Last year, Years 5 and 6 students of Room 5 at St Joseph’s School in Taihape began learning all about worms from a visiting expert. In his final lesson the expert brought Tiger worms and containers for the students to create their own portable worm farms to take home.
Student leaders from Palmerston North diocese’s Catholic colleges gathered at Highland Home Christian Camp in Pohangina Valley, near Ashhurst, late last year, for a week of servant leadership formation.
Three students have been awarded the Suzanne Aubert Tertiary Scholarship to help them complete their studies in 2023.
When Jacinda Ardern recently resigned as New Zealand’s Prime Minister we saw and heard in the media that she has received death threats, she has been subject to many misogynistic comments, she has been called some dreadful names, and referred to with adjectives that should not be applied to any human being.
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Matthew 5:13-16 13 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, what can make it salty again? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. 14 You are the light […]
During the month of February 2023 Pope Francis’ intention is:for parishes. We pray that parishes, placing communion at the centre,may increasingly become communities of faith, fraternity andwelcome towards those most in need.
We celebrate Waitangi Day annually in New Zealand on 6 February to commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Bishop Peter Cullinane writes that actions such as using te reo during Eucharist respects the Treaty and helps us become more inclusive in our daily lives.
Three Catholic bishops in Switzerland have issued a reminder that only ordained presbyters can preside at the Eucharist, following a laywoman’s ‘concelebration’ at a retirement Mass. The Catholic bishops of the three German-speaking dioceses in Switzerland – Basel, Chur and Sankt Gallen – have published a letter calling for compliance with liturgical rules regarding the […]
At least 12 priests and five religious sisters were murdered during 2022 while carrying out their mission. According to information collected by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Nigeria was the country with the highest number of victims, with four priests killed. Three priests were brutally murdered in Mexico by members of drug cartels […]
The Pool of Siloam, the site in Jerusalem where the Gospels say Jesus healed a man born blind, will be soon open to the public. The Israel Antiquities Authority, the Israel National Parks Authority and the City of David Foundation has announced that excavations first begun in the 19th century will be relaunched at the […]