WelCom September 2020 Jane Langham A surprise presentation was made to Dominique and Sophia Harwinkels at their home in Tawa just before Christmas last year. The gift of an Apostolic Blessing from Pope Francis had been requested by their family to mark the couple’s 60th wedding anniversary, on 7 November. Dominique and Sophia are one […]
WelCom September 2020 Wendy Bryce OFS On 8 July 2020, at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Palmerston North, three candidates for the Franciscan Fraternity of St Juliana made their profession into the Secular Franciscan Order – the Third order of St Francis. Philip Dyer, Titia Broekhuizen and Paul Cleary had each completed the 12 […]
WelCom September 2020 Chris Duthie-Jung After 18 months of careful planning it was disappointing the locally-hosted, national conference – Takirua 2020: Shaping the Mission – was declared a casualty of Covid-19 and cancelled. However, the kaupapa of lives on in a series of local consultation forums. The first was in July with 70 participants representing […]
WelCom September 2020 Andrew Austin Year-12 St John’s College student Louis Gaffaney, was selected to take part in the New Zealand Model UN 2020 conference at Victoria University, Wellington, 27–30 August. Students from around the country apply for selection. Louis, 17, a lead speaker on his school’s debating team, participated in the regional model UN […]
WelCom September 2020 Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, announced in July, the winners of its 2020 SINGout4JUSTICE song-writing competition. The theme of this year’s competition was LIGHT, from Pope Francis’ reminder that ‘God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve it, and a spark of divine light is within each […]
WelCom September 2020 Paddy Dowling, Principal, St Mary’s School On a beautiful Blenheim winter’s day in the heart of the Star of the Sea Parish, St Mary’s School students gathered to honour Mary for the Feast of her Assumption into Heaven. With reverence to Mary and the school charism, the Assumption Mass was held the […]
WelCom September 2020 Students and staff at St Benedict’s School, Khandallah, welcomed Onslow Catholic Women’s League (OCWL) members on a visit to their school, 4 August. ‘We were blessed and delighted to host their visit,’ said principal Michael Hinds. ‘Many of the 20-strong group continue to have strong ties with St Benedict’s School, either as […]
WelCom September 2020 Be Yourself: A Journal For Catholic Girls. (Saint Mary’s Press) $39.99 Suggested age: Age 14–17 The perfect journaling companion to The Catholic Youth Bible: designed for girls to discover who they authentically are! Its inviting pages will help them reflect on their gifts, their goals, their self-image, and their mission; and it […]
WelCom August 2020 Emma Dodsworth Liam Greer was welcomed into the role of General Manager for the Palmerston North Diocese at a whakatau at the Diocesan Centre, attended by diocesan and parish staff, Tuesday 14 July. Welcoming Liam on behalf of the diocese, Cardinal John Dew acknowledged that Liam was coming into the diocese at an unusual […]
WelCom August 2020 Sue Seconi Regular exhibitor and artist Emma Cunningham from Whanganui displayed her collection of six pieces expressing the story of Suzanne Aubert and her medicines at Whanganui’s Space Studio and Gallery in June this year. Emma first heard about Suzanne Aubert when boarding at then Sacred Heart College. With a deep consciousness […]