November 2014 Schools Peter Ahern In an effort to raise achievement levels and participation amongst our Māori and Pasifika students, St Joseph’s School has just completed its second year of running its Māori and Pasifika mentoring programme. The programme focuses on preparing the student candidates for survival in New Zealand bush. This year’s group, consisting […]
November 2014 Leadership Matthew Jansen You could spend a lot of money learning about leadership at a top business school. Or you could simply observe Pope Francis. Last year Professor Emeritus James L Heskett of Harvard Business School, wrote a blog post about ‘servant leadership’ (hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7207.html), ‘an age-old concept, a term loosely used to suggest […]
November 2014 News Lorraine Wilson At Sunday Mass in St Martin de Porres Church in Lower Hutt, 28 September 2014, Mike Fairfield received the Benemerenti Papal Award for service to the Catholic Church. Mike and his wife Marie were recognised for 42 years enormous effort and support they have given to the Catholic Church. Mike […]
November 2014 Feature Fr Patrick Bridgman The Sacrament of Confirmation – but how can an eight-year old understand what they are doing? This question is common when people hear some dioceses have transferred the age for the reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation from the teens to a time before Holy Communion. Surely children are […]
October 2014 Insight Archbishop John Dew ‘At the heart of the Catholic Character of a school are the Catholic hearts of those who work in the school – the principal, teachers, chaplains and other staff. They are witnesses to the students of a mature faith, and an integration of faith with life.’(NZ Catholic Bishops) Since […]
October 2014 Wellington Olivia Webb Wellington’s St Mary of the Angels Church has been closed to the public for over a year following the Seddon earthquakes in July 2013. While the church suffered no structural damage, it was identified as earthquake-prone and ‘yellow-stickered’ by Wellington City Council in April 2012. The parish supported the decision […]
October 2014 Education Jenny Gordon When people think of Catholic education, nine times out of ten, their first thought is of Catholic school education. This is certainly true and we can be justifiably proud of our Catholic schools. Our schools embody both an authentic Catholic faith encounter for all, within the provision of holistic education […]
October 2014 Profile Annette Scullion Robin Hammond, 39, is a photo-journalist originally from Wellington and now based in Paris. Robin has dedicated his career to documenting human-rights issues around the world, especially in Africa. His work gets published in international newspapers and magazines including National Geographic, Time Magazine, The Sunday Times Magazine, The New York […]
October 2014 News Bioethics and prayer National Day of Prayer to Respect Life, 12 October 2014 John Kleinsman The idea that we should ‘respect life’ is something that most people can commit to. In this sense it is like the injunction to love; we all want to do the most loving thing but we do […]
October 2014 Feature E ofo atu manū i le ‘au faitau ae maise le pa’ia o Samoa tulou! O outou sa ma faigata o le ‘a le o’o i ai sa matou fa’amatalaga, o Samoa ua uma ona tofi. Ae nu’unu’u atu pa’ia o le Atua i le Aufaigaluega pa’ia o lo’o talafa’auto ma fa’afale […]