WelCom June 2019: Mynetta Erueti The inaugural National Māori Pastoral Care Hui was held on 9 May 2019, at Connolly Hall, Wellington. Te Ohu Kai Manaaki, the Māori Pastoral Care Team of the Archdiocese of Wellington, organised the Hui. The bishops nominated the participants as those Church members who are working in Māori pastoral care and […]
WelCom June 2019: The annual clergy jubilee celebration for the Archdiocese of Wellington is being held on Thursday, 4 July, with Mass at 11am at St Patrick’s Church in Kilbirnie. All are welcome to attend the Mass. Presbyterial ordination anniversaries 60 years Cardinal Thomas Williams Fr Michael Stieller Fr Denis Collins Fr Peter Conaghan sm Fr […]
WelCom June 2019: A message from Bishop Charles, 22 May 2019 Dear Everyone, As many of you will or may have heard Mons Brian Walsh, our Vicar General, some days ago had what was described as a ‘cardiac event’ while returning from his holiday in South Africa. He collapsed at Sydney Airport and was taken to […]
WelCom June 2019: Lisa Beech Our Lady of Kāpiti Parish will host a Benefit Impact from 22–26 July at Our Lady of Fatima Church, Waikanae. People from Kāpiti Coast are invited from Tuesday 23 July, to come and check entitlements with trained benefit advocates. As with the Archdiocese’s Benefit Impacts hosted by parish communities in Upper […]
WelCom June 2019: he Vatican and many dioceses mark World Communications Day on the Sunday before Pentecost; which in 2019 is 2 June. In September last year, the Vatican released Pope Francis’ theme for the 53rd World Communications Day, for 2019 – ‘We are members one of another: From network community to human communities’ (Eph 4: […]
WelCom June 2019: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila has been re-elected as president of Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of Catholic charities around the world. The cardinal was confirmed for a second four-year term on 24 May, at the 21st Caritas general assembly in Rome. The meeting, held every four years, brought together some 450 representatives […]
WelCom June 2019: Justin Welby has become the first Archbishop of Canterbury to interview a pope in a symbol of the warm relationship shared by the two Church leaders. In a significant moment for relations between the Anglican and Catholic Church, the interview with Pope Francis was recorded on the Archbishop’s mobile phone during a recent […]
WelCom June 2019: Congratulations St Patrick’s College – Wellington O’Shea Shield 2019 Winners Congratulations to St Patrick’s College Wellington, the winners of the 2019 O’Shea Shield. The 73rd O’Shea Shield was held at St Peter’s College, Palmerston North, over the weekend of 11 and 12 May. The O’Shea Shield is a public speaking competition contested for […]
WelCom June 2019: Our Hīkoi of Faith this month journeys to The Catholic Parish of Whanganui – Te Parihi Katorika Ki Whanganui, an area rich in history and culture with a strong Catholic background dating back to the early 1850s. Today the parish includes the River Māori Eucharistic Communities of Hāto Hōhepa Hiruhārama-Jerusalem, Te Rongo o […]
WelCom June 2019: Annette Scullion Learning Through Play sessions, which put students at the centre of learning, are a big success at St Benedict’s School, Khandallah. The sessions provide students opportunities for conversations and skills around thinking and encourage them to make decisions around special needs learning activities and the way they engage with others. With […]