June 2016 News John Kleinsman It is approximately one year since Lecretia Seales took her case for euthanasia and assisted suicide to the High Court in Wellington. Looking back, one of the benefits of this case is that it has clarified the current long-standing laws against assisting suicide and against homicide that apply unambiguously to […]
June 2016 Diocesan News There has been much activity over recent years within the Archdiocese of Wellington around ‘reimagining’, culminating in a series of merged parishes. The Catholic Centre on Hill St has been undergoing its own ‘reimagining’ process resulting this year in several changes to its operational approach and structures. Pastoral Services, which […]
May 2016 Noeline McSweeney The Kimi Ora Faith and Light Community is a strong movement within the parish in New Plymouth, working with disabled children. It began 14 years ago and every month 24 members meet together with their families and friends for a time of prayer, music, praise, fellowship and fun. In answer to […]
May 2016 Jo Woods Over 40 parishioners, and a dog, joined Msgr Gerard in Buckle St – the area of Wellington Mother Aubert put down roots in the city. The group began a 6km walk from the site of the first New Zealand children’s crèche established by Suzanne Aubert in 1914, and near the first […]
May 2016 Martin de Jong and Lisa Beech Upper Hutt’s St Joseph’s parish will host a four-day Archdiocesan ‘Benefit Impact’ event from 10–13 May, to help people on a social-welfare benefit better understand their benefit details, with the support of trained advocates. People are invited to St Joseph’s Church in Upper Hutt, corner of Pine […]
May 2016 Catholic Schools Day 16 May 2016 Leadership in any context of the Church is challenging but the expectations we place on Catholic school principals is very high. Their role is twofold – they are both the principal according to State obligations and faith leader of their school community. As leaders they must marry […]
May 2016 Spirituality in Healthcare Sande Ramage In this Year of Mercy, many Christians may be re-energising their pastoral skills to respond to the call to visit the sick. But do the sick want to be visited by religious folk if they don’t any longer connect with a particular religious tradition; and what outcome ought […]
May 2016 International John Kleinsman Growth in the numbers of people affected by the Zika virus, spread predominantly by mosquitos, has been described as an ‘explosive pandemic’. While relatively harmless for most people, the virus is now strongly suspected – though not yet definitively proven – of being linked to a serious fetal malformation known […]
May 2016 Reflections Kieran Fenn In drawing this series about Mary to a conclusion there are a number of pointers to be made. An over-riding one is it makes no sense to use Mary as a cover for defective notions of God, Christ or the Spirit. The female imagery, which belongs to Mary as a […]
May 2016 Reflections Joe Green The Camino de Santiago, also known as the Way of St James, or Route of Santiago de Compostela, and the Road to Santiago, is the name of the pilgrimage routes or ‘ways’ to the shrine of the apostle St James the Great in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in […]