Land and environment in PN spotlight
The suffering of people is often linked to the way we treat the planet. A reflection from workshops held in the Palmerston North diocese during Social Justice Week in September.
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Fr Kevin Neal’s gentle recovery from stroke
Imagine your brain as a filing cabinet with thousands of files, some related, others not. Suddenly half the cabinet doesn’t open anymore and you have no say over which half.
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time C
24rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time C
The question of Noah and his descendants
Can we take Noah’s story literally when the list in Genesis 10 mentions only people of black and white races? Nothing is said of other ethnic groups because the author of the list knew only the Near East of his time.
Wellington’s newest priest a humble vineyard worker
For 18 years after leaving school, David worked in the New Zealand Customs Service … always thinking in the back of his mind that he would like to become a priest. ‘But I kept putting it aside because I thought I wasn’t good enough, not holy enough.
Collaborative ministry working well in Wellington
Br Loughlan Sofield and Sr Carroll Juliano worked with pastoral areas in the Wellington Archdiocese in August and say they are impressed with the extent to which Wellington is already using collaborative ministry.
Editorial: the last shall be first
Today’s gospel reading makes an outrageous call on the followers of Jesus that they ignore the carefully drafted laws of cleanliness and invite the poor, the unclean and the lame to dine with them.
Porirua children for peace in families
The children of Holy Family School have turned a vigil against family violence into an occasion for affirming their family life.