NauMai September 2021 The sixth report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which assesses scientific, technical, and socio-economic information about climate change, was published as The Physical Science Basis of Climate Change, on 9 August 2021. Grim but not hopeless. A foreboding future but the potential for a better one, if immediate, […]
NauMai September 2021 The IPCC’s latest report on climate science only confirms with greater certainty and immediacy the need for rapid action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and prioritise the poor and future generations in adapting to an uncertain climatic future, says Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand. ‘Oceania peoples on the frontlines of climate change have […]
NauMai September 2021 Peter Healy sm The UN Intergovernmental Panel on climate change has released its latest report. This Sixth Assessment Report is a weighty document at nearly 4000 pages and the science is described as robust. It has been tagged ‘code red’ because human activity is changing our climate in unprecedented ways. A key […]
NauMai September 2021 Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand will host an online talanoa*, ‘Dialogue for our Future Home’, on 28 September, for Oceania voices to share experiences of environmental impact and response, and imagine their common future. This Season of Creation event will support Caritas Oceania’s annual State of the Environment for Oceania assessment to be […]
WelCom August 2021 Annette Scullion The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 15 August, is Aotearoa New Zealand’s National Patronal Feast. On Sunday 15 August this year, it is being marked in a unique way. At a special Miha at St Mary of the Angels Church in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand will […]
WelCom August 2021 Michael Fitzsimons The views of every Catholic in Aotearoa New Zealand will be sought during an expanded Synod of Bishops’ process announced by Pope Francis. The Synod has been postponed until 2023 so that an unprecedented consultation of Catholics can take place in advance. The Pope has asked all Catholic dioceses around […]
WelCom August 2021 New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have approved a change in name for the annual Respect Life Sunday, promoted each October by the Catholic Church in New Zealand, to Support Life Sunday. Support Life on Sunday 10 October this year, has the theme: Honouring and Supporting Health Carers. The theme is timely, given the […]
WelCom August 2021 The wild weather that brought severe flooding to the West Coast and Marlborough and heavy winds and rains to Wellington and the North Island over the weekend of 17–18 July, forced many residents to evacuate their homes and boil drinking water. Many on the West Coast’s flood-ravaged streets are still left without […]
WelCom August 2021 Michael Fitzsimons Catholic schools are set to receive nearly $38 million in maintenance funding to be spent on essential work in the Catholic schools network over the next 24 months. It is the largest single allocation of property maintenance funding ever achieved in the history of state-integrated education. The Essential Property Maintenance […]
WelCom August 2021 Jenny Gordon, a passionate advocate for Catholic education, has resigned from her position as Vicar for Education in the Archdiocese of Wellington. Having served in the role for 15 years she will remain involved in Catholic education at a national level in her role as a Board member of New Zealand Catholic […]