WelCom November 2019 Carrie Watson This was the theme of Featherston’s St Teresa’s School production and enquiry learning last term. The play is set in 2019 and God is still not pleased with the way his people are treating each other and his precious creation. There is only one thing to do! Noah did such […]
WelCom November 2019 Jane Dravitzki Our Palmerston North Diocese Catholic Education Team aspires to work collaboratively in our various roles serving the Church and its Mission. Nestled under the maunga in Taranaki, our Primary DRS (Directors of Religious Studies) conference, 11–13 September, was a little different this year. The team invited parish youth ministers, school […]
WelCom November 2019 During the last weeks of Term Three the Chanel College Young Vinnies ran lunch-time and after-school workshops, hand stitching soft toys to be donated to new-borns in the Wairarapa. Over the course of a week-and-a-half, the group hand crafted around 60 teddy bears, dinosaurs and elephants with the help of material donations […]
WelCom November 2019 In New Plymouth 62 children in the St Joseph’s church group celebrated their First Holy Communion in September.
WelCom November 2019 The UN International Day of People with Disability has been celebrated each year on 3 December since 1981. This year’s theme – The Future is Accessible – provides an opportunity to refresh our mindsets that people with disabilities can make a valued contribution to our families, churches, communities and neighbourhoods. More importantly, […]
WelCom November 2019 Challenge 2000’s annual Street Day Appeal is on Thursday 14 November. It’s one of our most important days of the year for receiving financial and non-financial assistance from the community, so we can continue helping young people and families. Challenge 2000 is a Youth and Community Development agency and has served young […]
WelCom November 2019 Giving families the Christmas shopping experience without the cost. Donate a gift to the Vinnies Christmas Toy Shop where families seeking help over the holiday period can choose gifts for their children. In 2018, 81 individuals and families chose gifts for 256 children from the Merry Vinnies toy shop. St Vincent de […]
WelCom October 2019: Suzanne Aubert Celebration Day Sunday, 6 October, 2019 John Bergin As New Zealand takes pride in the great strides being made as a welcoming and tolerant community, there needs to be greater acknowledgement for the extraordinary example set by Venerable Suzanne Aubert who offered us a blueprint for action over 150 years ago. […]
WelCom October 2019: Thousands of New Zealanders of all ages took to the streets in more than 40 centres throughout the country on Friday 27 September, in solidarity to call for more action on climate change. School and tertiary students, who began the strikes in March and May this year, were joined side-by-side by parents, grandparents, […]
WelCom October 2019: October 2019 –Whiringa-ā-Nuku 2019 Baptised and sent: the Church of Christ on mission in the world – Kua iriiria, kua tukuna: kua tukuna te Hāhi o te Karaiti ki te manaaki mīhana i te ao Pope Francis has asked all Catholics to celebrate a special ‘missionary month’ in October 2019. In conjunction with the 100 years […]