WelCom February 2022
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland has announced plans to issue an historic apology to the Sámi people, who are indigenous to the Finnish nation and several other Nordic countries. The Sámi, currently numbering around 100,000 members, are the only recognised indigenous people of Europe. ‘We are coming to the moment when the entire Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland, and other churches, should apologise to the Sámi,’ Lutheran Bishop Jukka Keskitalo of Oulu told Pope Francis at a meeting during the January 18–25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Bishop Jukka Keskitalo said repentance and an apology were due in relation to abuses and structural sins of the past that continue to affect people’s lives.
Dates and events – what’s on in the two dioceses
Saturday 10 SeptemberCome and See Vocations Morning – meet other like-minded young men, talk to priests and seminarians, and ask questions about a vocation to priesthood, 9am–11.30am, St Teresa’s Church,…
Celebration Sunday Meri Hōhepa Suzanne Aubert
WelCom September 2022 ‘A woman of great faith’ will be the theme of the Celebration Sunday Meri Hōhepa Suzanne Aubert on Sunday, 2 October. The celebration will take place during the…
Vincentians celebrate St Vincent de Paul
WelCom September 2022 On Sunday 25 September, Vincentians from Wellington, Hutt-Wairapapa and Kapi Mana Areas will gather at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Tawa to join with parishioners in celebrating…