'I think back to what New Zealand did to protest the situation in South Africa and particularly what happened in 1981 with the Springbok tour. 'I think I have seen some things here that are worse than what I understand happened in South Africa and yet there is not a whimper from New Zealand about what is happening here.'
Schools 21 December 2008 For the first time in eight seasons, the Marist St Pats Premier team won the first round in Wellington club rugby—the Swindale Shield—and went on to share the Jubilee Cup. The winning MSP team is pictured. Victor Vito, left, is an MSP Premier grade player and received the Wellington Rugby Union’s […]
This is still my dream as I look forward to the new year. We can be a community of disciples, seized by the gospel of Jesus, each with different tasks and gifts, but all at the service of the community and society.
2000 years after Jesus’ birth into a Roman-occupied Palestine, and 60 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Palestine is still occupied and its people are still oppressed, these days by US-backed Israeli occupation.
This letter is to a Christian community that Paul did not found. There was a large Jewish community in Rome, and Christianity had been present there from at least the early 40s. As non-Jews became part of the Christian movement, tensions developed between them and Jewish Christians.
For the first time ever, there were more women than men among the official ‘observers’ at the October synod of bishops in Rome.
A Middle Eastern conference in November has called on ‘brothers and sisters in the worldwide church’ to protest the injustices perpetrated on the Palestinian people by a repressive Israeli military regime in the name of reconciliation.
Schools 20 December 2008 Viard College’s barbershop quartet, Pacific Flavours, has won fourth place in the ninth Pan Pacific Barbershop Convention in Hawai’i. Some 900 enthusiasts from countries in the Pacific rim assembled in 28 quartets and 17 choruses. Former Pan Pacific gold medalist, Matthew Gifford, coached the boys who also helped the Wellington regional […]
With the help of local amateur radio enthusiasts and ham radio, the pupils conversed with space station commander Mike Fincke during a 10-minute interval when the station was over Australia.
The idea came from a social analysis workshop in St Anne’s Parish in May when participants decided to explore the impact of rising food prices on the local community.