WelCom April 2017 Feature Sharron Cole On 8 June this year, commemorative services will be held in Messines, Belgium, Nieppe, Northern France, and at Sacred Heart Church, Petone, to mark the centenary of the death of army chaplain and Petone Parish Priest, Fr James Joseph McMenamin. He was killed while burying the dead during the Battle […]
WelCom March 2017: News (Mary-Ann Greaney) – Cardinal John Dew commissioned Merrick Mitchell as a lay pastoral leader at a packed-out 9.30am Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Richmond on 29 January. Merrick was commissioned for the soon-to-be amalgamated parishes of Richmond, Motueka, and Takaka that will be known as Our Lady of […]
WelCom March 2017: John Robinson The purchase of a property in Johnsonville to be used as a base and outreach centre for Challenge 2000, has been announced by Fr David Kennerley sm, Provincial of the Society of Mary, and Steve O’Connor, Challenge 2000 Director. Fr Kennerley said, ‘As part of our ongoing support of Challenge 2000 […]
WelCom March 2017: Cardinal John Dew One of the most exciting initiatives I have been involved in during my time as Archbishop has been working with Sr Margaret Anne Mills and her leadership team to set up a community of Compassion Sisters in Westport. Over the last two years as I have visited the parish in […]
WelCom March 2017: Diocesan News A pōwhiri at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Wellington, on Monday 27 February, welcomed Deacon Danny Karatea-Goddard and his wife Maru Karatea-Goddard to the Archdiocese of Wellington for Danny to begin his new Tūranga Māori appointment. Hundreds of whānau, students, staff and friends from the Diocese of Palmerston […]
WelCom February 2017: News Annette Scullion Danny Karatea-Goddard of Maniapoto, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whatua, has been appointed the Tūranga Māori in the Archdiocese of Wellington, Cardinal John Dew announced on 25 January this year. Danny will be officially welcomed to the Archdiocese with a pōwhiri on Monday 27 February, at the Cathedral of the Sacred […]
WelCom February 2017: Feature WelCom brings stories and news about and from the Catholic communities that make up the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese of Palmerston North. In this issue we begin a faith journey to visit each of the many pastoral areas and parishes that form the two dioceses, to learn more of their […]
WelCom February 2017: ‘So it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead’ Luke 24:46 Ash Wednesday 1 March: Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Season of Lent. It takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday. It is a season of penance, reflection, fasting and prayer. Palm […]
WelCom February 2017: Cardinal John Dew For a long time I was often asked the question, ‘Are you on Facebook?’ I used to answer by telling people I was and had been for quite some years, but that I never actually used it. However, a couple of years ago I was convinced by others I should […]
WelCom December 2016: News The 7.8 magnitude earthquake two minutes after midnight, on Monday 14 November, shook central New Zealand intensely and was felt widely across much of the country. With the quake’s epicentre about 15kms north-east of Culverden and 60kms south-east of Kaikōura none felt it more strongly than people in North Canterbury and […]