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When I had the stroke five years ago, I really had no religious feelings at all for several months. I had to grow into it again. It was almost like relearning my faith.

A Palestinian leader from Gaza has appealed to New Zealanders who are ‘people of conscience’ to ask the government to use all available channels to see his people ‘set free from our oppression’. Constantine Dabbagh told a Wellington audience on August 12 that the Palestinians in Gaza are a peace-loving people who are living in a huge prison, in miserable conditions with only six hours of electricity a day.

For this to happen, community members need opportunities to use their gifts. This is the leaders’ task. When school and parish leaders work together with a common vision, a greater sense of community will result.

The young people were encouraged to hand in their phones as a way to involve themselves completely in the process. By the end of the camp many commented on how good it was not to have to worry about their phones.

A competition between the sexes as to who could compose and sing the most amazing grace became a feature of a Passionist youth camp in the Pohangina Valley at the start of July.

Three students from St Patrick’s Parish Paraparaumu have recently completed the Certificate in Catholic Youth Ministry through the Catholic Education Centre in Wellington.

What does it mean to be a young Catholic these days? Who better to ask than our young chaps themselves? Here’s what the Holy Molies of Ss Peter and Paul Parish, Lower Hutt, had to say about it…

Parishes J P Twaalfhoven and the Holy Molies13 September 2010 What does it mean to be a young Catholic these days? Who better to ask than our young chaps themselves? Here’s what the Holy Molies of Ss Peter and Paul Parish, Lower Hutt, had to say about it: ‘… to be involved in our local […]