WelCom March 2020: Parliament’s Abortion Legislation Committee delivered its report on the proposed new abortion laws on 14 February 2020. New Zealand’s Catholic Bishops responded with a statement on 19 February. The bishops are concerned unborn babies will lose their existing tenuous legal rights if Parliament passes the Abortion Legislation Bill in the form proposed by […]
WelCom March 2020: Fr Gerard Burns To have a safe place, to be a beacon of hope, to offer a service to the Palestinian people. These were the aims of the work of Bethlehem University presented by Br Peter Bray a New Zealander, De La Salle Brother and vice-chancellor of the university. On a recent visit […]
WelCom March 2020: NATIONAL CATHOLIC CONFERENCE FOR YOUTH MINISTERS, MARRIAGE EDUCATORS, AND ALL WHO ARE INTERESTED6pm Friday, 24 April – 12.30pm, Sunday, 26 April 2020 InterContinental Hotel Wellington Under Pope Francis’ leadership we are called to rethink the way we go about evangelising in our respective communities. Through a changing mission the Church is specifically addressing today’s […]
WelCom March 2020: The third biennial 2020 Pacific Ocean, Pacific Climate Change Conference, will be hosted in Apia, Samoa, Tuesday 26–Friday 29 May, by the Government of Samoa, the Secreteriat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the National University of Samoa, and Victoria University of Wellington. It will be at the National University of Samoa, […]
WelCom March 2020: Archdiocese of Wellington St Patrick’s College, Wellington Chanel College, Masterton St Mary’s College, Wellington Bishop Viard College, Porirua Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt St Bernard’s College, Lower Hutt St Patrick’s College, Silverstream St Catherine’s College, Wellington Garin College, Nelson Diocese of Palmerston North Cullinane College, Whanganui St Peter’s College, Palmerston North Francis Douglas […]
WelCom March 2020: Te Aroha Junior Block, St Anthony’s School, Seatoun On a sunny evening last December, Cardinal John Dew officially opened, named and blessed the renovated junior classroom block at St Anthony’s School, Seatoun. A karanga welcomed Cardinal John, dignitaries, Board of Trustees, staff, students, guests, and whānau. Students showcased song, poetry and music, with […]
WelCom March 2020: The National Centre for Religious Studies has produced a new framing document for Catholic Schools and the wider Aotearoa Catholic community on human sexuality education. Published last December, it is titled He Anga Whakamārama – Te Mātauranga Hōkakatanga: He puka ārahi mā ngā hapori Katorika o Aotearoa (Framing Document – Human Sexuality Education: […]
WelCom March 2020: Cardinal Tom Williams was ordained a priest on 20 December 1959 and a bishop in 1979. In 2019, Cardinal Tom reached a milestone, his 60th jubilee celebrating six decades of his ordination. He delivered the following jubilee homily in Wellington and Auckland last December. As an active bishop for twenty-five years I was […]
WelCom March 2020: All are welcome to this free workshop facilitated by Sr Anne Sklenars and Lynette Roberts-King, Thursday 26 March, 7pm–8.30pm, St Theresa’s Plimmerton. Come and see how this online library resource of over 350 videos can draw you into the sacred and provide inspiration and meditative prayer. The video library can be used for […]
WelCom February 2020 Rangimoeroa Waikari-Panapa Ko Hokianga, te Kohanga o te Hāhi Katorika ki AotearoaHokianga, the cradle of the Faith in Aotearoa Pilgrims from Te Ngākau Tapu parish in Porirua were farewelled at a Miha on Friday, 10 January 2020, to begin their Hīkoi Tapu to Hokianga in the Far North. In Tāmaki Makaurau more […]