WelCom October 2019:
Karen Holland has been appointed as Director Catholic Social Services for the Archdiocese of Wellington. Announcing the appointment on 10 September 2019, Cardinal John Dew said, ‘Karen has recently been the Community Facilitator at Catholic Social Services and came to us from managing the Sisters of Compassion Soup Kitchen. Karen is a former Lay Pastoral Leader.’ Karen commenced her new role on Monday, 16 September.
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