WelCom July 2018: Jessica Reiher A group St Mary’s College students wants to raise awareness about combating the effects of plastic waste on the environment. They have formed a company ‘The Final Straw’ as part of the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES). The scheme allows students to set up and run a real business by […]
WelCom July 2018: Rachel Carson A cold winter morning brought 35 choirs together on Tuesday 29 May for the East Coast Big Sing Regionals at Napier’s Waiapu Cathedral. Choirs worked to showcase their harmonies, movement and diction. Sacred Heart Napier had three choirs in the competition. Pictured is Year 13 student Henga Ofa with the SHC […]
WelCom July 2018: Anne Dent On Friday 13 April 2018, our whole school, along with many parishoners and families, joined in a prayer liturgy led by Fr Sanjay, to bless our grotto and our Mary statue at the front of the school. The statue had to be removed and the grotto demolished so issues with the […]
WelCom July 2018: Celebrating Samoan Language Week in June this year, is Tausilia McClutchie. Taus, a member of the Youth Ministry Team at Palmerston North Diocesan, is proud to celebrate and share her culture with others. She taught the staff at the Diocesan office how to make the Sign of the Cross in Samoan: ‘I le suafa […]
WelCom July 2018: Mika Teofilo The account as follows, is merely a summary of the kava ceremony, which is the heart and centre of Samoan Culture. Of course, it cannot include all the features and ramifications of our Samoan Customs. But, if it is not as full as it could be, it is better to use […]
WelCom June 2018: Annette Scullion Long-standing and recently-retired leader for New Zealand Catholic Schools Education, Sir Br Patrick Lynch KNZM QSO, was heralded at a reception in the Grand Hall of Parliament, Wellington, 2 May 2018. The occasion was the launch of his memoirs: Sir Brother Patrick Lynch – A Life in Education and New Zealand’s […]
WelCom June 2018: Te karanga ta te Karaiti: kia arohaina, kia ora, kia tina – Christ’s call: to love, to be, to do. Susan Apáthy Teachers and other Catholic education leaders will meet in Wellington this month, 13‒15 June, for the triennial New Zealand Catholic Education Convention. On offer is a full and stimulating programme of […]
WelCom June 2018: Support for many, but social services will continue to struggle Community social-services organisations say they welcome the Budget initiatives, announced 17 May 2018, to address poverty, health services, learning support and family violence, but that the Budget bypasses essential and intensive community-based child and family services in urgent need of more funding. “This […]
WelCom June 2018: Annette Scullion As part of its ‘New Beginnings’ programme, St Francis of Assisi Ohariu Parish hosted a packed venue in Johnsonville on Sunday 6 May, for a community discussion about climate change and what to do about reducing carbon emissions to ‘protect our common home’. Jonathan Boston, Professor of Policy Studies at Victoria […]
WelCom June 2018: Michael McCabe Our Lady of Kāpiti parishioners gathered recently to consider the concept drawings for their new Parish Church and Centre. These buildings are to be built adjacent to Our Lady of Kāpiti School, blessed and opened by Cardinal John Dew on the feast of St Patrick 2017. Our Lady of Kāpiti Parish […]