by BEATE MATTHIES “Presence in Unity” – What a challenge it has been to organise an event of “presence”, while wondering about the alert level we would be in when this “Ecumenical Day” was actually going to take place. Auckland’s shift to Level 1 made it possible: a group of some 20 people gathered at … Read More about Unity across denominations
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Couple die on same day after 66 years married
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Christians have enough in common to work together
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Knightly help for Upper Hutt student
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by JUSTIN GLYN, SJ The Victorian bishops have recently put out a trenchant response to the latest report of Victoria’s Voluntary Assistance in Dying Review Board (which monitors the workings of Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017). In it, they note the lack of information on, and access to, palliative … Read More about Discussions about euthanasia
In the Second Vatican Council’s pastoral constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Gaudium et Spes, the first sentence, concerning “the joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age” is much-quoted. The second sentence says that “nothing genuinely human fails to raise … Read More about Looking beyond the slogans of parties
Safe and hygienic practices at Mass will continue as the rest of the country moves into alert level 1 while Auckland remains at alert level 2. In a pastoral letter dated September 23, Wellington Cardinal John Dew called on diocesan church and school leaders to remind people of the need … Read More about Safety key as Covid alert levels change in NZ
by ESTELLE HENRYS To celebrate the Season of Creation, members of four faith communities in Wellington western suburbs (Ōtari Catholic Parish Karori/Wilton, St Luke’s and St Anne’s Anglican Churches and Wadestown Presbyterian Church) got together to plan an Ecumenical Walk in Ōtari -Wilton’s Bush. The idea was to visit the … Read More about Season of Creation marked by ecumenical walk
The remediation of three of the buildings of Holy Cross Seminary in Ponsonby will begin by the end of the year. The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference earlier decided to remediate the leaky building at the seminary at an estimated cost of $7.6 million. In the seminary’s September 2020 newsletter, … Read More about Seminary building remediation planned
A reminder has been given the rules concerning Catholic schools sending out material related to politics. This was sparked after a principal from a central North Island Catholic school sent parents a link to information from Family First about the upcoming End of Life Choice Act and Cannibis legalisation referendums. … Read More about Schools sent reminder regarding distribution of political material
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