Archbishop John DewAugust 2012 About 12 years ago I wrote an article on prayer for the Marist Messenger. I remember basing it on the invitation of Jesus to ‘Remain in my love’. I wrote that these words of Jesus from Chapter 15 of John’s Gospel define prayer for me. However, most memorable was the number […]
Mgr John Broadbent2 August 2012 Gregory VII (1073-1085) oversaw what French Dominican theologian Cardinal Yves Congar has argued was ‘the great turning point in ecclesiology’ – the 11th century. The idea has sparked lively discussion with American theologian Richard McBrien agreeing that some Catholics regard the 500 years from Gregory VII to the Protestant Reformation […]
Cecily McNeill2 August 2012 New Zealand may be setting the scene for mass suicides if an amendment to the immigration law allowing for mandatory detention of asylum seekers is passed. Changes to the Immigration Bill 2009 designed to keep out so-called ‘people smugglers’ and ‘queue jumpers’ are driven by fear and ignorance according to 39 […]
Sr Catherine Hannan2 August 2012 A glass house for the Compassion Centre Soup Kitchen is the latest addition to the Owhiro Bay Community Garden. Guests of the soup kitchen can now raise seedlings for their garden plot, with the help of staff members Sr Christina Williams and Lorraine Irwin.Guests were last year introduced to the […]
2 August 2012 St Anthony’s parish Seatoun celebrated the 60th birthday of the church on July 1 with a Mass which Archbishop John Dew presided over and a morning tea with a cupcake cake which parishioners and friends made.Frs Finau Sanele (priest in sacramental ministry) and parish administrator Kevin Purcell with former parish priests Mgr […]
Veronica M Lawson RSM2 August 2012 18th in Ordinary Time Year B John 6:24-35‘What must we do…?’ In John’s gospel, Jesus makes some remarkable claims for himself: ‘I am the light of the world’; ‘Before Abraham was, I am’; ‘I am the gate for the sheep’; ‘I am the good shepherd’; ‘I am the way, […]
MONICA O’CONNELL2 August 2012 A weekend full of prayer, good food – with time to have fun – was offered by this year’s Launch Out retreat for lay pastoral leaders. Fr David Dowling, who led the retreat on the weekend of June 29, guided those of us attending through two days of reflection and prayer.His […]
Features Mary Eastham2 August 2012 With the month of Muslim spiritual and bodily purification that is Ramadan starting late in July this year, the Palmerston North Interfaith Group came together on July 9 to hear Dr Ibrahim Al-Bahadly of Massey University bring greater understanding of the practice. Ramadan is to Muslims what Lent is to […]
Thursday 26 July 2012 The Archdiocese of Wellington congratulates Nga Maioha o te Rangikauia and Te Huatai Katorika who are both groups competing at the National Kapa Haka competition in Whangarei this week. Nga Maioha o te Rangikauia is the combined group of St Catherine’s College, St Mary’s College, Te Wharekura o Nga Mokopuna, and […]
3 July 2012 The newly formed Catholic Institute of Aotearoa New Zealand (TCI) has successfully integrated eLearning into its course offerings with a series of ‘faith updates’ in the form of online modules designed to provide a learning experience people can access from their own homes. The Catholic Institute’s director, Professor Anne Tuohy, says new […]