Category: ADW Community

WelCom February 2021

WelCom February 2021 Over 300 DVDs have been donated from different parts of the archdiocese for use by young people in prison. This followed an appeal by Challenge 2000 and the Poverty Committee of the Archdiocesan Ecology, Justice and Peace Commission to Catholic parishes of the archdiocese for donated DVDs. The Rimutaka Prison Youth wing, […]

WelCom February 2021 Professor James Renwick of Victoria University’s School of Geography, Environmental and Earth Science is the keynote speaker about environmental challenges facing our world, at day dedicated to practical applications of Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato si’ and better care for our common home. The Archdiocesan Ecology, Justice and Peace Commission together with members […]

WelCom February 2021 The Lighthouse Cinema in Petone will host the premiere screening of a new film celebrating the 70th anniversary of the arrival, in January 1951, of five Irish Presentation Sisters to Taita, Lower Hutt. The Sisters were the first in a long line of Presentation Order nuns bringing a Catholic education to New […]

WelCom February 2021 A multicultural dinner, planned for this month, reflects the wonderful ethnic diversity of Sacred Heart Cathedral parish and is set to provide further support for the Cathedral’s restoration. A number of parish families have united to organise the occasion and prepare the menu. The dinner will be served at St Patrick’s College […]

WelCom February 2021 Donna Te Amo St Patrick’s Church in Waipawa, Central Hawke’s Bay, will be the centre of celebrations over Anzac weekend, 23–25 April this year, to commemorate 150 years since the first Catholic church was dedicated in the district in 1871.  During its long history St Patrick’s has been a focal point for […]

WelCom February 2021 Brigid Sharp, Rupi Mapusua Our Lady of Hope Parish of Tawa and Titahi Bay are holding their first ‘Loud Fence’ ceremony at Our Lady of Fatima Church, Tawa, 1pm, 21 Sunday February. Called ‘No More Silence’, the event aims to support survivors of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.  Ribbons will be […]

WelCom February 2021 Sr Judith McGinley OP Thursday 18 February 2021 will mark 150 years since ten Dominican sisters arrived in Dunedin from Ireland to begin the congregation in New Zealand.  The sisters have enjoyed warm friendships with religious, laity and clergy of the Archdiocese of Wellington since 1944, when St Dominic’s School for the […]

WelCom December 2020 Gina Rollandi ‘We are a village and we are the hands and feet of Jesus.’  During the fourth term this year at St Theresa’s School, Plimmerton, the inquiry focus was on the Catholic Social Teaching ‘Element of Participation’.  The whole school explored the concept of a village, what’s in a village and […]

WelCom December 2020 The Church’s National Centre for Religious Studies (NCRS) – part of Te Kupenga-Catholic Leadership Institute – has announced its newly created NZpray2day app for iPhones and other Apple devices.  The NZpray2day app, launched 16 November 2020, follows the introduction in March this year of the Android version. NCRS Director Colin MacLeod says […]