Confessions of a special character and Jesus follower
Seventeen-year-old St Bernard’s student, Jordan Kooge, gave this speech at the Education Convention in Wellington in July.
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Hutt parish welcomes the karanga into its Masses
The karanga is used at the elevation of the host and the chalice to honour the Māori language, and incorporate biculturalism into the parish following synod recommendations that Māori culture play a significant role in Masses in the archdiocese by 2011.
Editorial: Beneficiary-bashing isolates needy
Now that former beneficiary Paula Bennett reigns over the social welfare system, the sorts of allowances that enabled her to gain a qualification and move into paid work are being denied to others’the Training Incentive Allowance which gives beneficiaries a chance to undertake tertiary study was cut in May and Ms Bennett is not ruling out further cuts to allowances.
Archbishop’s column: Be the change
What a gift to see this call to ‘be the change’ in reality during the 2009 Catholic Education Convention in the faces and in the hearts of the more than a thousand people who spent the three days sharing experiences, expanding these through the vision of keynote lecturers and celebrating them in prayer, liturgy and the arts.
Absence and presence: the New Testament priesthood
It is a striking feature that, while there are pagan priests and Jewish priests in the pages of the New Testament, no individual Christian is ever specifically identified as a priest.
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
A life of pastoral learning, teaching and writing
A youth movement that attracted some 1400 members in the 1950s and 1960s, a national association of priests comprising half of all the country’s priests in the 1970s and an ongoing scholarship that led him to attempt to challenge his congregations out of mediocrity are achievements for which John Broadbent might be remembered although these are not his most important.
The Biggest Little Kiwiana Show in Masterton
Schools Cecily McNeill4 September 2009 Pupils of St Patrick’s School, Masterton, dusted off their performance gear for two concerts in the Masterton town hall last term. The Biggest Little Kiwiana Show was staged as a benefit concert for the sister of one of the school’s pupils. Pre-schooler Sophie King is receiving treatment for a brain […]
Top young Maori leader wins Oz study grant
Areti will be studying for his Master of Strategic Affairs degree which will lead to the highly sought after Master of Diplomacy programme. His focus will be on New Zealand’s strategic role in the Pacific.