Columns Fay ClaytonAugust 2012 He was as good as he was gallant – a brave French soldier. One day when out riding he saw a beggar on the street, thinly clad and shivering. Without a second thought he unclasped his great woollen cloak, split it in half with his sword, gave half to the beggar […]
Palmerston North Gwen Mardle2 August 2012 Senior students at St Joseph’s School in Hastings were presented with Mary McKillop awards at a school Mass on the Feast of the Sacred Heart, June 15. The badges which can be sewn on to their school uniforms are awarded in silver and gold standards for achievements in the […]
Palmerston North 2 August 2012 On April 25, Challenge 2000 held a youth Mass in St Peter Chanel parish, Hastings at the start of a partnership with the Diocese of Palmerston North to provide complementary youth ministry services and development programmes. Three young people – Luke Collins, Jason Ebinger and Manisha Jobard – accepted the […]
Palmerston North Carmel Cole2 August 2012 The Mission Sisters’ presence in education in Taranaki was on show on Tuesday July 24 as they continued celebrations marking 150 years since the foundation of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Our Lady of Missions in Lyon, France. The Sisters gathered with about 250 parishioners, friends, pupils […]
Palmerston North 2 August 2012 On June 18-22 the New Zealand Blue Light organisation ran a camp at Trentham aimed at ‘creating an environment where young people could experience and practise life skills in a challenging but safe and supportive environment’. The purpose of these camps is to take young people and build their self-esteem […]
Carrie Watson2 August 2012 On Friday June 29 staff, students, parents and friends of St Teresa’s School, Featherston, farewelled our beloved principal Carol Pilcher. The two main themes of our celebration were candles, a personal love of Carol’s and leadership, something she instilled in everybody connected with the school. Carol had been associated with St […]
2 August 2012 Porirua’s Holy Family school principal Karl Vavau is delighted with the government’s initiative to address the high incidence of rheumatic fever in children. A new school throat swabbing programme is part of a $24m five-year campaign to reduce rheumatic fever. The government will put an additional $12 million into tackling rheumatic fever […]
Mgr John Broadbent2 August 2012 St Jane Frances was born in 1572 when the religious wars between Catholics and Protestants threatened to split France. She came from a noble Burgundian family and was given in marriage to Baron de Chantal at the age of 21. Her mother had died when she was young but her […]
2 August 2012 What is God trying to make of us in our later years? How can we make some sense of their diminishment and pain? Can the often bitter water of these years ever be turned into wine? Old age is terrifying to most of us: we need help to navigate it well. Occasionally […]
James Lyons2 August 2012 Private member’s Bill: to change the definition of cheese to include chalk. (A contribution to the discussion on whether the definition of marriage should be changed to include same-sex couples.) ‘From now on I want to be known as Cheese!’ Chalk made this announcement quite calmly and without the slightest embarrassment. […]