Author: wmc

The goodwill and skills of two Marlborough tradesmen have restored a statue destroyed at St Joseph’s School in Kaikoura by ‘mindless vandals’ in January.

It seems that we naturally seek to be affirmed in what we already believe instead of really trusting God to be where we don’t expect him.

Fr Rob then told them, ‘We will dictate how much water, electricity and medical supplies you can have and who can visit or go out. A few of you will find work. You might find it crowded’sorry.

Former spiritual directors at Frederic Wallis House will be back in the Hutt to launch the restored former retreat house’s labyrinth pathway into a new era when it is officially reopened on its new Hutt Hospital site on Sunday March 1.

The first Newtown People’s Market and Boot Sale was such a success last year that organisers have decided to run it each month on the last Saturday, 11am to 3pm at St Anne’s Church Hall, Emmett Street, Newtown.

‘The gains for Māori in the last 30 years have been significant. However, it is worth remembering that every gain has been achieved only through struggle and with courage.

None of this will change until it is accepted that happiness comes not from having more and more, but from being more. This brings us back to old-fashioned things like self-sacrifice instead of self-gratification at every opportunity.