WelCom June/July 2021 From 20 May, 2021 until the end of July 2022, the Society of Jesus will celebrate ‘The Ignatian Year’ to remember the life of St Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits. The year commenced on the 500th anniversary of St Ignatius’ injury during the Battle of Pamplona on May 20, 1521. […]
WelCom June/July 2021 This article is an abridged version of Jim Consedine’s keynote address to this year‘s St Vincent de Paul annual general meeting. The central command of Jesus, ‘to love God and love your neighbour’ leads to our understanding from scripture that charity and justice form the component parts of this command. Today, I […]
WelCom June/July 2021 Gospel Mark 14: 12-16, 22-26 12 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples said to him, ‘Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?’ 13 He sent two of his disciples and said to […]
WelCom June/July 2021 John 20:1-2, 11-18 Elizabeth Julian rsm So much weeping! Poor Mary Magdalene! Weeping, turning, announcing. Three verbs lie at the heart of this highly significant passage about Jesus’ encounter with a distraught Mary Magdalene in the garden. While it is proclaimed on her feast day (22 July), we don’t hear it on […]
WelCom June/July 2021 During the month of June 2021 Pope Francis’ universal intention is: The Beauty of Marriage. Let us pray for young people who are preparing for marriage with the support of a Christian community: may they grow in love, with generosity, faithfulness and patience. During the month of July 2021 Pope Francis’ universal […]
WelCom May 2021 Over Anzac weekend I returned to the parish in which I was born and grew up, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of St Patrick’s Church, Waipawa. The current St Patrick’s Church is the third church on the site, with the first being dedicated by Bishop Phillipe Viard on 16 April 1871. When […]
WelCom May 2021 16–23 May 2021 | 6–23 Haratua 2021 Dear friends, In the week between Ascension and Pentecost Sundays – 16 May to 23 May – the Christian churches celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. We are united in our desire for unity, although we know this is a long road. In […]
WelCom May 2021 Fratelli Tutti is Pope Francis’ third encyclical, which he signed on 3 October 2020 when he visited the tomb of St Francis of Assisi. It was published the following day on his namesake’s feast day. In what he describes as a ‘social encyclical’, Pope Francis indicates fraternity and social friendship as the […]
WelCom May 2021 We are called to respond to the Cry of the Earth, the Cry of the Poor, and the Cry of the Children. Last year, Pope Francis invited us to celebrate the fifth anniversary of his encyclical Laudato Si’ for a whole year – from 24 May 2020 to 24 May 2021. “For […]
WelCom May 2021 Phil Cody I like May. Mary’s Month. Mothers’ month. My mother died on 9th of May. I am lucky to live under the korowai of Mary here at Pukekaraka. We also have a painting here by Julia Lynch (Sr Mary Lawrence) titled ‘Jesus and Mary’ [see photo]. It gives insights to the […]