WelCom March 2018: Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington, will ordain Bishop-Elect Paul Martin as the new Bishop of Christchurch, 11am, Saturday 3 March 2018, at Christchurch Boys’ High School Auditorium. The following day Bishop Paul will be installed at St Mary’s Cathedral, Manchester Street. Bishop Patrick Dunn, President of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, said, […]
WelCom March 2018: International Women’s Day, 8 March 2018, coincides with a rising determination towards respect for women’s rights, equality and justice and a global movement for change that enables women everywhere to reach their full potential. This year’s theme is: ‘Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives’. Women from some of the […]
WelCom February 2018: + John A. Cardinal Dew, Archbishop of Wellington One of the greatest gifts the Church offers her people is a Catholic funeral. It is often commented that a well-prayed, well-prepared Catholic funeral is treasured and appreciated. It has some depth to it and is not just ‘a sharing of memories’ about the deceased, but […]
WelCom February 2018: Bishop Charles Drennan Christmas holidays are a time we look back and ahead. Like many others I mulled over the significance of our new government. I hope that promises of care for our rivers and coastlines, in collaborative partnership with farmers and industry, will come into effect soon. I hope that the housing […]
WelCom February 2018: Pope Francis appoints new Bishop of Christchurch Pope Francis has appointed Fr Paul Martin sm as the Bishop of the Christchurch Catholic Diocese. Bishop-elect Paul Martin will be the tenth Bishop of Christchurch and succeeds Bishop Barry Jones who died in February 2016. Announcing the appointment last December, Bishop Patrick Dunn President of […]
WelCom February 2018: The Lenten Journey Lent is a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday (14 February this year) and lasts for the 40 days leading up to Easter. Lent marks a journey to a new beginning. The Lent Appeal is run each year by Caritas on behalf of New Zealand’s […]
WelCom December 2017: Auckland | 2-3 December 2017 Annette Scullion The Aotearoa Catholic Youth Festival takes place over the weekend of 2‒3 December 2017 with the theme ‘Face to Face – Kanohi ki te Kanohi’. The festival is being hosted by the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference at St Mary’s College, Auckland. Over 500 youth aged […]
WelCom December 2017: India 6.20am and I’ve just glanced at my emails. Mercifully few, but one is my prompt to write this column with a reminder that the World Day of the Poor [19 November] is on the horizon. Poverty, part of every culture and nation, takes many forms. Certainly where I am now, poverty of housing […]
WelCom December 2017: Cardinal John Dew Throughout this year, in my Confirmation homily I have been preaching about a magnificent short YouTube clip of some people saying ‘thank you’ to Michelle Obama. Six people were given the opportunity to tell her what she had meant to them during her eight years as First Lady of the […]
WelCom December 2017: During the four weeks of Advent, we prepare for the celebration of Christ’s birth through prayer and reflection and we look for practical ways to observe the holiness of the season in our everyday lives. I ngā wiki e whā o te Aweneti, mā te karakia me te whakaaroaro ka whakariterite tātou i […]