WelCom May 2021 Bishop Viard College and Chanel College are co-hosting the O’Shea Shield on 15 and 16 May 2021 at Bishop Viard College in Porirua. The annual public-speaking competition involves all 17 Catholic secondary schools in the Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses. The O’Shea Shield host school usually alternates between each diocese from year-to-year. […]
WelCom May 2021 Angelica Silva, Year 13 On the morning of Friday 9 April, 90 students from St Catherine’s College, Kilbirnie, committed to the annual Caritas 24-hour Challenge. Students handed in their cell phones to be locked away for the next 24 hours to do the ‘Stop It’ part of the Caritas Challenge and give […]
WelCom May 2021 St Theresa’s School, Plimmerton, had a fabulous Caritas Challenge day on Friday, 19 March. We were spoilt with beautiful weather and the children ‘had a blast’. Our eight, Yr 6 Caritas Challenge leaders ‘buddied up’ and worked with buddy classes on their ‘Move It’ challenge. The challenge, which ran all morning, involved […]
WelCom May 2021 The St Patrick’s Parish in Kaponga was delighted recently to celebrate the Baptisms of Charlie Robinson, Elizabeth Little, Ryder Kauri and Lucas English. Fr Adonis Rancho officiated, supported by Sr June Hickland. Rose Kelbrick, Principal, St Patrick’s School, Kaponga.
WelCom May 2021 The junior class at Sacred Heart School in Reefton celebrated Holy Week with a re-enactment of Palm Sunday, the Washing of the Feet and The Last Supper. Here the children and their teacher Rose O’Connor take part in The Last Supper.
WelCom April 2021 David McLoughlin New Zealand’s Catholic bishops will gather in Wellington on Sunday 15 August, 2021 for a Mass to renew Bishop Pompallier’s 1838 dedication of this country to Our Lady Assumed into Heaven. The Mass will be celebrated at the Wellington landmark St Mary of the Angels Church, which will be become […]
WelCom April 2021 Te Rā o ANZAC, 25 o Paenga-whāwhā 2021, He Rā Whakamaharatanga a Motu New Zealand-sponsored peace talks between Bougainville groups and at times the Papua New Guinea government were held on New Zealand navy vessel the Endeavour (1990), at Burnham military camp (July and October 1997) and Lincoln University (1998). For this […]
WelCom April 2021 Growing vocations Fr Neil Vaney sm Over the last decade I have seen a lot of young adults in spiritual direction, and accompanied a number of them as they decided whether to try out a religious or priestly vocation. About half of them were educated in Catholic schools, and the others not […]
St Gerard’s Church is to be closed. The last Mass will be celebrated by Cardinal John Dew on Pentecost Sunday, 24 May 2021. St Gerard’s Church, which is part of Wellington’s most distinctive and iconic landmarks, is to be closed. The Church has been a missionary hub since it was built by the Redemptorists in […]
WelCom April 2021 Michael Fitzsimons Catholic charities are likely to be significantly affected by the phasing out of cheques, which is to happen between now and the middle of next year. The knock-on effect of the phasing out of cheques for the charity sector is enormous, says Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand director, Julianne Hickey. ‘Without […]