Feature April 2014 Christine Paterson Three Wellington women who have returned from a conference on Liturgy and liturgical music across the Tasman are calling for NZ parishes to join with Australian musicians to draw on the wealth of uplifting music coming from interpretations of the vision of Vatican II. Jane Kelly and Christine Paterson from […]
News April 2014 Suzanne O’Rourke A Catholic-led charitable trust Greenstone Doors has opened in central Lower Hutt offering coordinated counselling and support services for new parents and those who have experienced pregnancy loss. The trust held an opening ceremony to bless the volunteers and their work at its Dudley St premises on 12 March. More […]
Reflection April 2014 Veronica Lawson RSM John 11:1-45 Today’s readings touch into the most profound of human mysteries, the mysteries of life and death. To hold a new born child or to see a sick person restored to health is to experience the wonder of life. On the other hand, the unexpected death of a […]
Feature April 2014 Emily Makower The act of humbly letting go of what we are thinking and simply believing can lead to a deeper spirituality, Carmelite priest Fr Greg Homeing told archdiocesan leaders in February. Priests, lay pastoral leaders and archdiocese staff members joined together for a ministry formation day on 25 February. Fr Greg, […]
Feature April 2014 Robert McClean On Sunday 2 March, around 80 people from the parish of Ss Peter and Paul Johnsonville and the wider community held a blessing of graves in the historic Ohariu Valley cemetery which marks the start of the Catholic community there. All that remains is a gate leading into a peaceful […]
Church April 2014 Elizabeth Julian rsm When discussing Pope Francis’s call for a deeper theology of women, we need to be aware that any new theological development can cause hope for some, fear or anger in others. As Susan Wilson reminded us in her February article, it is important that we don’t allow fear to […]
Feature April 2014 Two leading academics are calling on New Zealanders to use the coming general election to press for an end to child poverty. Mike O’Brien and Susan St John of Auckland University say politicians must address the fact that one in five children lives below the poverty line and the government’s own figures […]
Opinion April 2014 Fr Kevin Neal London’s Clapham Common became very familiar when I lived in London because I often crossed it on my way home to Putney. In earlier days, Clapham Common was an enormous graveyard. Here, many centuries ago, victims of the Black Death were quickly buried. According to Wikipedia, ‘The Black Death […]
News April 2014 Mary Woods, Judith McGinley, Roderick Milne SM On Saturday 15 February in Paraparaumu L’Arche Kapiti celebrated its 16th birthday and 50 years since Jean Vanier started the first L’Arche community with Phillipe and Raphael in Trosly-Breuil, France. Family and friends joined the community from all around the lower North Island with representatives […]
History April 2014 Catherine Jones smsm This Christmas marks the 200th anniversary of the first recorded preaching of the gospel in Aotearoa New Zealand. On Christmas Day 1814 Anglican missionary Samuel Marsden preached at Oihi Beach in the Bay of Islands on the Christmas theme of joy: ‘Listen, I bring you news …’ Ruahara of […]