Archdiocesan News
Sacred Heart Cathedral was packed on Sunday afternoon 21 July when Columban Frs Noel Connelly of Australia and Michael Gormly of New Zealand presented a stone carving of Fr Francis Vernon Douglas to the archdiocese on the 70th anniversary of his death.
Fr Michael Gormly wrote in Wel-Com‘s September, 2012 issue of an extrovert, idealistic, sports-loving man who began his priestly ministry in New Plymouth in 1934.
O’Shea Shield 2021
WelCom June/July 2021 The Year of St Joseph In this special year of St Joseph, it is fitting Hato Hōhepa – St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College, Napier, have won the…
Support the COVID-19 vaccination programme
WelCom June/July 2021 The New Zealand Catholic Bishops and the Nathaniel Centre for Bioethics have started a campaign to provide accurate information about the COVID-19 vaccine, which is being rolled…
MFAT deal multiplies donations to Caritas
WelCom June/July 2021 Michael Fitzsimons Donors to Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand will have their donations multiplied fourfold, thanks to a new funding partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…