June 10, 2019 MEDIA RELEASE Regional seminars to revitalise Vinnies A series of regional seminars are being run throughout New Zealand focusing on spiritual renewal and the recruitment of new members to join the Society of St Vincent de Paul. The seminars, run by the Society’s National Spiritual Adviser Fr Jeff Drane, are being held Read more
MEDIA RELEASE: WELLINGTON CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESAN COMMISSION FOR ECOLOGY, JUSTICE AND PEACE Thursday 14 March 2019 Protesting students are non-violent witnesses to the urgency of climate change The Wellington Catholic Archdiocesan Commission for Ecology, Justice and Peace is calling on school authorities to refrain from penalising students who take part in the Students’ Strike for Climate Read more
In the last few days I have sent your Pastoral Team and leadership group a document which contains a directive. It is very rare that I direct parishes to take a certain action, so this indicates the seriousness of what I am asking of you. Between 2013 to 2017 the Archdiocese carried out a parish Read more
Recently Te Wānanga o Raukawa opened a building called Te Ara a Tāwhaki. It marks the journey of an ancestor, Tāwhaki, to the heavens to collect the ‘Kete Uruuru’ or ‘Kete o te Wānanga’, the Baskets of Learning to assist humankind. In this magnificent building is a central Lecture Theatre called ‘Te Kete Uruuru Rangi’. Read more
The Summary for Policymakers of the IPCC report is schedule to be released on Monday 8 October. The full name of the report is : Global Warming of 1.5°C, an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of Read more
“If one member suffers, all suffer together with it” (1 Cor 12:26). These words of Saint Paul forcefully echo in my heart as I acknowledge once more the suffering endured by many minors due to sexual abuse, the abuse of power and the abuse of conscience perpetrated by a significant number of clerics and consecrated Read more