WelCom November 2019 According to the NZ Parliament website, the proposed Abortion Legislation Bill ‘seeks to have abortion services provided like other health services. It would do this by decriminalising abortion, modernising legislation related to abortion, and better aligning the regulation of abortion services with that of other health services. The bill would remove the […]
WelCom November 2019 Places of worship in Palmerston North opened their doors for people to pray for world peace during the 2019 international Interfaith Week of Prayer for World Peace, 14 to 21 October. The Week of Prayer for World Peace was started as a Christian initiative in 1974. It soon became an interfaith activity […]
WelCom November 2019 Caritas launched ‘Seeds of Hope’, its 2019 State of the Environment for Oceania Report, in Wellington on Friday 4 October – the Feast of St Francis, and coinciding with the conclusion of the Global Week of Action on migration. Caritas’ ‘share the journey’ campaign encourages a culture of encounter and sharing stories […]
WelCom November 2019 Mary-Ann Greaney ‘That conference was a cracker!’ High praise from one of the participants at the Seeking holiness in a secular society conference held near Dunedin in September this year. Many of the 130 plus participants who came from every corner of Aotearoa New Zealand to Mosgiel shared this sentiment. Particularly life-giving […]
WelCom November 2019 Glennis Moriarty shares her ideas about climate change from her journey ‘as a wife, mother, grandmother and almost-great-grandmother, a former science teacher and a member of the Catholic Parish of Hastings, Hawke’s Bay’. Are you already muttering – or shouting – ‘Climate change! Enough! Anyway, what can I do about it?’ If […]
WelCom November 2019 Sue Seconi Friends, family and Sisters gathered with Josephite Sisters Therese McConway rsj from Wellington and Helen Doyle rsj and Marcienne Waite rsj from Whanganui, to mark their 60 years of Religious Profession. The Spring Time Celebration of Diamond Jubilee Liturgy was held at Mt St Joseph in Whanganui on Saturday 31 […]
WelCom November 2019 Emma Dodsworth The Diocese of Palmerston North celebrated its annual Jubilarians’ Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit on Wednesday, 2 October. Jubiliarians present were Bishop Owen Dolan (65 years), Fr Anthony Williams (60 years), Monsignor David Bell (50 years), Fr Karaitiana Kingi sm (50 years), and Fr Barry Scannell sm […]
WelCom November 2019 Sue Seconi Fr Nathaniel Brazil of the Catholic parish of Whanganui – Te Pārihi Katorika Ki Whanganui, blessed the new bell tower and bell beside the church, during Sunday morning Mass on 1 September. The blessing was televised onto the projector inside the church for the congregation to see. The newly-restored bell […]
WelCom November 2019 Mike Keenan Over the last 25 years, Ioane (John) Perez has undertaken a sole pilgrimage to pray for Worldwide Christian Unity. John, from the Tokelau Islands, is a parishioner of the Cathedral of The Holy Spirit Parish in Palmerston North. He completed his long pilgrimage at New Zealand’s Anglican Cathedrals this year. […]
WelCom November 2019 Cirillo Barlis As Spring settled this year in September, the priests from overseas who are now living in the Archdiocese held their monthly gathering at Pukekaraka Marae. Principal of Hāto Petera Kaniera – St Peter Chanel School, called the priests onto the marae and they were welcomed by local school children, kaumātua […]