Features Bishop Pat Power3 July 2012 Hardly a day passes without my being appalled by the plight of the Palestinian people and the apparent indifference of much of the Western world to the injustices suffered by these beleaguered people. I have to admit that before visits to the Holy Land in 1973 and 1988, my […]
Reflect Veronica Lawson rsm27 June 2012 In every life, there is need for a balanced rhythm of work and re-creation. With so much pain and suffering in our world, the demands of the mission can overwhelm us and cause us to act as though everything depends on us. While we can never really escape the […]
Reflect Veronica Lawson rsm27 June 2012 The gospel readings for the next five weeks are taken from John 6, a section of the gospel that focuses on food and related themes: on hungry people; on the need for food/bread; on food/bread as metaphors for life. Bread has been the staple food for millennia in bible […]
Reflect Veronica Lawson rsm27 June 2012 Most of us have known the experience of feeling powerless in the face of rejection, especially when it is rejection from those who are closest to us, from those who might normally be expected to understand and affirm us. This seems to be the experience of the Markan Jesus. […]
Reflect Veronica Lawson rsm27 June 2012 To be a disciple of Jesus is to experience a call. It is also to be sent on a mission in partnership with others, a mission invariably expressed in terms of preaching, teaching, healing, and/or driving out of demons or unclean spirits. In other words, it is to be […]
Columns Msgr John BroadbentJune 2012 There are several feasts of the thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of martyrs of Japan. There are several feasts kept within Japan and June 1 seems to be one of the most popular. The courage and deep faith shown by so many of these people – Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and […]
Archbishop John DewJune 2012 In preparation for Pentecost last Sunday (May 27) I was reflecting on the last two lines of the reading we heard from St Paul to the Galatians (5:16-25), ‘You cannot belong to Christ Jesus unless you crucify all self-indulgent passion and desires. Since the Spirit is our life, let us be […]
Columns Kieran Fenn fmsJune 2012 Her feet on the groundSociology and archaeology have given us so much in recent years in reconstructing the life of a woman in first century Israel. There is real value in trying to understand the meaning of Mary as a particular person with her own life to compose, not as […]
Palmerston North Patricia Daws31 May 2012 Every month, Josie phones the band of ‘chefs’, who deliver a home-cooked main or vegetable dish or dessert to St Patrick’s Parish hall in Palmerston North. The regular team prepares soups to eat with the bread which Breadworks and Melodys donate.Mid-afternoon on first Mondays the hall is opened and […]
Palmerston North 31 May 2012 For the past 18 months we have had the privilege of getting to know Fr Joel Boco. He came to New Zealand from the Philippines on a three-year contract and was originally posted to The cathedral parish in Palmerston North. In October 2010 he came to work in the small […]