WelCom August 2018: Bishop Charles Drennan A highlight of my year is the annual Vocations Retreat. It brings a good dollop of hope to the Diocese. The elderly often accompany the weekend with their fervent prayers. Simply to know that it is happening uplifts everyone, perhaps in the same kind of way we feel when another […]
WelCom August 2018: Mark Richards Sunday 1 July 2018 was a wonderful day of faith, celebration and joy in the Catholic Parish of Hastings – Te Pārihi Katorika ki Heretaunga. Tevita Fakaosi was ordained to the permanent diaconate at Mass in the Church of St Peter Chanel. Tevita was surrounded by all his family, the Pasifika […]
WelCom July 2018: ‘Our lives are actually a pilgrimage where we are’ Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington WelCom readers may be familiar with the fact that I recently completed the Portuguese Camino, a pilgrimage walk of just over 700km from the Cathedral in Lisbon, Portugal, to the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostella in Spain. I walked […]
WelCom July 2018: The Vatican’s working document for October’s Synod of Bishops on ‘Young people, the faith and vocational discernment’ has been published. The document says, young Catholics ‘want an authentic church’. ‘With this, we would like to express, particularly to the church hierarchy, our request for a transparent, welcoming, honest, attractive, communicative, accessible, joyful and […]
WelCom July 2018: The Catholic Enquiry Centre has unveiled a fresh, new ‘Catholic Discovery’ brand as it seeks to engage with new audiences, including those with and without Christian Faith, those active in the Church and those who have left, inviting them all to discover more about our community and the Church today. Last year, the […]
WelCom July 2018: How the outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis is interconnected with our Catholic faith. Until recently New Zealand was one of two countries that did not have cattle infected by the Mycoplasma bovis cattle disease. M bovis is now this country’s most expensive biosecurity incursion. It reportedly appeared in Southland in late 2015 and has […]
WelCom June 2018: Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington In our communities and workplaces there are well-established relationships within organisations. There is often a board, a chief executive and a management structure. The board’s role is governance, which involves making ‘big picture’ decisions about the direction of the organisation, strategic planning, overseeing its finances and appointing its […]
WelCom June 2018: On World Refugee Day, we commemorate the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees. This year, the UN World Refugee Day also marks a key moment for the public to show support for families forced to flee. In Aotearoa New Zealand our Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants is Sunday 17 […]
WelCom June 2018: In this month’s Catholic Thinking article, Fr Bernard Teo CSsR responds to David Seymour’s End of Life Choice Bill. Dr Bernard lectures in Christian Ethics at Good Shepherd Theological College, Auckland. Becoming an Easter People Together A Catholic Response to David Seymour’s ‘End of Life Choice’ In December 2017, New Zealand tabled in […]
WelCom June 2018: Jeff Drane sm Every year, the United Nations’ International Mariners Organisation (IMO) observes 25 June as the Day of the Seafarer. The goal is to highlight just how important seafarers are to everyone as they transport all over the world the items, commodities and components vital to our daily lives. Social justice is […]