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AUGUST 2020 ISSUE 385

Study for a crucifixion

Michael Fitzsimons

A large-scale religious painting by one of Australia’s most renowned abstract painters has been gifted to the Mission Estate Winery in Hawke’s Bay. The painting, entitled Study for a crucifixion, was done by Dick Watkins in 1991, measuring 152 x 244 cms. The painting is a gift from Australian-based art collector James Erskine, chairman of Sports and Entertainment Ltd (SEL) who have partnered with the Mission over many years to host the very popular Mission Concerts. ‘Study for a crucifixion is a dramatic work of modern art,’ says Peter Holley, Mission Estate Winery Chief Executive. ‘It hangs in the grand stairwell in the cellar door area so all our visitors can enjoy it. ‘It is a very generous gift and it is so appropriate this striking painting is now hanging here at the Mission with its deep religious traditions. The Mission, New Zealand’s oldest winery, is owned by the Society of Mary and was for many years a seminary for the formation of Marist priests and brothers. Members of the Society of Mary were the first Catholic missionaries to arrive in New Zealand in 1838.’ Artist Dick Watkins was born in 1937 and is a pioneer of abstract painting in Australia. He is stylistically eclectic, citing cubism, Picasso and the American abstract expressionists as influences. His work appears in the National Gallery of Australia and in many State Galleries, as well as in many corporate collections. He lives and works in Sydney, Australia.

‘Study for a crucifixion’, 1991, painting by Dick Watkins, acrylic on canvas. Sacred Heart Cathedral to receive $8.5 million for restoring and strengthening ‘The Cathedral is not only ‘This is marvellous news,’ beamed Annette Scullion widely used by the Catholic John Prendergast, General Manager congregation but also by the public of the Archdiocese, both extremely Hopes for a fully restored and as a performance space because of delighted and grateful that the strengthened Cathedral have its globally acclaimed acoustics. It application had gone through. soared with the Category 1 is also a tourist attraction because ‘This is a public endorsement of historic building qualifying for a of its architectural merits,’ Grant the Cathedral as a highly significant Government grant, from its ‘shovel Robertson said. building for the city and New ready’ infrastructure fund. The $8.5 million grant will Zealand,’ he said. A ‘shovel ready’ construction enable the difficult and expensive The Cathedral Parish project is where planning and ‘base isolation’ to go ahead for community has been using St engineering is advanced enough that Cathedral. This, together with the Thomas More Church in Wilton with sufficient funding, construction strengthening of the roof structure, and the Cathedral chapel for Mass. can begin within a very short time. will meet 90 per cent of the national The Cathedral will remain The Cathedral of the Sacred Earthquake Code. closed throughout the projects, but Heart in Hill St, Thorndon has been The Archdiocese and Cathedral no one should be disappointed says closed since July 2018 due to seismic Parish were set to begin the roofing John Prendergast. risk. Over the past two years Sacred The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Hill St, Thorndon. work this August, not counting on ‘We have the best possible Heart Parish and the Archdiocese of Photo: Annette Scullion their application to Government opportunity to ensure Sacred Heart Wellington have been planning work being successful. Cathedral, that has served for well to strengthen and renovate the interior begin in August with almost 300 under the $3 billion infrastructure A strengthened roof would have over 100 years, to be enjoyed as a and exterior of the Cathedral as well as construction jobs to be created over fund announced at Budget 2020,’ said seen the Cathedral reopened next place of worship, inspiration and refurbish the historic Hobday organ. the period of the next three years. Mr Robertson. ‘The restoration is year, but not fully up to code. With hospitality for many generations On 24 July, Minister of Finance ‘This project is ready to go right expected to take about three years and public funding, a fully restored to come.’ Grant Robertson announced now. The Government is putting $8.5 once complete will see this Category heritage treasure will be available government’s support for the project million towards the project which 1 Historic Place once again available for the spiritual and cultural welfare Cathedral Restoration noting that work is scheduled to meets all the criteria for funding for the Wellington community to use. of everyone. Underway, p 6 2 HERE-TURI-KŌKĀ 2020 NAUMAI He Tirohanga | Insights From the editor Cardinal John reminds everyone to keep safe during Covid-19 pandemic Annette Scullion Patronal Feast of Aotearoa New Zealand, 15 August, p 14. This year’s Caritas Aotearoa “We all still need to be conscious of hygiene Congratulations to members of Social Justice Week, 6–12 the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart September, focuses on nine core measures such as hand washing, using hand Parish and the Archdiocese of principles of Catholic Social sanitiser when distributing Communion, and Wellington who have been Teaching (CST). Resources are keeping our churches and other premises in involved with planning work also on the Caritas website to our communities clean. If people are unwell, to strengthen and refurbish support Social Justice Week, as they should not come to Mass or other parish the exterior and interior of the set out on pp 8 and 9. Cathedral, which has been closed The New Zealand Catholic activities.” – Cardinal John Dew for two years due to seismic risk. Bishops have prepared a statement The government grant of $8.5 about the 2020 General Election million towards the restoration in September along with the two Cardinal John Dew. Photo: WelCom and strengthening work on End of Life Choice and cannabis the Cathedral recognises its referenda. The bishops’ statement, In a letter to priests and lay pastoral leaders in the • When priests are concelebrating Mass, such as for public and cultural significance to be issued in print and online later Archdiocese of Wellington, 14 July, Cardinal John funerals, they should receive the Precious Blood among the wider community this month, encourages Catholic Dew advised guidelines on how to continue to keep by intinction [partly dipping the consecrated and is hugely encouraging for voters to make sure they are well parishioners safe and to continue to feel safe in the bread, or host, into the consecrated wine before the Catholic congregation and informed when casting their vote, Covid-19 environment. consumption]. visitors who worship there. Fr including about issues stemming Going into Alert Level 1 on 8 June ended the Cardinal John went on to suggest that priests ask James Lyons, long-time and from the worldwide Covid-19 restrictions on the numbers of people gathering their Eucharistic ministers if they are willing to continue now retired parish priest for the pandemic and the two referenda. including in churches for Mass and other services. their ministry with the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, Cathedral, writes more on p 6. However, some restrictions for Masses were kept in as some who are potentially vulnerable due to their age Fr James also offers a reflective Kia kaha, place to help make vulnerable people feel it was safe to or health status, may not feel safe continuing. ‘portrait’ about the Assumption kia maia, come back to Mass. These restrictions were: In conclusion Cardinal John said, ‘We still need to be of the Blessed Virgin Mary, kia manawa. • the removal of holy water from fonts; conscious of hygiene measures such as hand washing, • no communion on the tongue or from the chalice; using hand sanitiser when distributing Communion, and and keeping our churches and other premises clean. WELCOM AUGUST • asking people not to shake hands at the Sign of People should be reminded once again that if they Due to WelCom’s printer upgrading and changing over their print press Peace. are unwell they should not come to Mass or other installation this month, WelCom’s total number of pages this edition When advising these restrictions in June Cardinal parish activities. is 16 instead of the usual 20 pages. Next month’s September WelCom John said that he would review these restrictions in ‘Thank you for everything that you and your publication will be back to 20 pages. a month’s time. In his letter, 14 July, Cardinal John parishioners have done during the various Alert Levels. advised he had consulted with the Council of Priests the Let us enjoy the opportunities to gather which Alert previous week about what they thought was appropriate Level 1 has given us and pray that the country does not based on what was happening in their parishes. Several have to return to the restrictions of the last few months.’ said there were elderly people who were not coming to Mass for safety reasons and that most people appreciated In July, Monsignor Brian Walsh, Local Administrator, www.welcom.org.nz the cautionary approach that has been taken. Diocese of Palmerston North, advised parishioners Cardinal John wrote that the following guidance had that he had consulted priests and laity and Published by: The Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese of Palmerston North. been decided. had consequently decided to lift the liturgical Editor: Annette Scullion. Ph: (04) 496 1712. 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STAY HEALTHY Email to: [email protected] Deadline for September 2020 issue: Monday 17 August 2020 • Stay home if you’re sick WelCom is published monthly and is available free at parishes and schools in the • Keep track of where you’ve been two dioceses. • Wash your hands Member Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA) and Australasian Catholic Press Association (ACPA) • Cough or sneeze into your elbow Views and opinions published in WelCom are those of the author and don’t • Connect with others necessarily reflect the policy or position of the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand. • Clean surfaces Ngā Pitopito Kōrero | News WELCOM AUGUST 2020 3 A big day for Suzanne Aubert New Zealand Bishops 2020 and the Sisters of Compassion general election statement In preparation for this country’s general election every New Zealand to be as we journey together?” three years, the New Zealand Catholic Bishops issue a ‘The experience of the unfolding pandemic and statement to encourage Catholics in Aotearoa to make economic crisis have taught us many lessons. It has a difference through a considered vote, formed in the brought out the best in us as we united to become “a light of the Gospel. At this year’s general election in team of five million” to protect those most vulnerable to September, voters are also being asked to vote on two the virus due to their age or state of health. Protecting referenda: whether the End of Life Choice Act 2019 life, especially the lives of those most vulnerable – should come into force; and whether recreational use of from the beginning to the end of life – should be a cannabis should become legal. cornerstone for our nation now and into the future. Life A theme for the bishops’ 2020 election statement is through all its stages must be treated as a sacred taonga, about being connected, stemming from Pope Francis’ a sacred treasure. letter, Laudato si’, our care of the Earth, our common This election, voters are also being asked to respond home, and his wider vision of life that he has named to two referenda questions on euthanasia and making ‘Integral Ecology’. ‘Integral Ecology’ highlights the recreational cannabis legal. In reflecting on these The turning of the sod for the new Suzanne Aubert Catholic School marked interconnectedness that exists between God, humanity questions, the bishops say we again need to look at the the start of the building process. Photo: Srs Alisi Tu’ipulotu and Sosefina Mafi and creation, and recognises how the political, cultural, wider picture; asking how the proposed law changes economic, social and religious dimensions are interrelated. will affect the vulnerable and our connectedness to one on the turned sod. In their statement the bishops ask: ‘Who would have another. Sr Alisi Tu’ipulotu and Blessing the sod Bishop Lowe believed at the beginning of 2020 our nation would The bishops conclude, ‘Rather than thinking about Sr Sosefina Mafi said, ‘it is not turning the sod but experience a lockdown as never seen before? In the past what will benefit each of us personally regarding the for the children to be rooted in the seven months, we have all been challenged by the global election and referendum choices we face, we ask you History has been made for the whenua that is important. It’s the Covid-19 pandemic and its ongoing consequences for to pray and discern what will protect the poor and Sisters of Compassion with a brand- weaving together of the story of local individuals, for families, for our country and for the world. vulnerable and what will uphold the dignity of creation new school to be named after our iwi but also the weaving of Suzanne’s Now, as we are prepare for New Zealand’s general election, so that we create a connected future for all, without mother foundress – the Suzanne faith that she brought to our country. we want to invite you, the voters and our politicians, to discarding any of us.’ Aubert Papamoa Catholic Primary Sharing a brief history of reflect beyond party policies and political personalities The bishops’ statement will be issued this month to School. The land on which it is to be Venerable Suzanne Aubert’s and consider: “What kind of a nation do we want Aotearoa parishes and will be available in print and online. built is in Golden Sands, Papamoa journey from France to Aotearoa, Beach, Bay of Plenty. Bishop Lowe said, ‘Suzanne Aubert When our congregational leader was a short lady with a heart of fire Sr Margaret-Anne Mills asked us to for the Māori and children. This is Vatican releases guidelines on sexual abuse represent the congregation and travel important with the school being from Wellington for the traditional under her patronage. Suzanne The Vatican has released new guidelines for bishops independent investigators to examine complaints. ceremony of the ‘Turning of the Aubert had a great love for Māori and other senior church officials on how to deal with Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington and Sod’, to mark the start of the building and we want that great love to be in clerical child sex abuse claims after Pope Francis Metropolitan Archbishop of New Zealand, said he process at the Papamoa site on 29 our school. called for the procedures to be laid out step-by-step. and his fellow bishops would look at the Vademecum June, we felt very privileged to go. We then gathered to share food On July 16, the Vatican’s Congregation for guidelines closely and discuss them at their next full Monday morning was cold and refreshments at St Thomas the Doctrine of the Faith published Vademecum Conference meeting, in September. and damp but the warm welcome More Church Parish Centre in (Handbook), a 20-page guide to help bishops and other ‘It is a complex document,’ said Cardinal Dew. from Bishop Steve Lowe, Bishop nearby Mt Maunganui. The board Church religious administrators handle accusations of ‘We will be looking carefully to see where it fits in of Hamilton, along with founding chair expressed the new school abuse by clerics against minors. with the civil and criminal law of New Zealand. principal Anthony Mills, school community’s gratitude to us for The handbook aims to provide clarity for bishops ‘The bishops believe that every person has an innate board secretary Monique and Turi travelling from Wellington to be at dealing with reports of sexual abuse. It urges clerics to human dignity – te tapu o te tangata – and therefore Ngatai and the Ngāi te Rangi local the ceremony and especially for our report any cases to their superiors and civil authorities all forms of abuse are unacceptable and indefensible.’ iwi, really warmed our hearts. prayers and support. regardless of what local legislation requires. Cardinal Dew said NOPS was also reviewing the Standing together during the In our reply speech we assured New Zealand’s Catholic bishops will closely review Vademecum document to identify if changes may be ceremony with guests including Anthony Mills, the board and the new Vatican guide on dealing with sex abuse by needed in A Path to Healing. local MP Todd Muller, government community of our continuous priests to see how it matches their existing rules on Pope Francis has made the fight against sexual officials and the school community, prayers and support. We concluded handling such abuse. abuse and its cover up in the Catholic Church one of we were assured of how well with the song of Suzanne Aubert. Complaints of abuse in the New Zealand Catholic the priorities of his pontificate. A special summit on supported and special this school At Papamoa we experienced Church are handled under the A Path to Healing, Te sexual abuse was held in February 2019. will be in the community. Suzanne Aubert’s spirit of compassion Houhanga Rongo protocols, introduced by the bishops For further information about Vademecum and to read Kaumatua Turi Ngatai’s welcome already in the community and our in 1993 and updated several times since. the document, go to Vatican News: www.vaticannews.va/ speech connected the Whanganui wish is that it will continue to flourish. In New Zealand, the Church urges victims of en/vatican-city/news/2020-07/vademecum-procedures- River, Tautoko (Levin) and Island Suzanne Aubert, founded the abuse, past and present, to complain to the Police or, cases-sexual-abuse-minors-clergy.html Bay with Papamoa. Korty Wilson, Sisters of Compassion in 1892, and if victims prefer, to the Church’s National Office for For information about NOPS and A Path to Kaiwhakarite Māori Apostolate, is known for her love of the people, Professional Standards (NOPS), which can appoint Healing: https://safeguarding.catholic.org.nz/ Diocese of Palmerston North, especially the children, parents and brought water from the Whanganui young mothers. That’s her passion River, which Bishop Lowe sprinkled for every walk of life. “It’s a privilege to care for you and your family during your time of loss.” St Patrick’s College At Vospers we walk beside you on your journey as you lay your loved one to rest. Wellington New Zealand’s oldest Catholic boys’ college giving advice with compassion, caring and understanding. We can even help with pre-arrangement and pre- St Patrick’s College will celebrate Mass for the Feast of the Assumption on Friday 14 August in the College hall at 12.30pm. Jacqueline Cox The annual Mother and Son Dinner hosted by FOSPC FUNERAL DIRECTOR (Friends of St Patrick’s College) will be held in the College hall on Thursday 20 August at 7pm. Guest speaker is Joel Bouzaid. Tickets are $35 each and can be purchased from the College. Phone 06 7590912 - 257 Devon St East - New Plymouth - www.vospers.co.nz - FDANZ 4 HERE-TURI-KŌKĀ 2020 NAUMAI Ngā Pitopito Kōrero | News

Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention 2020 Election Year: Environment During the month of August 2020 Pope Francis’ Universal Prayer Intention is: The Maritime World. Whakarongo ki te tangi a We pray for all those who work and live from the sea, among them sailors, fishermen and their families. Papatūānunku Hear the cry of the Earth Covid-19 worsens plight of seafarers The venue is St Mary’s College Mons Gerard Burns Hall, 15 Guildford Tce (off Hill St), Michael Fitzsimons are working in very close proximity in an enclosed Thorndon, Wellington. environment for long periods of time where the How do we care for the The questions to the speakers potential for conflict is very high. Sometimes conflicts environment? How do we listen will be put by school- and young- The global Covid-19 pandemic is greatly increasing the do occur and when a ship is in international waters, to the cry of the earth? How do adult representatives involved in the vulnerability of the world’s 1.6 million seafarers, says there is no supervisory authority to have recourse to’. we care for our planet as a society, School Strike 4 Climate movement. Fr Jeff Drane, National Director of Stella Maris, the It’s a very vulnerable situation for seafarers, says Jeff. together? The date has been chosen because it Apostleship of the Sea. ‘It’s hard for seafarers to speak up because if they do This is the background of a is also the beginning of a six-week Jeff Drane says that ship crews are going many they might lose their job and getting another job can pre-election forum organised in period of prayer, practice, advocacy months without being able to set foot ashore, which be very difficult. Seafarers often come from very poor preparation for New Zealand’s and action called the ‘Season of is leading to a growing mental-health burden for this backgrounds and are desperate for work. That makes general election in September. The Creation’. This season runs from workforce of essential workers who are often forgotten. them very vulnerable to exploitation.’ Archdiocese of Wellington Ecology, September 1 until October 4, the ‘Recently we had a log carrier at Wellington’s port Jeff commented that the repatriation of the Chinese Justice and Peace commission is Feast of St Francis of Assisi. and the 20 Chinese crew had not been off the ship for seafarers from Wellington was a good outcome for inviting spokespersons on climate As well as the urgency of the 12 months,’ said Jeff. them in the short term. change and environment from the climate crisis, part of the background ‘Ship visitor Romeo Apache raised the alert when he ‘It relieves the stresses for these workers in the short major political parties to respond for this event is Pope Francis’ 2015 realised that he had seen this crew before and they had term but the longer-term consequences for them in the to questions put by youth around letter Laudato si’: On Care of Our not been off the ship since he last saw them in port, due context of the global pandemic, we just don’t know. concerns for care of the earth. The Common Home. Five years on, to Covid-19 restrictions. With trade decreasing round the world during this date for this event is September 1 – the concerns he speaks to have ‘That situation is illegal. I advised Romeo to ring pandemic period, there are a lot of job losses. World Day of Prayer for the Care of deepened. Young people are well- the International Transport Federation (ITF), which ‘Seafarers are the silent victims. We enjoy the goods Creation. Cardinal John Dew will informed about these questions, he did and within 24 hours the crew was repatriated to and services they bring, but we don’t think about what begin the event with a karakia and which are especially affecting their China. The ITF is based in Geneva and has the power to they have to endure in the process.’ opening address. futures. We all want to know what influence international shipping companies’. Jeff said the seafarers coming to New Zealand were The time and date is 6pm–8pm; actions the new government will A similar situation occurred in Lyttleton where the mainly from Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Myanmar and Tuesday, 1 September 2020. take after the election. chaplain, John McLister, reported that the skipper of a ship Southern India. There are many important in port was in tears and he and his crew were at the end of questions to be considered for the their tether, having had no shore leave for many months. general election but the possibilities The pandemic crisis is creating a situation where and need of concerted action for contracts are being extended for months as a result of our climate and environment have the Covid-19 border closures and seafarers are going been further highlighted by the long periods without leave, says Jeff. current Covid-19 pandemic crisis. ‘The position of seafarers is vulnerable at the best of You can register for the event times but the Covid-19 crisis is exacerbating their plight. at https://hear-the-cry-of-earth- According to maritime law, seafarers are required to elections-2020.eventbrite.co.nz have shore leave at least every few weeks so they can go St Mary’s College students Registation is required for to a seafarers’ centre and make contact with family and (2019), discuss their concerns Covid-19 tracing. Attendance is get essential supplies. Not every ship has an internet about climate change with limited to 250 people. For more that crew can access. Without shore leave, seafarers can Cardinal John Dew and members information contact: Estelle ph: 027 be cut off from family for long periods. of the Archdiocesan Ecology, 3123200 or Nick ph: 021 1571557. ‘The other thing you have to appreciate is the Stella Maris National Director Fr Jeff Drane (right) Justice and Peace Commission. For pre-forum light refreshments psychological pressure that builds for a ship’s crew who with seafarers in Wellington. Photo: Supplied Photo: WelCom at the hall please bring your own cup. Welcome for new General Manager, Palmerston North Diocese around the diocese,’ Cardinal partner Jannene soon after his return through the Middle East in late 1990. place to raise their growing children Emma Dodsworth John said. they embarked to Europe where Returning to Aotearoa, Liam was Palmerston North and moved back ‘The role of general manager in they lived and travelled for several enrolled at Massey University and to their turangawaewae – their place Liam Greer was welcomed into the diocese is extremely important as years. Their overseas experience was graduated in 1994 with a Valuation to stand. Liam furthered his studies the role of General Manager for the Church becomes more and more cut short when they were caught and Property Management degree. in infrastructure asset management the Palmerston North Diocese at a complicated. We rely heavily on the up in the Gulf War while travelling Working as a property valuer grew and in 2012 was appointed Director of whakatau at the Diocesan Centre, support, knowledge and expertise Liam’s awareness of how important Facilities and Estate Management with attended by diocesan and parish of our general managers.’ Cardinal housing is to the wellbeing of the MidCentral District Health Board. staff, Tuesday 14 July. John noted that Liam brings a families, which led to him a role After much contemplation and Welcoming Liam on behalf of wealth of experience and knowledge with Housing New Zealand in advice, Liam decided to apply for the diocese, Cardinal John Dew from his most recent role with the Palmerston North. the Palmerston North Diocesan acknowledged that Liam was coming MidCentral District Health Board With two young sons, Liam and General Manager role. into the diocese at an unusual time, and other employment experiences. Jannene moved to the Kāpiti Coast, ‘From the start of the hiring with no permanent bishop and Liam, whose family has a five- from where Liam took on a national process through to my first day, I’ve himself as Apostolic Administrator. generation association with the role for Housing New Zealand, been nothing but impressed with the ‘While it is a strange time, I can diocese, grew up in Palmerston rolling out the social-allocation professionalism of the staff and the assure you of great support from North and attended St Peter’s system. He completed further culture,’ Liam said. ‘I am excited to Monsignor Brian [Walsh], the staff College. In his Year 12 he was an study in housing management and be in this new role and the challenges of this diocesan centre, the clergy AFS exchange student and lived Tony Murphy (l) retiring General social policy and in 2008 became it presents, and I’m looking forward and laity of the diocese. You are in Missouri, USA for 12 months, Manager, with Liam Greer (r). Principle Asset Manager. to working with the diocesan team very welcome and will be welcomed returning with ‘itchy feet’. Meeting Photo: Emma Dodsworth Liam and Jannene decided the best to achieve great things.’ Ngā Pitopito Kōrero | News WELCOM AUGUST 2020 5 Te Pāriha o Te Ngākau Tapu Parish Personal to Māori – 21st Birthday

Ngā mihi o te huritau tekau mā tahi! Ki ngā mema o te whānau kua mate, kua haere ki te oranga tonutanga, ki te whare o tō tātou Atua – haere, haere, haere! Ki a koutou, ngā mema o te whānau o te Ngākau Tapu, tū tonu, tū tonu, tū tonu! Haere tonu i te taha o tō tātou Ariki, a Hēhu Karaiti!

Pā Gerard Burns Despite that time of adversity, In terms of Catholic history in New the Mass, a hākari and a special 21st Zealand we are reminded that the Twenty-one years! The parish of Te cake were organised. The cake was first priests in New Zealand, although Ngākau Tapu (Sacred Heart) turned cut and distributed by the tamariki sought by Irish people living here and 21 in July 2020. A celebration Mass present. As the hall was temporarily given the lack of priests in the Western was held with the visit of Cardinal unavailable the post-Mass celebration Pacific, were commissioned to work John Dew in the presence of the was held through the manaakitanga with Māori. Māori were, of course, members of the parish community of Bishop Viard College in their staff the majority people in Aotearoa in and visitors. The people rejoiced in room. An appropriate connection the 1830s, 1840s and 1850s. the occasion, remembered those since Philippe Viard came to New This work of the Catholic gone before them, and entered Zealand in late 1840 and became the Church with Māori has had various deeply into the karakia of the Mass first bishop of Wellington. stages since 1838 through the and traditional waiata. Cardinal The conversations aroundtime of the New Zealand wars, the John spoke words of encouragement colonisation, what memorial statues dispossession of Māori land, the as we gathered in the aftermath of mean and changing understandings post WW2 urban migration, the the time of Covid-19 lockdown. of history are around us at present. Māori Mission and so on. In the late 1990s as fewer personnel were available for work among Māori, Cardinal Williams wished to found a parish for Māori. He based it on a church in Porirua – Te Ngākau Tapu (Sacred Heart) – alongside the Cardinal John Dew and Pā Gerard Burns celebrate 21st birthday Mass Tū Hono Hall. at Te Ngākau Tapu Church. Photos: Supplied and WelCom The parish personal to Māori was founded in 1999. A ‘personal’ parish Hall was built next to it as a home of the Māori community – aged 70. means one founded for a specific for the cultural club of that name. He had formerly been a professor group or need. This could be a parish And later the parish was of dentistry, then resident dentist for university students or for night established. The church had been at the Porirua psychiatric hospital workers or for a particular language one of the two of the old Porirua- and very familiar with the church group but it is not geographically Elsdon parish. When that went out and the community. Fr Colin was Community members of Te Pāriha o Te Ngākau Tapu gather with limited. Thus any Māori Catholic of existence the church became not able to join the celebration but Cardinal John Dew and Pā Gerard Burns after Mass celebrating could belong to it, anywhere in available for a new purpose, Te enjoys hearing the parish news 21st birthday of parish. the Archdiocese. The idea was to Ngākau Tapu parish. It’s first parish from where he lives in Tītahi Bay. give Māori an equal footing in the priest was Fr Colin Durning, then Archdiocese, not just as ‘another’ recently ordained – at the request ethnic or migrant group. Sacred Heart Church had been built in the early 1900s for the small European settlement of the time that grew at the entrance of the old Porirua psychiatric hospital. It was built on the old main road –pre-motorway days – that led from Wellington through Tawa to Porirua. In the late 1980s the church was moved up the hill adjacent to Cutting the cake. Madonna and Child. Bishop Viard College. Tū Hono

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This recognises St Mary’s St Teresa’s proved to be a perfect fit – with a The Archdiocese of Wellington has special Cathedral built on the same site in 1858 and They say every cloud has a silver lining. driveway up one side of the church, a covered reason to rejoice this month with the destroyed by fire in 1898. When St Teresa’s Pro-Cathedral drive-through next to the church foyer, which commencement of the Cathedral restoration. It is fitting the public commencement of Church in Karori, Wellington, closed allowed people to be tested in their cars, then to Closed in July 2018 after being assessed as the campaign to fully restore this significant its doors for Masses at the beginning of either park and rest, or continue to exit down the an earthquake risk, Sacred Heart Cathedral sanctuary should be held over the weekend Covid-19 lockdown, parishioners expected other side of the church. A sort of McDonald’s has stood empty and quiet on its prominent marking the Assumption of Mary. it would not be used again for quite drive-through as one wit commented. Thorndon location. That is about to change. The importance of her patronage of the a while. It was important for the Medical Centre as A $3.3 million contract with construction Cathedral and the Archdiocese is shown However, the Karori Medical Centre they wanted to do their testing where there was company LT McGuinness was signed in July in the official Cathedral icon. Painted by were looking for a suitable venue to conduct more space, and easy movement, and to keep and work on the most vulnerable roofing Michael Galovic, it depicts Mary with her a Covid-19 community-based assessment potentially well people away from potentially section is expected to begin this month. adult Son, their companionship offering both centre, primarily to screen and assess people unwell people. The foyer’s two doorways, The success of the Archdiocese’ application comfort and strength. for testing, and test those who meet the criteria. meant it was possible to have a ‘clean’ area and for a Government grant (see front page) will Dr Jeff Lowe, from the Medical Centre, said a ‘dirty’ area for staff to work in. As well as the also enable base-isolation work to go ahead that one Saturday morning they were doing foyer, another room was available if needed. for the Cathedral, which will follow as a swabs at the centre carpark. It was wet and Dr Jeff mentioned the battle to beat separate contract. This work, together with the windy and they realised they couldn’t carry Covid-19 was being fought out in the strengthening of the roof structure, will meet community and out in general practice in 90 per cent of the national Earthquake Code. people getting swabs and identifying Covid The proposed work on the Cathedral early. He said places like St Teresa’s were project now totals $16.5 million. perfect for this. Dr Jeff said using St Teresa’s While the Cathedral Parish and the was a Godsend. Since tests began on 6 April, Archdiocese have raised $2.5 million, a through to 22 May, over 630 people had been further $5.5 million is still required to allow tested, with up to 30 and 40 people a day. completion of the Cathedral’s interior and Some people were coming from outside the exterior restoration and refurbishment of its area because of the convenience. historic Hobday Organ. This is independent The parishioners of St Teresa’s had a real of the Government grant of $8.5 million. feeling that their church was being used for a good purpose for the whole community. Cathedral $16.5 million project Mary’s patronage of the Cathedral and Fr Ron Bennett with Covid-19 assessment • Base isolation and seismic the Archdiocese is shown in the official team members, Staff Nurse Jacqui and Fr Ron Bennett is parish priest for the strengthening of the Cathedral – Cathedral icon that depicts Mary with her Dr Nick, at work in St Teresa’s Karori Catholic Parish of Otari, which includes $11.8 million adult Son, their companionship offering church foyer. Photo: Supplied St Teresa’s Karori. • Exterior restoration – $2.5 million both comfort and strength. Painted by • Interior restoration – $500,000 Michael Galovic. Image: Supplied • Refurbishment of historic Arthur NZ Presentation Sisters launch website Hobday Organ – $1.7 million Fr James Lyons is Chair, Cathedral Fundraising Campaign. The Presentation As the website says, when Nano Nagle A site blessing will be held on Friday 7 Sisters congregation founded the Sisters, her health was failing and August at 10am. Then, on Sunday 16, Cardinal To contribute towards the restoration please of Aotearoa New she was anxious to ensure her mission to help John will lead a Mass in the pro-cathedral, St contact Jean Sloan, Campaign Director, Zealand have started the poor and needy continued after her death. Teresa’s, Karori, at 10am. Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish, PO Box 1937, a website to cast When she died there were three sisters. Now These occasions will be followed by an Wellington 6140. Email: cathedral.parish@ information more their members are in many countries. outreach to parishes in the Archdiocese and to wn.catholic.org.nz. Phone: 027 544 587. widely about their The Sisters first came to New Zealand from the wider community, encouraging support for www.mcshwellington.org work. Ireland in 1951 at the invitation of the then- the completion of the various stages of restoration. The New Zealand Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington Peter Presentation Sisters (later Cardinal) McKeefry. They opened a have an interesting school in Taita in the Hutt Valley. More Sisters Safeguarding work continues for parishes history, which the website gives a good insight to. came in 1954 to open schools in Paraparaumu The Sisters – officially the Sisters of the and Green Island near Dunedin. After the A poster about Safeguarding has been sent to progress of Safeguarding work in each parish. Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – integration of New Zealand’s Catholic schools, all parishes in the Wellington Archdiocese to Additional workshops will be provided are a religious institute of Roman Catholic the Sisters moved into a range of ministries highlight and support Safeguarding matters if needed. women founded in Cork, Ireland, by the working with the poor and disadvantaged. and ongoing awareness. For more information or any questions Venerable Nano Nagle in 1775. Today the Sisters are involved in prison and During and after lockdown over the last please contact: Brendy Weir, Safeguarding The new website is very timely, says Sr hospital ministry, spiritual accompaniment, few weeks Safeguarding Workshops with Adviser, Archdiocese of Wellington, email: Noreen McGrath pbvm, leader of the New school support, parish life, justice, anti- parish leadership teams were continued by [email protected] or ph (04) 496-1768 Zealand Presentation Sisters. trafficking movements and responding to the Zoom technology. With the cold and wet or 021 1958 307. ‘With all that is going on in the world cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor. They winter weather, people have appreciated today, we believe the light that Nano first are now based in Stokes Valley and Taita in being able to discuss safeguarding matters Safeguarding is about ensuring we have a shone some 250 years ago is so sorely needed the Hutt Valley, and Mosgiel, near Dunedin. from the warmth of their homes. culture and environment where the safety of again,’ said Sr Noreen. ‘We are delighted to Safeguarding Adviser Brendy Weir will visit children, young people and adults is paramount. have our website up and running to make Visit the new website at: all parishes in the archdiocese during August Safeguarding is about the physical, emotional, Nano and the Presentation life known to our www.presentationsistersnz.com to meet with leadership teams and discuss the spiritual and sexual safety of everyone. country and the world.’

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Replacing a tired hall to the rear Catholic Parish of New Plymouth With a deep consciousness of native flora and of the church, the new foyer extension sports respect for the environment, Emma took an a kitchen, toilets and allows a lot more natural instant interest in Suzanne Aubert’s medicines As went the best laid plans of mice and men, light to the entire complex with new triple-bay developed from plants. we intended to have the new foyer blessed and doors connecting the nave to the foyer. Emma named her pieces after New open before Easter. Unfortunately, due to some With a lovely northern aspect, and sitting Zealand’s ‘Saint-in-the-Making’s’ most construction delay and the restrictions brought symmetrically at the end of Clinton Street, the common herbal remedies of Marupa, Karana, by the Covid pandemic, we had to wait. church now speaks powerfully of our Catholic Natanata, Paramo, Hapete and Romino. Nonetheless, on Sunday 5 July, the Catholic presence there alongside St John Bosco School. Plants associated with each medicine were Parish of New Plymouth was pleased to have The façade features a spectacular stained-glass depicted in each work. Monsignor Brian Walsh with us to preside at window which takes its colour and design ‘They are contemporary sculptural works Mass and officially open the new addition to from the original windows in the church. involving collage, varnish on wood with a Our Lady Help of Christians Church at Fitzroy. galvanised steel frame,’ Emma said. Following the ceremony, Brian and Carol Craig Maclean is a member of the leadership Suzanne was quite secretive with her Crowley served the congregation a lovely team for the Catholic Parish of New Plymouth. recipes. Even the Sisters who assisted her morning tea and the congregation got to see never knew the complete process even though a splendid addition to this beautiful church in they were instructed to get Suzanne at the our parish. evaporation stage in particular. Wellington’s The concept grew from the vision of the Evening Post of the time describes the Leadership Team in consultation with the medicines as ‘the chief proprietary medicine diocese. It was developed by the parish building Emma is holding Paramo, involving four of New Zealand’. committee, detailed by Ardern Peters Architects plants of kawakawa, karana, manuka and Some 30,000 bottles were sold within the and built by Livingstone Builders. The new space harakeke. The rosary beads are made of first three months in Wellington alone. When is one where parishioners, old and new, might flax seeds set in test tubes. Suzanne learnt that Kempthorne and Prosser after Mass stay, welcome newcomers, mingle Photo: Supplied [New Zealand drug manufacturing company], and meet one another in Christian fellowship. Mons Brian Walsh with parishoners in the who were commercially manufacturing her The gathering space now provides a new gathering space at Our Lady Help of Regular exhibitor and artist Emma remedies, were diluting the concentrate to significant increase in size to the church and Christian’s Church. Photo: Supplied Cunningham from Whanganui displayed her keep up with the demand, she took them to collection of six pieces expressing the story court, which upheld her case. of Suzanne Aubert and her medicines at Deeply pained at what happened, story Whanganui’s Space Studio and Gallery in June has it that Suzanne placed the recipes into the Jesus and Covid-19 this year. Whanganui River to protect Māori knowledge. What would Jesus be doing during the Covid-19 pandemic? Thank You Pat! Called to respond to the needs and issues of • give time to the isolated our times Nga Whaea Atawhai O Aotearoa • give the kind word, be the gentle – Sisters of Mercy give practical help as well compassionate look, and to patiently Sue Seconi as prayer. hear the sorrows of people Covid-19 has highlighted to the world • share our resources with our local Parishioners gathered at Holy Family Church, the need for compassion, kindness and communities. Whanganui, at a vigil Mass last November to working for the greater good. These are the These are some of the Works of Mercy thank and farewell Pat Rhodes, a much-loved values embedded in the lives and responses that we Sisters of Mercy are involved in, and respected parish worker who was moving of the Sisters of Mercy. not just during the Covid pandemic but to Hamilton. Lockdown was a time of quiet reflection throughout our lives, over generations of Pat came to Whanganui in 2005 after for many, a time to think about our futures Sisters. Are you called to be the hands of teaching in Tonga. He was initially parish – about where Jesus is calling us to, about Jesus, to work with and be in collaboration secretary and then parish co-ordinator. He listening to the deep voice within. with others, to live out your baptismal and continued as a volunteer overseeing the It also a time to see our environment Gospel call? smooth running of ministries, supporting begin to heal, a time to think about what the priests and was the ‘go-to’ person for our role is in healing our oceans, waterways, Come open your heart and respond with anything parish-related. He was awarded the forests, air and ground. Mercy to God’s Call! Benemereti Medal in 2012. This was also a time when the call was to: Pat’s cousin Monsignor Gerard Burns, Much-respected parish worker Pat Rhodes • feed the hungry Please contact us at: Sr Fatima – vocations@ Vicar General for the Wellington Archdiocese, (c) at his farewell Mass with Fr Marcus • clothe the naked mercy.org.nz, ph 021 084 29440, Sr Linda – co-celebrated Mass with then-parish priest, Francis (l) and Monsignor Gerard Burns (r). • protect the vulnerable [email protected], ph 021 263 0439. Fr Marcus Francis. Photo: Sue Seconi

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Te Wiki o te Whai Tika: Social Justice Week: 6-12 Hepetema 2020 6-12 September 2020

Easy as CST: Mama- - Noa, Penei- i te CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential Te Tuku i nga- Pumanawa- o te Hahi- kia Whai Hua

Social Justice Week 2020 will take place from 6 to 12 September. The resources produced by The Caritas resources for Social Justice Week 2020 will focus on the following nine core principles of Catholic social teaching: Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand are entitled “Easy as CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential.” Through these resources, people of all ages are invited to learn about and reflect upon principles of Catholic social teaching (CST) which are set out to help us understand how we can truly live out the Gospel Participation - Nāu te Rourou, Nāku te Common Good - He Painga mā te Katoa Distributive Justice - Te Tika ka Tohaina in our day to day lives. Rourou Our actions have an impact on wider God intended all people to share in Caritas last produced Social Justice Week resources about CST principles in 2014. At that time, As human beings, we live in community. society. When we make decisions, we the goods of this world. Allocation of seven principles were explored in detail with accompanying case studies from the work of Caritas We are called to be active members to should choose to consider the good of all. resources should ensure that everyone has and their partners. This year, updated case studies and reflections will be available for nine core improve the wellbeing of all people. It is up to all of us to make a difference. access to the necessities of life. CST principles which are intended to provide an overview of the key themes within CST. Resources for parishes and schools to explore CST during Social Justice Week are available on the Caritas website. Resources include suggestions for liturgies, lessons, daily actions and reflections Preferential Option for the Poor and Human Dignity - Te Mana i te Tangata Stewardship - Kaitiakitanga on CST, as well as videos, bookmarks, and a personality quiz. Vulnerable - He Whakaaro Nui mō te Hunga Rawakore Each human life has value that is universal, Everything in creation is given to us Our Social Justice Week resources are available to download inviolable and inalienable. This is the for all people. We must care for the We must consider the impact of our actions central aspect of our Church’s social environment, our own talents, and other for free on the Caritas website: and decisions on the most vulnerable. teaching. resources for the benefit of this and future For parishes/communities: caritas.org.nz/parishes/social-justice-week generations. For schools: caritas.org.nz/schools/social-justice-week Solidarity - Whakawhānaungatanga Promotion of Peace - Te Whakatairanga i Subsidiarity - Mana Whakahaere te Rongomārie In our connected humanity, we are Decision-making should happen at the Where does Catholic social teaching come from? invited to build relationships and try to Peace is the fruit of justice and love and most appropriate level, so that all those understand what life is like for those who is dependent upon right order among affected can contribute and have a say to In the beginning when the world was created, we were made in the image of are different from us. human beings. influence the outcome. God, giving each of us human dignity. Christ’s command for us to love God and love our neighbour is exemplified through Catholic social teaching. In 1891, at the height of the industrial revolution in Europe, there was a great and growing gap between rich and poor. At this time, Pope Leo XIII wrote a letter, Rerum Novarum, that focused on the condition of workers Social Justice Week in Schools and just wages. He emphasised the importance of working for the common The Social Justice Week resources for schools share a title with the parish good and the role of the state to ensure the wellbeing of all, especially the resources, and were also designed to be used throughout the year as schools poorest. teach and highlight different principles of Catholic social teaching. Since that time, Church leaders including Popes and Bishops have written Along with the unique icons, each CST principle has a unique character and encyclicals (letters) and messages to the Church and wider community. key to help students remember and understand them. These visual elements These contain fundamental principles, which the Church believes should are woven throughout the school resources. underpin a healthy society, politics and economy. They have addressed different social challenges that face our communities, including human life, Other Social Justice Week resources for schools will include short videos, rights and responsibilities; poverty; refugees, asylum seekers and migrants; key information pages, prayers, liturgies, activities, case studies and student environmental justice; indigenous peoples; and international development The Caritas Social Justice Week resources contain a reflection on response templates. The materials are organised by the CST principle on and peace. human dignity from Joshua Chisholm (centre), pictured here with which they are focused, so that all of the relevant activities and information Kala Tofilau (left) and Rancel Noquilla (right). are in one place if a particular principle is the focus of study. This formal body of writing forms the basis of CST. It draws on the Scriptural traditions of the prophets who spoke out against injustice, and it follows the teachings and example of Christ and the tradition of the early Church School resources are available to download for free on the Caritas website: leaders and saints. It provides us with key ethical principles and a lens through which we can interpret social issues around us and take action to caritas.org.nz/schools/social-justice-week. seek justice. Practicing these CST principles will help to unlock the full potential of the Church. Ngā Kōrero | Feature WELCOM AUGUST 2020 9

Te Wiki o te Whai Tika: Social Justice Week: 6-12 Hepetema 2020 6-12 September 2020

Easy as CST: Mama- - Noa, Penei- i te CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential Te Tuku i nga- Pumanawa- o te Hahi- kia Whai Hua

Social Justice Week 2020 will take place from 6 to 12 September. The resources produced by The Caritas resources for Social Justice Week 2020 will focus on the following nine core principles of Catholic social teaching: Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand are entitled “Easy as CST: Unlocking the Church’s Potential.” Through these resources, people of all ages are invited to learn about and reflect upon principles of Catholic social teaching (CST) which are set out to help us understand how we can truly live out the Gospel Participation - Nāu te Rourou, Nāku te Common Good - He Painga mā te Katoa Distributive Justice - Te Tika ka Tohaina in our day to day lives. Rourou Our actions have an impact on wider God intended all people to share in Caritas last produced Social Justice Week resources about CST principles in 2014. At that time, As human beings, we live in community. society. When we make decisions, we the goods of this world. Allocation of seven principles were explored in detail with accompanying case studies from the work of Caritas We are called to be active members to should choose to consider the good of all. resources should ensure that everyone has and their partners. This year, updated case studies and reflections will be available for nine core improve the wellbeing of all people. It is up to all of us to make a difference. access to the necessities of life. CST principles which are intended to provide an overview of the key themes within CST. Resources for parishes and schools to explore CST during Social Justice Week are available on the Caritas website. Resources include suggestions for liturgies, lessons, daily actions and reflections Preferential Option for the Poor and Human Dignity - Te Mana i te Tangata Stewardship - Kaitiakitanga on CST, as well as videos, bookmarks, and a personality quiz. Vulnerable - He Whakaaro Nui mō te Hunga Rawakore Each human life has value that is universal, Everything in creation is given to us Our Social Justice Week resources are available to download inviolable and inalienable. This is the for all people. We must care for the We must consider the impact of our actions central aspect of our Church’s social environment, our own talents, and other for free on the Caritas website: and decisions on the most vulnerable. teaching. resources for the benefit of this and future For parishes/communities: caritas.org.nz/parishes/social-justice-week generations. For schools: caritas.org.nz/schools/social-justice-week Solidarity - Whakawhānaungatanga Promotion of Peace - Te Whakatairanga i Subsidiarity - Mana Whakahaere te Rongomārie In our connected humanity, we are Decision-making should happen at the Where does Catholic social teaching come from? invited to build relationships and try to Peace is the fruit of justice and love and most appropriate level, so that all those understand what life is like for those who is dependent upon right order among affected can contribute and have a say to In the beginning when the world was created, we were made in the image of are different from us. human beings. influence the outcome. God, giving each of us human dignity. Christ’s command for us to love God and love our neighbour is exemplified through Catholic social teaching. In 1891, at the height of the industrial revolution in Europe, there was a great and growing gap between rich and poor. At this time, Pope Leo XIII wrote a letter, Rerum Novarum, that focused on the condition of workers Social Justice Week in Schools and just wages. He emphasised the importance of working for the common The Social Justice Week resources for schools share a title with the parish good and the role of the state to ensure the wellbeing of all, especially the resources, and were also designed to be used throughout the year as schools poorest. teach and highlight different principles of Catholic social teaching. Since that time, Church leaders including Popes and Bishops have written Along with the unique icons, each CST principle has a unique character and encyclicals (letters) and messages to the Church and wider community. key to help students remember and understand them. These visual elements These contain fundamental principles, which the Church believes should are woven throughout the school resources. underpin a healthy society, politics and economy. They have addressed different social challenges that face our communities, including human life, Other Social Justice Week resources for schools will include short videos, rights and responsibilities; poverty; refugees, asylum seekers and migrants; key information pages, prayers, liturgies, activities, case studies and student environmental justice; indigenous peoples; and international development The Caritas Social Justice Week resources contain a reflection on response templates. The materials are organised by the CST principle on and peace. human dignity from Joshua Chisholm (centre), pictured here with which they are focused, so that all of the relevant activities and information Kala Tofilau (left) and Rancel Noquilla (right). are in one place if a particular principle is the focus of study. This formal body of writing forms the basis of CST. It draws on the Scriptural traditions of the prophets who spoke out against injustice, and it follows the teachings and example of Christ and the tradition of the early Church School resources are available to download for free on the Caritas website: leaders and saints. It provides us with key ethical principles and a lens through which we can interpret social issues around us and take action to caritas.org.nz/schools/social-justice-week. seek justice. Practicing these CST principles will help to unlock the full potential of the Church. 10 HERE-TURI-KŌKĀ 2020 NAUMAI Hunga Taiohi, Ngā Kura, Mātauranga | Youth, Schools, Education Young Catholics

Challenge 2000’s new conductor: Damian Dempsey trying to find their way in life. flourish in that environment.’ Michael Fitzsimons ‘As a Marist my dream had been to give A few months in and Damian is really practical witness to the Gospel. I was often enjoying the new role. Covid-19 lockdown Challenge 2000 is a professional and called to do it in a non-Christian environment, was the immediate issue he had to deal with. passionate Youth Development, Community where the Gospel wasn’t known or perhaps ‘Going into lockdown was frantic. We and Family Social Work Agency, based in valued. For example, I was assigned to Ranong were designated an essential service so we had Johnsonville, Wellington. in southern Thailand, running healthcare and to keep things operating. I was running on Challenge 2000’s new director says he sees education projects in a predominantly Buddhist adrenaline. Staff were amazing. Then we settled the role as being like the conductor of an environment. Being at Challenge I feel I am into lockdown and did some amazing work – orchestra. giving practical witness to those Marist values I think many young people and families really I often feel that is what the job is all and Gospel values in an authentic way.’ Damien working at Foodbank during appreciated the support we were able to provide.’ about, says Damian Dempsey. His ‘orchestra’ Challenge’s team is made up of youth, lockdown. Photo: Supplied Damian grew up in the Hutt Valley and is numbers about 40 permanent staff and a community and social workers. About half of enjoying being back in Wellington after many supporting team of about 500 volunteers. its funding comes from government agencies have a staff of 40 but we do more than that years away. He and partner Joy have two ‘I have a really good leadership team around – Oranga Tamariki, Ministry of Education number would suggest. A lot of people are young children. me and my job is to empower them to do the and ACC. A significant amount of assistance is working across three or four areas.’ ‘Challenge is a very family-friendly place. amazing things they can do, and stay out of provided by friends, supporters and benefactors. Challenge 2000 is all about helping people The job involves some long hours but there is their way when that’s required. They in turn Challenge provides a wide range of to grow into their best selves, says Damian. a flexibility at Challenge, which allows me to empower their staff and then there’s this large, services and programmes for children, young ‘Our approach is a strengths-based approach. have a good family life.’ generous network of people who contribute people, families and community groups. It Young people often come to us because they Looking ahead Damian is conscious of the their time, talents, and financial assistance.’ works in the youth justice area and runs a are considered to be problematic or they are need to keep growing the organisation while Damian Dempsey was appointed director holistic alternative-education programme for struggling in some way. We welcome them keeping it faithful to its founding values. of Challenge 2000 in March. He was a member young people who are struggling. with open arms, a smile, and with warmth. We ‘We talk about the Challenge charism, which of the Society of Mary for 25 years, working ‘We also offer youth ministry services for treat them with dignity and aroha and we find has been developed over its 32-year history. in formation, education and community parishes and schools, and run a Gap programme out who they are, what they are interested in, That’s a gift that has been given us through development in New Zealand and in Asia. for eight interns each year,’ says Damian. ‘We are what they are good at, and we build on that. Kitty [McKinley, founder]. I see it as a big part ‘Working at Challenge allows me to live one of two Wellington-based providers running We create a really affirming relationship with of my role to help a new generation take on the out every day the values I hold dear and be a healthy-relationships programme in schools, them so people who come into the Challenge Challenge charism and express it anew – living a part of a very diverse family of dedicated funded by ACC, which has been very well received. whānau feel part of a group of people who make out the Challenge charism, values and mission people who all want to help those who are ‘There’s a lot going on at Challenge. We them feel good about themselves. Young people in new ways.’ St Mary’s Foxton and lockdown learning We embraced ‘Welcome to Online Learning’ All this achieved a human element to Mary Kleinsman-Powell with our main platform and the interactive, the digital world while keeping our staff Principal/DRS innovative ‘Seesaw’. Our staff worked tirelessly together through Zoom meetings and blogs putting together engaging activities for the so that they too felt connected. The value of During the Covid-19 lockdown weeks, children. These included our smiling videos and whanaungatanga (powerful connections) and St Mary’s School in Foxton stayed connected tutorials as well as localised learning, such as aroha (love) that we are still experiencing in with families through phone calls, emails, setting up a prayer table or spiritual corner with an adapting environment means we continue Chromebook [laptop] deliveries and resource Easter, Anzac Day and Mother’s Day activities, to be unified as a school and a community. St Mary’s Foxton Caritas Mufti Support parcels. Facebook kept us powerfully connected a favourite toy hunt, two-metre challenges, Kia tau te Rangimarie! Day, continuing our service and support with the posting of schoolwide prayer. and more. no matter what! Photo: Supplied

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Five people nominated for their outstanding • Pastoral Care –Susana Fiu-Fetalai, Sue Seconi work in Catholic Youth Ministry were Auckland, for her work with the Mother announced as winners in the 2020 Delargey of Divine Mercy Refuge and Project Awards in April this year. Hope and her ‘remarkable commitment Whanganui’s Cullinane College kapa haka The awards are named in honour of Cardinal to supporting families and helping young group awarded a rousing haka at the full Reginald Delargey (1914–79) noted for his work people discover their God-gifted talents school assembly to loved and respected for young Catholics. The New Zealand Catholic and create change in their lives.’ teacher Mrs Joy McLean on Friday, 3 July. Bishops Conference present the awards every Joy was wrapping up nearly 60 years of two years to recognise outstanding involvement teaching, the last 19 being at Cullinane. in Catholic Youth Ministry. ‘Joy is a woman of faith and believes in the The 2020 category winners are: beauty of life and that God has a purpose for • Advocacy – Dave Mullin, Palmerston everyone,’ Cullinane Principal Justin Harper said. North, for many years of involvement in Always wanting to be a teacher, Joy’s diocesan youth and young adult ministry, extraordinary gift for those with learning Joy McLean (centre) at her farewell including chairing the bishops’ Council struggles was picked by the principal celebrations, with Justin Harper, Cullinane for Young People from 2017 to 2019 and in her first-ever teaching appointment. College Principal, and Teresa Edwards, organising and attending World Youth Days. Mainstreaming was being introduced into Manager for the Catholic Education Office, • Pastoral Care and Leadership the education system and matched her own Palmerston North Diocese. Development, jointly – Jennifer Martinez belief that all students, regardless of learning Photo: Sue Seconi and Sam Mano, Auckland, for dedicating capabilities, had the right to experience school many years of service to Catholic youth life at its fullest. This established a career path gain their trust. Nurturing a friendly classroom in New Zealand through the Marist youth taking her into many educational situations, atmosphere helped students to be comfortable development project Logos, inspiring and from counsellor for education psychological to learn. And many did achieve NZQA level 1 encouraging youth through retreats and services, to seven years teaching at the Felix and go on to find meaningful work,’ said Joy. other programmes. Donnelly Youth Link Family Trust College in ‘I never dreamt I would last so long in Auckland, to teaching special-needs students. teaching, but I’ve loved every minute of it.’ ‘I always worked towards my classrooms To the students on her last day on a school specifically being warm and welcoming campus Joy said, ‘if you see me out and about Dave Mullin (l) was presented his Award enabling the students to feel safe and for me to don’t forget to say hello’. by Mons Brian Walsh (r) at the Palmerston North Diocesan Centre, Friday 3 July. O’Shea Shield postponed • Justice and Service – Antje Duda, Suzanne Aubert Tertiary Christchurch, for her ‘remarkable impact’ on Scholarships The 2020 O’Shea Shield the Catholic Cathedral College community, Tertiary students in the Archdiocese of competition for particularly in supporting students in valuing Wellington and the Diocese of Palmerston Catholic Secondary service, justice and their faith. North who are entering into their third Schools, scheduled Jennifer Martinez and Sam Mano – Pastoral year or more of study are invited to for 16–17 May Care and Leadership Development. apply for a Suzanne Aubert Tertiary this year, has been Scholarship. Each student selected cancelled and deferred NZCBC President, Bishop of Auckland receives $3000 towards their third until 2021 due to Patrick Dunn, congratulated the winners year of tertiary study. For more details the uncertainty of the for their dedicated work with young people and an application form please apply Covid-19 situation. The throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. ‘The through www.compassion.org.nz/latest- 2020 competition was to have been hosted at awards are an opportunity to acknowledge news or the Facebook page by Friday, Chanel College, Masterton. Instead, Chanel the work of the many wonderful people in our 16 October 2020. Contact Kevin College will co-host the O’Shea Shield with parishes and dioceses who tirelessly support Crighton at email: sisteam@compassion. Bishop Viard College, in Porirua in 2021. young people in many different ways,’ he said. org.nz The joint decision was made based on Antje Duda – Justice and Service. considerations for students’ wellbeing.

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Apology for abuse in Fiji Hagia Sophia a mosque again Pope Francis has expressed It was converted to a museum his sadness at the decision of on the orders of Mustafa Kemal The head of the Catholic Church in Fiji has made an apology for the Mr Erdogan, President of Turkey, Ataturk, the founding father of behaviour of Catholic priests, religious and teachers who allegedly abused to re-convert Hagia Sophia from modern, secular Turkey. Since a museum to a mosque again. then religious services have been Fijian children. The Pope’s comments came after banned at the site. a call from the World Council of Archbishop Peter Loy Chong was responding to a news Catholic Church, he felt ashamed of the behaviour of Churches for Mr Erdogan to reverse report on TVNZ by Pacific correspondent, Barbara Dreaver. church personnel. his decision, which they said would For the last year, 1 NEWS has been investigating claims I feel angry. There is a heaviness in my heart yesterday sow division. The UNESCO World of historic sexual abuse against children in Fiji’s Catholic an d t o d ay.’ Heritage site in Istanbul has been a Church. Dreaver was in Fiji just before lockdown and Archbishop Chong said the Church takes these museum since 1934. spoke to a number of Fijians who say as children they allegations very seriously and any complaints of sexual Mr Erdogan announced were abused and raped by New Zealand and Australian abuse by priests would first be referred to the police his decision following a court priests, brothers and teachers. while also investigated by his office. ruling which annulled the Hagia The Hagia Sophia (Greek: In making his apology, Archbishop Chong said he He said any priests and religious found to have abused Sophia’s museum status. Holy Wisdom) famous in empathised with people who were victims of sexual abuse. children would be severely dealt with by the church and The Hagia Sophia was built particular for its massive dome, ‘I empathise with their hurt, anger, trauma and the state. Archbishop Chong said the overwhelming 1,500 years ago as an Orthodox is considered the epitome of feelings. I empathise with the pain that victims and their number of priests and religious are faithful men and Christian cathedral, but was Byzantine architecture and one families have experienced and continue to experience. women who share the horror and grief that all people converted into a mosque after of the most beautiful buildings I empathise with the brokenness they have to live with feel when sexual abuse is brought to light. the Ottoman conquest in 1453. in the world. and affect the way they relate to others.’ ‘The procedures that the Archdiocese of Suva follows Archbishop Chong said that as head of the Fiji today represent a serious and genuine effort to help Online Lourdes pilgrimage victims of abuse and to eradicate sexual abuse from The Marian Shrine at Lourdes has pilgrimage, on 16 July, featured the Church. We continue to work to learn from past hosted the first ever online world processions, rosaries and prayer. experience and from the experience of victims to ensure pilgrimage on the anniversary A television broadcast allowed that the danger of sexual abuse is prevented in the future. of the final apparition to St religious and civil personalities ‘For the Church and for the Archdiocese of Suva, Bernadette Soubirous in the to share their stories of the role prevention, justice and healing for victims of sexual mid-19th century. Healthcare that Lourdes plays in their lives. abuse always come first.’ measures put in place as a result Live music, videos and behind- The Royal Commission of Inquiry into abuse in of the Covid-19 pandemic have the-scenes reports explained the care, which is underway in New Zealand, is seeking meant that only a very limited mission of the world-famous information about New Zealand priests and other number of pilgrims can attend shrine. The online pilgrimage ran Archbishop Peter Loy Chong of Suva responds to a religious perpetrators who were moved to the Pacific. the shrine in person. The online from 7am to 10pm local time. report about abuse in Catholic schools broadcast by Replica of Notre Dame spire to be built New Zealand television, July 13, 2020. Image: Screen capture Sources: TVNZ; Crux The Notre Dame Cathedral spire quickly, the BBC reported. Paris will be rebuilt as a replica of the one is scheduled to host the Olympics destroyed in the fire at the cathedral in 2024, and choosing a new Women cardinals one day last year, President Emmanuel design for the spire would have Macron of France has announced. delayed the construction. The President of the French Bishops’ more cumbersome and impede Macron’s government had Since the adoption of the 1905 Conference says it is not hard progress,’ de Moulins-Beaufort said. previously initiated an architectural law on separation of church and to imagine a time when women He can also envision ‘that the Holy competition to submit a variety state, which formalised laïcité (a would be included in the College See will one day be led by the Pope of innovative suggestions for the strict form of public secularism), of Cardinals. surrounded by a college of cardinals restoration. The possibility of a new religious buildings in France have Speaking in an interview in where women’s inclusion was possible.’ design for the spire of the historic been property of the state. French magazine, Noosphère, Firstly, though, we must sort building had been controversial. Originally built between Archbishop Eric de Moulins- out a way for men and women to The designs proposed included the twelfth through fourteenth Beaufort said ‘nothing prevents work together in Church structures a rooftop swimming pool and a centuries, the landmark cathedral them from holding many more Archbishop Eric de Moulins- constituted in fraternities, ‘or it will greenhouse atop the 850-year-old in the French capital is one of the important functions in the workings Beaufort, president of the French be useless’, he said. cathedral. most recognisable churches in of the institution, with everything Bishops’ Conference. Photo: La Croix ‘In a complete synodal form, the Macron’s change of mind on the world, receiving more than being a matter of competence.’ voice of women should especially be the spire construction is due 12 million visitors each year. Archbishop Moulins-Beaufort according to the theology of the heard more, given that the apostolic to a desire to finish the project also said he was not opposed to the Church, all the baptised ‘find succession is reserved to men.’ re-establishment of the women’s themselves on an equal footing before Archbishop De Moulins- Cardinal Pell’s prison diary diaconate, so long as it leads to ‘more Revelation, since bishops and priests Beaufort admitted to finding it Australian Cardinal George Pell, been sent to Ignatius’ email list decentralised and more fraternal’ are in principle neither more learned incomprehensible that women who served 13 months in prison asking for donations, saying organisation of the Church. nor closer to God than the laity. were invited to participate in recent and was subsequently acquitted Ignatius wanted to give Pell The Church ‘cannot act as if ‘The voice of all the baptised laity, synodal assemblies in Rome but of molesting two choirboys, is set ‘appropriate advances’ for the human beings were children who from the moment they try to embrace were not allowed to vote. to publish his prison diary. The diary to help offset his legal debts. must be held by the hand,’ he said. Christianity, should be able to count ‘To say that only bishops vote diary contains musings on life in The publisher envisages putting Although this is the way the as much as that of the clergy. would seem logical. But…priests solitary confinement, the Catholic out three to four volumes and Church functioned in the past, ‘A challenge for Church reform and non-ordained religious Church, politics and sports. the diary becoming a ‘spiritual that’s no longer possible ‘in a society is to live synodality at all levels, and brothers are allowed to vote, I don’t Catholic publisher Ignatius classic’. where the majority of the people it must be rooted in fraternity.’ understand why women religious Press says the first instalment In the diary, Pell muses on have received higher education, This fraternity should include men are not allowed…,” he said. ‘It leaves of the 1,000-page diary would everything from his conversations where religious faith has largely and women, priests and laity. Until me completely flabbergasted.’ likely be published in spring with lawyers about his case to US been chosen or freely embraced.’ this progresses, ‘the issue of ordained 2021. Ignatius’s editor, Jesuit Fr politics and sports and his reform This is especially true since, ministries will only make the structure Source: Vatican News Joseph Fessio, said a letter had efforts at the Vatican.

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Assisi summit to focus on Pope’s challenge to ‘pathological’ economy by them. Being better or worse after each one, Hence, Fr Zampini says the Vatican he’s often said, is ‘up to us’. Covid-19 commission is bringing together From Evangelii Gaudium to Laudato si’, Pope plenary events with well-known economists, With that in mind, the Vatican’s Covid-19 more than 100 institutions and thousands of Francis has called for a new economic model experts in sustainable development and coronavirus crisis task force is identifying people to think about a different economy that puts the human person at the centre and business people who are engaged worldwide what needs to be changed. that, if the pandemic is under control next reduces unjust inequalities. in developing new economic models. ‘The Covid-19 Vatican commission is year will lead to a call for a ‘seven-year A major summit scheduled for November Before the event was postponed, Italian trying to answer to the reality we’re living conversion’. in Assisi, the birthplace of St Francis, will professor Stefano Zamagni – recently and preparing the future,’ said Fr Augusto showcase Pope Francis’ vision for a sweeping, appointed as adjunct secretary of the Vatican’s Zampini, one of the heads of the commission. person-centred reform of the ‘pathological’ Dicastery for Integral Human Development, ‘Preparing the future is different from state of the global economy. and the President of the Pontifical Academy preparing for the future: That implies ‘The Economy of Francis: young of Social Sciences – posed these questions the future is already determined and we people, a commitment, the future’, is about what a new economic model means. must buy lifesavers because it’s going to scheduled for November 19–21, after the ‘How do you accomplish a just transition be terrible.’ Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic forced from a fossil fuel-based economy to one Preparing the future, he said, means its postponement in March this year. The of renewable energies, without the poorest looking for economic models that will help invitation to participate is addressed to paying for this transition?’ he asked. humanity out of the ongoing crisis – not young people up to the age of 35. It will ‘How do we answer the cry of the poor by going back to a world of inequalities led bring together some 4,000 young advanced and of the earth, how do we generate an by an economy that kills, but by creating a economics students, as well as managers economy that serves, centred on people, so fairer world. of social enterprises, Nobel Prize winners, that finances serve the real economy? These ‘We need a new economic model, not officials from international organisations, are things Pope Francis says, and we’re trying because I say so or because Pope Francis is business leaders and academics. to see how to put them into practice. And asking for one,’ Fr Zampini said. ‘We need Fr Augustin Zampini speaking at the The summit will explore major topics and there are many who are doing so.’ a new model because there’s no alternative. Vatican’s Round Table during Davos’ challenges related to today’s economy. The Within the catastrophe of the pandemic [we World Economic Forum in January 2020. event will consist of workshops, artistic and www.francescoeconomy.org see] people dying; people sick; countries Photo: Dicastery for Integral Human Development forced to close because they cannot control the spread of the virus; people growing This conversion builds on the ‘United nervous because they can’t take it anymore; Nations Decade of Action’, a call to achieve poor people who have to go to work because the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. they don’t receive a salary from either the The goals are to work to end poverty, rescue private or public sectors. the planet and build a peaceful world. ‘Seeing all this calamity, we acknowledge ‘When the gap between the economic that every crisis is an opportunity to see world and the life of people starts to close, what’s not working,’ the priest said. society necessarily improved,’ Fr Zampini Argentinian priest, Fr Zampini, who is said. ‘This is why we want to listen to adjunct secretary for the Vatican’s Dicastery everyone, to “real” people who we don’t for the Promotion of Integral Human usually see, but that the pandemic has shown Development, said the coronavirus has us are key: nurses, the people who keep our exacerbated all the structural failings of the streets clean, and so forth. global system, particularly inequality. ‘People don’t change because you show ‘Everyone is facing the crisis,’ he noted, ‘but them a chart of how things are going,’ Fr not everyone is on the same boat: some are in Zampini argued. ‘People change because a cruise ship that might shake a bit, but will be behind those charts, there are deeper values. fine. Others are in a wood raft they know will And that’s where religion comes in, and why sink. In the pandemic, the latter include those we allow ourselves to speak about economy. who have no access to proper food and clean What we want to do is bring human values Pope Francis arrives for a lunch with poor people in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, water; or those with no healthcare.’ that can be connected to the economy to Sunday, November 17, 2019. Pope Francis offered several hundred poor people, homeless, On the economic level, he added, there are generate a better development and improve migrants, unemployed a lunch on Sunday as he celebrated the World Day of the Poor with countries that can afford to print money and people’s quality of life.’ a concrete gesture of charity in the spirit of his namesake, St Francis of Assisi. ‘rescue’ the economy or different companies, Photo: AP/Alessandra Tarantino while there are others that cannot, and need Source: Crux

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The crowds heard of this and followed him on foot from their towns. 14 When he disembarked and that, by having no history of her faith and it will be tears of joy that saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, and he Fr James Lyons own, she entices each generation rise up from grateful hearts. cured their sick. to draw her portrait. So from the Her sorrows and her pain did 15 When it was evening, the disciples approached him and said, ‘This Hail Mary full of grace, The background of our tradition and not lessen the joy in her heart or is a deserted place and it is already late; dismiss the crowds so that Lord is with you… . These words the lovely appreciation that Pope tarnish the beauty of her humanity. they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves.’ 16 Jesus said announced the beginning of a life- Francis offers, let us begin to paint. Likewise, she shows how we can to them, ‘There is no need for them to go away; give them some food change for a young Hebrew girl that Mary, woman of strength take whatever is troubling or yourselves.’ 17 But they said to him, ‘Five loaves and two fish are all we would impact on the rest of human and wisdom carried a heart hurtful to us and set it leaping have here.’ 18 Then he said, ‘Bring them here to me,’ 19 and he ordered history, and indeed the history pierced with the lance of for joy by using it as a means to the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two of the whole world. Mary found sorrow and disappointment, of strengthen life. fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, herself in the company of God, misunderstanding and rejection. Mary can never take the place of and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. and in that companionship was So, anyone opening their heart Jesus; she leads us to his nourishing 20 They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the fragments placed above every other creature to love must also expect an presence in the Eucharist of his Body left over – twelve wicker baskets full. 21 Those who ate were about five in heaven and on earth. uncertain journey. and Blood. Her portrait for us today thousand men, not counting women and children. Our Catholic tradition finds it Her arms held Jesus at the is completed in the offering of Jesus easy to honour Mary, the Mother moment of his birth and when his that enables us to serve one another of Jesus and to see her as a great body was un-nailed from the cross. and our world. Surely we can go from intercessor for all people, especially His life and his death were hers. here confident in the knowledge The Feeding of the those struggling with suffering, Then, as Jesus was abandoned by that the Lord has done great things doubt, fear, or any weakness. But his closest friends, Mary too was for us in the gift of Mary – and that, this ‘ease’ of devotion also places a let down by their cowardice and through her, we can do great things Five Thousand huge responsibility on us, for Mary selfishness. Yet, her prayer helped towards bringing ourselves and all A reflection on Mt 14:13-21 is not a woman to be taken lightly. heal the brokenness of the disciples creation to the fullness of the beauty To look up to her, to honour her, and poured hope into the small God sees in us. Jesus took the boy’s meagre is to be immediately challenged to community as it became the new Tom Gibson contribution, blessed it, multiplied imitate her. People of God. Fr James Lyons is a priest of the the food and gave it to his disciples Mary, as the one who opened Archdiocese of There was great sadness when Jesus to distribute to all present. Jesus’ the door for God to enter our “The Lord has done great Wellington. and his disciples learned Herod had generosity goes further than just the world in our humanity, shows us things for us in the gift of Mary murdered John the Baptist, so Jesus need; he lavished the people with what can happen when a person through Mary, and through and the disciples took a boat to a so much that 12 baskets of broken gives themselves entirely to the her we can do great things lonely place to escape the crowd and pieces of bread and fish were left realm of the Spirit. The Almighty be by themselves. However, the crowd over. The crowd were many more has done great things for me. Mary towards bringing ourselves had followed them around the coast. than Elisha’s 100. Jesus fed 5000 men recognised that her life, her very and all creation to the When Jesus and his disciples reached plus their women and children, who being, became an Ark, a Sacred fullness of the beauty God the shore, they realised the time-out would likely have made the crowd Tent, providing a home for God sees in us.” period for getting over their grief was around 20,000 people. as she willingly and lovingly gave over as a crowd of several thousand This is more than just a good herself in response to God’s word; Our portrait of had gathered. Jesus, being filled with story; it has a deeper lesson for all of and the greatness of God became Mary takes us into her pity, spent his day curing their sick. us. From the little boy we learn that wonderfully visible in her life. footsteps. She is one When evening came, the disciples people’s resources are never too little Pope Francis brought Mary of us and is there to suggested sending the people away to to be worth offering to God. And into his 2015 Letter to the world guide you and I as their villages so they could buy food. if they are not too insignificant to about the care of our common we encounter the Jesus said that was unnecessary telling God, they may be more useful than home Laudato si’: As ‘the Mother inevitable path his disciples to give them something we think for helping others around who cared for Jesus, she now cares of suffering, the to eat themselves. After the disciples us. From his disciples we learn they with maternal affection and pain vale of tears. Her assessed the cost, they concluded were totally dependent on Jesus to for this wounded world’, [n241]. example will help feeding all the people was prohibitive. do anything. From their actions we She does this especially as a model open a deep and But they were able to find a boy with learn that even though as humans of perfection, attained through lasting peace in The Virgin in Prayer by Sassoferrato, 1640-1650. five barley loaves and two fish. we know extraordinarily little, we what we celebrate today as her the wellspring of National Gallery, London. Image: Wikipedia There is a precedent about the doubt what God can do before Assumption into Heaven. To again Multiplication of Loaves in 2 Kings we refer our problems to Him. quote Pope Francis, ‘In her glorified [Old Testament]; ‘Elisha received Therefore, in acknowledgement body, together with the Risen Christ, the first fruits of twenty barley of our human weakness let us be part of creation has reached the loaves and fresh grain which he guided by St Paul, who writes ‘Glory fullness of its beauty… . Hence we told his servant to give the people to Him whose power, working in us, can ask her to enable us to look on to eat. But his servant replied, “How can do infinitely more than we can this world with eyes of wisdom.’ can I serve this to a hundred men?” ask or imagine’, (Ep 3:30). New Zealand Marist Brother Elisha insisted; Yahweh says, “They Do we take today’s gospel and scripture scholar, Kieran Fenn, will eat and have some left over”, example, which shows the immensity writing about Mary, the Mother he served them, they ate and had of God’s life, God’s love and God’s of Jesus, suggests that the secret of some left over, as Yahweh had said’ generosity, to those we meet? Do we Mary’s mysterious power may be (2 Kings 4:42-44). 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DATES AND EVENTS – WHAT’S ON IN THE TWO DIOCESES

Readers are invited to share information about what’s on in the dioceses each month. To advise a listing please email the information of around 50 words to: [email protected] and formatted as below. Listings for September WelCom are due by Monday 17 August. Saturday 1 August Sunday 23 August Chrism Mass 2020 – this year’s Chrism Mass Catholic Foundation Scholarships ‒ four scholarships T H E will be celebrated at Our Lady of Kāpiti Church, are available to students residing in the Wellington Milne Drive, Paraparaumu, 10.30am. All are Archdiocese who are in their final year of secondary welcome. Some clergy and laity from the Diocese education. Applications for the scholarships close 23 of Palmerston North will also attend this Mass August 2020. Application forms and scholarship details PINES of Chrism. on Catholic Foundation website catholicfoundation. Wednesday 5 August org.nz or from the secretary (04) 496-1721. ‘Your Rights as a Tenant’ – workshop by Community Tuesday 1 September Advice Bureau (CAB), 10.30am–12noon, Central Hear the Cry of the Earth – Whakarongo ki te tangi Weddings, Functions & Special Occasions Wellington CAB , ground floor, James Smith a Papatūānuku. NZ general election forum, young building, cnr Cuba and Manners Sts, Wellington. people from the Archdiocese question political party RSVP to [email protected] by 2 August. representatives about climate change and environment, 50 The Esplanade, Houghton Bay, Wellington 6pm–8pm, St Mary’s College Hall, Thorndon. (See p 4.) Wednesday 5 August, Saturday 8 August Tuesday 1 September phone 04 387 9853 email [email protected] Winter film screening: ‘Gardening with Soul’ – Human slavery – ‘How economic structures permit introduced by Sr Sue Cosgrove. Documentary it today’. Hosted by Talitha Kum ANZ, presented follows a year in the garden with 90-year-old by Julianne Hickey, Director Caritas Aotearoa New Sr Loyola Galvin, 11am, Suzanne Aubert Heritage Zealand, 7.30pm, St Joseph’s School Hall, Pine Centre, 2 Rhine St, Island Bay. Koha entry. Bookings Avenue, Upper Hutt. All welcome to come and learn essential on email [email protected] more about this serious issue ahead of the September or ph (04) 282-1953. General Election. Contact Natalie Murphy rsm at: Friday 7 August [email protected] for more information. Taizé Prayer ‒ reflective time with simple songs and Saturday 5–Sunday 6; Saturday 19– scripture bringing stillness and silence, 7pm–8pm, Sunday 20 September LIAM HEHIR The Chapel of Our Lady of Compassion, 2 Rhine St, Theology of the Body courses – young adults Island Bay. Ph (04) 383-7769. (18–35 years) September 5 and 6; adults September Partner Friday 7–Sunday 9 August 19 and 20. Venue Challenge 2000, 1 Wanaka St, Art, Contemplation, Action – retreat led by Johnsonville. Early registration $40, by 29 August, for all your legal needs Raymond Pelly, in silence and through music, art general registration $50. Contact 022 0289737 and story, to explore responses to God in realities of or email [email protected] or life. Our Lady’s Home of Compassion, 2 Rhine St, visit www.marriageandfamily.org.nz for more Island Bay. Registration required, email spirituality@ information. direct dial 06 351 4730 compassion.org.nz or ph (04) 383-7769. Thursday 10–Friday 18 September l.hehir@fitzrowe.co.nz www.fitzrowe.co.nz Monday 10 August ‘A New Heart’ – eight-day residential, silent, individually-guided retreat, St Ignatius of Loyola 65 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North Legalising Cannabis – Catholic Women’s League spiritual exercises. Starts 12pm, concludes members invite all parishioners to a talk by Matt 10am, Fourvière House of Prayer and Retreat, Prendergast of NZ Police, 11am, Catholic Church 67 Leithfield Rd, North Canterbury. Cost $870. Hall, Standish St, Inglewood. Opportunity to Email [email protected] for information learn more before voting in September general and registration. election referendum. Cup of tea at 10.30am before presentation. All welcome. Thursdays 10 September–12 November Spiritual Theology Course –‘The Matthean Tuesday 11 August Beatitudes: The Prophetic or Summoned Road’. Kāpiti Dove Fellowship for Women, 7.30pm, Our Presenter Michael Young sm, 10 sessions, 7.30pm, Lady of Kāpiti Parish Meeting Room, Presentation Pā Maria Marist Spirituality Centre, 78 Hobson St, Way, Paraparaumu. Speaker Michele Ness on The Thorndon. Cost $50. Email Brian Cummings sm Gifts of the Holy Spirit – The Gift of Discernment, at [email protected] or ph (04) 212-4691 or 1 Cor 12:4-11. All women welcome. Further 021 703 580 for more information and to register. information contact Anna, ph (04) 902-6330. Registration closes 3 September. Thursday 13 August General events Quiet Day with Suzanne Aubert ‒ gentle reflection Christian Meditation ‒ Mondays, 7pm‒8pm, on life and works of Venerable Suzanne Aubert. and Thursdays, 11am‒12pm. The Chapel of Simple lunch provided or bring own. Koha entry, Our Lady of Compassion, 2 Rhine St, Island Bay, 10am‒2pm, The Chapel of Our Lady of Compassion, ph (04) 383-7134 or (04) 383-7769. 2 Rhine St, Island Bay. Registration required, email Craft Gathering at the Home of Compassion ‒ [email protected] or ph (04) 383-7769. bring your handheld craft project and own lunch, Saturday 15 August or Cloister Café open with soup, 12pm, Suzanne Coast-to-Coast Rosary for Life and Faith – help lead Aubert Heritage Centre, 2 Rhine St, Island Bay, or join a group in your parish or community. Starts contact [email protected] or 3pm, go to www.coasttocoastrosary.co.nz for more ph (04) 282-1953. information. Miha ‒ Māori Mass for all, Sundays 11am, The Chapel of Our Lady of Compassion, 2 Rhine St, Island Bay, ph (04) 383-7769.

Mary Potter Hospice Street Appeal

Mary Potter Hospice is seeking volunteers who can help collect for their annual Street Appeal in Wellington, Porirua and Kāpiti, on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 September. All money raised will be used to help keep Mary Potter Hospice services free-of-charge. If you can help by volunteering at this year’s street collection, please register online at: https:// marypotter.org.nz/events/ street-appeal/ 16 HERE-TURI-KŌKĀ 2020 NAUMAI Whakaaro | Opinion The Moral Bankruptcy of Neoliberalism

that all human social activity can sits side-by-side with Lakeland’s of such excessive individualism is as part, not of a political action, but be explained in terms of wealth, observation that though the USA that it leads to human dignity and as defenders of the gospel. They value and price. For these to is one of the richest nations it is the worth being subjugated by market regularly published the anti-Nazi operate most effectively there is only one that has no national health ‘necessity’. Invariably it is those at the journal Cahiers du témoignage need of a free and competitive system and where life expectancy is bottom of the economic heap with chrétien and the more popular market where each person will declining, not increasing. the least power who suffer most. The Courrier français. De Montcheuil work most effectively to ensure anger and disenchantment aroused was captured and executed by the their own self-interest. This in turn A new phase of by such policies is manifest in areas Nazis in 1944. will lead to the most efficient and Capitalism such as the American Midwest where In her work Christianity and the happiest societies. large numbers voted for Trump in new Spirit of Capitalism the American Neil Vaney SM It is the social and spiritual cost the hope that his populist policies theologian Kathryn Turner suggests The impact of of such trends that Lakeland goes would restore the work and local that only Christianity has a powerful on to explore that will be of most communities which had been wiped enough vision of the unity of the Watching thousands of marchers Neoliberalism interest to ministers of the gospel. out. This in turn has helped to fuel world to fight against the immense all over the world yelling against This has been the dominant Many people are vaguely aware of distrust of authority and the rise of global power of neoliberalism. This the oppression of people of colour economic philosophy driving the these problems but would agree extremist groups. This has then led echoes the repeated call of Pope [following the death of George Floyd policies of nearly all democratic they are just an inevitable result of to the rise of more authoritarian Francis that Catholics should try on 25 May while in police custody nations for the last 30 to 40 years. much greater choice for consumers governments worldwide. to live more simply and stand by in Minneapolis], it was easy to feel Here are some of the outcomes facilitated by free international trade the poor. Some of you reading this moments of hope and optimism. for the USA: with very little in the way of controls The concept of article may teach in schools, or sit on After the race riots of the 1960s and • One per cent of the population or barriers. The state can limit any ‘Spiritual Resistance’ administrative Boards that can sway the economic meltdown of Wall holds 38 per cent of private damage by providing subsidies to public opinion. All of us can show by Street in 2007–08 there were similar wealth while the bottom 90 per keep the lowly paid above the poverty To fight against such ideologies our lifestyles that we are not primarily protests and promises of reform. cent hold 73.2 per cent of all debt. line. Prominent economists and Lakeland describes the path of consumers and that a wide range of Nothing much changed. The shadow • At this time one per cent of the politicians indicate there is really ‘spiritual resistance’ adopted by a choices is not the most important of slavery still haunts the collective population retains more wealth no alternative to this system. The small group of Jesuits during the human freedom. Nor are we destined soul of United States. Yet beneath than the bottom 90 per cent. insidious result of this dominant Nazi occupation of France. They to keep on producing at ever greater this is an even more malignant • Globally speaking the situation ideology is the assumption that being were able to see that it was not rates till our planet can no longer bear slavery, more noxious because it is is even more dire; 42 individuals a consumer with the widest range of the military might of the Nazis the cost. There are other ways to live barely visible. have as much wealth as the products and choices is the height that presented the greatest danger with mutual care and respect for one In the May 26 edition of The poorest 3.7 billion. of human freedom and ensures but even more the ideology they another and for planet earth. CommonWealth Magazine there is A classic study of these statistics the best chance for fullness of life used to split and divide occupied an essay by Paul Lakeland SJ on the is spelled out in Richard Wilkinson and happiness. This conviction is nations. Presenting themselves Neil Vaney is a Wellington-based long-term effects of neoliberalism. and Kate Pickett’s The Inner Level, reinforced by internet giants such as as the fulfilment of Christianity Marist priest ordained in 1969 Paul is the Professor of Catholic described by Polly Toynbee of the Google and Facebook. Not only do they espoused values such as and is now pastoral director of Studies at Fairfield University Guardian newspaper in 2019 as ‘the they know where we are and much work, family and fatherland with the Catholic Enquiry Centre. He in Connecticut. Neoliberalism, great classic of inequality research’. of our personal details, they know which they drew Churches into obtained a PhD in environmental described in his brief outline, is the Their detailed and piercing analysis our preferences and design their compromise and collaboration. ethics and the theology of nature theory most linked to Friedrich shows the greater the inequalities algorithms to track and feed our Among the Jesuits who fought from Otago University in Otago Hayek, the Austrian-British that exist in any society, the higher wants and whims. We have moved against these trends were Gaston in 1993 before teaching Christian economist and philosopher who the levels of violent crime, drug into an era of what is being labelled Fessard, Hernri de Lubac and Yves Ethics in the Catholic Theological died in 1992. His central thesis is addiction and mental distress. This ‘surveillance capitalism’. The price de Montcheuil. They saw themselves College in Auckland for 15 years. Parting Shot

The photo selected for WelCom’s ‘Parting Shot’ this month, was taken during Covid-19 lockdown by John Allen, of Fairlie, South Canterbury.

“Uncrowd my heart, O God, until silence speaks in your still, small voice; turn me from the hearing of words, and the making of words, and the confusion of much speaking, to listening, waiting, stillness, silence.” – Esther de Waal; ‘Lost in Wonder’; Chapter: ‘Silence’.

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