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WelCom July 2020, Issue 384

WelCom July 2020 is available in parishes and schools.

Newly ordained priest for Palmerston North Diocese

WelCom July 2020: Fr Trung Nguyen welcomed  Emma Dodsworth and Thom Saywell Palmerston North has welcomed a new priest to its diocese following the ordination of Trung Nguyen at the…

Restore all things in Christ

WelCom July 2020: “We may not have thought of giving thanks for this lockdown time, but maybe this is the time to give thanks and to see this as a…

SVDP launches National Recovery Appeal

WelCom July 2020: The St Vincent de Paul (SVDP) Society has launched a National Recovery Appeal to help the increasing numbers of individuals and families struggling from the impact of…

Cathedral of the Holy Spirit

WelCom July 2020: Wharekarakia Matua o te Wairua Tapu I te Wairua o te Kotahitanga – United in the Spirit  The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit is the cathedral of…
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Newly ordained priest for Palmerston North Diocese

WelCom July 2020: Fr Trung Nguyen welcomed  Emma Dodsworth and Thom Saywell Palmerston North has welcomed a new priest to its diocese following the ordination of Trung Nguyen at the…

Pope speaks out on George Floyd’s death

WelCom July 2020: Pope Francis spoke out against the sin of racism in a speech about George Floyd’s death that was broadcast around the world. After an eighth night of…

Changing policing style

WelCom July 2020: Police Commissioner Andy Coster and the abolition of the Armed Response Teams – a principle-based decision. Police Commissioner Andrew Coster announced, 9 June 2020, that Armed Response…

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Solidarity: Lockdowns and Black Lives Matter

WelCom July 2020: Monsignor Gerard Burns How did you experience the Coronavirus lockdowns? Was it positive, was it difficult, what happened to you? In the last few months because of…

Black Lives Matter!

WelCom July 2020: A message from Chris McLeod, National Aboriginal Bishop, Archdiocese of Adelaide, Australia. ‘The Week of Prayer for Reconciliation’ (The National week for Reconciliation) did not go quite…

We need to embody a blues hope

WelCom July 2020: This article appeared in the National Catholic Reporter, USA, June 13, 2020, and has been reprinted in WelCom with permission of National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company. NCRonline.org…