Pastoral Area Liturgy Support PALS
The time seems more than right to ensure that there are many people in our local church who will be able to provide those very same services and hence PALS was born.
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).
Catholic Archivists’ Conference 2008
Workshops covered managing photos, maps and objects; oral history; disaster preparedness; using PastPerfect and other archival databases; digital preservation; the care of historic church textiles; the care of art works; setting up a school archive; tips for looking after community archives; and appraisal and disposal of archives.
The complex way of God’s love
The point is this, God’s love is shown in many different ways, and this must be one of the most complex patterns of God’s love I’ve heard of.
Hewitt’s spiritual journey fuelled by pickling organs
For 75 hours he was lost at sea, yet Rob Hewitt survived to tell of an extraordinary spiritual journey that kept him alive and vibrantly fit to begin a renewed life with his family.
When a student dies coping with the grieving young
Grief is very intense for young adults. Chris’s friends were shocked, disbelieving, angry, and questioning. ‘Where is Chris now?’ ‘Why do people die?’ ‘If God is a loving God and all powerful, why did he let Chris die?’ ‘Could I die soon, too?’ ‘He was my mate, and he is dead. What do I do now?’
Ramos-Horta welcomed home.
Ramos-Horta, 58, returned from Darwin last week (April 20) after treatment for bullet wounds sustained in the February 11 assassination attempt outside his home. Rebel leader Alfredo Alves Reinado was killed at the scene.
Death of Sri Lanka church worker in bomb blast
World News 30 April 2008 Caritas Internationalis joins Caritas Sri Lanka in condemning the death of Fr Karunaratnam, who was killed in a bomb blast in the north of the country on April 20. Fr Karunaratnam was the chair of the North East Secretariat on Human Rights, which aims to recognise and respect the human […]
Caritas warns of genocide in Zimbabwe calls for arms ban
30 April 2008
Caritas is urging the UN Security Council to impose an immediate arms embargo on Zimbabwe. Church leaders in the country say that without international intervention Zimbabweans face genocide.
Music Review: Who Did You See
Chris Willcock’s latest album of songs, Who Did You See, contains the song which will be sung as the gathering song for the papal Mass at World Youth Day.
WYD writing competition
The World Youth Day 2008 theme, received from the Holy Father, is ‘You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses’ [Acts 1:8]. Explain the relevance of the theme in our lives today, and outline ways by which you can be a witness to Jesus Christ.