The Sisters of Compassion invite applications for the Suzanne Aubert Tertiary Scholarship 2025. Applications are open to tertiary students with New Zealand citizenship, living within the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington or the Diocese of Palmerston North.
Students across the dioceses took part in Masses for the Feast of the Assumption 15 August. Among them were students from Sacred Heart Primary School, Thorndon, who attended the parish Mass at their neighbouring Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.
St Catherine’ College Kilbirnie, Wellington, welcomed its new principal Amélie Kelder in July. Addressing St Catherine’s College community at a pōwhiri in her honour, Amélie said the following.
Young Vinnies at St Joseph’s Primary School, Central Hawke’s Bay, prepared and served a delicious morning tea spread for Bishop John Adams when he visited Fr Paul Kerridge and the Parish Leadership Team last month.
Young Vinnies is the youth arm of the Society of St Vincent de Paul. It is a platform to support young people in their work to understand and address social injustices they see in their communities.
The Archdiocese of Wellington’s Catholic Foundation continues to promote its scholarships to students for tertiary studies. However, the Board has moved the availability of its scholarships from 1st year tertiary students to 2nd and 3rd year tertiary students.
Around 300 delegates from bishops’ conferences and international movements from 110 countries met in Rome, from 23 to 25 May, to take part in the 2024 International Youth Ministry Congress. Organised by the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, the event marked five years since Pope Francis published his document to young people, Christus vivit: Christ is alive.
Tom Silverwood was awarded a prestigious Laureate Award for a distinguished contribution to Catholic education at the 2024 New Zealand Catholic Education Convention held in Wellington in June.
Palmerston North Catholic Diocese’s Bishop John Adams led a special midweek Mass on 26 June at Holy Family Church in Whanganui, with the children and staff of St Marcellin School.
Thirty-four children participated in their First Reconciliation at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in the Parish of Our Lady of the Bays, Tasman, on 9 June. They are pictured with the Parish Priest Fr Michael Bellizzi and Fr Ravi Kumar Voliganti. Photo: Supplied