May 2015 Feature Fr Neil Vaney sm ‘And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city…?’ (Jon 4.11) Was it not prophetic and strange the day after John Key announced that he was sending kiwi troops to Iraq, the readings set down for the Lenten Mass centred on the prophet Jonah’s call to […]
May 2015 Feature Msgr Gerard Burns A martyr is someone who witnesses to faith until death. I have met three people who will officially be declared martyrs by the Church later this year. They are three priests – Miguel Tomaszek, Zbigniew Strzalkowski and Sandro Dordi – who were assassinated in Peru in 1991. I was […]
May 2015 Feature Msgr Gerard Burns The beatification for Óscar Romero will be held in El Salvador, on 23 May 2015. Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (1917–1980) was the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador. Óscar Romero spoke out against poverty, social injustice, assassinations and torture. In 1980, Romero was assassinated while offering Mass. In 1997, […]
May 2015 Reflection Fr Patrick Bridgman In this series of articles we have been taking a fresh look at the sacraments of the Church celebrated in the life of the faithful, and we have explored the Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist: as well as the Sacraments of Healing: Reconciliation and Penance. Now we […]
May 2015 Feature Mike Wooller sm The Society of Mary New Zealand (SMNZ) has four Communities in the Hawkes Bay. The Wairoa Community of three men serves a wide rural area, and has a special outreach to Māori, to youth at risk, as well as regular parish ministry. The St Mary’s Community serves the new […]
April 2015 News Annette Scullion The devastation of Tropical Cyclone Pam in early March is one of Vanuatu’s worst-ever natural disasters, resulting in the loss of 16 lives and leaving thousands without clean water, adequate food or shelter. More than 65,000 people lost their homes, especially on Tanna and Erromango Islands where the cyclone passed […]
April 2015 Opinion Cardinal John Dew On Friday 6 March 2015 Sacred Heart Cathedral was filled with people excited to welcome home Cardinal John from Rome. The Liturgical reception was an opportunity for people to celebrate Cardinal John’s new responsibility, to acknowledge his decades of ministry and leadership, and to pray the Prayer of the […]
April 2015 Reflection Rejoice, O Mother Church! Exult in glory! The Risen Saviour shines upon you!Let this place resound with joy, echoing the mighty song of all God’s people! The hope that marks us as Christians is magnificently portrayed through our Holy Week Liturgies. Rightly, they are solemn. This does not mean glum. Rather this […]
April 2015 Anzac Centenary Don McIver Just over one hundred years ago, young New Zealanders left for the other side of the world expecting to be ‘home for Christmas’. But the reality of the war they went to, and of other conflicts in which our small nation has since been involved, cannot be set aside […]
April 2015 Feature Shane Olsen The Wellington Archdiocese Justice Peace and Development Commission is a group of Catholics entrusted by Cardinal John Dew to promote Catholic social teaching on matters of justice and peace. The Commission organises events and community meetings in the Wellington Archdiocese, makes submissions to Parliament and local government bodies, and engages […]