Author: wmc

For the first time ever, there were more women than men among the official ‘observers’ at the October synod of bishops in Rome.

A Middle Eastern conference in November has called on ‘brothers and sisters in the worldwide church’ to protest the injustices perpetrated on the Palestinian people by a repressive Israeli military regime in the name of reconciliation.

Schools 20 December 2008 Viard College’s barbershop quartet, Pacific Flavours, has won fourth place in the ninth Pan Pacific Barbershop Convention in Hawai’i. Some 900 enthusiasts from countries in the Pacific rim assembled in 28 quartets and 17 choruses. Former Pan Pacific gold medalist, Matthew Gifford, coached the boys who also helped the Wellington regional […]

With the help of local amateur radio enthusiasts and ham radio, the pupils conversed with space station commander Mike Fincke during a 10-minute interval when the station was over Australia.

The idea came from a social analysis workshop in St Anne’s Parish in May when participants decided to explore the impact of rising food prices on the local community.

The supply of fresh produce is as political in the Wellington region as it is internationally, organisers of a Newtown market have discovered.

An environmentally sustainable practice such as weaving in the traditional way and working with the seasons can be spiritually satisfying, Karori craftworker Enger Pelosifear has found.

A Crisis Pregnancy Service which Nelson GPs have set up as an alternative to abortion on request is now leading to many more pregnancies that progress to full term.

I don’t believe that a WYD legacy will mean thousands of young people in church on Sunday mornings. The life, mission and work of the Catholic faith community is so much more than attending Mass.