NEWS 31 March 2012 A Wellington father of two is urging New Zealanders to get off their couches and demand political parties work together to address New Zealand’s appalling child statistics. Tim O’Donovan is concerned that while the government is on the right track with its public consultation process over its Green Paper on vulnerable […]
NEWS Lisl Prendergast31 March 2012 Cultivating compassionate judgement and making students aware that they are among the 23 percent of the world’s people who have enough, was the message of Australian Jesuit Richard Leonard at a Professional training day in the Hutt last November. Sacred heart College hosted the day on November 29. Among the […]
NEWS Cecily McNeill31 March 2012 The government needs to put much more money into education and resources to support parents, teachers and others who are working with children, according to social workers at Catholic Social Services. Cathy Agnew and Trish Heward made a submission on behalf of the agency to the Social Development Minister’s Green […]
News Angela Pyke4 April 2012 Dr Anne Tuohy was formally welcomed in March 2012 to her new role as the inaugural director of The Catholic Institute of Aotearoa New Zealand (TCI). Members of Dr Tuohy’s family, with Bishop Peter Cullinane, representatives of the local Maori community, TCI staff and board members and interim principal Paul […]
News Cecily McNeill4 April 2012 Catholic Social Services is concerned that a review of the Family Court may do away with one of its most valuable aspects for families, that of couples counselling, forcing families in strife to pay for this vital service themselves. The Justice Ministry initiated the review a year ago with former […]
News Cecily McNeill4 April 2012 Pastoral areas are being urged to identify alternative centres for worship in the midst of a major archdiocesan assessment of parish and school buildings for earthquake risk. Parishes and schools are also facing increases of some 80 percent in insurance premiums – $380,000 a year to $680,000 a year – […]
News Olivia van Woerkom3 May 2012 On Good Friday, the Hutt Valley Ecumenical walk of witness began at the St James Anglican Church. More than 400 people walked together as the group moved onto the Lower Hutt Baptist Church, then to Ss Peter and Paul Catholic Church and finished at St Marks United Congregation Church […]
News Sally Anne Moffat3 May 2012 Marist Father Peter Roe is a man of a mission, on a mission. While Marists are missionaries, Father Roe’s mission is to bring comfort to Wellington’s frontline emergency service workers, the people who pick up the pieces at accident scenes and in life-threatening situations in the community. Through his […]
News Ethne Wyndham-Smith3 May 2012 In its submission to the government’s Green Paper for Vulnerable Children in March, the Catholic Women’s League’s identified family poverty as the major point of vulnerability.Poverty can lead to poor housing, inadequate provision of basic needs, bad health, separation of parents, physical or mental handicap, violence, alcohol, drugs and gambling, […]
News Barbara Henley rndm4 May 2012 March was a good time for our annual Eco walk. It was fresh and the early morning mist over Lake Waikaremoana added a touch of mystical wonder to this hidden treasure of Te Urewera National Park. Lake Waikaremoana was the destination for the seven of us RNDMs this year […]