WelCom August 2017: Wellington’s Knights of Malta have donated 50 warm winters coats to the Compassion Soup Kitchen for homeless people, rough sleepers, refugees and others in need in Wellington, to use for winter. The Knights purchased 50 coats at $50 each with money raised by Wellington parishioners. The long-padded coats with lots of pockets, velcro fasteners and […]
WelCom August 2017: ‘We are not tourists, we are pilgrims.’ The mantra taught by our chaplain Fr Peter Stojanovic of Griffith NSW, to three busloads of Aussies – and just three Kiwis – in Lisbon in May this year, prepared us firstly for Fatima, where one hundred years ago three shepherd children beheld, above a holm oak in […]
WelCom August 2017: More than 100 people, including families and children, gathered at Our Lady of Fatima Church, Tawa, in May to honour Our Lady of Fatima for the 100th anniversary of her first apparition. ‘We wanted to honour our Blessed Mother and give glory to Her Son by marking the 100th anniversary of the first apparition of […]
WelCom August 2017: Some meditators want to support and express their spiritual journey by becoming Benedictine Oblates of the World Community of Christian Meditation (WCCM). Oblation is a traditional form of monastic life that appeals to many on a contemplative path today. Whether single or married, young or elderly, they take monastic promises adapted to their way of […]
WelCom August 2017: A film about climate change and the Pacific debuted at this year’s Palmerston North’s Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival in May. Six Pasifika Massey students from Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Fiji, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea, shared personal stories about the devastating impacts of climate change on their homelands and families. The Palmerston North Interfaith […]
WelCom August 2017: Nostra Aetate, ‘a Declaration on the Relation of the Church to non-Christian Religions’ was proclaimed by Pope Paul VI on 28 October 1965. Nostra Aetate reflects on the common origin and destiny of the human race, our relationship to non-Christian religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Muslims, Jews, and the brotherhood of all human beings as created […]
WelCom August 2017: Max Harris is an Oxford-University-based, young New Zealand academic. He has been involved in various campaigning groups, including JustSpeak and Generation Zero, and contributes to a wide range of publications. He was in Wellington in April this year to launch his new book, The New Zealand Project. In The New Zealand Project, Max Harris […]
WelCom August 2017: Napier’s Reignier Catholic Primary School recently celebrated the Sacrament of Baptism for 13 students or their younger siblings, baptised into the Catholic Parish of Napier at St Mary’s Church. Through the document Catholic Education for School Age Children, a need had been identified in the school to encourage and support families to deepen their encounter […]
WelCom August 2017: Annabell Malaulau, a teacher at Holy Family School in Porirua, is one of a number of volunteers who have been recognised for their outstanding service to the people of Porirua City. Porirua Deputy Mayor Izzy Ford presented them with Civic Awards at Pātaka Museum in June. ‘The Civic Awards are the city’s highest form […]
WelCom August 2017: The World Youth Day of Panama 2019 has a theme song: ‘Behold the handmaid of the Lord…’ The song is written by Abdiel Jiménez, a catechist in Panama. He won the contest in which 55 other theme-song proposals were submitted. A music video is being prepared for the song, while a video illustrating […]