WelCom April 2022 Fr James Lyons While the protests that disrupted Wellington for three weeks last month cannot be compared with the tyranny and terror that has engulfed Ukraine, both carry a much-needed lesson for our contemporary society. A lesson on freedom. The protesters demanded an end to ‘mandates’ – government regulations that curtailed their […]
WelCom April 2022 The following article by Br Kieran Fenn fms is a presentation of why the Scriptures were written and the context in which they were written. From the Old It is an obvious fact that the Gospels differ. Why is Luke’s Good Shepherd (15:3-7) obviously Jesus while Matthew’s (18:10-14) is the struggling pastor? […]
WelCom April 2022 Fifth Sunday of Lent – John 8:1-11 1Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and as all the people started coming to him, he sat down and began to teach them. 3The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who […]
WelCom April 2022 During the month of April 2022 Pope Francis’ intention is for: health-care workers. We pray for health-care workers who serve the sick and the elderly, especially in the poorest countries; may they be adequately supported by governments and local communities.
WelCom April 2022 Aotearoa Kotahitanga: ‘People of Aotearoa – New Zealand, let us be united’.
WelCom March 2022 As I write this we are into the third week of the protests at Parliament, which are affecting the streets and precincts of Parliament, the Court Houses, the Anglican and Catholic precincts, St Mary’s College, Sacred Heart Cathedral School, the National Library, private businesses and residents. The lives of many people have […]
WelCom March 2022 The government is proposing legislation to amalgamate the water services of 67 councils into four regional water entities. Jim McAloon, chair of the Wellington Archdiocesan Commission for Ecology, Justice and Peace, considers the controversial ‘Three Waters’ legislation in the light of Catholic social justice principles. The government’s Three Waters proposals are intended […]
WelCom March 2022 James Martin sj Everyone is sick of the pandemic and tired of hearing about Covid. When I turn on the radio in the morning to National Public Radio (which I now think of as National Pandemic Radio), the first word that I hear is always ‘Covid’, ‘coronavirus’ or ‘pandemic’. It is hard […]
WelCom March 2022 Kanohi ki te kanohi James B Lyons ‘We exist through the gaze others give us.’ This comment by English Dominican priest, Timothy Radcliffe, summed up his experience in hospital last year following major surgery. Anchored by tubes and constantly monitored, he was powerless to help himself – ‘I couldn’t even wipe my […]
WelCom March 2022 Verse Before the Gospel Mt 4:4b ‘One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’ Luke 4:1-13 1Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert 2for forty days to be tempted […]