Author: Rose Miller

I have always loved the story that is told about Mother Teresa – that she would pray an hour’s adoration every morning unless she was really busy, in which case she would pray for two hours…. We might call this divine logic, a logic that exists in the world but has a supernatural origin.

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand welcomes donations to its special fund for the Holy Land, which goes towards emergency relief and development. Donation details can be found on the Caritas website caritas.org.nz.

Nothing will ever be the same in the Holy Land after the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s apocalyptic response, Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, told a Catholic audience in Wellington on 22 November.

The New Zealand-born vice chancellor of Bethlehem University, Br Peter Bray fsc, says a climate of fear has enveloped the West Bank as violence there threatens to explode in addition to the war on Gaza.

aith is that genuine renewal in the Church is always a supernatural phenomenon. Therefore, when we speak of the renewal of parish life it can only proceed with an increased docility to the Holy Spirit. As I begin my time as the Bishop of Palmerston North, I know this applies to me also. Unless I accept the truth of John 15:5 ‘…for without me you can do nothing…’ my own strength will surely be insufficient.