Hato Paora principal faces sex charges
The principal of Hato Paora College, Feilding, has appeared in the Palmerston North District Court on Wednesday 7 November on charges relating to allegations of a sexual nature.
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Whanganui reunion for class of ’54
Some 40 classmates of Sacred Heart College, Whanganui, met at the racecourse for lunch on a sunny, show day, 10 November 2007.
Lighting up lives for All Hallows
Parishes 5 December 2007 Concern about children trick or treating in strange neighbourhoods on Halloween has led to an alternative, a light party, held for the first time in Richmond’s Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish. Organised by the St Paul’s Vinnies, the event catered for the children of the local Catholic School and parish […]
Joy’s vision permeates pub conversations
Truth can only be known by the heart, and the way to the heart is the path of devotion. ‘People who give themselves away in love come close to that boundary between the one percent and the 99 percent. They tap into the greater reality.’ The simplest way to talk about this greater reality is to call it God.
Clergy appointments 2008
Archbishop John Dew announces moves of clergy
Call for peace marks Parihaka Day
A movement to make 5 November a commemoration of Parihaka instead of Guy Fawkes gathered momentum on the Kapiti Coast last month with around 150 people talking peace at Whakarongotai Marae.
Belonging is key for Generation Xers
They were loathe to commit to specific beliefs but a theme that did recur was a commitment to gospel values and that they wanted their local church to be a community that modelled the living out of those values.
Archbishop’s column
Advent is a wonderful time, a time of many graces, of rich scripture passages to pray with and powerful images on which to reflect.
Hail Mary, blessed among Israel’s great women
Matthew’s gospel is followed in the new liturgical year. The opening genealogy places Jesus as Son of Abraham and of David. But we also hear of Mary, his mother, placed among some of the great women of Israel. It is on their stories that I would like to focus as Mary is blessed among these courageous figures.
An imagined journey to spirituality and Christ’s peace
When we try to live in stories that we impose closure on, we destroy part of ourselves and others – ‘We eliminate or distort relationships.’