News Ngaire Pinkham4 February 2013 Staff in the Catholic Development Fund are contacting clients over the next few months to arrange alternative ways of managing their money in a drive to more directly target ways of supporting the Wellington Archdiocese financially. Due to increased compliance and administrative costs because of law changes, the CDF will […]
News 4 February 2013 The struggle of refugees for safety and freedom may be over for those resettled in Aotearoa New Zealand but research shows refugees with disability needs in Wellington are still struggling for the right to participate in society on an equal basis. ChangeMakers Refugee Forum – a rights-based, community development, research and […]
NewsLesley Hooper4 February 2013 Catholic Social Services was able to help many more families than in previous years thanks to an overwhelming response from parishes in the Wellington area to their appeal for Christmas gifts. Over Christmas many families struggled to put food on the table let alone have gifts to share with each other. […]
News Ka’isa Beech4 February 2013 The importance of making people aware of climate change issues and the need to overcome social behaviour which can harm the environment was sheeted home to us at the Powershift youth climate summit in Auckland in December. Powershift’s organisers 350 Aotearoa and Generation Zero created a wonderful environment to be […]
News 4 February 2013 Dominican theologian Helen Bergin has had a particular interest in the Holy Spirit and how the Holy Spirit works through events in the world and in the Church since starting to publish articles on this subject more than 12 years ago. Sr Helen is key speaker in this month’s Wellington Archdiocesan […]
News 4 February 2013 Sacred Heart Parish Petone farewelled Cushla Quigan, the first lay pastoral leader in the archdiocese, at a multicultural Mass of thanksgiving and celebration on 27 January. Celebrations continued after Mass with a barbecue in the school grounds where the various cultural communities sang and presented Cushla with gifts of appreciation for […]
Schools 4 February 2013 St Francis Xavier school year 6 student Keller McDonald with the Tawa Citizenship Award 2012. Keller is an exceptional student and shows true leadership, willingly taking on many tasks around the school, including road patroller, peer mediator and Young Vinnie. He is motivated, shows initiative and always tries his best. Friendly, […]
Palmerston North Sue Seconi3 February 2013 Two priests in the Palmerston North Diocese have swapped parishes. Monsignor David Bell left his post of 10 years as parish priest of St Mary’s Whanganui on 25 November and Fr Brian Carmine relinquished his post as parish priest in Stratford. Mgr Bell told the 500 squeezed into St […]
Parishes 3 February 2013 Kevin McEvoy of Upper Hutt with Anne-Marie McCarten of St Vincent de Paul Society and his wife Deirdre after receiving the papal medal, Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, for long and devoted service to the Church. Archbishop John Dew presented Kevin with the medal during Mass in the Sisters of Mercy Chapel […]
World News Anna Robertson1 November 2012 Earlier this year, the Prime Minister of Timor Leste, Xanana Gusmao, was being interviewed by Radio Timor Kmanek (RTK), the Timorese Catholic radio station supported by Caritas. Talking about his vision for Timor and the role RTK can play, Mr Gusmao said, ‘I want to encourage RTK as a […]