Te Rongopai me te Tiriti o Waitangi
Barbara Cowan RSJ
In a workshop in which I participated some time ago, the following question was asked: If a group of aliens were to arrive in this land and begin to take over our various institutions – our s
Up to 30 percent of students in Catholic schools may be experiencing some alienation from their peers and from the school system. Br Pat Lynch explores the connection between this problem and the uninspiring nature of the school curriculum.
As Wel-com went to press early last week, Timor-Leste was still without a prime minister and dependent on peace-keeping forces from New Zealand, Australia and Portugal to maintain order.
Meanwhile food supplies were expected to run out within a fort
Planning in our archdiocese for World Youth Day (WYD) in Sydney 2008 has begun! In the middle of last month the Archdiocesan Planning Committee met for the first time.
This group of people, a collaboration of laity, religious and clergy, with admini
Anzac Day 2006 had special meaning for 85 Sisters of St Joseph who gathered at Perthville, NSW, where 130 years earlier the first Diocesan Josephite congregation commenced.
Members of the five branches of the Federation of Sisters of St Joseph – Pert
The founder of the Religious of St Joseph in Australia and New Zealand, Mary MacKillop, is honoured next month in the church’s liturgical calendar. Sr Sian Owen explores the situation which led Mother Mary MacKillop to establish the order.
Hearts and minds were warmed, nourished and challenged by the humanity of New Testament scholar, Dr Barbara Reid, at a recent seminar in Palmerston North. This writer, teacher and acclaimed preacher from Grand Rapids, Michigan, was a gift to the New Zeala
While delegates and others connected with the archdiocese were engaged in the Archdiocesan Synod at the beginning of June, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart was almost constantly packed with people praying for the Holy Spirit to inspire those at the synod
The first plenary session of the Wellington Archdiocesan Synod 2006 held from 2 to 4 June, heard a series of six speeches on each of the topics on which the synod was focused.
Here is the text of each speech, without graphics.
The six workshop groups were given the task of dreaming about what the archdiocese might look like in five years’ time. This activity took place on the first day of the synod, Saturday 3 June. The statements about the future were then presented to the ful