WelCom September 2022
Child Safeguarding Week, 4–10 September, is held annually in Aotearoa New Zealand to raise awareness of child abuse prevention wherever children are – at home, the community, places they go. Organised by Safeguarding Children – Tiakina ngā tamariki, the objective is to raise the profile of issues connected with child abuse prevention and child protection. This year Safeguarding Children are celebrating 11 years in existence, having trained over 33,000 of the workforce in child protection. Safeguarding Children has organised a petition to change the Children’s Act (2014) to ensure better protection for children. Go to childsafeguardingweek.org.nz for information.
‘Please consider signing the petition,’ says Catherine Jones smsm, Safeguarding Adviser, Archdiocese of Wellington. ‘It is endorsed by the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services, of which the Catholic Church is a member. Let us unite prayer and action for the safeguarding of our children and vulnerable adults.’
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…