WelCom September 2019: In this month’s Catholic Thinking article, Dr John Kleinsman discusses the proposed revision of New Zealand’s abortion laws. Dr Kleinsman is Director of the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre – The Nathaniel Centre, which is formally affiliated with The Catholic Institute of Aotearoa New Zealand – Te Pūtahi Katorika ki Aotearoa. Proposed abortion […]
WelCom September 2019: Following the introduction of the Abortion Legislation Bill, Tuesday August 8, and its first reading at Parliament, Thursday 8 August, the New Zealand Catholic Bishops expressed concern about the proposed new abortion regime for New Zealand. They said they also looking forward to contributing to what they hoped would be an honest, respectful […]
WelCom September 2019: Ngā Tangata o te Awa Tupua I tēnei mārama ka rere tonu ngā kōrero mō ētehi o ngā Tāngata o te Awa e hono nei, e pūmau nei ki te Hāhi Katorika i te Awa o Whanganui. Ka rere tonu ngā kōrero mō Ngā Tāngata o te Awa hei ngā pepa e haere […]
WelCom September 2019: The International Day of Sign Languages is celebrated across the world on 23 September every year along with International Week of the Deaf. New Zealand Sign Language or NZSL became an official language in New Zealand in 2006 alongside English and Te Reo Māori. St Theresa’s Catholic School in Plimmerton, north of Wellington, […]
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Charles Drennan of Palmerston North.
WelCom September 2019: Anne-Marie McCarten, St Vincent de Paul, Executive Officer St Vincent de Paul’s feast day is on 27 September. St Vincent de Paul (1581‒1660) was a French priest who devoted his life to serving the poor. He was renowned for his compassion, humility, and generosity. Canonised in 1737 he is known as the ‘Great Apostle of […]
WelCom September 2019: The widespread revelations about sexual abuse and cover ups within the Catholic Church, have uncovered deep trauma among those who have suffered abuse and by the entire community of the ‘people of God.’ It is important to be aware of ‘vicarious trauma’ which can be suffered by those dealing directly with abuse revelations […]
WelCom September 2019: Dr Elizabeth Julian rsm continues her eight-part series about the Old Testament. So far, we have seen that the Old Testament, describing God’s love affair with a particular group of people, follows a basic storyline involving many different characters, places and events, spread over 46 books. Inspired in its origins and inspiring in […]
WelCom September 2019: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 14: 1, 7-14 On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. He told a parable to those who had been invited, noticing how they were choosing the places of honour at […]
WelCom February 2019: Waitangi Day: Day of rest? End-of-summer-holidays-day? Holy-day? Monsignor Gerard Burns Waitangi Day has perhaps many layers but it is also officially a national day commemorating the first signings of the Treaty of Waitangi – Te Tiriti o Waitangi, in 1840. When I was younger, back in the early 1970s I remember graffiti around […]