Archbishop of Wellington, the Most Reverend John Dew is requiring priests, parish volunteers and employees who work in schools to undergo police vetting. He will also go through the process himself. Archbishop Dew, Tuesday, wrote to all priests and deacons in the Archdiocese saying that following recent incidents throughout the country, the Education Review Office requires police Read more
Catholics in the Archdiocese of Wellington diocese were asked, Sunday, to consider merging some parishes. The church held a hui in Porirua on Sunday and plans another in the South Island next weekend to discuss issues such as it having fewer clergy, less money and earthquake-prone buildings that need repair. Archbishop John Dew says some Read more
On Wednesday evening New Zealand became the thirteenth country in the world, and the first in the Asia/Pacific region, to support same gender marriage. Labour MP Louisa Wall’s Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill, allowing same-sex couples to marry, has passed its third reading and final vote in Parliament. In front of a packed public Read more
New Zealand needs a greater commitment to measuring the children’s well-being say New Zealand’s Catholic Bishops. Responding to the release of the UNICEF Innocenti report into Child well-being in rich countries, Archbishop John Dew, speaking on behalf of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, said it was a matter of concern that New Zealand does Read more
Members of the Marist family along with representatives of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Friends of the Mount Street Cemetery joined the Archbishop of Wellington, John Dew, at the Mount Street Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand on Sunday 17 February to unveil a memorial which commemorates two early French Marist missionaries who died at sea. Read more
Archbishop John Dew has announced that Mr Bill Kilgallon is to replace Mr John Jamieson, who retires in February, as National Director for the Office for Professional Standards, the office which is tasked with dealing with complaints of abuse against clergy or religious. “While the complaints and reviews which are currently being processed are all Read more
Archbishop John Dew of Wellington New Zealand says proposals for the future of the Archdiocese have been completed and will be presented for consultation early in the new year. In a circular distributed on 7 December Archbishop Dew wrote: “As you are aware, early last year I initiated a Focus Group to look at the future of the Archdiocese, and to Read more
Archbishop John Dew, the Archbishop of Wellington New Zealand, and President of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference says he supports the Royal Commission into institutionalised child abuse by priests announced in Australia. Archbishop Dew said the NZCBC would support any similar investigation in New Zealand. But the Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key says he Read more
Archbishop John Dew arrived back from the Synod of Bishops with many questions, including “what is the New Evangelization”, and “Why do we need a New Evangelization?” The archbishop expressed hope that some of the things spoken about which were specifically about what parishes and schools will be elaborated on. “Hopefully some of that will come Read more
President of the Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania, New Zealand Archbishop John Dew’s call to train lay evangelisers is one of the highlighted outcomes of the Synod of Bishops held in Rome. Among three of the highlighted recommendations, members of the Synod of Bishops recommended the Vatican develop guidelines for training evangelisers. Early Read more