July 2014 Schools Jacinta Cousins On the Friday before Pentecost Sunday all the staff and students at Our Lady Of Lourdes School in Palmerston North celebrated Pentecost by holding a surprise birthday party. Jane Dravitzki, Director of Religious Studies, and several of our senior students decorated the hall prior to the arrival of the students. […]
July 2014 Palmerston North The traditional International Mass at Holy Family Parish Gonville was held on Pentecost Sunday, the Celebrant being Pa Steve Hancy. Mass commenced with a presentation of national flags, this year from 13 different countries. Parts of the Mass were celebrated in Maori, French, Filipino, Indian, Dutch, Samoan, Sri Lankan, English and […]
July 2014 Palmerston North Gwen Mardle The choir of Sacred Heart Church, Hastings, can trace its history to the early 1880s when the first Catholic church was established in the town. Two women who have had a long association with the choir are Del Hamilton (nee Little) and Maureen Brady (nee Plowman). Through the encouragement […]
July 2014 Palmerston North Pat Rhodes Father Des Levins, parish priest of Holy Family Parish, Gonville, celebrated his 80th birthday recently. Celebrations commenced on Friday night at the Parish Centre with a social evening. A large crowd gathered to reminisce and were entertained by items from Jonathan Greenwell on the trombone, the Samoan Community and […]
July 2014 Palmerston North Adrienne Bolton At the invitation of parish priest Fr Simon Story, Sacred Heart Church, Hastings hosted Principal Georgina Kingi and the boarders of St Joseph’s Maori Girls’ College, Greenmeadows, at their 9.30am Mass on Sunday 8 June. Fr Don Hamilton, the college Chaplain, said the Mass in Te Reo Maori. The […]
July 2014 Opinion Fr Kevin Neal It was a simple enough request – find a slide projector for my friends. Up to the ‘60s nearly every house in this country had one. They ranged from a very simple machine with a low wattage bulb, no fan and maybe one or two slides at a time […]
July 2014 News Sue Seconi Plans are well underway for the first project of the Associates of Suzanne Aubert – Te Hunga Whai i nga Akoranga a Suzanne – since being established in January 2012. Nationally and locally known quilter, Merrilyn George from Ohakune will exhibit over 20 quilts inspired by and honouring Suzanne Aubert. […]
July 2014 Feature Kevin P Clements Western democracies are facing a cruel dilemma. Instead of feeling secure in our affluence and generous in our disposition we feel insecure, fearful and selfish. Politicians play on our insecurity and fear and we become passive rather than active citizens, infants instead of adults and supporters of the status […]
July 2014 Palmerston North Brian Walsh St Brigid’s Church Pahiatua has recently been renovated, upgraded, and earthquake strengthened to the new building code. Stage one involved the replacement of the flat roof with a pitched roof and considerable interior refurbishment. Stage two will involve the extension of the gathering area, kitchen, parish office and toilets. […]
July 2014 News Suzanne O’Rourke The remembrance service held at St Peter & Paul’s Catholic Church, Lower Hutt on Saturday 21 June served as a poignant reminder of the joy of lives remembered as well as the grief at their loss. The idea to hold a remembrance service on the shortest day of the year […]