WelCom June 2018: Anne Dickinson In the February issue of WelCom, Cardinal John Dew wrote about the possibility of lay people leading funeral liturgies that don’t involve a Requiem Mass. With fewer priests and with larger parishes, the number of funerals that some priests are being called on to conduct is becoming unsustainable. Funerals now […]
WelCom June 2018: Members of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council have been working with parish leaders to develop a ‘self-review’ resource tool. The booklet aims to help parishes assess and review their own directions and outcomes from the 2017 Synod and to put into practice the missionary outreach of the Church. This includes transforming the messages […]
WelCom June 2018: The seismic strengthening and upgrade of Wellington’s St Mary of the Angels Church won two awards at the New Zealand Master Builders Commercial Projects Awards. Entered in the Heritage and Restoration category, the St Mary’s project took out both Gold and Category Winner medals. The awards were announced on 18 May, at Sky […]
WelCom June 2018: Engineers have told the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Wellington that it meets less than 33 percent of the new building standard. The 117-year-old cathedral has been evaluated by engineers in a verbal report and a brief written assessment. Sacred Heart Cathedral’s Fr James Lyons said beams in the roof needed to be strengthened. […]
WelCom June 2018: NZQA’s biennial review of Scholarship, says Latin and Sculpture could be dropped because of a lack of students. It has also suggested that a new subject, Religious Studies, be included for the first time. The Qualifications Authority said one of the major reasons it is consulting on removing Latin and Sculpture from Scholarship […]
WelCom June 2018: Mary Kleinsman-Powell On a small hill, overlooking the town of Foxton, stands the beautiful historic church of St Mary’s. This gem of a church, under the protection of Mother Mary and the Brigidine charism, is there as a visible sign of God’s grace and faith found in humanity. During the season of the […]
WelCom June 2018: Maria O’Flynn Earthquakes, building strengthening and the 2017 demolition of our beloved Mission House have been unkind to the many and varied symbols of faith we have become accustomed to having around at Sacred Heart College. These events have wreaked havoc on some of the old and beautiful taonga, which have for many […]
WelCom June 2018: Twelve senior students and two teachers from St Mary’s College, Wellington, have recently returned from a three-week trip to Europe. They visited museums, art galleries and culturally significant sites in Rome, Florence, Paris and London. They also visited Windsor, Bath and Stonehenge in the UK. Highlights were the opportunity to see ‘The Mousetrap’ a […]
WelCom June 2018: At this year’s Focolare family camp, called Mariapolis (City of Mary), held in Rotorua from 22–24 April, 188 people enjoyed ‘a deep and profound sharing amongst all, and of being family’. The day programmes were held in four groups: adults; 4-8-year-olds; 9-12-year-olds; and teens and young adults. Everyone came together for the evening […]
WelCom May 2018: The Vinnies and students from Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt, ran an Easter Egg drive for patients at Hutt Hospital’s Children’s ward. Delivering the eggs to the children are (l-r) Malia Pole’o, Madeleine Lambert and Laura Hewson with Farrell Modd dressed as Lisle the Lion.