Mary-Ann Greaney9 November 2011 Sr Makareta Gilbert and Rangi Hau enjoying a break in a Stewardship relection day at Sacred Heart Cathedral on Saturday October 29. Around 80 people from the Wairarapa to Otaki and everywhere in between were in the cathedral for the reflection day. The day was divided into reflecting and praying over […]
Eileen Brosnahan rsm4 April 2011 Dr Anthony Gittins, a priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and Professor of Theology and Culture at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, enthralled a large audience in Connolly Hall on January 31 as he explored the statement ‘Do this in memory of me’. These instructions, which are […]
Another graduation from Challenge 2000’s gap programme Cecily McNeill11 November 2011 Thirty-second showers, learning to iron clothes and getting up at 5.30am are memories that will stay with Andrew Solomona for a long time after his time in the LSV (limited service volunteers) of the New Zealand Defence Force. Andrew and five others are ‘gap […]
Archdiocesan workshops on liturgy for children Sue Ryan9 November 2011 Workshops on children’s liturgy in the archdiocese this year have attracted a great deal of interest among those who work with children at Mass but struggle to understand the Church’s thinking. In the 1963 Constitution of the Sacred Liturgy (14) the Bishops of the Second […]
Fr James Lyons4 April 2011 Wellington’s Sacred Heart primary school held a service in the cathedral on the Friday following the Christchurch quake [February 25] in which they faced the question, Where is God in this tragedy? In their prayers they affirmed that:God is in the tears of those who are sad and in the […]
‘Your people are our people’ – Christchurch mayor Bob Parker Cecily McNeill4 April 2011 The New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Conference has expressed shock and sadness at the devastation caused by the Christchurch earthquake on February 22 and extends heartfelt sympathy and prayerful support to those who have lost loved ones particularly those awaiting news of […]
Writing competition focuses on social justice Patrick Horan3 May 2011 The archdiocesan social justice hui ‘Working for the common good – being salt and light’ in February sparked renewed interest in issues of social justice which challenged more than 300 participants to widen their view. Now the Knights of the Southern Cross have decided to […]
Anglicans and Catholics share the Side-by-Side mentoring programme Sue Devereux3 May 2011 The Anglican and Catholic dioceses of Wellington have formalised an arrangement to keep working together to support families with young children. On Tuesday April 12, Archbishop John Dew and Bishop Thomas Brown from the Anglican Diocese of Wellington signed a Memorandum of Understanding […]
Locals mark 40 years of world movement for those with disabilities Kieran Fenn fms2 May 2011 Around 80 members of Australian and New Zealand Faith and Light groups gathered at El Rancho in Waikanae on April 1 in pilgrimage to celebrate a movement that came into being 40 years ago. Jean Vanier and Marie Helene […]
Cecily McNeill2 May 2011 Mystic, theologian and Episcopalian priest Cynthia Bourgeault spent Sunday afternoon April 10 in ‘intimate’ conversation with 30 followers at Pa Maria discussing Jesus as the master of non-dual or unitive thinking. We can get into this way of thinking through centring prayer or the practice of meditation that enables us to […]