Category: Features
May Month of Mary – Ko Haratua te Marama o Maria
WelCom May 2022 Hauropi Mariana A Marian Integral Ecology Fr Peter Healy sm describes the development of a Marist ecological spirituality as linking Mariology, sustainable gardening practices and care of our common home in a search for integrity. He mihi tēnei ki a koe Hine nui o te Ao Katoa.Ko koe Maria Takakau, ko Te […]
Come, dream with me a dream that is coming true
WelCom May 2022 The big picture, and the bigger picture Emeritus Bishop Peter Cullinane of the Diocese of Palmerston North invites young people to consider the future with wonder and unending awe, being true to our authentic human nature and loving others the way God loves us. Dear young people – it is especially you […]
The hills are alive with witness
WelCom May 2022 This year, the dates of the Ascension of Jesus and the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth are within two days of each other: Sunday 29 May and Tuesday 31 May. Their closeness invites reflection on their similarities, especially their connection with mountains! James B Lyons The mountain is honoured in religious folklore […]
Gospel Reading: Sunday 1 May 2022
WelCom May 2022 Third Sunday of Easter – John 21: 1-19 1 Later on, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples. It was by the Sea of Tiberias, and it happened like this: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two more of his disciples […]
The Risen Christ
WelCom April 2022 ‘Peace be with you’, was the first thing the Risen Jesus said to his disciples after the Resurrection. Easter Sunday 2022 is on 17 April. Photo: Stained-glass window, Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Palmerston North/David Lupton
Cardinal gives guidelines for Easter liturgies
WelCom April 2022 Cardinal John Dew has written to parishes providing guidelines for the celebration of Easter liturgies in the current Covid-19 environment. The Cardinal welcomed the relaxation of the Red setting regulations which he says are a ‘blessing which comes in time for Easter’. The changes ‘give us the opportunity for people to come […]
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, 10 April 2022
WelCom April 2022 Palm Sunday is the final Sunday of Lent, the beginning of Holy Week, and commemorates the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified. In the Gospels, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a young donkey, and to the lavish praise of the townspeople who threw clothes, palms or small branches, […]
A Good Friday reflection
WelCom April 2022 Fr Brian Fennessy, Parish priest, Selwyn Parish, Lincoln During the reading of St John’s Passion on Good Friday we hear Pontius Pilate’s comment to Jesus: ‘What is truth?’ This is also a serious contemporary question. The emergence of the milieu of ‘misinformation’ and the current rhetoric of President Putin of Russia brings […]
A grave injustice
WelCom April 2022 The season of Lent is about change and a conversion of the heart. As a Lenten reflection and in preparedness for Easter, Fr Alan Roberts issues a challenge to the Church to improve our fluency and knowledge of te reo and tikanga Māori. “In celebrating Easter we are celebrating both the death […]