Rev James Lyons2 August 2012 On June 26 Catholic lawyers celebrated the feast day of their patron, St Thomas More with an annual Mass. Fr James Lyons preached on the Year of Faith which starts in October. When we gather next year for this annual Mass, the Church will be in the midst of the […]
Cecily McNeill2 August 2012 Some 600 multinational companies dominate 99 percent of the global economy. At the same time, just half of the world’s population has access to electricity. Archdiocesan justice coordinator Mary-Ann Greaney attended the Rio+20 Earth Summit in Brazil from June 11 to 23, 2012, as part of a delegation of Presentation Sisters […]
2 August 2012 Children flocked from Muritai and other schools in the area to San Antonio Church Eastbourne on the feast of St Anthony of Padua, June 10, to join those from San Antonio school and their parents for a children’s Mass. Fr Albano Da Costa invited the children to join him on the floor […]
Cecily McNeill2 August 2012 The serious implications of working for environmental protection, poverty eradication and justice for Planet Earth and its marginalised human communities were shown in sharp relief with the murders of two fishermen and environmental activists who went missing on the day the heads of states signed the final Rio+20 document of commitment […]
Helen O’Sullivan RNDM2 August 2012 With two of his grandchildren representing New Zealand at the London Olympics, Bernard O’Sullivan of Lower Hutt is one extremely proud and happy man. Bernard’s identical twin daughters Janice and Philippa each had one child as competitors in the New Zealand contingent. Stephen Jenness is in the Black Sticks hockey […]
Therese Kyne2 August 2012 COMPASS, Challenge 2000’s Youth Ministry development and leadership programme for 2012 kicked off in Term 2. Thirty-five young people across Wellington took part in the three month programme based at St Joseph’s in Mt Victoria. COMPASS stands for Community, Personal, Aotearoa, Spiritual Search and is a sequel to our Odyssey programme. […]
Dianne Howard2 August 2012 The recent closing of a number of churches due to possible earthquake risk, has affected parishioners all over the archdiocese. St Mary’s Church in Blenheim was no exception. Parishioners felt sadness and disbelief at the decision to close the church for an indeterminate period while inspections were carried out and, if […]
2 August 2012 Last year’s popular Stewardship Conference is being repeated in the Wellington Archdiocese at the end of the month with a Stewardship Reflection Day in the cathedral.This year the archdiocese has invited Presentation Sister, Mary Franzmann from Brisbane as the key speaker for the day, August 25. Sr Mary has a background in […]
2 August 2012 Hato Paora College, Feilding, were placed third in the waiata a ringa section of the national kapa haka contest Nga Kura Tuarua (Secondary Schools) Kapa Haka held July 24 to 27. And Hato Paora was adjudged 13th overall in the 42-team, four-day gathering in Whangarei. Newcomers Nga Maioha o te Rangikauia which […]
Cecily McNeill2 August 2012 The Launch Out leadership formation programme in the Wellington Archdiocese is now 10 years old and the Catholic Foundation is undertaking a major fundraising drive to support this innovative ministry which has already brought vigour, energy, new life and dynamism to many pastoral areas. Since it started from discussion at the […]