Columns Kieran Fenn fmsNovember 2012 The church has stated that there is ‘a hierarchy of truths’ and one could easily get the impression that the Marian dogmas, for better or worse, do not currently have the priority and influence that they used to have. They are often the source of great difficulty with regard to […]
Features Cecily McNeill6 November 2012 Christians often ignorant of even the core of their faith, says Pope. The Holy Father is to start a new series of catechetical talks for the Year of Faith amid concern that ‘Christians today often do not even know the central core of their Catholic faith’. At his regular weekly […]
Features Msgr John Broadbent6 November 2012 The papacy, barely returned to Rome in 1377, would soon split off into two papacies and then three, before being resolved. Last month, we saw how St Catherine of Siena managed to persuade Pope Gregory XI to leave Avignon and return to Rome. He lived for only a year […]
Schools Billie Jarman-Bridges6 November 2012 Winner of the Masked Mayhem category, right. Wednesday September 12 brought great excitement, anxiety and nervousness to the Intermediate girls of Ss Peter and Paul School, Lower Hutt. It was the day of their World of Wearable Arts Extravaganza! The preparation for this event had been going on for weeks, […]
NEWS Choi Jong-hyeok6 November 2012 New Zealand Columban Fr Bob Brennan has been awarded the City of Seoul’s Grand Prize for Social Welfare. The Mayor of Seoul, Park Won Soon, made the award at a public ceremony on September 4. In his address of congratulations the mayor said, ‘This blue-eyed foreigner is a model of […]
NEWS 6 November 2012 A Wellington symposium on Vatican II today In the last issue of Wel-com, the archdiocese announced the ‘Joy and Hope’ Symposium to mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. This event will not only celebrate the council but also explore what Vatican II can bring to […]
News 6 November 2012 St Francis of Assisi Parish, Stoke, celebrated the beginning of The Year of Faith on the feast of the parish’s patron saint. Parishioners brought family pets including a parrot, varying shapes and sizes of dogs, guinea pigs of many colours and cats for the blessing of the animals by Father Maurice […]
Wellington 6 November 2012 Two women in the archdiocese have been awarded Papal medals in the past couple of months. St Patrick’s, ParaparaumuArchbishop John Dew presented Kathleen Beaumont with the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Cross from Pope Benedict XVI during Mass at St Patrick’s parish, Paraparaumu, on August 21, 2012 in recognition of Kathleen’s 25 […]
Wellington Jacqui McLaughlin6 November 2012 Kapiti Catholic Child & Youth Ministry ran its annual leadership retreat at the Marist Brothers House in Otaki September 22 – 23. This year we had 27 participants including young people in Years 11 – 13 at college, twice as many as last year. The retreat offered the opportunity for […]
Palmerston North 6 November 2012 On Sunday September 30 the St Patrick’s (Napier) Conference of the Society of St Vincent de Paul celebrated its centenary of service to the people of Napier. National spiritual director Fr Jeff Drane sm was the chief celebrant for the Mass in St Patrick’s Church, with the help of spiritual […]