Wellington youth agency Challenge 2000 was kept busy in the lead up to Christmas, delivering more than 200 Christmas hamper packages to help families in need through the holiday period.
Fr John Panamthottathil cmi has been appointed Bishop of the St Thomas the Apostle Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Melbourne, which covers Australia and Oceania including Aotearoa New Zealand.
The bishops and congregational leaders of the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand have published a statement of commitments adopted in response to the continuing work of the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care.
The Catholic Bishop of Dunedin, Bishop Michael Dooley, performed a pre-dawn blessing of the renamed Trinity Catholic College on Saturday, 28 January, accompanied by the college kaumatua.
The former Kavanagh College in Dunedin became Trinity Catholic College from 1 January, 2023.
Retired Anglican bishop, former Dean of Christchurch Cathedral, theologian and writer, John Bluck has written a new book exploring spirituality and biculturalism in this country.
A new initiative to provide support services for Pasifika Communities in the Hawke’s Bay was officially launched in Hastings last month. Kainga Pasifika Services Trust was formally opened on 24 November at a ceremony at the Aubert Centre in Flaxmere, the base of its operations.
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is deeply concerned carbon-cutting commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change still leave the world facing a 2.5°C temperature rise – and that’s if countries deliver on their promises.
Because of the Wellington Catholic Centre being classified as an earthquake risk earlier this year everyone had to move out of the centre. Now, all Archdiocesan offices are located on Level 2 of 204 Thorndon Quay, Wellington.
The Royal Commission’s Public Hearing into the responses of faith-based institutions to abuse in their care, took place from 13–21 October. The hearing examined witnesses from particular faith institutions, including the Catholic Church, on matters set out in the Royal Commission’s Terms of Reference, focusing on failures by faith institutions to prevent and respond to abuse in faith-based care.
Following recent media enquiries about the expected timeframe for the appointment of bishops to the two dioceses of Palmerston North and Hamilton, Bishop Steve Lowe, Bishop of Auckland, Secretary of the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference issued the following statement to clarify the process.