July 2016 | Hōngongoi Features and News | Ngā Kōrero Tāhuhu On Anzac Day this year, the Rt Hon Jim Bolger ONZ, Prime Minister of New Zealand from October 1990 to December 1997 and former Ambassador to the United States, delivered a remembrance address at the Waikanae Memorial Hall, entitled ‘The Lessons of History. He […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Diocesan News and Views | He Pitopito Kōrero me ngā Tirohanga a Rohe Pīhopa On Sea Sunday, 10 July 2016, churches all over the world come together to remember seafarers and pray for them, their families and those who support them. The message for Sea Sunday 2016 from the Pontifical Council […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi News | He Pitopito Kōrero Simone Olsen, NZ Catholic Bishops Conference Emeritus Bishop Len Boyle of Dunedin died peacefully on 1 June, surrounded by family and his brother priests, after a short period of ill health. He was 85. Bishop Boyle, who lived in Mosgiel, had recently moved into the Sacred Heart […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Diocesan News | Ngā Pitopito Kōrero a Rohe Pīhopa Bishop Owen Dolan, Emeritus Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North, is pictured with Pope Francis, pointing out to him the presence of the St Vincent de Paul group at the General Audience, just 50 metres away. Pope Francis acknowledges the group with a […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi International News | He Pitopito Kōrero mō te Ao Steve Zabilski, the executive director of the Society of St Vincent de Paul in Phoenix, Arizona, has paid tribute to the volunteer work of the late former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali. Ali died 3 June in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Youth, Schools, Education | Hunga Taiohi, Ngā Kura, Mātauranga Chelsea McLaughlin St Theresa’s School in Plimmerton has won an award for promoting New Zealand sign language after only including it in the curriculum since the beginning of this year. A deaf student began in the new entrants’ class in term one, […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Diocesan News | Ngā Pitopito Kōrero a Rohe Pīhopa Lorraine McArthur We have already passed the shortest day this year and the biting cold of winter is kicking in. In this Year of Mercy, during July we’re asking Archdiocese of Wellington parishioners, through their parishes, to donate new pairs of shoes […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi The 2016 funding round for the Archdiocesan Allocation Committee is now open. Parish groups, agencies and church organisations that provide a helping hand by supporting families and social services, are invited to apply for the annual Tindall Funding through the Archdiocesan Allocation Committee. The priority is to fund Catholic and community […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Diocesan News | Ngā Pitopito Kōrero a Rohe Pīhopa Joe Green, Lay Pastoral Leader, Catholic Parish of Wellington South The old man lay in the bed at the Home of Compassion. He had been given his morning cup of tea. As a sister walked by he threw the lot at her – […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Youth, Schools, Education | Hunga Taiohi, Ngā Kura, Mātauranga On Friday 17 June five All Blacks visited St Mary’s College, Wellington, to run a skills session for our rugby players. St Mary’s was a winner of the OneMoreTeam Competition where three schools throughout the country were chosen to receive a visit […]