The October edition of WelCom will be published a week later than scheduled so we can bring news coverage of Bishop-elect John Adams’ ordination and installation as the new Bishop of Palmerston North, which will take place at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, 11am, Saturday 30 September. October WelCom will therefore be distributed to parishes and schools for Sunday 8 October 2023.
Every year, the New Zealand Marist Rugby Federation embarks on a development tour with a selected group of young players to foster both rugby talent and the Marist culture.
In 1983, six months after the US Bishops landmark letter, ’The Challenge of Peace’, addressing the dangers of the nuclear age, Cardinal Bernardin of Chicago gave a famous lecture titled ‘A Consistent Ethic of Life’.
Musician Zosia Herlihy-O’Brien has been awarded the Maxwell Fernie Dame Malvina Major Foundation Award, worth $10,000 over two years, to further her organ education in Europe.
Hundreds gathered on 31 May in Melbourne to celebrate the ordination of Bishop John Panamthottathil cmi as the second shepherd of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of St Thomas the Apostle in Melbourne.
The first in a series of public events recognising the grief men experience after a pregnancy loss through abortion, was held in July at St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Mt Victoria, Wellington.
Taranaki-raised Br Peter Bray FSC EdD – Vice Chancellor of Bethlehem University in the Holy Land since 2009 – has been awarded a high papal honour as he prepares to leave his ‘amazing” and ‘challenging’ role at the end of this year.
Given that Bethlehem University is a joint venture with the Vatican, the Superior General of the De La Salle Brothers proposed to the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches that Br Hector Hernán Santos González, FSC, EdD, be the new Vice Chancellor.
The country’s Catholics are being urged to read the working document that will guide the Synod meeting in Rome in October and help to set the future direction of the Church.