Palmerston North 31 May 2012 Josephine (nee O’Malley) and Allan Brady cut the cake at a community celebration in St Peter Chanel Parish Hall to mark their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married by Fr Kevin Clarke at Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Waiau, North Canterbury on May 12, 1962. They have lived […]
News 31 May 2012 Wel-com has a new editor, well, not quite. After more than seven years of editing the monthly newspaper in the Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses, Cecily McNeill has decided to share the workload. Assistant editor Derek Johnson has settled into the office, working full days in the middle part of the […]
Features Doug Dawick fms31 May 2012 Book offers wonderful food for the journey If you are serious about your spirituality, read Journeying into Prayer, edited by Neil Darragh – 34 short chapters prayer, from a broad spectrum of writers. They’re not all Catholic and four are from non-Christian faiths, but all are New Zealand-based. Hopefully, […]
Features 31 May 2012 Wellington girl Brianna Anglesey has won Caritas’ annual Singout4Justice songwriting competition with a song about bullying called ‘It happens all the time’. Responding to the competition theme of ‘A voice for the voiceless’, Brianna said of her song ‘I immediately thought about bullying’s victims not speaking up. My song is about […]
World News Caritas staff31 May 2012 Millions of people across the Sahel region of West Africa face severe food shortages following a failed harvest in 2011. The drought has hit hardest families in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Chad.Hamani Fodi (pictured) of Garbey Gourov in the Dosso region of Niger can usually harvest enough […]
Features Lisa Beech, Caritas30 May 2012 As the Catholic Church prepares to celebrate the Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants on June 17, Parliament is considering new immigration legislation which proposes mandatory detention for groups of asylum seekers. Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand says we need to heed the warning of Australian Bishops that such […]
Reflect Veronica M Lawson RSM30 May 2012Matthew 20:16-20 In the closing verses of Matthew’s gospel, Jesus claims all the power and authority of the God of Israel. He commands his disciples to make disciples of all peoples and to baptise in the name of the Triune God. At the beginning of the Matthean gospel, Jesus […]
Bernadette Murfitt and Pat McGill 3 May 2012 In a combined Our Lady of Fatima parish and St Francis Xavier school parents and friends project, the Leo Connor parish hall has been upgraded from seven percent of building code to full code in just six months. The hall has now been gifted to the school. […]
Phil Cody sm 3 May 2012 Nga Karere Maori Club from Wellington and Te Waiora Catholic group in Palmerston North won their share of prizes during the Hui Aranga Maori gathering on Northland’s Hokianga Harbour at Easter. Maori cultural clubs from around the country have been gathering for the hui at Easter since the first […]
Archbishop John Dew On Wednesday April 25 just after the Anzac Day Mass in Christchurch where I was attending the Bishops Conference, the bishops did a fairly quick, sobering tour of some of the earthquake affected areas of the city of Christchurch. We started off in the van chatting and laughing about various things, but […]