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Brendan Chong of Upper Hutt is the only winner in the recent ‘vocations’ writing competition organised by the Knights of the Southern Cross (Porirua Branch).

An educator in the Treaty of Waitangi is optimistic about the state of Māori in this country, saying that Māori are much more visible than they were 20 years ago.

Denise Fox rsm, has been elected as the new president of Mercy International Association. This association is an organisation of the leaders of Mercy congregations, institutes and federations throughout the world, founded to serve the Sisters of Mercy, th

A new coalition of organisations working to have children placed at the centre of public policy development has been launched. The “Every Child Counts” campaign is drawing together research and statistics on children’s welfare in New Zealand.

The government’s Budget, delivered last month, shows no mercy for the families with children suffering from poverty-related illnesses such as meningococcal disease.

The Wellington Archdiocese has appointed Cecily McNeill as the editor of its monthly newspaper, Wel-com.
Cecily graduated from Australian Catholic University last year with a Master of Arts degree, in theology which she had studied over the previous

On the eve of 14 May a candlelit vigil in Wellington’s Civic Square picketed celebrations marking the establishment of the modern state of Israel.
This is the day Israel declared its independence in 1948. Palestinians mark this day as Al Nakba – th

Caritas has joined other development agencies work for an end to poverty in the New Zealand response to the global campaign Make Poverty History.
The coalition campaign includes encouraging people to wear white armbands as a protest against poverty.

Archbishop John Dew made a plea last month to Catholic schools, parishes and families to work together. This is the way the early Christian community, represented in the Acts of the Apostles lived, doing everything in common.
He told a conference of

St Teresa’s Church, Karori, was packed on the 14 May for the Funeral Mass for former All Black Robert Charles (Bob) Stuart. Family, friends, parishioners were there and many people representing the variety of pursuits with which Bob had been associated du