WelCom September 2019: Susie Walker For their term-two project this year, ‘feed the hungry’, the Young Vinnies at Chanel College, Masterton, gathered over 600 non-perishable items to boost the pantries of people in need in the Wairarapa. While every year local foodbanks help thousands of families struggling to make ends meet, the Young Vinnies were especially […]
WelCom September 2019: Kathy Whelan Two founding members of the Catholic Foundation of the Archdiocese of Wellington, Henry Ward and Kevin O’Connor, who retired from the foundation in 2018, have each received a papal award for their services to the Archdiocese. Kevin O’Connor received his award from Cardinal John Dew at the foundation’s Annual Mass, on […]
WelCom September 2019: Sue Seconi ‘Blessed are they who have kept the Word with a generous heart and yield a harvest through perseverance,’ was the theme of the Jubilarians Mass celebrated at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit on Saturday 27 July. Bishop Owen Dolan was ordained on 21 July 1954 in Hawera, Mons David Bell […]
WelCom September 2019: Lisa Beech Over 70 Victoria University architecture students visited Te Kāinga Catholic marae in Kilbirnie, Wellington, to carry out a course assignment for costing the repairs of seismic strengthening the building. The students were welcomed to Te Kāinga in a pōwhiri, which for some students was their first experience of being welcomed formally […]
WelCom September 2019: Clare Barrett The Cenacle Retreat Team led a ‘Retreat in Daily Life’ for parishioners of Te Whaea Tapu o Kāpiti – Our Lady of Kāpiti Parish, 9–14 June this year. The retreat team comprised Srs Mary J Kay, Clare O’Connor, Anne Powell, Mrs Ronnie Parton, Mrs Merle Whiteman and Fr Alan Roberts. People […]
WelCom September 2019: The Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region will meet in Rome from 6 to 27 October 2019. Pope Francis announced on 15 October 2017 that it would work ‘to identify new paths for the evangelisation of God’s people in that region’, specifically the indigenous peoples who are experiencing […]
WelCom September 2019: The large protests in Hong Kong that started in response to a proposed extradition bill, which has now been suspended, have evolved into a more demanding pro-democracy movement. Meanwhile, over 1,000 Catholics marched for peace in the city on Thursday evening, 1 August. People at the vigil gathered in front of the Cathedral […]
WelCom September 2019: Cardinal George Pell has failed in a legal bid to quash his convictions of child sexual abuse in Australia. Cardinal Pell was jailed for six years in March this year after being found guilty of abusing two boys in a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s. He maintains his innocence. His appeal against his […]