WelCom December 2017: Every year St Patrick’s College Old Boys Association (SPCOBA) gathers annually to formally recognise and celebrate one of their many outstanding past students as a recipient of the Felix Kane Cup. St Patrick’s Colleges of Wellington and Silverstream are founded on the values and leadership of the Society of Mary. The Marist priests, brothers […]
WelCom December 2017: Marist St Pat’s Rugby Club patron Fr Barry Scannell sm celebrated Mass for the team at St Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington, in October. As the Mass was about to end Fr Barry asked the captain, Valentine Meachen, to bring the team up onto the altar to receive his blessing for defeating the […]
WelCom December 2017: The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference has announced the appointment of Br Mark McKeon fsc as the new Pastoral Director of the Holy Cross Seminary in Ponsonby, Auckland. Br Mark has been a De La Salle Brother for 35 years in teaching ministry in Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. He has recently […]
WelCom December 2017: Marist St Pat’s Women’s Sevens has won the women’s competition in the annual Ambassador’s Sevens series, taking home the Eleanor Roosevelt Trophy. A win over Northern United in the final of the second leg of the series meant the side went unbeaten in the series to claim the title of Wellington club rugby’s […]
WelCom December 2017: Earlier this year I was invited to give a retreat to the clergy of Kiribati this November. As my departure draws near I have conflicting feelings of excitement and anxiety bubbling up inside me. As I read and talk to people about this far-flung group of atolls I realise what a challenging setting I […]
WelCom December 2017: This is Year A of the Church’s Liturgical Calendar, which follows the gospel of St Matthew on Sundays during Ordinary Time. In her series of articles for WelCom, Dr Elizabeth Julian rsm addresses some basic questions about Matthew’s gospel to show how it is relevant to our lives today. This final article looks […]
WelCom December 2017: Fr James McMenamin, Catholic Chaplain to the Forces, was killed on 8 June 1917, during the second day of the Battle of Messines. As part of New Zealand’s centennial commemorations for the Battle of Messines, the Catholic Military Ordinariate and the Petone Parish remembered the ministry of Fr James McMenamin. Richard and Sharron […]
WelCom December 2017: International officials met in Bonn, Germany, 6‒17 November 2017, at the UN’s 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to form a ‘just and effective path’ to achieving Paris Agreement goals of 2016. Fiji chaired the conference, aiming to bring world attention to vulnerable people and nations most seriously impacted by […]
WelCom December 2017: The Archdiocese’s Catholic Social Services have again partnered with the Hutt Valley Benefit Education Service Trust (BEST) to organise a ‘Benefit Impact’ information event. This second Benefit Impact was held at St Bernadette’s Church Hall in Naenae, of Te Awakairangi parish, during the week of 14–17 November 2017. It was timed to lead […]
WelCom December 2017: St Joseph’s historic Catholic Church is situated on SH58 between Pauatahanui Village and Judgeford – about 30 minutes’ drive from central Wellington. Once the centre of a small farm district where poverty and isolation were common, it is now just 150 metres away from massive earthworks constructing the new Transmission Gully motorway between Linden […]