Features Suzanne Manning4 May 2012 The image of Mary as ‘ideal mother’ that the Church presents seems a long way from the reality of life for many of today’s mothers. The words of a well-known hymn show Mary as a ‘gentle mother, peaceful dove’; in homilies and readings she is usually described as ‘meek’, ‘mild’ […]
Features Fr Kevin Neal4 May 2012 There’s something about a mobility scooter that has been putting me off. I had one when I first left the hospital after the stroke six years ago. This was a motorised wheelchair and I certainly got my money’s worth out of it. When my legs started working again, I […]
Features Margaret Orange4 May 2012 She pours a cup of tea taking it to her comfortable chair in the lounge. It faces high, wide windows that open onto the garden. Beyond the fence distant roof tops rise to vast blue sky where, today, early morning puffs of cloud drift lazily eastwards. As she sips her […]
Features Sue Devereux4 May 2012 With another ‘end of life choice’ bill poised to enter the parliamentary debating chamber, the Salvation Army warns that people at the end of their lives may feel pressure to choose an ‘early exit’. Labour health spokesperson Maryan Street is to introduce a private members’ bill to legalise voluntary euthanasia […]
Features Mgr John Broadbent31 May 2012 By the year 650, the whole complexion of the civilised world was changing. The Eastern or Byzantine hold on Ravenna in the north of Italy was weakening by murders and the assignations of emperors in Constantinople. But, more importantly, after Muhammad’s death in 632, his Arabian warriors had swiftly […]
Features 31 May 2012 Catholic schools in the Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses are generally in good shape although there are some school buildings in need of earthquake strengthening.Catholic Schools Board Limited which looks after the 77 schools in the two dioceses is currently implementing a strengthening programme for the buildings that have been identified […]
News Kieran Fenn fms31 May 2012 Otaki Lodge was the venue where 72 men of the archdiocese with visitors from further afield gathered for the weekend of April 28. They had come to be challenged to become Men Alive in their relationships with their families, their God and Church. When your men returned home to […]
Features Kieran Fenn fms31 May 2012 Love, gentleness and the joy of catching up are features of the Shalom group of Faith and Light’s monthly meetings in Waiwhetu. Most of the group’s members come from the Dawn Trust, but there are several faithful regulars. Jan’s brilliant baking makes afternoon teas a highlight but there are […]
Features Mary Eastham3 July 2012 With the radiance of someone deeply fulfilled in life Sr Milada of the Missionaries of Charity based in Porirua shared the joys of her vocation to love God and serve the poorest of the poor with some 100 people on a May afternoon in Palmerston North. In the Community Leisure […]
Features Joy Cowley3 July 2012 The kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure lying buried in a field. The man who found it, buried it again; and for sheer joy went and sold everything he had, and bought that field. (Matthew 13:44) If you put nine Catholics together and asked them to define ‘Faith’ you […]