Feature Will Warren September 2013 On a gloomy, wet Friday evening in mid-July a group of young adults left Palmerston North for the Magnificat Retreat Centre in Featherston for the Passionist Young Adult retreat. This was my second experience of the warm, friendly environment of a Passionist retreat. Australian Jo McDade led us in a […]
World Youth Day Dan Siave September 2013 On 27 July New Zealand World Youth Day Experience (NZWYDE) drew all those who could not go to Brazil to a celebration of faith. More than 300 young people from throughout the dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington gathered with Archbishop John Dew for a day of […]
Schools Nicole Simson September 2013 Parishioners of St Mary’s Carterton with a Youth Team from Challenge 2000 provided an exciting, full time holiday programme for five to 11-year-olds in the July holidays. Activities included arts and crafts, baking, sports, movies, a pool visit and lots of physical teambuilding, crazy fun games and opportunities for the […]
Book review Kieran Fenn fms September 2013 You Visited Me: A Pastoral Care Companion, by Fr James B Lyons. Published by Pleroma Press. This fourth, revised edition of Fr James Lyons’ popular book is an aid to all those engaged in a variety of gospel services. Anyone involved in ministry to the sick, the elderly […]
Feature Alivia Bowe September 2013 A biblical skit, blessings, candles, songs and colouring in are all part of the entertainment when the Shalom group of Faith and Light meets each second Sunday afternoon. Most of its members are drawn from the Dawn Trust, but there are several other faithful regulars. Afternoon teas are a highlight, […]
Palmerston North Fr Kevin Neal September 2013 Ruth Ryan is not the bright and knowing person that she once was. As I write, she is quietly getting ready to lay down her burden. Ruth is a terrific parishioner in so many ways a in these last days, as they say, she isn’t as young as […]
Palmerston North Gwen Mardle September 2013 On 31 July the gathering space at Hastings’ Sacred Heart Church hosted a festive meal to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Fr Pat McCann’s ordination as a priest of the Society of Mary. An old boy of St John’s College, Hastings, Fr Pat was ordained in 1953 by Archbishop […]
Archdiocesan News Martin de Jong – Caritas September 2013 Young people entering the workforce are at risk of being seen as ‘disposable’ in a disposable society, Caritas Social Justice Week Coordinator Cathy Bi told a Wellington seminar looking at young people and work last month. ‘Young people as much as anyone else need meaningful work […]
Schools September 2013 A group of 24 students from Catholic schools in Hong Kong spent two weeks getting a taste of life in Wellington in August. St Mary’s College hosted 12 girls and a teacher and St Patrick’s Wellington also had 12 boys and a teacher. This is the first time the Wellington schools have […]
Schools Nick Wilson September 2013 The annual gathering of Young Vinnies from Catholic colleges in the Archdiocese of Wellington took place on 18 August at St Patrick’s College Silverstream Chapel. The colleges come together to share information about the charitable works each is doing as part of the St Vincent de Paul Society. This doubles […]