August 2016 Reflections Br Kieran Fenn fms presents the final of his three-part series on ‘Mary in Culture’ as a contemporary form of Scriptural analysis. Introduction To find out what any text in Scripture means it is obvious the social system behind the text is of prime importance. The world of the first century Eastern […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Te Tau Tapu o te Atawhai – He Whāngai i te Hunga Hiakai ‘…For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat…’ Matthew 25:35 ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ Matthew 25:40 […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Diocesan News | Ngā Pitopito Kōrero a Rohe Pīhopa Henare Walmsley, Te Kahu o te Rangi Māori Pastoral Care Team of the Archdiocese of Wellington, introduces Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Language Week for WelCom. E te tī, e te tā kua tae nei I raro I te maru o […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Youth, Schools, Education | Hunga Taiohi, Ngā Kura, Mātauranga St Mary’s College Young Achievers On Friday 17 June five All Blacks visited St Mary’s College, Wellington, to run a skills session for our rugby players. St Mary’s was a winner of the OneMoreTeam Competition where three schools throughout the country were […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Diocesan News | Ngā Pitopito Kōrero a Rohe Pīhopa Fr Craig Butler, Parish Priest, The Catholic Parish of New Plymouth We are all called to conversion and it can come at any moment of our lives – especially if we are open to it. Recently, our New Plymouth Mayor Andrew Judd had […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Diocesan News | Ngā Pitopito Kōrero a Rohe Pīhopa Among the many hundreds who joined the Parihaka peace hikoi led by New Plymouth Mayor Andrew Judd, in June, were a group of students from Sacred Heart Girls College New Plymouth. Year 12 student, Jane Gray, reports. The peace walk was a […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Cardinal John Dew Kia ora tātou The kaupapa (theme) for Māori Language Week ‒ te wiki o Te Reo Māori, 4‒10 July this year, is ākina to reo ‒ behind you all the way, which is about using Te Reo Māori to support people, to inspire and to cheer them on, […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Features and News | Ngā Kōrero Tāhuhu Sir Graham Latimer was born in the far north on 7 February 1926 and died aged 90 on 7 June 2016. The longest serving chair of the New Zealand Māori Council, a founder of the Māori Language Commission and driver of Te Reo as […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Features and News | Ngā Kōrero Tāhuhu On Anzac Day this year, the Rt Hon Jim Bolger ONZ, Prime Minister of New Zealand from October 1990 to December 1997 and former Ambassador to the United States, delivered a remembrance address at the Waikanae Memorial Hall, entitled ‘The Lessons of History. He […]
July 2016 | Hōngongoi Diocesan News and Views | He Pitopito Kōrero me ngā Tirohanga a Rohe Pīhopa On Sea Sunday, 10 July 2016, churches all over the world come together to remember seafarers and pray for them, their families and those who support them. The message for Sea Sunday 2016 from the Pontifical Council […]