Palmerston North December 2013 Three Sacred Heart New Plymouth students and one Francis Douglas student are among 26 exceptional young people who have been recognised for their achievements in the community. Maria Mosquera and Estella Winnie McGee were both highly commended in the music category of the New Plymouth District Council’s Young Achievers Awards 2013 […]
News December 2013 Shane Olsen New Zealand’s nonviolent struggle for peace at Parihaka in Taranaki was linked with the 50th anniversary of Pope John XXIII’s Pacem in Terris in a Labour Weekend event at Porirua. Wellington’s diocesan Justice, Peace and Development (JPD) Commission hosted the event at Te Ngakau Tapu Parish on Saturday 26 October […]
News December 2013 The news that Pope Francis has declared the founder of the Presentation Sisters, Nano Nagle, Venerable on the 31 October has been greeted with great joy all over the world. In New Zealand the Presentation Sisters, Associates and Friends of Nano were delighted to hear that Nano is a step closer to […]
News December 2013 L’Arche Kapiti is preparing to celebrate 50 years of L’Arche worldwide, 21 years of L’Arche nationally and 16 years of community life in Paraparaumu. Celebrations will be held on 15 February 2014 at The Coast Community Church in Hinemoa Street, Paraparaumu, just along from St Patrick’s Catholic Church. L’Arche is a community […]
Feature December 2013 Jim Consedine There is a significant feast day virtually overlooked each Christmas season. On 28 December the church recognises the feast of the Holy Innocents. This forms an essential part of the Christmas season which stretches from the Nativity to the Epiphany. Without it we hear only part of the Christmas story. […]
Book review December 2013 Joy Cowley’s Kiwi Christmas situates the Christmas story in Aotearoa New Zealand with a Māori Mary and flowering pohutukawa. The first visitor after Jesus’ birth is a Māori landowner on her quad bike. She has seen her woolshed curiously full of light. Bruce Potter has depicted some realistic Māori angels above […]
Opinion 31 October 2013 Archbishop John A Dew Dear Friends, Hundreds of people have taken part in discussions and consultations relating to the document I published in May, A Future Full of Hope. The responses bear the results of deep reflection and fervent prayer, for which I am very grateful. It is very clear […]
News November 2013 Archbishop John Dew After consultation throughout the Archdiocese of Wellington with clergy and laity from May to August 2013 and, after consulting the Council of Priests, it has been decided that some parishes will merge to create a new parish. As outlined in my proposals in the document A Future Full of […]
Archdiocesan News November 2013 Emily Benefield, Caritas Last month I journeyed with the Caritas group to Parihaka to present the booklet Remembering Parihaka. The booklet draws inspiration from the nonviolent resistance movement begun by 19th century leaders Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi, and the continuing story of Parihaka. Caritas developed the booklet in […]
20 November 2013 Pope Francis has convened an extraordinary Synod meeting in Rome next year, on marriage and the family and has asked Bishops Conferences worldwide to undertake wide consultation with their people, in order to provide input to the discussion. ‘We’ve made the questions provided to us into an online survey for people […]