WelCom March 2022 Archdiocese of Wellington Garin College, Richmond, Nelson Chanel College, Masterton St Mary’s College, Wellington St Catherine’s College, Kilbirnie St Bernard’s College, Lower Hutt Wung Pan (Wung was unavailable for photo.) Proxime Accessit to Dux 2021 Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt Bishop Viard College, Porirua St Patrick’s College, Silverstream St Patrick’s College, Wellington […]
WelCom March 2022 The government is proposing legislation to amalgamate the water services of 67 councils into four regional water entities. Jim McAloon, chair of the Wellington Archdiocesan Commission for Ecology, Justice and Peace, considers the controversial ‘Three Waters’ legislation in the light of Catholic social justice principles. The government’s Three Waters proposals are intended […]
WelCom March 2022 Brother Stuart Cuttance, formerly known as Brother John, was a pioneering winemaker at Mission Wines, bringing French winemaking techniques to an unsophisticated local industry. Winemaking was however only one chapter in his rich and varied life of service as a Marist Religious. By Michael Fitzsimons He was known as Brother John when […]
WelCom March 2022 James Martin sj Everyone is sick of the pandemic and tired of hearing about Covid. When I turn on the radio in the morning to National Public Radio (which I now think of as National Pandemic Radio), the first word that I hear is always ‘Covid’, ‘coronavirus’ or ‘pandemic’. It is hard […]
WelCom February 2022 Pope Francis has expressed his spiritual closeness to the people of Tonga, following the massive eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano that unleashed a destructive tsunami last month. “My thoughts go out to the peoples of the Tonga Islands who in recent days were affected by the eruption of an underwater […]
WelCom February 2022 Cardinal Dew has written to priests and lay pastoral leaders of the archdiocese, urging them to think carefully about how they will manage the challenges of parish life at the Red Level of the Covid-19 Protection Framework. Under Red, gatherings of vaccinated people are limited to no more than 100 people. A […]
WelCom February 2022 The scale of reported alleged abuse within the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand has become known for the first time from extensive research – entitled Information Gathering Project – undertaken by the Church at the request of the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care. A total of 1680 reports of abuse […]
WelCom February 2022 Called to Be Peacemakers – Kua Karangatia Tātou hei Kaihohou i te Rongo The Lent Appeal on behalf of the New Zealand’s Catholic Bishops Conference enables Caritas to continue working to heal and support those overcome by poverty and injustice around the world. The theme for the 2022 Lent Appeal is “Called […]
WelCom December 2021 Living, Caring, Worshipping and Ministering in a Covid-19 World November 2021 Living with Covid-19 restrictions We find ourselves living in unprecedented times as we struggle to live with the global Covid-19 pandemic which affects our lives in many ways. Since March 2020, we have lived with significant restrictions, restrictions we have been […]
WelCom December 2021 Michael Fitzsimons The Catholic Bishops of Aotearoa New Zealand have expressed their support for the introduction of vaccine mandates and vaccine passes, saying they are ‘justified by the emergency situation that exists at this point in time’. In a Pastoral Letter entitled Living, Caring, Worshipping and Ministering in a Covid-19 World, the […]