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WelCom August 2022

Mass of Dedication

WelCom August 2022 A Mass of the Dedication of St Mary of the Angels in Wellington as the National Shrine to Mary, Mother of God, Assumed into Heaven, will be…

National hui on Synod – ‘The unpredictability of grace’

WelCom August 2022 Cardinal John gave the opening address at the National Synod Day, held at St Catherine’s College in Wellington on July 2, 2022. Here are excerpts from that…

Social Justice Week – Te Wiki o te Whai Tika

WelCom August 2022 The Social Justice Week 2022 Parish and School resources are available to download from the Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand website. Schools: www.caritas.org.nz/schools/social-justice-week Parishes: www.caritas.org.nz/parishes/social-justice-week If you have…

Bishops urge action on Palestine

WelCom August 2022 The Catholic bishops have asked the New Zealand Government to take the lead in organising a forum of world leaders to bring peace to Israel and Palestine….
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National hui on Synod – ‘The unpredictability of grace’

WelCom August 2022 Cardinal John gave the opening address at the National Synod Day, held at St Catherine’s College in Wellington on July 2, 2022. Here are excerpts from that…

Bishops urge action on Palestine

WelCom August 2022 The Catholic bishops have asked the New Zealand Government to take the lead in organising a forum of world leaders to bring peace to Israel and Palestine….

Hui helps create national Synod synthesis from diocesan syntheses

WelCom August 2022 About 80 representatives from the country’s six Catholic dioceses and other entities met for a national hui in Wellington in July as part of the Pope’s Synodal…

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Catholics Thinking – Like charity, Christian unity begins at home

WelCom August 2022 The following article by Bishop Peter Cullinane coincides with Pope Francis’ desire for our parish liturgies to be as they should be, and for the Catholic people…

Mary as Mother

WelCom August 2022 Powerful protector, gentle guide The Church marks Sunday as the ‘foremost holy day of obligation’ (Catechism of the Catholic Church, n2177). In New Zealand we have two…

Gospel Reading: Sunday August 7, 2022

WelCom August 2022 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Luke 12:32-48  32 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased…