By MICHAEL OTTO and JEFF DILLON The stand of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most prominent wartime conscientious objector, Archibald Baxter, who became a Catholic late in his life, has been honoured with the opening of a national memorial in Dunedin. The Archibald Baxter Peace Garden – The National Memorial for Conscientious Objectors was officially opened on October … Read More about Memorial honours NZ’s most prominent pacifist
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Reflecting on 50 years of priesthood, Dunedin jubilarian says God gave all that was needed
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Integrated schools must follow health order
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Running parishes at higher capacities
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Jesicka Goei and Yun Wang thought lockdown had put paid to their plans to have an October wedding. It turns out, they were wrong. With Covid-19 level 3 step one restrictions in play, there were only ten people in the church in Auckland: the couple, Fr Tony King-Archer, Ms Goei’s parents, Mr Wang’s mother, their … Read More about Love and marriage in the time of lockdown
By ROWENA OREJANA People can have everything going well for them during this lockdown, but still feel unsettled and have mental health issues. Christchurch-based behavioural expert Michael Hempseed told NZ Catholic the number of people that had reached out to him from all around the country to seek help is higher now than it was in the … Read More about Acknowledging the pain of the long lockdown
The Catholic bishops of Aotearoa New Zealand will ensure vaccinated and unvaccinated people can safely attend Mass when the Government’s “traffic light” Covid-19 system starts. Each parish will be asked to provide at least one weekly Mass for people with the “My Vaccine Pass” required for unrestricted gatherings under the … Read More about Catholic churches in NZ will offer Mass for all under “traffic light” plan
A national gathering is being planned for next year at the conclusion of the diocesan discussion and reflection stages of the Synod of Bishops 2021-23 process, said Hamilton Bishop Stephen Lowe. The synod theme is: “For a synodal church: Communion, Participation, and Mission.” During a homily at a Mass celebrated at his chapel because of … Read More about National gathering planned in synod process
Relationships are key to ministering to Māori, particularly when discussing getting vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus. Auckland Vicar for Māori Manuel Beazley said that many of the Catholic parishes in the region are actively promoting vaccination, and were involved in the Super Saturday Vaxathon held on October 16. “There is a big push in south Auckland, many of the Catholic … Read More about Maori leadership needed in vaccination drive
(This is the second part of a two-part article.) Part IV Where to start? I referred to the increasing gap between the number of our parishes and the number of priests. Simply combining parishes, whether for the sake of having a parish priest in every parish, or out of due … Read More about Mission, ministries and co-responsibility (part two)
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