Anglicans and Catholics share the Side-by-Side mentoring programme Sue Devereux3 May 2011 The Anglican and Catholic dioceses of Wellington have formalised an arrangement to keep working together to support families with young children. On Tuesday April 12, Archbishop John Dew and Bishop Thomas Brown from the Anglican Diocese of Wellington signed a Memorandum of Understanding […]
Locals mark 40 years of world movement for those with disabilities Kieran Fenn fms2 May 2011 Around 80 members of Australian and New Zealand Faith and Light groups gathered at El Rancho in Waikanae on April 1 in pilgrimage to celebrate a movement that came into being 40 years ago. Jean Vanier and Marie Helene […]
Cecily McNeill2 May 2011 Mystic, theologian and Episcopalian priest Cynthia Bourgeault spent Sunday afternoon April 10 in ‘intimate’ conversation with 30 followers at Pa Maria discussing Jesus as the master of non-dual or unitive thinking. We can get into this way of thinking through centring prayer or the practice of meditation that enables us to […]
Cecily McNeill2 May 2011 The power of touch to kindle a sense of the spiritual was palpable in the film Wit which a group of people gathered to watch at Pa Maria in Hobson St one Saturday morning last month. The exercise was to deepen our understanding of ourselves as spiritual beings coming to know […]
Tricia Kane2 May 2011 To seek God in all things is the goal of St Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, shares with Christian life communities which meet regularly in Wellington. The World CLC originated in an earlier form in 1563 and was confirmed by the Vatican in 1990. We are guided […]
Suzanne O’Rourke6 April 2011 Liturgy committee members from parishes throughout the archdiocese gathered in the middle of March 2011 for the first of three Pastoral Area Liturgy Support (PALS) retreat weekends. This is the second time this course has been run and according to programme director Fr John Greally, the current intake includes a wealth […]
Social Justice hui Mary-Ann Greaney5 April 2011 The big danger of any gathering is that it will be a great experience for those who come and, when it is over, will quickly fade into oblivion. The ‘Working for the common good: Being salt and light’ hui is different because it was initiated by the priests […]
Sr Marcellin Wilson5 April 2011 A role play on homelessness in Wellington helped participants at a Social Justice Hui workshop at the end of February understand some of the issues that commonly prevent people from finding accommodation. Sr Marcellin and Wellington South lay pastoral leader Karen Holland who have been researching homelessness in Wellington women […]
Government review group presents its report Lisa Beech5 April 2011 The Welfare Working Group’s recommendations anticipate leaving a quarter of a million people in poverty, says Welfare Justice – Alternative Welfare Working Group chair Mike O’Brien. The government Welfare Working Group presented its recommendations on February 22 after some six months of deliberations. ‘There is […]
Stormbirds programme helps people in Australia and NZ deal with grief Esther Saldanha3 May 2011 Earthquakes! Tsunamis! Cyclones! Floods! Nuclear disasters! These seem to be a regular feature in the news these days. People in Christchurch, Japan and around the world are struggling to cope with the trauma that disasters like the Christchurch and Japanese […]