March 2015 Feature ‘If we pray, if we hope, if we expect, if we work and if we shepherd for growth it will come. And by growth I mean a deepening of our faith and also, today, I want to say let’s grow in numbers too.’ Arena Mass, Palmerston North, 2013 Following a planning session […]
March 2015 News Simone Olsen Pope Francis’ voice resounds in the media and in our homes. His extraordinary effect invites us all to consider: what is the impact of our ‘voice’, our witness, in the environment in which we live and work? We can make that kind of reflection as individuals or collectively as a […]
March 2015 Opinion ‘Light a Fire in the Heart of the World’ ‘Whakakāngia te Kāpura ki roto i te Ngākau o te Ao Tāngata’ Pope Francis Fire purifies, warms and guides. The invitation Pope Francis presents to us as we enter the season of Lent is a reminder of the goodness we are capable of […]
March 2015 News Simone Olsen Bishop Stephen Lowe was consecrated and formally installed as third Roman Catholic Bishop of Hamilton in a joyful celebration Mass on 13 February 2015 at the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary. People from Hamilton Diocese and Bishop Stephen’s home Diocese of Christchurch attended. Emeritus Bishop of Hamilton Denis Browne […]
March 2015 Reflection Fr Patrick Bridgman Having looked at the three Sacraments of Initiation – Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist – by which we enter the life of Christ and his body the Church, we now turn our gaze to the Sacraments that enable us to receive the Lord’s healing touch – Reconciliation (also known as […]
March 2015 Feature Maria Noonan With Wel-Com’s focus in the March 2015 issue on young Catholic leadership, it is timely to share plans of a programme that raises awareness of abuse, and identifies ways we, in the Church, can actively work together to create a safe environment in our communities. Young leaders in New Zealand […]
March 2015 Feature Pope Francis speaks of human trafficking in his apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium. In 2014, he set up the Santa Marta Group to bring together local and international strategies to improve victim care and support, and to promote better relationships between law enforcement and the NGO sector, with the aim of playing a […]
March 2015 Feature Annette Scullion Hato Pāora College, near Feilding and surrounded by farmlands, won a National School of Character Award last year recognising its efforts for encouraging positive results for student behaviour, citizenship, culture and academic achievement. Among its many other accomplishments, the College has taken out top spots in secondary school speech contests, […]
March 2015 Feature Cardinal John Dew When I think of young people in the Church I very often go back to the document that came out of the Synod for Oceania in 1998 – an important event for our part of the world with the theme ‘Jesus Christ and the People of Oceania: Walking His […]
March 2015 Feature Year of Consecrated Life: Society of Mary Fr Mark Walls SM In the light of Fr Jean Claude Colin’s founding insight that the charism of our order – the Society of Mary – is not just the preserve of professed religious but is giftedfor the whole world. Our focus in ministry to […]