Reflect Veronica Lawson rsm27 June 2012 Most of us have known the experience of feeling powerless in the face of rejection, especially when it is rejection from those who are closest to us, from those who might normally be expected to understand and affirm us. This seems to be the experience of the Markan Jesus. […]
Reflect Veronica Lawson rsm27 June 2012 To be a disciple of Jesus is to experience a call. It is also to be sent on a mission in partnership with others, a mission invariably expressed in terms of preaching, teaching, healing, and/or driving out of demons or unclean spirits. In other words, it is to be […]
Columns Msgr John BroadbentJune 2012 There are several feasts of the thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of martyrs of Japan. There are several feasts kept within Japan and June 1 seems to be one of the most popular. The courage and deep faith shown by so many of these people – Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and […]
Archbishop John DewJune 2012 In preparation for Pentecost last Sunday (May 27) I was reflecting on the last two lines of the reading we heard from St Paul to the Galatians (5:16-25), ‘You cannot belong to Christ Jesus unless you crucify all self-indulgent passion and desires. Since the Spirit is our life, let us be […]
Columns Kieran Fenn fmsJune 2012 Her feet on the groundSociology and archaeology have given us so much in recent years in reconstructing the life of a woman in first century Israel. There is real value in trying to understand the meaning of Mary as a particular person with her own life to compose, not as […]
Palmerston North Patricia Daws31 May 2012 Every month, Josie phones the band of ‘chefs’, who deliver a home-cooked main or vegetable dish or dessert to St Patrick’s Parish hall in Palmerston North. The regular team prepares soups to eat with the bread which Breadworks and Melodys donate.Mid-afternoon on first Mondays the hall is opened and […]
Palmerston North 31 May 2012 For the past 18 months we have had the privilege of getting to know Fr Joel Boco. He came to New Zealand from the Philippines on a three-year contract and was originally posted to The cathedral parish in Palmerston North. In October 2010 he came to work in the small […]
Palmerston North 31 May 2012 Josephine (nee O’Malley) and Allan Brady cut the cake at a community celebration in St Peter Chanel Parish Hall to mark their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married by Fr Kevin Clarke at Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Waiau, North Canterbury on May 12, 1962. They have lived […]
News 31 May 2012 Wel-com has a new editor, well, not quite. After more than seven years of editing the monthly newspaper in the Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses, Cecily McNeill has decided to share the workload. Assistant editor Derek Johnson has settled into the office, working full days in the middle part of the […]
Features Doug Dawick fms31 May 2012 Book offers wonderful food for the journey If you are serious about your spirituality, read Journeying into Prayer, edited by Neil Darragh – 34 short chapters prayer, from a broad spectrum of writers. They’re not all Catholic and four are from non-Christian faiths, but all are New Zealand-based. Hopefully, […]