The idea that some four-year-olds in Australia have never seen rain is behind the creation of a new Catholic agency to focus on environmental issues across the Tasman.
Col Brown of Catholic Earthcare Australia was keynote speaker at four seminars or
Archbishop John Dew will launch the synod booklet, the front cover of which appears on this page, for the North Island part of the diocese on at a promulgation mass on 20 September at Sacred Heart Cathedral. He will launch the booklet for South Island par
At the recent Australasian Catholic Press Conference awards, Wel-com won the best feature award for a series of three articles on inter-church marriages mostly written by Sally and John Faisandier.
The judge’s citation said that the series provided
The Catholic Women’s League will be asking parliament to ban the advertising of prescription drugs on TV, regulate the advertising of instant finance and debt rescheduling loans, reprint the booklet Considering an Abortion – what are your options, increas
Peace Together is the theme of a celebration of peace which uses the image of people as pieces in a jigsaw in the Hutt later this month.
Initiated by the Inter-Faith Council in the Hutt Valley, the ecumenical initiative recognises the United Nations
Today’s gospel [Mk 7:31-37] shows us Jesus teaching through miracles. The deaf man’s ears are opened so that he can hear the word of God and his speech impediment is removed so that he can proclaim the gospel message.
The writer of Mark tells us the
The Communio adult education series resumes from 5 October in the Hutt Valley, when Monsignor John Broadbent concludes his popular survey of the history of the church.
This series of six presentations covers the church’s reactions to the modern worl
The child advocacy group Every Child Counts is forging links with the business sector in a bid to widen their campaign to get children on top of the government’s policy priorities list.
The organisation was formed in 2004 to lobby the pre-election go
On Saturday 26 August the Malta-based international evangelising organisation, ICPE, celebrated 10 years in New Zealand. We reprint Fr Brian Wysocki’s homily for the event.
People often ask me who wrote the gospels. This is never an easy question because it involves the past and the present as well as people’s sensitivities. I could begin by saying that the Holy Spirit is the author of all the New Testament; together with th