Author: wmc

On December 13, 2008, Vince Onesi was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Palmerston North. We reprint here Bishop Peter Cullinane’s homily.

The pain of people who have lost life’s savings is intense and real. For many, the very reason for their living and their trust in the bounty of life has been undermined.

As the Israeli government announces an escalation of its military operations in Gaza, a new ecumenical group, Christians for Justice in Palestine, has today held a ‘die-in’ in Wellington’s Civic Square near the Rabin memorial.

I was recruited to be a workforce coordinator, a fancy title for someone optimistic enough to think it is possible to organise 8000 volunteers into some kind of workable schedule.

Ignatius, however, soon realised that such a disengagement from the obligations of work and home would not be possible for some people.

He says, ‘I meant to get more rat bait last trip to town.’ ‘Did you know their sleeping bags are still damp?’