Palmerston North Fr Kevin Neal2 February 2013 Reading is something I’ve always done, especially in areas that I’m interested in which is most things so I have a huge library. Or, at least, I used to. I don’t have as much to come and go on nowadays so I’ve joined the public library. I always […]
Features Msgr John Broadbent2 February 2013 The beginnings of the Church in Wellington owed much to lay Catholics who, for the first three years of the Port Nicholson colony, met on Sundays to pray; Bishop Pompallier came from Auckland for confirmation. The parish which even included a choir was run by an outstanding young Catholic […]
Features Mike Kelly2 February 2013 The mission of lay people in the Church will be centre stage when the Dominican Order’s promoter for the laity Fr David Kammler visits Palmerston North and Wellington next month. Since 2008 the lay Dominican movement in New Zealand has been growing steadily and forging links with the Dominican friars […]
Parishes 2 February 2013 Lights behind the cross on the Sacred Heart church in Kaikoura have been restored so that as well as lighting the way, they glow red, blue or green according to the liturgical season. Parishioner Kerry Howden replaced the expensive neon tubing with LED strip lighting. He says he came across this […]
Schools 1 February 2013 The first graduates of the newly formed The Catholic Institute received their certificates at a ceremony in Sacred Heart Cathedral on 27 November, at the end of the first full year of operation. Most began studying under the Wellington Catholic Education Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference formed The Catholic […]
Schools Patrick J Horan1 February 2013 For the first time in the eight years that the Knights of the Southern Cross has been running its religious writing competition, it has attracted more than 100 entries. Students from nine colleges entered the national competition, with two winners coming from Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses. Olivia van […]
Schools 1 February 2013 St Anthony’s School Seatoun has farewelled its long-serving principal, Raewyn Watson. After 19 years of leadership and building up the ‘small school with the strong spirit’ Raewyn is leaving to take up new challenges as principal of Houghton Valley School. In her time at St Anthony’s she has made a huge […]
Palmerston North 1 February 2013 Three people from the Diocese of Palmerston North were awarded diplomas at the 2012 Catholic Institute graduation in Wellington. Cathy Wells, involved in the RCIA programme in St Joseph’s Parish New Plymouth, achieved a Diploma in Theology. Lorraine Gordon, a parishioner at St Philomena’s Parish in New Plymouth and the […]
Features Michele Lafferty1 February 2013 Where are the young people in the church? A gathering in Budapest last September of 12,500 of the world’s under 30-year-olds for the Focolare Movement’s Genfest may give some inspiration. Lia Van den Kerkhof, who is 21, says the Genfest was as if God was paying her back for anything […]
Features Helen Dew1 February 2013 Timebanking is rapidly developing as a way of exchanging services and building community, with a Wellington TimeBank sparking the formation last October of a timebank in the Wairarapa. Wellington South TimeBank, based in Newtown Community Centre began in October 2011. Within six months, however, it had spread throughout the city […]