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.
Pahiatua Polish Children’s 75th Reunion
WelCom December 2019 Phil Cotter, a life-long parishioner of St Brigid’s parish, Pahiatua, remembers as a seven-year-old welcoming the three trains carrying the Polish children and their care-givers in 1944….
Care for our common home
Manaakihia tō tātou kāinga From Garden To Table WelCom December 2019 ‘Grow, harvest, prepare, share’ is the motto for ‘Garden to Table’. It’s a programme founded in 2008 to teach…
New Zealand Catholic Bishops Meet Pope
WelCom December 2019 The New Zealand Catholic bishops met Pope Francis for an 80-minute private audience in the Vatican on Monday 28 October during their Ad Limina visit to Rome. …