Palmerston North Gwen Mardle On ANZAC Day Challenge 2000 inspired young people to pay tribute to ‘the huge sacrifice that the generations before us made’, during a liturgy at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Havelock North. Twelve young locals presented a drama with the theme of ‘remembering our ancestors who served our country by doing […]
Book review Kieran Fenn fms Exploring Theology Together: A History of the Catholic Institute of Theology Auckland, by Diane Strevens. The Catholic Institute of Theology has left the church of Aotearoa a rich legacy, often hard fought for against opposition at a number of levels within the church. Diane Strevens’ history of CIT, which existed […]
Book review Elizabeth Mackie OP Eucharist in the Local Church: Meeting the challenge of real participation by Neil Darragh in association with Jo Ayers This book has a striking authenticity, grounded as it is in years of pastoral practice and informed by theological and liturgical scholarship. It is indeed the challenge that its own title […]
Palmerston North Pat Julian After three and a half years as parish priest of Sacred Heart Parish Inglewood, Fr Tom Lawn reluctantly said ‘goodbye’ in April to a congregation who were equally sorry to see him go. The congregation in Inglewood, augmented by parishioners from Waitara also under the ambit of Inglewood, had gathered on […]
Feature Suzanne O’Rourke There is hope for your future. (Jer 31:15-17) The last weekend in March saw the 10th Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat weekend held in this country. The fact that this milestone in New Zealand’s social history came and went practically unnoticed is a good illustration of what this work of post-abortion healing is all […]
Schools Wednesday 22 May was the day Catholic schools everywhere celebrated their special character and some, like those in Porirua City, held joint events while others in Thorndon, Palmerston North and Hastings undertook special projects. St Theresa’s School in Plimmerton joined the staff and children of St Pius X School in Titahi Bay, and Holy […]
Column Fr Kevin Neal The Chrism Mass or Mass of the Oils (on May 26 this year) is among the delights of living at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit. People travel for hundreds of kilometres to attend this ceremony for the distribution of the oils and to say thanks to the priests for their […]
Palmerston North June 2013 Sue Seconi Two of Whanganui’s World War II veterans were among those who gathered at St Mary’s church for Mass on Anzac Day, 25 April. Joe Gibbs (right) was just 17 when he left for Guadalcanal with the 30th Air Force Squadron and 95-year-old Des McGovern fought in the Middle East […]
Youth Dan Siave Can’t make it to World Youth Day in Rio? Don’t worry, Come to NZWYDE! On Saturday 27 July 2013, as millions gather in Rio de Janeiro, you are invited to join Archbishop John Dew and young people from around the diocese to share faith, food and an all-round awesome time at New […]
Event Sharron McSweeney Francis Vernon Douglas, born in 1910 and raised in Johnsonville, was a Columban priest whom Japanese soldiers killed in the Philippines 70 years ago in 1943. During the Japanese occupation he was taken by secret police looking for information on guerillas. He was savagely beaten for three days, the presumption being that […]