Features 3 September 2012 How does an agricultural country with a low population end up with 7.3 percent of New Zealanders experiencing low food security and a further 33.7 percent having moderate food security? (Ministry of Health/Otago University nutrition survey.) Food security means having access to enough safe, nutritious food. Food banks, soup kitchens and […]
Features Ethne Wyndham-Smith3 September 2012 The proposed toughening of immigration law was a key focus for the Catholic Women’s League’s national conference in New Plymouth in July. League members heard that some of the proposed changes include the mandatory detention of groups of 11 or more illegal immigrants for an initial period of six months […]
Ethne Wyndham-Smith3 September 2012 At the recent Catholic Women’s League of New Zealand’s (CWL) national conference (July 11-14), some participants wanted to know more about why and how we and the National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCW) work together. The NCW gives CWL a pathway and voice to lawmakers in this country. Membership […]
Parishes Mary Kleinsman-Powell and Sue RyanDecember 2011 The third and final PALS [pastoral area liturgy support] weekend for the year was on the first weekend in November at the Magnificat Retreat Centre, amid the stunning natural surroundings of the Rimutaka Incline in the Wairarapa. The group of people, who mostly hadn’t met until the first […]
Parishes Judith McGinley OP3 August 2010 On Sunday June 13, 2010, I travelled with 20 others from Challenge 2000 across the Rimutakas to celebrate with more than 200 people the 40th jubilee of Fr Eddie Condra’s ordination at St Mary’s Church, Carterton. It was a day of amazing grace and, while we were there to […]
Parishes Cecily McNeill9 November 2011 St Patrick’s Parish, Paraparaumu and Our Lady of Fatima Waikanae have again succeeded in raising a large sum from their annual gala for the Presentation Sisters. The gala on September 24 in the Paraparaumu Memorial hall raised more than $17 000 for the Sisters’ projects in Papua New Guinea and […]
Parishes 4 May 2012 Decanting of the three oils which Archbishop John Dew blesses during the Chrism Mass held during Holy Week. The Oil of Chrism, used in confirmation and ordination, the Oil of Catechumens used in baptism and the Oil of the Sick are taken from the amphorae (jugs) in which they are blessed […]
Schools Kim Thayers8 May 2008 St Patrick’s School, Inglewood, celebrated Solidarity Day with a liturgy and then shared plain rice for lunch. The children brought a donation for Caritas or a food item which they donated to their local food bank, instead of their usual lunch. They talked about how this is a day when […]
Schools 5 April 2012 Cathedral parish priest Fr James Lyons shows students from Sacred Heart School, Thorndon, the sacred vessels during a liturgical training day on February 16. Students from Sacred Heart School learning about liturgy in Sacred Heart Cathedral.
Schools 3 July 2012 St Paul’s School in Richmond held a working bee on Sunday June 10 to plant more than 300 native trees and shrubs as the first part of a project to develop a native corridor to link with Salisbury School’s reforestation project. The Friends of Saint Paul’s fundraising group donated $1 000 […]