Archdiocesan News Isabelle Carbonatto October 2013 This country’s high rates of such preventable diseases as rheumatic fever, bronchiolitis and skin infections were highlighted in a Social Justice Week seminar in Sacred Heart Cathedral parish on 10 September. Paediatrician Dr Brendon Bowkett’s Powerpoint presentation showed how such diseases are a significant health burden for New Zealand […]
Feature October 2013 Jim Consedine Peacemaking was centre stage at the seventh National Catholic Worker hui as Adi Leason of the Waihopai Ploughshares group reflected on their action with the more than 70 adults and 40 children. The hui was at Southern Star Abbey, Kopua, Hawke’s Bay, and the adjacent Nurturing Soul farm on the […]
Features October 2013 Fr Philip Gibbs SVD Ex-Wellingtonian Fr Philip Gibbs SVD, who’s based in Papua New Guinea, recently spent some time in Kiribati. There, he was impressed with the way people celebrated the Feast of the Assumption (15 August). Fr Philip says, ‘In Kiribati, the Feast of the Assumption is a special time when […]
Obituary October 2013 Sister Makareta Gilbert sm, formerly known as Sr Basil, died suddenly in Whangarei at the home of her sister Amelia Kanara on 9 September, just months short of her diamond jubilee. Sister was born and baptised in Waihou, Hokianga on 4 July 1932. Her primary education was at St Joseph’s school in […]
Feature October 2013 Fr Ambrose Pereira sdb The oldest and youngest Mahitahi volunteers in the Solomon Islands this year have come from these two dioceses. Ian Bailey from Woodville and 21-year-old Hayden Powick of Nelson shared their talents, knowledge and skills in carpentry and computer technology at Don Bosco Technical Institute, Henderson, Solomon Islands. Aged […]
Opinion October 2013 Fr Kevin Neal For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a keen reader of the spiritual truths. I’m still reading them today and now I listen as well, to audio books. In the late 1960s, I began my journey of faith as a de la Salle Brother in Sydney and […]
Schools October 2013 Kelly Beals On 18 August the pupils at Hastings’ St Joseph’s School celebrated Sunday Mass in their school uniforms at Sacred Heart for the first time in five years. Over the past few years, the school has worked with the parish to help with the pastoral area’s monthly children’s Masses which the […]
Schools October 2013 Pat Rhodes St Marcellin School in Whanganui’s Gonville parish has two new tukutuku panels to connect students with their whakapapa. The foyer of the administration block is home to the first which parish priest Fr Des Levins bless in 2 September. It was then unveiled by head girl and boy Georgia Renata […]
Feature October 2013 Joe Green and Debbie Matheson More than ever before the Church is encouraging lay people to exercise the kingly, prophetic and priestly roles that are ours through baptism alongside and complementary to the unique and essential role of the priest. The role of the laity in the Catholic Church has changed dramatically […]
Catholic Foundation AGM October 2013 Archbishop John Dew says he has been blessed in the Year of Faith to ordain three men to the priesthood but today’s smaller number of priests has given the opportunity to ‘explore and to commit ourselves to a collaborative ministry in which each one of the baptised has his or […]