NEWS Sian Owen rsj29 March 2012 March 17, 2012 marked 140 years since the first Catholic Mass was celebrated in the settlement that would become Palmerston North. It was also the day the local Catholic diocesan community gathered around their bishops. They gathered to install the second bishop of the diocese Charles Drennan and to […]
NEWS Philip Cody SM31 March 2012 Waitangi Day was celebrated in the archdiocese with a 9am Eucharist at St Mary of the Angels. This was the 10th time that the parish and choir combined with Māori from the local pastoral areas in a combined service of the special Mass for this day. The gathering of […]
NEWS Hanley Hoffman31 March 2012 Our Lady of Fatima Parish Waikanae hosted a St Valentines Day Mass on the Tuesday February 14 for the Kapiti Pastoral Area with liturgy and music put together by members of both parishes. Some 140 people attended, with equal representation from both parishes, as well as a small contingent from […]
NEWS Fr John Greally31 March 2012 On February 11 Archdiocesan Pastoral Services in conjunction with Pastoral Area Liturgy Support (PALS) hosted a liturgy preparation workshop for the seasons of Lent, the Triduum and Easter. Some 25 people from as far away as the Kapiti Coast came to the Catholic Centre.During the four hours there was […]
NEWS Joan McFetridge31 March 2012 Six new candidates have been accepted in the Archdiocesan formation programme for parish and chaplaincy ministries, The Launch Out Formation Programme. They are:David Wootton from St Theresa’s parish, PlimmertonHeather Sangster Smith from St Patrick’s parish, ParaparaumuJoe Green from St Patrick’s, ParaparaumuMonica O’Connell from St Mary of the Angels, WellingtonBrent Watson […]
NEWS 31 March 2012 Frances Capper was a foundation member of Catholic Women’s League having joined 68 years ago in 1944, the year the League was formed. At that time CWL was run from Wellington. After meeting in various places the bishop finally secured a room in Taranaki Street where they could hold their meetings. […]
NEWS Ann Hara Smith31 March 2012 Ka mihi nui kia koutou katoa at this time of rejoicing with whanau, to our church whanau, our whanau overseas and especially here at home. Keep God, keep safe and keep well, are my wishes for you all at this time of celebration. My own celebration is about successfully […]
NEWS 31 March 2012 A Wellington father of two is urging New Zealanders to get off their couches and demand political parties work together to address New Zealand’s appalling child statistics. Tim O’Donovan is concerned that while the government is on the right track with its public consultation process over its Green Paper on vulnerable […]
NEWS Lisl Prendergast31 March 2012 Cultivating compassionate judgement and making students aware that they are among the 23 percent of the world’s people who have enough, was the message of Australian Jesuit Richard Leonard at a Professional training day in the Hutt last November. Sacred heart College hosted the day on November 29. Among the […]
NEWS Cecily McNeill31 March 2012 The government needs to put much more money into education and resources to support parents, teachers and others who are working with children, according to social workers at Catholic Social Services. Cathy Agnew and Trish Heward made a submission on behalf of the agency to the Social Development Minister’s Green […]