The year is just beginning and the demand for food and essential services in our region continues to rise. The Compassion Soup Kitchen Appeal 2025 is being launched to help address this current crisis for many people.
The Catholic Parish of New Plymouth hosted the Divine Renovation Open House, an inspiring event, last month, that gathered over 200 people from every diocese across the country. The attendees included priests, bishops, and lay leaders, all united in their commitment to parish renewal and evangelisation.
Caritas has released a new report exposing how debt and climate impacts are compounding vulnerabilities in nations like Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga.
Entitled ‘Weathering the Storm’, the report examines the tensions between debt and climate challenges in the Pacific.
On Tuesday 12 November 2024, survivors of abuse in care received a formal apology from the Government at an event in Parliament that was livestreamed across New Zealand.
The national apology was given by the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Christopher Luxon, followed by a statement from the Leader of the Opposition, Rt Hon Chris Hipkins.
Wellington Catholic Social Services’ Hope Appeal, from 1 to 30 November, asks for the community’s continued support for their ‘important work’, bringing ‘hope to individuals and families’, says Chris Ward, Director of Catholic Social Services. CSS is the Archdiocese of Wellington’s social outreach agency.
Pope Francis, seated centre, is pictured with all the Synod participants at the conclusion of the work of the General Assembly. In his final address at the Synod Assembly on Saturday evening, 26 October, Pope Francis presented the Synod’s Final Document as a ‘threefold gift’.
Taking part in the Synod on Synodality is much like participating in a hui says Manuel Beazley, who was in Rome last month as a New Zealand member of the Synod.
“…May the Jubilee be a moment of genuine, personal encounter with the Lord Jesus…” – Pope Francis, Spes non Confundit
Dame Georgina Kingi, DNZM, principal of St Joseph Māori Girls’ College in Taradale since 1987, is retiring after 60 years at the college.
Brian McGuiness has been honoured for ‘exceptional leadership’ by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce.