WelCom November 2019 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time – Luke 19:1-10 1 Jesus entered Jericho and was going through the town, 2 and suddenly a man whose name was Zacchaeus made his appearance; he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man. 3 He kept trying to see who Jesus was, but […]
WelCom October 2019: A vision for the Church from Cardinal John Dew As the invited speaker at the fourth gathering on Wednesday 28 August, for the Archdiocese’s ‘Cardinal’s Lunch’ series in Wellington, Cardinal John Dew offered his views about ‘The Future of the Church’. Attendees included members of clergy and religious, professional Catholics groups, parish and […]
WelCom October 2019: In this month’s Catholic Thinking article, Lyn Smith discusses our being made in the image and likeness of God. Lyn Smith is a lecturer and Head of Religious Education at the Catholic Institute’s National Centre for Religious Studies (NCRS) in Auckland. Our understanding of the Catholic Church’s teaching about human sexuality is varied […]
WelCom October 2019: Dr Elizabeth Julian rsm concludes her eight-part series about the Old Testament. So far we have seen that the Old Testament, describing God’s love affair with a particular group of people, follows a basic storyline involving many different characters, places and events, spread over 46 books. Inspired in its origins and inspiring in […]
WelCom October 2019: 27th Sunday in Ordinary TimeLuke 17: 5-10 5 The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’ 6 The Lord replied, ‘If you had faith like a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it would obey you. 7 ‘Which of you, with […]
WelCom September 2019: Lisa Beech and Chris Duthie-Jung A hand raised in condemnation, or a compassionate hand reaching out to assist? How will today and tomorrow’s pregnant women perceive our Catholic contribution to the debate around abortion legislative change? Will it make them more or less likely to approach us for help? Catholic teaching is clear […]
WelCom September 2019: Tā Mātou Kaupapa – Our Mission: Taking Good Boys and Growing them in to Great Young Men. Annette Scullion Tumuaki (principal) of Hāto Pāoro College, Dr Nathan Matthews (Nga Puhi), has now been in the job for a year. A well-known and respected old boy of the school he took over as principal […]
WelCom September 2019: Fr James Lyons Fr Barney Keegan was the first parish priest of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Lower Hutt’s suburb of Waiwhetu. Opened in 1946, the parish was home to a population of mostly young families, many in state housing, establishing themselves in the uncertain economic times following World War II. […]
WelCom September 2019: Training Catholic Activists in New Zealand 1937–1983 Wellington author Rod Orange outlines his forthcoming book about Catholic Activists in New Zealand, which will be launched by Cardinal John Dew in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart foyer, Friday 4 October. ‘SEE, JUDGE, ACT’ refers to a method often advocated when making decisions. But […]
WelCom September 2019: Lisa Beech Long-term, enduring legislation to combat the climate crisis is required, the Wellington Archdiocesan Commission for Ecology, Justice and Peace (EJP) has submitted on the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Bill. The Carbon Zero Bill aims to establish a Climate Change Commission, which would set targets for reductions in carbon emissions, and […]