World Youth Day 2023 – Lisbon, Portugal
The 37th World Youth Day Catholic festival in Lisbon, Portugal, 1–6 August 2023, got underway with Mass celebrated by Cardinal Manuele Clemente, Patriarch of Lisbon.
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The 37th World Youth Day Catholic festival in Lisbon, Portugal, 1–6 August 2023, got underway with Mass celebrated by Cardinal Manuele Clemente, Patriarch of Lisbon.
Pope Francis has established 1 September as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, encouraging the Catholic community around the world to pray for our common home. The day is inspired by his landmark encyclical Laudato si’, which calls on ‘every person living on this planet’ to care for our shared Earth.
Fr James Lyons continues his presentation of Marian titles from within the 16th Century Litany of Loreto. Our use and understanding of ‘Tower’ are explored and related to our devotion to Mary, the Mother of Jesus.
We are entering an interesting time in our country and in our Church as this month of September begins. Here in New Zealand, we are in the midst of the campaign for the General Election planned to be held on 14 October 2023.
I urge you, then, brothers, remembering the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, dedicated and acceptable to God; that is the kind of worship for you, as sensible people.
Credo Is it not time after all these years,to sort out what you believe, after a lifetime of believing,time to lift the words clean off the page,tattoo them on your chest, feel their burn,their rocket truth, their sheltering roof,their trail of crumbs, their personal sun,visible to nobody but yourself,so when you step out the front door,by the olive tree,you […]
During the month of September 2023 Pope Francis’ intention is: for people living on the margins. We pray for those persons living on the margins of society, in inhumane life conditions;may they not be overlooked by institutions and never considered of lesser importance.
Life in education always has new learning adventures on the horizon, some alongside children and others alongside fellow teachers. The latest is one we hadn’t expected. Our music teacher, John Phillips, has become a TikTok sensation.
The Catholic Foundation offers eight scholarships to students living in the Archdiocese of Wellington and who are in their final year of secondary education.
Chief Executive of New Zealand Catholic Education Office, Dr Kevin Shore, provides an update on some of the many developments underway in the Catholic Education sector.