Feature November 2013 Sean Ryan Young people from Palmerston North and Wellington dioceses had the opportunity to deepen their understanding of distant cultures during the July World Youth Day pilgrimage to Brazil. In Central and South America they joined in such activities as collecting and washing plastic bottles to make money to help address the […]
News November 2013 Priests from overseas ministering in the Archdiocese of Wellington meet monthly to follow up on the initial ‘Landing of the Waka’ programme and ongoing formation on cultural transition. The day usually begins with group sharing followed by input on a relevant topic of interest expressed by the group. There is plenty of […]
Church History November 2013 Msgr John Broadbent Jean-Baptiste Petitjean was born in Momant, France in 1811, just before the defeat of Napoleon. As a young boy he loved serving Mass and no one was surprised when he entered the seminary. He was ordained a priest for his own diocese in February 1836 and, following his […]
Feature November 2013 Anna Robertson There is a Palestinian saying that has several variations in the Arab world. In Morocco they say, ‘By bread and salt we are united,’ the Bedouins say, ‘He who shares my bread and salt is not my enemy,’ and the most common is, ‘There is bread and salt between us.’ […]
Palmerston North November Pat Sanko The Havelock North branch of the St Vincent de Paul Society celebrated its 50 years at the area Festival Mass on Sunday 8 September, a highlight being a birthday cake which a parishioner had iced with the society’s blue and white logo. After Mass and morning tea for the parish, […]
Palmerston North November 2013 Annette Moran St Joseph’s School Hastings is celebrating next February 125 years since three Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth arrived from Whanganui, to open the convent and school. Initially named Sacred Heart, the school was blessed and offically opened on 17 September 1888 by Bishop Grimes SM of Christchurch, assisted […]
Obituary November 2013 Jim Davis Friends of Nancy May ‘Twinkle’ Black gathered in St Peter Chanel Church Motueka on 4 September to farewell this colleague, mentor, teacher, friend and confidante and much more to so many. Twinkle was born in Nelson on 15 March 1932 to Lily Annie Black known as Nancy and George Charles […]
News November 2013 Adult education has had a vital injection of knowledge and expertise with the creation of two new roles to lead the National Centre for Religious Studies. Professor Anne Tuohy of The Catholic Institute of Aotearoa New Zealand has announced the dual appointments of Chris Duthie-Jung and Anne Kennedy to the positions of […]
News November 2013 Engaged Encounter is starting again after a year’s break in its 25 years of operating in New Zealand. Two couples and a priest went to Sydney last month to train in the new outline for a weekend and the organisation will again offer weekends in the archdiocese during 2014. Engaged Encounter is […]
News November 2013 The documentary film How Far is Heaven about the Sisters of Compassion and the tiny community of Hiruharama on the Whanganui River is soon to be available on DVD. How Far is Heaven premiered at the New Zealand International Film Festival in 2012. It then screened for more than six months in […]