Dates and events – what’s on
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Welcom Archive 2007-2026
WelCom is the monthly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington. Print copies of the eight-page newsletter are free and available in parishes, and sent to parishes and schools in PDF form. The archive contains WelCom stories published from 2007 to 2026 (May).
WelCom September 2024
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Ko te Rā Īnoi i te Ao mō te Manaaki i te Orokohanga: 1 Mahuru 2024
The annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation is celebrated on 1 September. The ecumenical Christian celebration of the Season of Creation is convened each year to pray and respond to the cry of Creation, between 1 September, the World Day of Prayer for Creation, and 4 October, the Feast of St Francis of Assisi.
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori | Māori Language Week – 14–21 Mahuru 2024 | 14–21 September 2024
Every year since 1975 New Zealand has marked Māori Language Week as a time for all New Zealanders to celebrate te reo Māori – the Māori language – and to use more Māori phrases in everyday life. In 2024, Māori Language Week runs from 14–21 September.
Social Justice Week: 8–14 September 2024 – Te Wiki o te Whai Tika: 8–14 Mahuru 2024
Caritas’ Social Justice Week 2024 is coming up and this year it runs from 8–14 September. During this week, Caritas invites you to join Catholic parishes and schools across New Zealand in exploring how we can give effect to peace and forgiveness in our lives. We have produced a range of resources for parishes and schools to help get involved with Social Justice week 2024.
Signature Choir: promoting Pacific music and culture
Wellington-based ecumenical-interfaith Signature Choir is achieving widespread national and international attention through performing and promoting Pacific music and culture.
‘How can we be a missionary synodal Church?’
At the end of this month I will be returning to Rome for the second session of the Synod on Synodality. Those who attended last year are required to be there again. It will be good to reconnect with people I met last year and with whom I spent the month in prayer, discernment and discussion. Fr Dennis Nacorda from the parish of Wairarapa is also attending.
Review of End of Life Choice Act – public submissions now open
Assisted dying – in the form of physician-assisted euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide – became legal in Aotearoa New Zealand three years ago on 7 November 2021.
That law stipulates there must be a review within three years of the practice coming into force and every five years after that.
Te Rōpu o Ngā Rangatahi o te Rūnanga o Ngā Pīhopa Katorika o Aotearoa
Representatives from the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference National Council for Young People of Aotearoa met with the New Zealand bishops at the Home of Compassion in Wellington, 20–21 August.
The council, with representatives from each diocese, meets regularly with the bishops. Its role is to advise and advocate on behalf of young Catholics in Aotearoa New Zealand.
West Auckland parish priest Fr Mosese Tui appointed Archbishop of Samoa-Apia
Pope Francis has appointed Fr Mosese Vitolio Tui sdb – the parish priest of St Paul’s Parish in Massey in West Auckland – as the new Archbishop of Samoa-Apia.