WelCom June 2019: Pauline Annabel and Susan Bradley St Joseph’s Catholic School, Hawera, farewelled two long-serving and much respected members of the school and parish community last December, at a special Liturgy at St Joseph’s Church. Mrs Cath Clough and Mrs Jude Fevre were retiring after each giving 33 years of dedicated service and leading the […]
WelCom June 2019: Colleen Restieaux Capuchin Friar Fr Gregory Lakra OFM CaP returned to India earlier this year after working for the past 10 years in the Wellington Archdiocese. Most recently he has been assistant priest at Holy Trinity Parish, Wellington East. Over 300 parishioners gathered in St Patrick’s Church, Kilbirnie, for a special Sunday Mass […]
WelCom June 2019: In this month’s Catholic Thinking series, Brendan Daly, Judicial Vicar and lecturer in canon law at Good Shepherd College – Te Hepara Pai, discusses synodality and canon law and the problems of sexual abuse that have occurred because of a lack of synodality. Synodality and Canon Law In recent times there has been […]
WelCom June 2019: In part 4, Dr Elizabeth Julian rsm continues her series about the Old Testament. Dr Elizabeth Julian rsm So far we have considered the Old Testament as the story of God’s love affair with a particular group of people; as a library rather than a book, other names used to describe it, the […]
WelCom June 2019: Ascension Sunday: Lk 24:46-53 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these […]
WelCom June 2019: The Bible Society has launched its new scripture-based website, The Word, the first Catholic Bible-engagement focused website of its kind in New Zealand. Mass readings are also delivered every day, thanks to a partnership with the Marist Messenger. The site delivers inspirational stories through video and word from Catholics for whom the Bible […]
WelCom June 2019: Matariki is the Māori name for a cluster of stars which is visible in our night sky at a specific time of the year. In 2019, the cluster sets on 27 May and from 25 to 28 June, Matariki will re-appear in the dawn sky – signalling the start of the Māori New […]
WelCom June 2019: For World Environment Day – Wednesday 5 June, all parishes and schools are invited to plant a tree as a symbol of solidarity with the people of the Amazon and a response to the call of Pope Francis to ‘care for our common home’. Be part of a world-wide movement to protect the […]
WelCom June 2019: Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has welcomed the Environment Aotearoa 2019 report as a further wake-up call to protect the New Zealand and global environment for present and future generations. Environment Aotearoa 2019, released in April, is a joint report by the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ. The report provides an overview […]
WelCom June 2019: The Compassion Soup Kitchen’s Annual Street Appeal will be running on Friday 14 June 2019, with collection sites across the Wellington region. This is the Soup Kitchen’s biggest fundraiser and the support of the Wellington community for the past 118 years allows its doors to continue to be open to serve our community. […]