A local parish journey of synodality
How is the teaching of Pope Francis on synodality impacting at ground level? So often we hear of what is happening in the Vatican or elsewhere but what is happening in New Zealand?
Author: Rose Miller
Jubilee and birthday celebrations
In January this year RNDM sisters enjoyed three noteworthy celebrations in Hawke’s Bay: Sr Carmel Cassin, her 70th jubilee and her 90th birthday; and Sr Mary Rose Holderness, her 60th jubilee.
New lay formation programme aligned to synodality
The Archdiocese of Wellington’s Church Mission team is the pastoral support team that seeks to enable intentional missionary discipleship in its parishes through delivering workshops, courses, resources and retreats to support the formation of lay people and ordained.
Vincentians festival meeting and commissioning
St Vincent de Paul Kapi-Mana region members celebrated with a festival meeting and commissioning ceremony at Our Lady of Kāpiti Church, Paraparaumu on 23 February.
Working together side by side
Catholic Women’s League Conference, hosted in Naenae by the Lower Hutt Branch, was attended by 32 women over the weekend of 15–16 March.
Chrism Mass
The Chrism Mass in Wellington was held on Wednesday 27 March at St Teresa’s Pro Cathedral, Karori. Chrism Masses are celebrated throughout the world during Holy Week each year to bless the sacred oils used to administer sacraments for the coming year.
Social and environmental costs to be paid for ‘efficiency’
The coalition government has been passing multiple laws under parliamentary urgency since coming into power late last year. But a lack of public scrutiny and input to processes raises concerns among advocates for society’s vulnerable.
Laudato si’ Week: 19–26 May 2024
For this year’s Laudato si’ Week and Pentecost, we are invited to gather in community to contemplate and nurture seeds of hope for our ‘suffering planet’ (Laudate Deum 2).
Seeing the whole human being
Death happens to us all. It’s a healthy part of being on the planet, says Tony Paine, Chief Executive of Mary Potter Hospice.
Respecting Te Tiriti o Waitangi | Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi is the founding document of New Zealand, named after the place in the Bay of Islands where it was first signed on 6 February 1840. It is an agreement entered into by representatives of the Crown and of Māori iwi (tribes) and hapū (sub-tribes). The Treaty was not drafted as a constitution or a statute.