August 2014 Schools Lorraine Wilson The Directors of Religious Studies for Secondary Schools for our two dioceses gathered for their annual conference 25–27 June this year. The theme was ‘The Wind in Our Sails that leads to Encountering Jesus’. The conference was based on the NZ Bishops Document The Catholic Education of School-Age Children and […]
August 2014 Youth St Mary’s College, Wellington, students were successful in this year’s Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) and Wrigley Company Foundation’s Litter Less campaign in writing, photography and videography categories. Young New Zealand environmental enthusiasts were invited to take part in the competition. Winners were announced on World Environment Day, 5 June, by […]
August 2014 Youth Livvy Mitchell, Nina Bello, Michaela Morrison and Anna Hinderwell When you are failed by the Justice System, what should you do? After being wrongfully convicted you are deprived of a second chance of normality. Our society can neglect those who are victimised by the law. In the end you may be proven […]
August 2014 Ecumenism Sr Catherine Jones smsm Fifty years ago, no one would have heard a Catholic bishop speaking the way we heard Archbishop John Dew earlier today,’ said Anglican Bishop Emeritus John Bluck, in summing up the Ecumenism symposium held at Johnsonville Uniting Church, on Saturday, 5 July, 2014. Archbishop John was a keynote […]
August 2014 News Sr Catherine Jones smsm Every Thursday evening during July about 35 people gathered at the Home of Compassion in Island Bay. Under the guidance of Kevin Gallagher and a team of spiritual directors from Palmerston North they responded to their hunger for a deeper spiritual life. They followed the First Spiritual Exercises […]
August 2014 Palmerston North Sue Williams St Joseph’s parish Hawera and Sacred Heart parish Manaia hosted a team of international missionaries, lead by Father Alliston, for a Mission during the week of 10–17 May. The team was visiting from the Institute for World Evangelisation (ICPE mission) based at St Gerard’s monastery in Wellington. The Mission […]
August 2014 Palmerston North Irene Crossan On the Feast of Ss Peter and Paul, Sunday 29 June, Bishop Charles Drennan confirmed 31 young people from New Plymouth parishes at a Mass at St Joseph’s Church. The confirmation candidates were from the parishes of St Joseph’s, St Philomena’s, Our Lady Help of Christians, St Patrick’s Okato […]
August 2014 Palmerston North Sue Seconi Artist Merrilyn George’s quilt exhibition in July – called ‘Set Apart’ – grew from a conversation a year ago inspired by and in honour of Suzanne Aubert. From this kernel of an idea we embarked on a unique experience that gathered many others along the way to deliver an […]
July 2014 Palmerston North Bishop Charles Drennan Maori have a term te wa which means the right time. On the vigil of Pentecost, in a cathedral overflowing with Catholic Maori and guests, an experience of te wa was celebrated in a momentous Mass, during which Danny Karatea-Goddard was ordained a permanent deacon for the Palmerston […]
July 2014 News Joan McFetridge Matthew White has been commissioned by Archbishop John Dew as the new lay pastoral leader at Sacred Heart Parish, Petone. On the feast of the Ascension, Sacred Heart church was filled to capacity as parishioners gathered to welcome and rejoice in the appointment of Matthew as their new leader and […]