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Former prison chaplain, Sr Josepha O’Connor RSJ, in reflecting on her time caring for the inmates in three Wellington prisons, says more rehabilitation and education rather than longer sentences will help reform prisoners.

‘The implications for us all’and particularly for you here in New Zealand, surrounded by millions of vulnerable people’are truly worrying. A global solution is urgently needed.’

‘Even with issues like at the moment climate change, the economic crisis, the voice of Caritas must come in as a voice of justice.’

Apart from the fact that he’s not around to help with getting the children into bed, she worries that he is missing out on their development. You listen. It’s a common concern voiced by many mothers but each situation is special for the person there.

When Jesus launched his movement for a civilisation of love in the heart of the world, he realised that he needed chiefs’leaders.

In our own diocese we have been called to be both salt and light; the call for our priests to be salt and light for their people is also there.