August 2014 Feature Bill Kilgallon In a homily during a Mass to six people, on 7 July 2014, Pope Francis said, ‘Before God and his people I express my sorrow for the sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse committed against you. And I humbly ask for your forgiveness’. Two of those people came […]
August 2014 News Simone Olsen Monsignor Peter Jeffrey has been farewelled as Rector at Auckland’s Holy Cross Seminary. His term was due to finish at the end of the year. ‘I’m sad to be leaving but owing to health reasons I feel it’s best for the Seminary and for me that I return to Australia […]
August 2014 Reflection Bridget Taumoepeau It is so easy to forget to be grateful. Yet gratefulness is an expression of generosity of spirit, which is so life-giving – both to the giver and to the receiver. I’ve always wanted to add another beatitude – ‘Blessed are you who are generous of spirit, for you will […]
August 2014 Feature Kim Workman QSO Prisons are but one measure of punitiveness; but the frequency with which we place people in them, and the way we treat prisoners, tells us a great deal about a nation’s attitude to power, authority, legitimacy, normalcy, morality, personhood, and social relations. As Nelson Mandela put it: ‘No one […]
August 2014 Feature Liz Heatley When Sr Annette Young RNDM retired in early July after 30 years on the staff at Sacred Heart School, Petone, it was the end of an era. Sr Annette, a former pupil at the school, first taught the new entrants’ class. After earlier retiring from full-time teaching she remained on […]
August 2014 News Peter Woods ‘As for me and my household we will serve the Lord’ Joshua 24:15 The Pontifical Mission Society’s work is critical to the success of the Church, yet it often goes unheralded. National Director of the Mission Society in New Zealand, Fr Bernard Espiritu svd, has much wisdom gained from […]
August 2014 News A celebration of bringing the gospel to Kapiti is taking place on Saturday 30 August 2014. Join a family event celebrating the proclamation of the Gospel on the Kapiti Coast, visiting historic church sites from Paraparaumu to Otaki. The programme for the day, with approximate times, runs as follows. 9.30am: Kena Kena […]
August 2014 News Joanne Gomez Parish groups, agencies and Church organisations that provide a helping hand by supporting families and social services can apply for the annual Tindall Funding through the Archdiocesan Allocation Committee. Tindall Funding is enabled through the Tindall Foundation, a private family foundation that gives to organisations and communities throughout Aotearoa New […]
August 2014 News Barbara Henley rndm Twenty three excited young people gathered in St Patrick’s Church on the Kapiti Coast recently to receive the sacrament of Confirmation. They were supported by sponsors, parents, teachers and the parish community who delighted in seeing the joy and confidence of these boys and girls as they were called […]
August 2014 Palmerston North Daniel O’Sullivan & Abby Dillon Many of our Catholic schools are made up of houses of some form with students placed into a house – much like in the Harry Potter books and films but without the talking hat. The pride and competitiveness that grows among students in these houses […]