WelCom December 2021 Cardinal John Dew has sent out a set of guidelines for the Wellington archdiocese to follow in the new ‘traffic light’ environment. Writing to priests and lay pastoral leaders, the Cardinal says he wants churches in the archdiocese to be open and welcoming, but at the same time they need to work […]
WelCom December 2021 God of each breathGod of this next breath:may this moment we’re inbe a moment now filledwith reassurance and grace:with kindness and patiencefor ourselves and for others.May it be marked by hopeand compassionby learning and unlearningmay it be a moment unencumberedby mistakes we’ve madeor results we fearmay it be a moment of peaceand […]
WelCom December 2021 Hinge Points of Spiritual Living By this letter, I am saying to fellow travellers:know the journey you are on,be nurtured by it,and ready to share it. Peter Cullinane 2021 (Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North) Commemorating – with gratitude and joy – 60 years ordained Waking up to what is real We are […]
WelCom November 2021
WelCom November 2021 At the formal opening of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality on October 10, Pope Francis expressed his desire that it be an experience in which everyone in the Church participates rather than an ‘elitist’ exercise. The theme of the Synod is: ‘For a Synodal Church: communion, participation and mission.’ Pope Francis […]
WelCom November 2021 This article is an abridged version of a homily that Cardinal John gave at St Teresa’s Pro-Cathedral in Karori, Wellington, and at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Palmerston North, at the Opening Masses for the Global Synod on Synodality, on Sunday 17 October. Six years ago today, I was in Rome […]
WelCom November 2021 Catholic health professionals, chaplains and priests are being given guidelines and pastoral help to work with people who decide to die under the End of Life Choice Act, which takes effect on 7 November, 2021. Though the Church opposes the deliberate taking of human life, it cannot turn away those who choose […]
WelCom October 2021 In March 2019, almost immediately after the terrorist attacks on the mosques in Christchurch, in which 51 people were killed and many more injured physically and psychologically, the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, coined the phrase ‘They are us’. She was saying as New Zealand reacted in horror to those attacks, the members […]
WelCom October 2021 Lisa Beech Support Life Sunday 2021 is celebrated on Sunday 10 October. This year the focus is on ‘Supporting and honouring health carers’, to acknowledge the work of health carers, including family carers and health professionals on the frontline supporting and protecting life. Pope Francis has acknowledged and thanked health carers in […]