Palmerston North February 2014 Clare Sarden Year 9-11 students turned a wet weekend in New Plymouth into a celebration for a Taranaki Youth Day weekend together caring for the environment and reflecting on what being together means. We had planned a service project at local Community Gardens but instead walked to local parks, collecting rubbish […]
Palmerston North Diocese February 2014 Gwen Mardle Christmas 2013 was brightened for many families in Hawke’s Bay when volunteer drivers from the St Vincent de Paul Society delivered their Christmas Cheer parcels. Each packet contained a frozen chicken and other food items as well as gifts for each family member. Everything had been donated by […]
Palmerston North Diocese February 2014 Bishop Peter Cullinane Bishop Peter Cullinane gave this reflection at an interfaith forum in a packed Palmerston North public library last August. Each of Abraham’s families carries forward the blessings God bestowed on Abraham. And so it is that we have in common the message of shalom/salam/peace. The calling of […]
Obituary February 2014 14 September 1923 to 12 December 2013 Sisters of Compassion congregational leader Sr Margaret Anne Mills gave this tribute at the funeral of Sr Dorothea last December. We come to pay tribute to a long life, a life of love and commitment. At birth Mary Meade became visible in tahe world; at […]
Obituary February 2014 4 May 1950 to 29 December 2013 ‘Whatever you do to one of these, the least of my sisters or brothers, you do to me’ (Matt 25:40). Margaret Mary Murphy These amazing words of Jesus caught my imagination as a teenager – took root in my heart. I knew that I was […]
In memorium February 2014 Eileen Brosnahan rsm Ninety-three years of life, 75 as a Sister of Mercy, were celebrated in St Joseph’s Convent Chapel Upper Hutt on 12 December 2013 when Sisters of Mercy, family and friends of Sister Joan Bridgman gathered for her thanksgiving liturgy. Joan Mary Bridgman was born in Timaru in 1920 […]
Opinion February 2014 Fr Kevin Neal You are looking at the proud owner of an iPad – me and a zillion others as it turns out. Those who haven’t bought iPads seem to have bought the Android equivalent. I’m told these machines are convenient and incredibly powerful once you get the hang of them. I […]
Feature February 2014 Sue Devereux Valentine’s Day reminds us that there is only one basic Christian principle – love. As Christians we believe in love. We aim to practise it, we teach it and we find our deepest sense of fulfilment in love. To be a Christian is before anything else to be a person […]
News February 2014 Twelve secondary schools boys teams from throughout New Zealand will compete in Wellington 8 and 9 February in the inaugural New Zealand Marist Secondary School Sevens. The tournament will be played on the new artificial turf at St Patrick’s College and will feature a host of national sevens talent including Sancta Maria […]
Opinion February 2014 Michael Noonan A few Christmases ago, I was given a coaster and a miniature bottle of whisky. The coaster had a picture of a square-jawed man eagerly picking up a glass. The caption said, ‘the glass can be half empty or half full … as long as there is whiskey in it. […]