Features 31 May 2012 Wellington girl Brianna Anglesey has won Caritas’ annual Singout4Justice songwriting competition with a song about bullying called ‘It happens all the time’. Responding to the competition theme of ‘A voice for the voiceless’, Brianna said of her song ‘I immediately thought about bullying’s victims not speaking up. My song is about […]
World News Caritas staff31 May 2012 Millions of people across the Sahel region of West Africa face severe food shortages following a failed harvest in 2011. The drought has hit hardest families in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Chad.Hamani Fodi (pictured) of Garbey Gourov in the Dosso region of Niger can usually harvest enough […]
Features Lisa Beech, Caritas30 May 2012 As the Catholic Church prepares to celebrate the Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants on June 17, Parliament is considering new immigration legislation which proposes mandatory detention for groups of asylum seekers. Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand says we need to heed the warning of Australian Bishops that such […]
Reflect Veronica M Lawson RSM30 May 2012Matthew 20:16-20 In the closing verses of Matthew’s gospel, Jesus claims all the power and authority of the God of Israel. He commands his disciples to make disciples of all peoples and to baptise in the name of the Triune God. At the beginning of the Matthean gospel, Jesus […]
Bernadette Murfitt and Pat McGill 3 May 2012 In a combined Our Lady of Fatima parish and St Francis Xavier school parents and friends project, the Leo Connor parish hall has been upgraded from seven percent of building code to full code in just six months. The hall has now been gifted to the school. […]
Phil Cody sm 3 May 2012 Nga Karere Maori Club from Wellington and Te Waiora Catholic group in Palmerston North won their share of prizes during the Hui Aranga Maori gathering on Northland’s Hokianga Harbour at Easter. Maori cultural clubs from around the country have been gathering for the hui at Easter since the first […]
Archbishop John Dew On Wednesday April 25 just after the Anzac Day Mass in Christchurch where I was attending the Bishops Conference, the bishops did a fairly quick, sobering tour of some of the earthquake affected areas of the city of Christchurch. We started off in the van chatting and laughing about various things, but […]
Palmerston North Clare Sarten8 May 2012 We all know bible stories which feature mountains and, given the significance – both physically and spiritually – of the mountain in our lives in Taranaki we thought it would be a great place for our young people to celebrate Mass. After a week of rain, Sunday December 18 […]
Palmerston North Pat Rhodes4 May 2012 Whanganui Prison invited Manawatu Prison to an inaugural Choir Competition last month. The highly successful event saw the hosts amassing the greater number of points and claiming the trophy. The chaplains of the two prisons organised the occasion which will become an annual event. The programme opened with a […]
Palmerston North Mary Fama4 May 2012 Some 65 parishioners from the Hawke’s Bay Pastoral Area shared a six-day retreat at the beginning of March on Spirituality for Our Times – a shared experience of God, of Church, and of world. The retreat led by Fr Michael Fallon, Margaret Green and Mary Fama from Community for […]