August 2014 Pastoral focus Veronica Lawson RSM Matthew 14:13-21 Rising fuel and food prices affect us all. Not everyone, however, considers the effect that lifestyle choices and agricultural practices in the developed world might have on the rest of the world’s population. In 2003, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation instigated a series of […]
August 2014 Reflection Bridget Taumoepeau Pope Francis is the master of repetition. I say this with admiration, not rancour. When he was first elected I would listen to every word and ensure I had saved all the texts of his homilies etc. I still try and listen to every word, but now Vatican Radio has […]
August 2014 Review Marie Williams St Brigid’s Church in Feilding is celebrating its 125th Jubilee over 2014/15 with a number of events. A concert by Fr Chris Skinner drew a packed audience to St Brigid’s on Saturday 10 May. Fr Chris, a Marist priest, is a renowned singer and songwriter who has produced several albums […]
August 2014 Opinion Martin de Jong In the weeks leading up to the Football World Cup – wait, this is not about the sport – I agonised whether to watch or not. I’m not in general terms a sports fan, but I played soccer when I was young and love international football competitions. But this […]
August 2014 Te Reo Areti Metuamate ‘It is as Maori that the Lord calls you, it is as Maori that you belong to the Church, the one body of Christ.’ These were the words of Pope St John Paul II on his visit to New Zealand in 1986. His words were powerful then and are […]
August 2014 Te Reo Fr Gerard Burns New Zealand society is changing in ways we don’t always notice when we are amidst them. I recently heard a Kiwi who had lived in England for 10 years saying she needed a dictionary now if she read a New Zealand newspaper. Why? Because there were so […]
August 2014 Te Reo Nikki Phillips Ki te pīrangi te Hāhi Katorika ki te hāpai i te reo rangatira mō āke āke, kei te Hāhi Katorika ngā kura me ngā kāreti me te kāreti mō ngā pirihi hoki ki te hāpai i te reo Māori. Ki tōku nei whakaaro, kei te Hāhi Katorika tōna […]
August 2014 Feature Bill Kilgallon In a homily during a Mass to six people, on 7 July 2014, Pope Francis said, ‘Before God and his people I express my sorrow for the sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse committed against you. And I humbly ask for your forgiveness’. Two of those people came […]
August 2014 News Simone Olsen Monsignor Peter Jeffrey has been farewelled as Rector at Auckland’s Holy Cross Seminary. His term was due to finish at the end of the year. ‘I’m sad to be leaving but owing to health reasons I feel it’s best for the Seminary and for me that I return to Australia […]
August 2014 Reflection Bridget Taumoepeau It is so easy to forget to be grateful. Yet gratefulness is an expression of generosity of spirit, which is so life-giving – both to the giver and to the receiver. I’ve always wanted to add another beatitude – ‘Blessed are you who are generous of spirit, for you will […]