July 2015 News In his much anticipated encyclical letter directed at ‘every person living on this planet’, Pope Francis states that serious attention to environmental destruction is the collective responsibility of us all. He calls for our urgent need to heed the warnings of climate-change experts and sound scientific consensus about environmental destruction and asks […]
July 2015 Feature Annette Scullion More than 800 teachers and other professionals involved in New Zealand Catholic education came together from all over the country for their triennial convention, called Horizons of Hope, held in Wellington, 10–12 June. Cardinal John Dew and all New Zealand’s bishops, along with teachers, principals, staff, Boards of Trustees, priests, […]
July 2015 Opinion Cardinal John Dew Pope Francis has invited the church to enter into a Year of Mercy, beginning 8 December this year, marking the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council under Pope Paul VI on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in 1965. Pope Saint John XXIII had formally opened that council on […]
July 2015 News Former St Patrick’s College student and New Zealand All Blacks player Jerry Collins and his wife Alana passed away on June 5, after a car accident in France. Peter Wadsworth, St Patrick’s college counsellor, rugby manager and mentor to Jerry Collins, gave a tribute at the school assembly on Wednesday 10 June, […]
July 2015 Te Reo Maori Ko te reo te taikura o te whakaao marama.Language is the key to understanding. Nikki Phillips Māori Language Week takes place from 27 July – 2 August 2015. Te Reo Māori has been an official language of New Zealand since 1987. However, many of this country’s essential publications are still […]
July 2015 Education Annette Scullion Facing invasion in 1881, Parihaka leaders Tohu Kākahi and Te Whiti o Rongomai drew on the Gospel and their faith to ‘fight’ violence with peace. Their vision and courage preceded 20th century non-violent movements such as those led by Mahatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King. The story of Parihaka in […]
July 2015 Education We present team pictures for more winners in May’s O’Shea Shield public speaking and drama competition for colleges in Welington Archdiocese and the Diocese of Palmerston North. Our full report appeared last month.
July 2015 Reflection At his weekly general audience teachings, 6 August last year, and in subsequent teachings, Pope Francis said Christians should memorise not only the Ten Commandments but also the Beatitudes from Matthew 5:3-12, which Jesus taught at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, as the path to true happiness and fulfilment. […]
July 2015 Feature The Joy of the Gospel When Pope Francis released his apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium – The Joy of the Gospel, November 2013, he presented his vision for missionary outreach and renewal from every aspect of the Church. We are reminded daily of his Joy of the Gospel writings. He calls us all […]
July 2015 Youth Crispin Anderlini The winners of Caritas’ annual school song writing competition, SINGout4JUSTICE, have been decided by a panel of judges headed by Laura Collins, the Wellington singer-songwriter who performed at the Vatican earlier this year. The competition is divided into a junior, Yrs 7‒10, and senior section, Yrs 11‒13. ‘Horizons of Hope’ […]