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WelCom April 2021

WelCom April 2021 Veronica Sawers This year, 2021, marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of St Brendan’s School and the 70th anniversary of the appointment of the first parish priest, Fr Heavey, in Heretaunga, Upper Hutt. We marked these events in our parish and school in late February. We also celebrated Our Lady of […]

WelCom March 2021 A medical doctor and internationally experienced healthcare executive is the first Dean of the new Catholic Theological College.  Dr John Evangelista is an active Catholic with a strong involvement in the Church locally and overseas. He was educated as a medical doctor and has 25 years’ experience in senior management in the […]

WelCom March 2021 Fr Mathew Vadakkevettuvazhiyil has been appointed as the next Rector of Holy Cross Seminary in Auckland, to succeed the present Rector, Fr Brendan Ward, at the end of 2021. The Vatican’s Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples confirmed the appointment, announced in February. Fr Mathew is widely known as a parish priest […]

WelCom March 2021 After more than two years’ closure, Sacred Heart Cathedral is making good progress in its restoration. Contractors LT McGuinness report almost uninterrupted work on strengthening the roof structure, which was the major contributing factor to the low safety rating. This should be completed in the next few months. The cathedral’s protective white […]

WelCom March 2021 Carmel Cole RNDM Srs Linley Trower and Muriel Kivell celebrated 60 years of profession as Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions on Sunday, 1 November last year. Many Sisters from across the country gathered to celebrate with the people of the Napier Parish at St Mary’s Church in Taradale, where Muriel […]

WelCom March 2021 Victoria Raw Fr Pat McIndoe CP celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on Saturday 23 January 2021 among parishioners and friends. A thanksgiving Mass for this momentous occasion was held the following week at St Mary’s Church, Blenheim, which is part of the Star of the Sea parish. […]

WelCom March 2021 John Holden Wellington’s sunny summer has enabled good progress to be made on the installation of a new roof and exterior repainting of the ‘heritage listed’ St Francis de Sales Church in the Catholic Parish of Wellington South. Scaffolding requirements have meant that maintenance to the church’s ‘beacon of hope’ bell tower […]

WelCom March 2021 John Holden Parish priest of the Catholic Parish of Wellington South, Fr Doug Shepherd joined Fr Jeff Drane SM on the fishing vessel San Antonio for the annual Island Bay Blessing of the Boats, Sunday 14 February. The Blessing of the Boats ceremony has been adopted in Island Bay by its Italian […]