Features Martin de Jong5 April 2012 As the Church prepares to commemorate Christ’s passion and resurrection, Caritas Jerusalem secretary-general Claudette Habesch says Christians in the Holy Land cannot visit such holy sites as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre built on Golgotha where Jesus is believed to have been crucified, 2000 years ago. Permits are […]
Parishes Judith McInerney5 April 2012 Some 30 members of the Nelson Faith and Light Community spent a warm February weekend at the Bridge Valley Adventure Centre, Wakefield, for the annual camp. The peaceful setting in the rolling hills reflected the weekend’s theme – ‘Messengers of Love’. During the weekend we remembered a special messenger of […]
Schools Tim Barton5 April 2012 St Patrick’s College Kilbirnie triumphed over their McEvedy Shield rivals Wellington College winning almost a quarter more points in the biggest margin in six years at Newtown Park on March 5. An outstanding effort in the jumps events helped Town to a convincing victory over defending titleholders Wellington College. Town […]
Features Sr Eileen Brosnahan rsm4 May 2012 Timothy Brosnahan took the news of his only son Bill’s death while a navigator in World War II hard. His sister, Eileen Brosnahan rsm, then 12 years old, says: ‘He and Bill were great cobbers and after Bill went missing Dad used to sit over the fire at […]
Cecily McNeillApril 2012 Three major industrial disputes in the country at the moment highlight changing working conditions brought about by increasing employer demands for casualisation as they struggle to remain competitive. At the heart of the Ports of Auckland dispute with the Maritime Workers’ Union is the issue of contracting out or off-shoring. More flexibility […]
Parishes Cecily McNeill4 April 2012 Sacred Heart Cathedral’s new music director has invited boys to sing in a new boys’ choir and within five days, he has achieved half the target number of boys. Initially the programme which includes a fully subsidised half-hour singing lesson once a week, theory lessons and choir practice is run […]
Schools 4 April 2012 Phoebe Van Der Velden of Cardinal McKeefry School, Wilton, dances with Australian musician and educator Andrew chinn during a workshop on March 7. Music and song rang out through the school during the day of workshops in song and movement. The day ended wtih an early evening concert for family and […]
Reflect Veronica Lawson rsm4 April 2012 At the foot of Mt Macedon (Victoria) where I spent the first 16 years of my life, stands the lovely Church of the Resurrection, built in the aftermath of the devastating 1983 Ash Wednesday bushfires. The most striking feature of this church is Leonard French’s stained glass depiction of […]
Palmerston North 31 March 2012 Parishioners of three parishes in the Palmerston North Diocese have been awarded papal Benemerenti medals. On Saturday February 11 (the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes), Martin and Judith Wall and Lyn Braithwaite of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Palmerston North, were presented with Benemerenti Medals. The parish also celebrated […]
Palmerston North Nicola McCarthy31 March 2012 We are one of two groups of trainees in the Palmerston North diocese and this retreat was part of our three-year formation programme similar to that offered at Creighton Jesuit University in Omaha, Nebraska. Based on the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola the retreat was directed by […]