Archdiocesan News Cecily McNeill Two Kapiti Coast parishes have already responded to Archbishop John’s call to form one parish, asking his permission for an existing process to realise this goal. St Patrick’s Paraparaumu and Our Lady of Fatima Waikanae have been working together on a number of levels since pastoral areas were introduced 10 years […]
Church History Sr Catherine Jones Bishop Philippe Viard sailed into Wellington Harbour on the Clara on 1 May 1850 with a diverse team of pastoral assistants: Marist priests and brothers, Peata Hoki and several Maori catechists, and four young teachers, sometimes known as ‘Viard’s sisters’. These young women had trained as teachers in Auckland or […]
Palmerston North Gwen Mardle Gratitude to God ‘for choosing me,’ overflowed in Sr Mary Graham when she celebrated her 50th jubilee of profession as a Sister of Compassion on 16 March in Hastings. Family, friends and religious sisters gathered at St Peter Chanel Church to recognise Sr Mary’s 50 years of service to the congregation […]
Archdiocesan News Elisabeth Popplewell Sr Marie Roche RSJ has spent the last 16 years as a prison chaplain at Rimutaka prison. At the Cathedral’s Social Justice Group inaugural meeting in April, Sr Marie spoke about her chaplaincy and her role in promoting well-being. She started her talk by reading from Isaiah 61: ‘The Lord has […]
News The 70th anniversary of the heroic death of New Zealand Columban missionary Francis Vernon Douglas occurs in late July and his former parish, Johnsonville, is planning to celebrate the occasion in June with a series of discussions on his life and mission. The Columban Mission Society is also marking the occasion with an address […]
Reflection Veronica Lawson RSM John 14:23-29 Keeping one’s word is a mark of honour in any society. To be asked to keep someone else’s word, as in today’s gospel reading, calls for a shift in our usual patterns of thinking and acting. Jesus is the Word, the word of God in human form, the embodiment […]
Archdiocesan News Nina Ness Challenge 2000 has set up a young mums group to support people who want to do the best for their children but are struggling with the major challenge of day-to-day parenting. Challenge 2000 has found that many of the young people with whom it works have not had the advantages of […]
Obituary With great sorrow Wel-Com records the sudden death of Mgr Tim Hannigan of St Patrick’s parish Napier. Mgr Tim collapsed and died during Communion and just after baptising a baby at Mass on Sunday 28 April. The Dominion Post quotes former St Patrick’s parish priest Fr Paul Kerridge as saying Mgr Tim ‘had not […]
Feature William Warren Fun, fellowship, and faith aptly describe the Jesus 4 Real adults retreat at Palm Grove, Paraparaumu in March. Having heard many rave reviews about the ‘J4R’ camps, but never able to attend a camp meant that I jumped at the chance to attend the weekend camp for adults. My curiosity about this […]
Palmerston North Mary Nash A group of people sentenced to life imprisonment are among the 200,000-strong Dominican family throughout the world. Lay promoter for the Dominicans Fr David Kammler showed a gathering of people in Palmerston North on 3 April a greetings card the lifers had given him in thanks for his presence and visits. […]