Irish Columban Fr Sean McDonagh’s call for a Synod for Creation in light of the need to almost halve carbon emissions worldwide in the next decade set the tone for a recent school principals’ conference in Hobart, Tasmania. This was an inspirational Conference of Catholic Secondary Principals of Australia (CASPA) where cosmology and ecology were explored in depth.
An Earth Day meeting of environmentalists, gathered to hear Scots missionary to Brazil Padre Tiago (James) Thorlby, has called for a halt to biofuels imports from third world countries.
More than a thousand people gathered at Te Aute College to celebrate Easter. This was based around what Māori call the Hui Aranga, the ‘Gathering of the Resurrection’.
Last month the Diocese of Palmerston North Māori Apostolate Coordinating Board and Forum acknowledged Mr Tamaterangi (Tom) Paku as the outgoing chairman.
We read them at most Sunday Masses ‘ Ezekiel, Amos, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Hosea, Micah ‘ their names as familiar in the Catholic calendar as Mary, Paul, Peter and James. They are standout leaders on our Christian pilgrimage of faith. Prophets all. As was Jesus.
The liturgy enables us to contemplate the mystery of God ‘ the mystery of a God crucified, of a love that is more powerful than the forces of sin and evil in the world, of a risen life that we are called to share, day by day, day after day.
The silence of the New Testament (NT) about who did preside by breaking the bread or saying the words means there is simply no compelling evidence for the classic thesis that the members of the Twelve always presided when they were present
‘Of course I was sent to Lower Hutt and when I arrived at the presbytery in a taxi, there was nobody there and the phone was ringing. ‘It’s the hospital here, is that one of the priests? Come quickly we’ve had a very big accident.’