WelCom April 2018: WelCom continues its Hikoi of Faith with a visit to the Westport parish and pastoral area of St Canice. It extends along the West Coast of the South Island. It borders Porarari River to the south with the Greymouth parish. To the east it borders with the Reefton parish and to the north, […]
WelCom April 2018: The Passion of Christ and the Resurrection – the Paschal Mystery in our everyday lives Joy Cowley Whatever we say about suffering will be largely subjective. It will come from our beliefs which in turn, have been shaped by our life experience. My brokenness will relate to the brokenness out there. Some will […]
WelCom April 2018: WelCom’s ‘Catholic Thinking’ series presents articles by lecturers from Good Shepherd College and The Catholic Institute about theology, morality, ethics and faith heritage. This month Dr Sarah L Hart of Good Shepherd College looks at faith aspects about money. Aiming for Fairer Circulation of Money Dr Sarah L Hart The subject of loans, […]
WelCom April 2018: In January this year several Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions celebrated their jubilees of dedicated rndm service. Barbara Henley celebrated her 50-year jubilee on Sunday 7 January, the Feast of the Epiphany, with parishioners of Waikanae, several family members who had travelled from across the world and religious sisters. Mass was […]
WelCom April 2018: David Loving-Molloy Seventy-five years after the Dominican Sisters first began their involvement with the Deaf Community in Wellington, members of the Palmerston North Diocese fare-welled the Dominican Sisters from their diocese at a gathering on Sunday 18 February. The Sisters’ 75 years of commitment to a specialised ministry in the Church is a […]
WelCom April 2018: Julianne Hickey This year, during Lent, we reflected on ‘journeying together’, as we contemplated the transformative nature of our relationships with God and with one another. We thank everyone who has joined us in prayer, reflection, almsgiving, and fasting. By joining us in this Lenten journey, together we are able to demonstrate Christ’s […]
WelCom April 2018: The theme for this year’s Caritas SINGout4JUSTICE song-writing competition is: ‘Love more. Be more.’ It is easy to get caught up in pursuit of material success. Christ reminds us the purpose of life is not ‘getting’ and ‘having’, but ‘loving’ and ‘being’; being who we are called to be and reaching out to […]
WelCom April 2018: The First Anniversary of the death of much-loved Fr Pat McCullough was on Wednesday, 14 March. Masses were celebrated in the Francis of Assisi Chapel, Nelson, and at St Michael’s Church, Taita, for the ‘Happy Repose of his Soul’. Eileen McParland Parishioners and friends and relatives from Ireland gathered on Wednesday 14 March, […]
WelCom April 2018: Maggie Johnson It’s 800 years since the Order of Preachers was founded to follow in the footsteps of St Dominic. A year ago, the Dominican Family in Aotearoa-New Zealand celebrated the end of a year of Jubilee. One year later, some 80 junior school children at St Brigid’s in Johnsonville listened with excitement […]
WelCom April 2018: Sarah Richards This Easter, Bible Society New Zealand is giving away 100,000 copies of The Super Cool Story of Jesus. They want to tell the message of who Jesus is to children nationwide. ‘This opportunity could have a remarkable impact on thousands of Kiwi children in 2018,’ says BSNZ Programme Director Stephen Opie. […]