June 2014 Palmerston North The new liturgy group at the Marton Parish St Francis Xavier which includes Bulls and Hunterville did the Anzacs from the region proud with a special service on 25 April. All the symbols of Anzac Day were used and we even had the ‘Last Post’ at the end of the service. […]
June 2014 News The February 2014 issue of Wel-Com published the first part of an article about the Ngapuhi Speaks report. This article and the related editorial were the subject of a complaint to the Press Council. Because the council has not upheld the complaint, Wel-Com is under no obligation to publish the judgement. We […]
June 2014 Feature Rodney Routledge The gospels make it abundantly clear that Jesus repeatedly had harsh things to say about those who acquired great wealth, especially at the expense of the least well off. Ignorance, the wealthy turning a blind eye to the disparate plight of the poor was not an acceptable excuse for Jesus […]
June 2014 Schools Congratulations to St Joseph’s Māori Girls College Taradale for excellent results in 2013 external exams. Students exceeded the national NCEA pass rates, gaining 100 percent passes at NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3, 100 percent passes at University Entrance and exceeded the national Scholarship and Outstanding Scholarship rates. Endorsements for Excellence Level […]
June 2014 Schools Thorndon’s Sacred Heart Cathedral School has won an award from Deaf Aotearoa NZ for its support of Year 8 student Zoe Ferguson. On 17 May, as part of the New Zealand Sign Language In Action Awards Gala 2014 at Te Papa’s marae, Deaf Aotearoa NZ gave Sacred Heart the NZSL in Schools […]
May 2014 Feature David Mullin Many parishes are investigating the costs of projects to improve their buildings following the earthquake risk assessment of archdiocesan buildings over the two years to December 2013. The Project Stronger working group’s main task was the seismic assessment of archdiocesan and parish buildings identified at highest risk in an earthquake. […]
May 2014 Schools A new style of learning which puts students at the centre of the learning process is receiving a definite thumbs up from students at Our Lady of the Rosary school Waiwhetu and teachers are reporting higher levels of engagement and motivation. Two new classroom hubs have been built at the school to […]
May 2014 Opinion Archbishop John Dew The bishops of Oceania are assembling in Wellington this month, the largest gathering of bishops in New Zealand since the Federation of Bishops Conferences of Oceania’s first meeting in Auckland in 1994. Pope John Paul II wrote his apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in Oceania in 2001 specifically for the church […]
May 2014 Feature Nā Rāwiri Tinirau i tito tēnei pūrongo rangatira. Kua roa te wā e whakanuia ana te matenga me te aranga ake o te Kaiwhakaora, ko Hehu Karaiti, e ngā Katorika, e ngā Karaitiana, puta noa i te ao. I te tau 1946, i tū te Hui Aranga tuatahi ki te marae o […]
May 2014 Feature Sheena Dickson Home is where the heart is, so the old saying goes but the question is, ‘Is it a healthy heart?‘ Health starts in our families, in our schools and workplaces, in our playgrounds and parks, and in the air we breathe and the water we drink. No wonder then that […]