WelCom August 2021 Sr Josephine Gorman dolc The 186th anniversary of the birth of Suzanne Aubert – Meri Hohepa, coincided with Pope Francis proclaiming 2021 the year of St Joseph, to mark the 150th anniversary of the dedication of St Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. Because St Joseph was so important in the […]
WelCom August 2021 A Jubilee Mass of Thanksgiving was celebrated at St Patrick’s Church, Kilbirnie, 14 July, as a significant milestone in the lives of several clergy in the Archdiocese of Wellington. Celebrating presbyterial ordination anniversaries: 65 years – Fr John Rea sm (2020); 60 years – Msgr Charles Cooper, Frs Des Darby sm (2020), […]
WelCom August 2021 Pope Francis is calling for a church of missionary disciples. On Friday 18 and Saturday 19 June 2021, clergy, diocesan staff and 40 lay leaders from around the Palmerston North Diocese, gathered for this year’s Pastoral Day programme to explore what this call means. Pastoral Days have been run in the Diocese […]
WelCom August 2021 Carmel Cole rndm On Friday 4 June this year my parents, Clare and Gilbert Cole, celebrated 65 years married. Both in their 90s, they have been parishioners at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Palmerston North, for over 20 years. Clare and Gilbert Cole were married on 4 June 1956 in the Dunedin […]
WelCom August 2021 Roger Swanson In 1892 a large, 3-metre high, wooden cross made from Totara, was erected on a hill overlooking the newly-opened Wellington cemetery in Karori. On 31 March 1892, the following item appeared in the Evening Post newspaper: Yesterday afternoon His Grace Archbishop Redwood, accompanied by the Very Rev. Father M’Namara SM, […]
WelCom August 2021 Anne Phibbs csb June is the usual time for ordinations for the Missionaries of Faith, a Congregation founded in 1982, who ‘live by faith’. On 22 June this year, in Holy Family Church, Porirua East, Missionaries of Faith priests gathered for the 5pm Mass to celebrate the ordination anniversaries of seven priests. […]
WelCom August 2021 Trisha Dwyer The Catholic Church has always been important for Theresa Dwyer, so she was delighted when Cardinal John Dew was able to join her and family members on 17 June 2021, to celebrate her 100th birthday at the Vincentian Home in Wellington. Cardinal John gave Theresa a special blessing and presented […]
WelCom August 2021 Andrew Austin Seeing Sir Michael Jones in person and having the opportunity to meet him will be something boys at St John’s College will be unlikely to forget. Sir Michael’s words of wisdom and encouragement at a recent fundraiser for the school’s rugby foundation, will stay with the budding rugby players, and […]
WelCom August 2021 Catholic Schools Day is celebrated every year among the network of Catholic schools and their communities throughout Aotearoa New Zealand to showcase the special Catholic character of our schools. This year, Catholic Schools Day is on Tuesday 29 September. It is another opportunity to celebrate the taonga of Catholic education for which […]
WelCom August 2021 Around 240 teachers, leaders and support staff from the 13 Catholic primary and secondary schools across the centre of Wellington came together at St Patrick’s College, Kilbirnie, on Friday 9 July, for a mid-winter hui, themed: ‘Feeling Good and Functioning Well in our New Normal’. Wellington Catholic Schools network – ‘Kāhui Ako’ […]