NauMai September 2021 Catholic Foundation Scholarships Applications are invited for the Catholic Foundation Scholarships. Applications opened on 1 August and close on 24 September 2021. Eight scholarships are available to students living in the Archdiocese of Wellington who are in their final year of secondary college education. The scholarships of $2,000 each for the first […]
NauMai September 2021 Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has announced the winners of the 2021 SINGout4JUSTICE song-writing competition. The theme was ‘A NEW WAY FORWARD’. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world and we are faced with finding a ‘new way forward’, with love, justice and peace at the heart as we are all part of […]
NauMai September 2021 Penelope Van Der Lee Defining, unpacking and instilling ‘hope’ was a key takeaway from this year’s Passionist Young Adult Retreat, held at the Magnificat Retreat Centre, Featherston, in July. Hope was seen as – and explored in – ‘light, goals, strength, beginnings, questions and future’. Newcomers and seasoned retreaters alike dove into […]
WelCom August 2021 May she Rest in Peace Sister Loyola Galvin dolc (Johanna Mary Frances) MNZM, QSM, died peacefully on 22 May 2021 at St Joseph’s Home of Compassion, Heretaunga, Upper Hutt. She was in her 100th year. Sr Loyola was a beloved member of the Sisters of Compassion for 71 years, loved daughter of […]
WelCom August 2021 Te Kupenga Catholic Theological College, hosted its first graduation ceremony on 11 June, at a special evening function at Sacred Heart Church and the Columba Centre in Ponsonby, Auckland. Te Kupenga (TK) came about from the merger of Good Shepherd College and the Catholic Institute. Of the 79 students – from every […]
WelCom August 2021 Michael Fitzsimons Catholic schools are set to receive nearly $38 million in maintenance funding to be spent on essential work in the Catholic schools network over the next 24 months. It is the largest single allocation of property maintenance funding ever achieved in the history of state-integrated education. The Essential Property Maintenance […]
WelCom August 2021 Jenny Gordon, a passionate advocate for Catholic education, has resigned from her position as Vicar for Education in the Archdiocese of Wellington. Having served in the role for 15 years she will remain involved in Catholic education at a national level in her role as a Board member of New Zealand Catholic […]
WelCom August 2021 This month the WelCom’s Hīkoi of Faith visits Our Lady of Kāpiti Parish and School – Te Whaea Tapu o Kāpiti. The parish area includes Paekakariki, Raumati, Paraparaumu, Otorohanga, Waikanae, Peka Peka and Te Horo. The parish is a combination of Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Waikanae and St Patrick’s Parish and […]
WelCom August 2021 James B Lyons As former director of the New Zealand Bishops’ media office, Catholic Communications, I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Philip Sherry, who passed away at the age of 87 on Sunday 18 July, following a short illness. A highly professional broadcaster and greatly respected television newsreader, […]
WelCom August 2021 A Culture of Encounter: BE the Church Social Justice Week, 12–18 September, 2021 Roger Ellis In the midst of this time of change and uncertainty, it can be tempting to retreat into what we know best. But as Pope Francis reminds us, ‘isolation and withdrawal into one’s own interests are never the […]