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Venerable Suzanne Aubert: A missionary who made NZ her home

WelCom October 2019: Suzanne Aubert Celebration Day Sunday, 6 October, 2019 John Bergin As New Zealand takes pride in the great strides being made as a welcoming and tolerant community, there…

‘Climate justice’ call

WelCom October 2019: Thousands of New Zealanders of all ages took to the streets in more than 40 centres throughout the country on Friday 27 September, in solidarity to call for…

Extraordinary Mission Month – Te Marama o te Tino Mīhana

WelCom October 2019: October 2019 –Whiringa-ā-Nuku 2019 Baptised and sent: the Church of Christ on mission in the world – Kua iriiria, kua tukuna: kua tukuna te Hāhi o te Karaiti ki te manaaki…

Respect Life Sunday 2019 – Respect for Creation

WelCom October 2019: What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us? Respect Life Sunday 2019 occurs on 13 October. This year it has an…

Connecting the Amazon to Aotearoa

WelCom October 2019: The Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region will meet in Rome from 6 to 27 October 2019. Pope Francis announced on 15 October…
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Venerable Suzanne Aubert: A missionary who made NZ her home

WelCom October 2019: Suzanne Aubert Celebration Day Sunday, 6 October, 2019 John Bergin As New Zealand takes pride in the great strides being made as a welcoming and tolerant community, there…

‘Climate justice’ call

WelCom October 2019: Thousands of New Zealanders of all ages took to the streets in more than 40 centres throughout the country on Friday 27 September, in solidarity to call for…

Extraordinary Mission Month – Te Marama o te Tino Mīhana

WelCom October 2019: October 2019 –Whiringa-ā-Nuku 2019 Baptised and sent: the Church of Christ on mission in the world – Kua iriiria, kua tukuna: kua tukuna te Hāhi o te Karaiti ki te manaaki…

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The Future of the Church – Ko te Hāhi ā Mua

WelCom October 2019: A vision for the Church from Cardinal John Dew As the invited speaker at the fourth gathering on Wednesday 28 August, for the Archdiocese’s ‘Cardinal’s Lunch’ series in…

Catholic Thinking – We are wonderfully made in the image and likeness of God

WelCom October 2019: In this month’s Catholic Thinking article, Lyn Smith discusses our being made in the image and likeness of God. Lyn Smith is a lecturer and Head of Religious…

Befriending the Old Testament: Part 8

WelCom October 2019: Dr Elizabeth Julian rsm concludes her eight-part series about the Old Testament. So far we have seen that the Old Testament, describing God’s love affair with a particular…