Reflection Veronica Lawson RSM September 2013 Luke 15:1-32 All three parables in today’s gospel invite us into the experience of loss: loss of a valued creature; loss of the means of survival; loss of an adult child’s respect and presence. All three parables likewise invite us into an encounter with a God who seeks and […]
News Cecily McNeill September 2013 One parishioner in the tiny town of Ward near the epicentre of last month’s 6.6 earthquake is planning to teach her grandchildren about their guardian angels because she says someone was certainly looking after them. Mary Hickman who, with husband Ossie, and their three sons form the nucleus with the […]
Church History Mgr John Broadbent September 2013 Born on 8 December 1834 in Sivery, France, Jean-Baptiste Rolland was ordained a priest in 1861. Fr Rolland felt called to missionary work and soon after his ordination he joined the Society of Mary. He travelled to New Zealand via Sydney in 1864 and was appointed to Napier […]
Reflection Veronica Lawson RSM September 2013 Luke 14:25-33 We all want to be faithful to the commitments we make and most of us realise that the choice for one pathway will preclude another. We work out our priorities and live with the consequences, leaving aside whatever might get in the way of our realising our […]
Book Review John Faisandier September 2013 On a Mission, by Shaun Davison. Published by Steele Roberts, Wellington. In a remarkably candid way 22 former seminarians of Mt St Marys, Greenmeadows (The Mission) were interviewed about their lives and aspirations by the author, himself a former seminarian. The once vibrant teaching institution of the 1970s and […]
Feature Will Warren September 2013 On a gloomy, wet Friday evening in mid-July a group of young adults left Palmerston North for the Magnificat Retreat Centre in Featherston for the Passionist Young Adult retreat. This was my second experience of the warm, friendly environment of a Passionist retreat. Australian Jo McDade led us in a […]
World Youth Day Dan Siave September 2013 On 27 July New Zealand World Youth Day Experience (NZWYDE) drew all those who could not go to Brazil to a celebration of faith. More than 300 young people from throughout the dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington gathered with Archbishop John Dew for a day of […]
Schools Nicole Simson September 2013 Parishioners of St Mary’s Carterton with a Youth Team from Challenge 2000 provided an exciting, full time holiday programme for five to 11-year-olds in the July holidays. Activities included arts and crafts, baking, sports, movies, a pool visit and lots of physical teambuilding, crazy fun games and opportunities for the […]
Book review Kieran Fenn fms September 2013 You Visited Me: A Pastoral Care Companion, by Fr James B Lyons. Published by Pleroma Press. This fourth, revised edition of Fr James Lyons’ popular book is an aid to all those engaged in a variety of gospel services. Anyone involved in ministry to the sick, the elderly […]
Feature Alivia Bowe September 2013 A biblical skit, blessings, candles, songs and colouring in are all part of the entertainment when the Shalom group of Faith and Light meets each second Sunday afternoon. Most of its members are drawn from the Dawn Trust, but there are several other faithful regulars. Afternoon teas are a highlight, […]