WelCom December 2016: News ‘I am praying for all the people of New Zealand at this time of the earthquakes,’ Pope Francis said to Cardinal John Dew when he greeted him in Rome at the closing of the Holy Door. On Sunday 20 November Cardinal John wrote on his Facebook page: ‘This morning St Peter’s Square […]
WelCom December 2016: News Pope Francis has brought new emphases and new ways of thinking to many areas of Church life in the three years since he was elected. His words and actions challenge us to think about how we are Church. A diocesan synod helps to establish the ‘communion and mission’ of a diocesan […]
WelCom December 2016: Gospel reference for the feast of the Immaculate Conception is the Annunciation story – Luke 1:26-38. …‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God.’ (Luke 1:35.) Pope […]
WelCom November 2016: Cardinal John Dew I consider the opportunity I had recently to be in Canterbury, England, and then in Rome was a great privilege. I was part of IARCCUM – the International Anglican Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission – established in 2000 to attempt to take us a step further on […]
WelCom November 2016: News Crispin Anderlini, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand Cases of children having to eat cassava roots softened with paracetamol and people dying of starvation are among the examples of widespread hunger and thirst across the Pacific that are reported in the new Hungry for justice, thirsty for change, Caritas State of the Environment […]
WelCom November 2016 As the Year of Mercy closes on Sunday 20 November, let us keep the doors of mercy always open, says Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington. Pope Francis has taken us on an amazing journey, opening doors of reconciliation and mercy in many ways. Many of you have responded generously to his […]
WelCom November 2016: Thirty-six Anglican and Catholic bishops gathered in the Vatican last month for an historical meeting with Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Justin Welby. They came together to discover new ways for Catholics and Anglicans to give greater witness to their common faith, and how they can collaborate in mission […]
WelCom October 2016: Cardinal John Dew The Year of Mercy continues to bring healing and graces into our lives. On the morning of Saturday 17 September I was deeply moved when members of the Samoan community in the Archdiocese of Wellington came to the Cathedral and asked for my forgiveness. At the beginning of 2010 some […]
WelCom October 2016: In his announcement of the Jubilee Year of Mercy Pope Francis said, ‘It is my burning desire that during this Jubilee, Christian people may reflect on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy’. This month WelCom features the spiritual works of mercy. The Pope says, ‘It will be a way to reawaken […]
WelCom October 2016: Pope Francis’ message Missionary Church, Witness of Mercy Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, which the Church is celebrating, casts a distinct light on World Mission Sunday 2016: it invites us to consider the missio ad gentes as a great, immense work of mercy, both spiritual and material. On […]