Archdiocesan News October 2013 Cecily McNeill The archdiocese is proposing that little more than a third of its churches be insured against earthquake damage and to continue paying for full replacement cover over all buildings against such non-natural disasters as fire, theft, burglary, vandalism and storm. In a letter to parishes at the end of […]
Archdiocesan News October 2013 Cecily McNeill Doug Shepherd, ordained to the priesthood on 24 August, was first spotted in 2005 while part of the Anglican community of Seatoun Strathmore. His vicar there, Canon Deborah Broome, says Doug had a special quality, a ‘liturgical presence’. ‘There was something in him, something about his personality – the […]
Schools October 2013 St Peter’s College student Te Rangioinga Karatea-Goddard spoke in Māori from the floor of the Social Justice Week seminar in Palmerston North: From a Māori point of view, I came to learn that for my work to be meaningful it would consist of three main aspects: To consistently learn something new; For […]
Opinion Archbishop John Dew October 2013 As the Year of Faith draws to an end, Pope Francis has chosen ‘the precious gift of faith’ as the theme for his World Mission Day message, on Sunday, 20 October. The Pope reminds us that faith is a gift we cannot keep to ourselves … it is to […]
Opinion Cecily McNeill October 2013 Local bodies govern many aspects of our daily lives and this month the country votes for a new set of representatives to make decisions about, for example, the quality of drinking water and whether its use should be measured and further charged for. Water is essential for survival and, in […]
National Clergy Assembly October 2013 Fr James B Lyons Grace, gift and benediction were three words picked up by Archbishop John Dew when he formally closed the Diocesan Clergy Assembly in Rotorua on 20 September. Keynote speaker, Dominican priest Timothy Radcliffe, had used these words as he explored images of leadership suitable for the Church […]
Palmerston North October 2013 A Social Justice Week seminar in Palmerston North on 14 September was an attempt to get politicians and others to walk alongside young people in looking at the issue of meaningful work for the young worker. A Tongan student who came to New Zealand when she was five, said her parents […]
Archdiocesan News October 2013 At the Australasian Catholic Press Association conference in Melbourne on 4-5 September, Wel-Com beat down fierce competition to win best editorial in 2012-2013. The winning editorial was ‘A living for the least’, on the living wage, published in the February, 2013 issue of Wel-Com. In the citation, the judge said: […]
Palmerston North October 2013 Sian Owen rsj The ritualisation of the re-unity of the Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth, Whanganui, with the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart took place on Saturday 24 August after 137 years of separation. It was a day filled with rich symbolism, moving ritual, joy and much […]
Archdiocese News October 2013 As part of the archdiocesan reimagining project A future full of hope, the two parishes in Karori and Wilton have renamed their combined parish, Catholic Parish of Otari. The new name will take effect on 1 April 2014, a year after discussions started at Masses and joint meetings between parish councils […]