Columns Cecily McNeill2012 Two teenagers murdered on the same spot at Paraparaumu just one month apart and a national suicide rate said to be double the road toll – the most vulnerable are 15 to 19-year-olds. As well, about a quarter (around 270,000) of our children are now living in poverty, lacking access to adequate […]
Wellington Antonia McBryde4 October 2012 Marist Young Adult Ministry (MYAM) has been alive among young people in Wellington for more than a decade enriching the charism of the Marist Brothers which includes mission to young people. When we celebrated 10 years of presence here last year the guest list was a who’s who of the […]
Features 2 October 2012 All levels of government must be good stewards of public funds, Caritas has told a select committee considering changes to local government legislation. ‘However, stewardship includes responsibility for wellbeing.’ Removing responsibility for wellbeing from the purpose of local government will change the balance of responsibilities, Caritas research and advocacy coordinator Lisa […]
Features Fr Bernard Espiritu2 October 2012 Mission Sunday is primarily a celebration of our faith; it is an affirmation of who we are. By virtue of our baptism we have become members of the Body of Christ, and by virtue of our Confirmation we have been confided with a mission to ‘radiate the Word of […]
Features Esther Saldanha2 October 2012 A chance to speak freely and openly in a non-judgemental environment was how one prison inmate described the grief programme, Seasons for Growth. The programme started in prison in 2009 with Mary Boyle and Esther Saldanha accompanying in their grief the first group of men who were in the high […]
Features 2 October 2012 The faces of the classmates of 10-year-old Grace Yeats at St Mary’s Carterton lit up as they discussed how they felt about Grace’s absence in Auckland’s Starship Hospital with a mysterious brain injury. Grace has been unable to walk or talk since May. The Dominion Post reported on September 3 that […]
Palmerston North Gwen Mardle2 October 2012 Parishioners from the Heretaunga Pastoral Area’s four parishes farewelled Bishop Peter Cullinane over lunch on Sunday August 12 in St Joseph’s School hall. John Blake of Our Lady of Lourdes Havelock North thanked Bishop Peter for guiding the new Diocese of Palmerston North (formed in 1980) to maturity as […]
Palmerston North Gwen Mardle2 October 2012 Brother Ferdinand Alquiroz Miranda believes that his vocation to the priesthood is ‘in the blood’. The 34-year-old Filipino student at Good Shepherd College has two uncles who are priests (one a Cistercian monk) and an aunt, a religious sister. ‘I was also influenced by my grandmother who is a […]
Palmerston North Luke Collins2 October 2012 On the weekend of September 22, 65 young people were confirmed at St Patrick’s Napier and Sacred Heart Hastings in exciting youth-led Masses. In the previous 10 weeks these young people and 14 youth leaders had met weekly to deepen their self understanding, other awareness, their relationship with God […]
Palmerston North Shirley Knuckey2 October 2012 The Feast of Ss Peter and Paul marked a special celebration at New Plymouth’s St Joseph’s Church, as parishioners, family and friends joined Fr Fergus Reeves to celebrate his golden jubilee of ordination to the priesthood. Fifty years ago Fr Fergus was ordained for the Archdiocese of Wellington on […]