April 2016 News Annette Scullion, Story and photos On a bright sunny afternoon, Friday 3 March, Sacred Heart College, Napier, students and staff were full of pride and excitement as they hosted guests at the blessing and official opening of their new Mission Centre building. After waiting a long time for a new spiritual centre and […]
March 2016 Obituary Simone Olsen, Communications Adviser for the New Zealand Catholic Bishops ‘It is with great sadness we heard today of the passing of Bishop Barry Jones,’ announced Cardinal John Dew, President of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, on Saturday 13 February 2016. ‘My brother Bishops and I would like to extend our […]
March 2016 Report At a Parliament reception to commemorate United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 26 January 2016, the Attorney-General and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Hon Christopher Finlayson QC gave the following speech. Shalom and welcome to Parliament. We are here because today is United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorated each year […]
March 2016 News Crispin Anderlini and Emily Benefield, Caritas Aotearoa NZ Whole villages have been destroyed, thousands of people are sheltering in evacuation centres and a state of emergency has been declared in Fiji following Cyclone Winston – a Category 5 storm reported as the strongest to ever hit the Southern Hemisphere. Cyclone Winston reached […]
February 2016 Feature Lent is a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving in preparation for Easter. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, 10 February 2016, and lasts for six weeks until Easter. Caritas works with communities both here in New Zealand and around the world to reduce poverty and injustice. To enable us to continue working […]
February 2016 Homily Charles E Drennan, Bishop of the Diocese of Palmerston North, preached this homily on the occasion of the opening of the Holy Doors for the Year of Mercy 2015 3rd Sunday of Advent, Year C – 13 December 2015. Recently I have been on holiday in India and Laos. My passport and […]
February 2016 Opinion Cardinal John Dew I was lucky enough and privileged enough to spend the first few days of this year walking often by the sea, swimming in the sea and being overawed at times by the size of the ocean and all its wonders. When Pope Francis spoke of an ‘Ocean of Mercy’ […]
February 2016 Feature The Extraordinary Jubilee Mercy Year began in the Archdiocese of Wellington on Tuesday 8 December last year and in the Palmerston North Diocese on Sunday 13 December, heralded by the opening of the doors for pilgrims to enter each Cathedral. At Sacred Heart Cathedral in Wellington special new glass Doors of Mercy […]
December 2015 Profile ‘Mo Te Katoha Nga Mahi’ ‘All that is done is done for the good of all’ Porirua was created as a planned city after World War 2. With a rich heritage and a growing multitude of cultures and the city has life of its own, where many are proud to call home. […]
The XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops held in Rome during October this year considered ‘The Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and Contemporary World’. The three-week-long Synod, brought together Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, Sisters and Brothers, together with lay couples and individuals from around the world. They came to […]