lisa Beech Support Life Sunday 2021 is celebrated on Sunday 10 October. This year the focus is on ‘Supporting and honouring health carers’, to acknowledge the work of health carers, including family carers and health professionals on the frontline supporting and protecting life. Pope Francis has acknowledged and thanked health carers in […]
WelCom October 2021 Aggie Paulo Fa’amalosi is the name of the Year 12 Business Studies class at Bishop Viard College in Porirua. This is particularly apt given the meaning of Fa’amalosi – a Samoan term meaning to ‘Stand Up’ – and the success of the group in Standing Up for their cultures and their own […]
WelCom October 2021 Pasifika leaders and health providers have been encouraging members of their communities and specific ethnic groups to get Covid-19 vaccination rates up and help save lives. They have been finding new and innovative ways to try to make a difference through education and campaigns to address some of the misinformation and fears […]
WelCom October 2021 Mission Sunday, 31 October 2021 Fr Bernard Espiritu svd Mission Sunday finds its roots in Jesus’ Great Missionary Mandate: Go and preach the Good News to all! (Matthew 28:19). All the baptised are commissioned to carry on this sacred mandate. Mission Sunday is the day we celebrate the privilege of participating in […]
WelCom October 2021 Conversations about attentiveness to understanding and managing mental health and wellbeing for better outcomes are increasing in our communities and workplaces. Last month, the government announced a 10-year plan, called Kia Manawanui, for guiding and improving decisions for better mental health outcomes. This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, 27 September–3 October, had […]
WelCom October 2021 Clarence Chan We, the Billy Joel Boys, are a Francis Douglas Memorial College ‘Future Problem Solving’ group. We are implementing public pianos into New Plymouth city, to enhance positivity in our community in the aftermath of level 4 lockdowns. Community pianos are a worldwide trend whereby donated pianos are placed in public […]
WelCom October 2021 When Wellington Catholic Social Services (CSS) appealed in early September for help with housing, furniture and household items to support Afghan evacuees coming to Wellington, they had little idea of how the community would respond. But the overwhelming volume of donations of clothing and furniture has meant CSS has had to close […]
WelCom October 2021 Michael Fitzsimons The need for assistance from the Society of St Vincent de Paul escalated rapidly during the latest Covid-19 lockdown, especially in Auckland under lockdown Level 4. St Vincent de Paul Auckland General Manager Del Soti says numbers seeking food packages catapulted from a weekly average of 900 to 2000 during […]