Features Paul Elenio5 September 2011 When is damage to public or private property justifiable on the basis that it apparently advances a cause or promotes a grievance? This question would have returned to the minds of many people last month when the so-called Waihopai Three appeared in the High Court in Wellington to respond to […]
Cecily McNeill1 September 2011 Going deeper can be scary, Anne Powell told a gathering in Sacred Heart Cathedral Wellington during the PrayLive day before the Stewardship Institute last month, but, it can also be invigorating. ‘Be aware of the silence of this sacred space so different from the clamour, noise and hurry going on down […]
Features Cathy Harrison3 May 2011 Hospitality is the act of the recklessly generous heart, says Joan Chittister. In this context, here in Christchurch, we have been submitted to epic proportions of recklessness! But one cannot downplay the devastating consequences of the recent earthquakes, the resulting brokenness, the unbearable grief and sorrow which continue to hang […]
Features Robyn O’Neil3 May 2011 Seasons 4 Couples is a weekend course for married couples who have been through a major change in their lives. This change may have been life-changing, or it may be slowly bubbling away invading all parts of a couple’s life. The course offers time out to reflect on the change […]
Features Gerard Burns2011 If we see water as a gift from God, caring for the waters of the earth is an obvious response. The parishes of the pastoral area have launched the Porirua Holy Water Project to raise awareness of the situation of the waters of the area. In launching the project on Plimmerton beach […]
Features Jessica Reiher3 May 2011 Children in the Gifted and Talented class at St Theresa’s school Plimmerton, GATE, are calling on New Zealand to follow the example of other some countries and ban the use of plastic bags. St Theresa’s wants New Zealand to be like Taiwan, Bangladesh and others that have banned plastic bags. […]
Features Mgsr John Broadbent1 December 2011 As with St John of the Cross, St Francis de Sales was a saint of the Counter-reformation, the Catholic movement which opposed the 16th century Protestant Reformation by trying to purify the Church of many of the evils and comforts it had grown into in the late Middle Ages. […]
Features Cecily McNeill 11 November 2011 Calls for euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide to be legalised are the result of an increasingly individualistic society and an unwillingness to take a holistic approach to death and dying. A public issues forum at St John’s in the City in September canvassed views around the issue of legalising euthanasia […]
Features Cecily McNeill10 November 2011 Life for people with disabilities has changed ‘hugely’ in the past 40 years with more enabling legislation and a far greater awareness of the issues, but the medical profession still lags behind. Dr Martin Sullivan of Massey University’s sociology department says a doctor asked a friend of his during a […]
Sr Marcellin Wilson9 November 2011 With the increasing incidence of violence against children, Rev Hone Kaa set up a Maori Child Advocacy group in Auckland known as Te Kahui Mana Ririki to advocate for vulnerable Maori and Pasifika children. In mid-October as part of a social justice reflection in the archdiocese, the Maori Child Advocacy […]