Mgr John Broadbent2 August 2012 St Jane Frances was born in 1572 when the religious wars between Catholics and Protestants threatened to split France. She came from a noble Burgundian family and was given in marriage to Baron de Chantal at the age of 21. Her mother had died when she was young but her […]
2 August 2012 What is God trying to make of us in our later years? How can we make some sense of their diminishment and pain? Can the often bitter water of these years ever be turned into wine? Old age is terrifying to most of us: we need help to navigate it well. Occasionally […]
James Lyons2 August 2012 Private member’s Bill: to change the definition of cheese to include chalk. (A contribution to the discussion on whether the definition of marriage should be changed to include same-sex couples.) ‘From now on I want to be known as Cheese!’ Chalk made this announcement quite calmly and without the slightest embarrassment. […]
Rev James Lyons2 August 2012 On June 26 Catholic lawyers celebrated the feast day of their patron, St Thomas More with an annual Mass. Fr James Lyons preached on the Year of Faith which starts in October. When we gather next year for this annual Mass, the Church will be in the midst of the […]
Cecily McNeill2 August 2012 Some 600 multinational companies dominate 99 percent of the global economy. At the same time, just half of the world’s population has access to electricity. Archdiocesan justice coordinator Mary-Ann Greaney attended the Rio+20 Earth Summit in Brazil from June 11 to 23, 2012, as part of a delegation of Presentation Sisters […]
2 August 2012 Children flocked from Muritai and other schools in the area to San Antonio Church Eastbourne on the feast of St Anthony of Padua, June 10, to join those from San Antonio school and their parents for a children’s Mass. Fr Albano Da Costa invited the children to join him on the floor […]
Cecily McNeill2 August 2012 The serious implications of working for environmental protection, poverty eradication and justice for Planet Earth and its marginalised human communities were shown in sharp relief with the murders of two fishermen and environmental activists who went missing on the day the heads of states signed the final Rio+20 document of commitment […]
Helen O’Sullivan RNDM2 August 2012 With two of his grandchildren representing New Zealand at the London Olympics, Bernard O’Sullivan of Lower Hutt is one extremely proud and happy man. Bernard’s identical twin daughters Janice and Philippa each had one child as competitors in the New Zealand contingent. Stephen Jenness is in the Black Sticks hockey […]
Therese Kyne2 August 2012 COMPASS, Challenge 2000’s Youth Ministry development and leadership programme for 2012 kicked off in Term 2. Thirty-five young people across Wellington took part in the three month programme based at St Joseph’s in Mt Victoria. COMPASS stands for Community, Personal, Aotearoa, Spiritual Search and is a sequel to our Odyssey programme. […]
Dianne Howard2 August 2012 The recent closing of a number of churches due to possible earthquake risk, has affected parishioners all over the archdiocese. St Mary’s Church in Blenheim was no exception. Parishioners felt sadness and disbelief at the decision to close the church for an indeterminate period while inspections were carried out and, if […]