December 2014 Feature Archbishop John Dew Just over a year ago – after a long period of consultation with all the parishes – I promulgated the document announcing some parishes would be merging to form new parishes. Six new parishes will come into being on 1 February 2015 and another group on 1 February 2016. […]
December 2014 Opinion Michael Noonan Some pictures of the birth of Jesus have those who are portrayed by the artist prayerfully and attentively gazing at the Christ Child. Others paint Jesus in the arms of Mary. A few – perhaps too few – allow his dad that privilege. However artists may portray the Nativity, the […]
December 2014 Opinion Mark Richards Christmas, the feast of birth, new life, and hope, is with us. At its heart is a family of people away from their home – refugees, or soon to be so in Egypt, facing homelessness and finding shelter among the poor. Why? Because they had to travel 100km to register […]
You can help the work of the Archdiocese of Wellington by making a donation or leaving a gift in your will. Contact in confidence: Trish McAuliffe Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington P: (04) 496-1758 E: t.mcauliffe@wn.catholic.org.nz Reimagining the Archdiocese:A Future Full of HopeArchbishop John Dew Just over a year ago – after a long period of […]
November 2014 News Archbishop John Dew The Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome convened by Pope Francis on marriage and family, has been a triumph for openness and discussion in the Church. Over 200 bishops spent two weeks at the Vatican during October discussing issues around marriage and family life. Archbishop […]
November 2014 Feature The Most Reverend Philip Richardson Unitatis Redintegratio, the Second Vatican Council’s Decree on Ecumenism, was signed 50 years ago, on 21 November 1964. Wel-Com invited the Anglican Bishop of Taranaki, The Most Reverend Philip Richardson, for his observations on the significance of this document for Anglican-Catholic relations. The 50th anniversary of the […]
November 2014 News Martin de Jong Small yet strong voices from Oceania will be heard at the United Nations Climate Conference in Lima, Peru, 1–12 December, 2014. Amelia Ma’afu, Caritas Tonga’s Programmes Co-ordinator and Climate Change Officer, part of an international Caritas delegation at the conference, will take ‘voices’ gathered together in Small yet strong: […]
November 2014 Pastoral Focus Mike Noonan Leading is an agreement. It is an agreement to be led and an agreement to lead. Sometimes the bargain has to be struck, and sometimes not if the situation or the role carries the expectations. A bargain was struck between Peter and Jesus (in John 13). ‘You will never […]
November 2014 Pastoral Focus Mark Richards My focus this month is on leadership and, specifically, the core teaching on leadership of the laity as seen in Vatican II. From my bookshelf, I picked the document about the role of the laity: the Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity (Apostolicam Actuositatem; November 18, 1965). As […]
November 2014 Schools Fiona D’Souza At St Patricks this year we’ve been trying to think of ways to give students opportunities to develop a desire to make a difference. We only have four classes and a part-time class. And now every term, one class spends an afternoon at the nearby Rita Angus Retirement Village and […]