February 2016 News Sharron Cole, QSO, MA, DipEd, DipCBEd, CEO of the Midwifery Council and Chair of the Boards of Parents Centres New Zealand and Rethinking Crime and Punishment, was one of New Zealand’s four representatives at the Synod on the Family in Rome last October. Attending as a Lay Auditor, she was invited to […]
February 2016 Reflection Fr James Lyons Joy and gladness fly high on the banner of Christianity but they come at an enormous cost: the passion and death of Jesus of Nazareth. God so loved the world that he sent his only Son, the Gospel of John tells us, and the obedience of this Son gave […]
February 2016 Reflection Arama Jason Pou is a former pupil of St Bernard’s College, Lower Hutt who is now a second-year student at the University of Waikato studying for a Bachelor of Arts in te reo Māori and tikanga Māori. He offers this personal reflection for Lent. Tēnā koutou katoa, anei tētahi pātai hei whakaaroaro […]
December 2015 12‒16 December (ADW); 13‒17 December (PNth) Young Catholic Leader programme: Year 12 Students from Wellington and Palmerston North will gather in their Dioceses for a programme of leadership development and faith formation to equip them with skills for their final year of High School. Also an opportunity to form strong friendships with others […]
December 2015 News Our Lady of the Rosary Filipino community of Upper Hutt celebrated their annual fiesta on Sunday, 11 October 2015, at St Joseph’s Church. The fiesta was preceded by a nine-day Novena to Our Lady of the Rosary, the community Patroness. Fr Danny Cipriano, Filipino Community Chaplain, and Fr Ron Bennett, Parish Priest, […]
December 2015 News Paul Elenio Wellington’s Italian community were the beneficiaries when Cardinal John Dew celebrated Mass in their language ahead of his visit to Rome in November. The community turned out in force at St Francis de Sales Church in Island Bay on Sunday 13 September, for Cardinal John’s first Mass in Italian since […]
December 2015 Reflection Part three in a series for Fr James Lyon’s writings about grief. Grief is not a fleeting emotion or one that can be easily dismissed, but clings like glad-wrap and, just like that product, keeps fresh the pain inside. Only when grief is opened up and aired does it become assimilated into […]
December 2015 Feature Annette Scullion The National Council of Women of New Zealand is encouraging people to stamp out sexism and gender inequality in the release of its white paper 12 November 2015. The paper – Enabling women’s potential – the economic, social and ethical imperative – aims to build understanding of gender inequality and […]
December 2015 Reflection Fr Tom Rouse, Columban Mission, Lower Hutt ‘Lines of approach and action’ is an intriguing title for chapter five of Laudato Si’ because the key word throughout this chapter is ‘dialogue’. So what is Pope Francis saying? That when it comes to issues of the environmental crisis and climate change we do […]
December 2015 News Jacob Bang, Challenge 2000 A group of young people from Challenge 2000 organised a peace liturgy at the Cathedral of Sacred Heart, Thorndon, to remember the victims of violence and tragedy in Paris and throughout the world. Almost 200 attended the vigil held Wednesday 18 November. Candles adorned the foot of the […]