WelCom October 2021
Four Missionaries of Charity nuns and two Indian Jesuit priests stranded in trouble-torn Afghanistan after the Taliban took control have been moved to safety. ‘Our four nuns have been shifted out of Afghanistan and are safe,’ said Sr Christy, based in Kolkata, the headquarters of the congregation. Two Indian Jesuit have returned to India from Afghanistan. Since they arrived in Afghanistan in 2002, the Jesuits trained more than 300 young teachers, helping the education of more than 25,000 young boys and girls in four provinces.
WelCom November 2022
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Hato Pāora College 75th Jubilee
Hato Pāora College, the Catholic Māori boarding school for boys north of Feilding, celebrated its 75th Jubilee over Labour Weekend.
Continental stage of Pope’s Synod on Synodality process begins
The next stage of Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality has begun with the Vatican on 27 October publishing the working document that brings together the many Synod syntheses from around the Catholic world including Aotearoa New Zealand’s.