WelCom February 2021
Special Masses are celebrated at the beginning of each new school year where all who serve in our Catholic School and College communities are commissioned and blessed in their ministries.
Archdiocese of Wellington
Cardinal John Dew will preside at the two Masses.
Lower North Island, Tuesday 9 February: 5.30pm, St Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott St, Wellington.
Upper South Island, Friday 12 February: 5.30pm, Our Lady of Perpetual Hope, Richmond, Nelson.
Diocese of Palmerston North
Taranaki – Wednesday 10 February: 4pm, St Joseph’s Church, New Plymouth.
Whanganui – Thursday 11 February: 4pm Cullinane College Chapel, Whanganui.
Manawatu – Thursday 11 February: 5pm, Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Palmerston North.
Hastings – Sunday 14 February: combined Hastings Parish and School Mass, includes St Mary’s School, St Joseph’s School and St John’s College.
Hawke’s Bay Schools – Friday 28 May: time and place to be advised.
More details produced about reported abuse in New Zealand Catholic Church
WelCom June/July 2022 Continuing research has produced further details of where and by whom much of the reported abuse in the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand was committed. The…
A compliment Christians pay to one another
WelCom June/July 2022 + John A Cardinal Dew, Archbishop of Wellington Archdiocese, Apostolic Administrator of Palmerston North Diocese The Acts of the Apostles recounts, among other things, the story of…
Pope Francis appoints Bishop Michael Gielen as Bishop of Christchurch
WelCom June/July 2022 Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Michael Gielen (50) as the new Bishop of Christchurch. Bishop Gielen has been the Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland since March 2020. He…