Palmerston North Gwen Mardle6 November 2012 This year’s annual Spring Gala at St Mary’s School Hastings was held in brilliant sunshine on Saturday September 22 and drew another big crowd. The gala has been a feature for more than 30 years and brings together school, parish and local community for a couple of hours of […]
Palmerston North Darryl Daignault6 November 2012 The historic chapel of St Joseph at Cullinane College has just undergone a massive earthquake strengthening refurbishment to its exterior profile. The work, which finished on Friday October 12, will bring the building up to code. The chapel is the old Aramoho Catholic church which was moved onto the […]
Palmerston North 6 November 2012 A cake with all the communicants’ names on it was a feature of the celebrations after eight children in St Joseph’s Parish Hawera made their first Communion on September 16. The First Communion took place during the 9.30am parish/school Mass and the hall was especially decorated for celebrations after Mass. […]
Palmerston North 6 November 2012 Sacred Heart College Napier’s head girl Hinemaria Onesi has been awarded a University of Auckland Chancellor’s Award for Top Māori and Pacific Scholars. The university received more than 260 applications and 46 have been awarded through New Zealand for study starting in 2013. This award recognises Hinemaria’s exceptional ability and […]
Palmerston North Diane Bourke6 November 2012 A joyful week of celebration for the feast day of St Vincent de Paul (September 27) began on the Friday before with a beautiful School Assembly.President, Annette Orchard and Diane Bourke were delighted to be invited because the total focus was on the life of St Vincent de Paul […]
Wellington Margaret Orange November 2012 For some parishioners in Carterton, as with others in the archdiocese, recent changes in the way the parish is run have been painful, for others, a challenge. Some have chosen to drift away while others have decided to make the best of the situation. The number of people in the […]
Wellington Sue Seconi6 November 2012 Paul Ramsay of St Mary of the Angels parish Wellington looking at Mother Aubert’s habit at the Visitors’ Centre at the Home of Compassion in Island Bay. Suzanne Aubert was perhaps referring to the kind of weather that battered the country on October 13 and 14, as she did in […]
Features 1 November 2012 Vatican II produced 16 documents over the course of four sessions, it introduced major reforms and stands among the most significant religious events of the 20th Century. To honour this anniversary, Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans, chairman of the US Bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship, has offered ‘10 Ways Vatican […]
Reflect Veronica M Lawson RSM1 November 2012 In today’s gospel reading we encounter a good scribe, while in next week’s we find some not so good scribes. This seems to fit the pattern of the Markan gospel. There are faithful disciples and not so faithful disciples. There are honest Jewish leaders like Joseph of Arimathea […]
Schools Derek Johnson1 November 2012 A desire to teach school children about the Middle East amid a dearth of suitable resources spurred mother and daughter Gillian and Lucy Bailey to spend three years developing a social science unit and resource kit for Years 7 to 10 students. Camels, Terrorists and God? Questioning Stereotypes of the […]