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WelCom, October, 2021

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We are all the people of God

WelCom October 2021 In March 2019, almost immediately after the terrorist attacks on the mosques in Christchurch, in which 51 people were killed and many more injured physically and psychologically,…

Supporting and honouring health carers

WelCom October 2021 Lisa Beech  Support Life Sunday 2021 is celebrated on Sunday 10 October. This year the focus is on ‘Supporting and honouring health carers’, to acknowledge the work…

Fa’amalosi – Say it Right

WelCom October 2021 Aggie Paulo Fa’amalosi is the name of the Year 12 Business Studies class at Bishop Viard College in Porirua. This is particularly apt given the meaning of…

Community initiatives encourage vaccination

WelCom October 2021 Pasifika leaders and health providers have been encouraging members of their communities and specific ethnic groups to get Covid-19 vaccination rates up and help save lives. They…
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We are all the people of God

WelCom October 2021 In March 2019, almost immediately after the terrorist attacks on the mosques in Christchurch, in which 51 people were killed and many more injured physically and psychologically,…

Supporting and honouring health carers

WelCom October 2021 Lisa Beech  Support Life Sunday 2021 is celebrated on Sunday 10 October. This year the focus is on ‘Supporting and honouring health carers’, to acknowledge the work…

Fa’amalosi – Say it Right

WelCom October 2021 Aggie Paulo Fa’amalosi is the name of the Year 12 Business Studies class at Bishop Viard College in Porirua. This is particularly apt given the meaning of…

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The dangers of being ‘unmoored’

WelCom October 2021 An image has been occurring to me of boats that have become unmoored. They end up on the rocks, or colliding with one another. There are features…

The Cry of the Earth And The Cry of the Poor: Hearing Justice In John’s Gospel

WelCom October 2021 Author: Kathleen P RushtonPublisher: SCM Press London, 2020Paperback: 256 pagesReviewed by: James B Lyons The Gospel of John has never been my go-to book regarding social justice….

Gospel Reading for Sunday 10 October 2021

WelCom October 2021 Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mark 10:17-27  17 As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt before him, and asked him,…