Many of the ingrained remnants of older Catholics’ upbringing and religious culture were recently subjected to rigorous scrutiny, exposure and confrontation at St Mary’s, Carterton, under the guidance of spiritual director, Jim Dooley sm.
How is it that we who are made in God’s image and likeness (Gen 1:27) are normally identified by what we do? Imagine an obituary describing leisure pursuits in more than a sentence at the end…
Like the whisper of a gentle breeze the breath of the spirit takes me by surprise, awakens me, and touches the church and all mankind in unfathomable ways.
Some mornings I stand under the shower and think of being baptised into a new day. As the water cascades over my head I imagine Jesus in the Jordan river, probably standing much the same way and thinking of his life ahead.
The 62nd running of the O’Shea Shield public speaking contest held in Napier last month saw the two top prizes evenly spread between provincial and metropolitan cities but the girls took top honours.
Even before the diocese was established, there were the beginnings of the Catholic community in Wellington bringing together Catholic immigrant families. Bishop Pompallier celebrated the first Mass in Wellington on Christmas Day, 1840.
Schools 6 June 2008 Chanel College principal, Jo Matthews, has been judged sixth in the world in her age group for two butterfly events at the World Masters Swimming Championships in Perth, Western Australia. Jo covered the 100m butterfly event in a time of 1.22.63. She equalled her New Zealand record time and was awarded […]