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The public hearing by the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care focussing on the issue of redress, initially scheduled for … Read More about Separate faith-based redress hearing
Read More“I’m Catholic. Now What?” by Shaun McAfee. Our Sunday Visitor (Huntington, Indiana, 2019). 335 pp., US$19.95. “What to Say and … Read More about A black-and-white view of what it means to be Catholic
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In recent days, I have been gratified to receive positive feedback and recollections prompted by the article in the previous … Read More about Many turning points can lead to Jesus
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Myra Jill (Billie) Tohill has been playing the organ at St John the Baptist parish in Alexandra for more than … Read More about Long-serving organist honoured
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The wave of global protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement would have been no surprise to African-American … Read More about Racial spin on Vietnam war
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by Bernard Moran Here is the untold story of how an elite group of New Zealand abortion-rights advocates collaborated with … Read More about The Australian connection to NZ’s radical abortion law
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Suzanne Aubert’s medicines were the inspiration for six works by Whanganui artist Emma Cunningham, that were made available for viewing … Read More about Suzanne Aubert’s remedies expressed in art
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July 19: Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Readings: 1. Wisdom 12:13,16-19; Psalm: 86; 2. Romans 8:26-27; Gospel: Matthew 13:24-43. With … Read More about A plan that preserves everything for harvest time
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Hamilton diocese was supposed to have a small celebration to mark the fortieth anniversary of the diocese, but the pandemic lockdown got in the way. “We were going to mark quite simply the anniversary . . . but Covid paid put to this,” said Hamilton Bishop Stephen Lowe, who added that there will still be … Read More about Covid crimps diocese celebration plan
Bernard Moran may have retired as Voice for Life communications manager, but he has not stepped away from the fight to defend life as sacred. Mr Moran, 75, told NZ Catholic he stepped down from the role to give way to “green shoots”. “[The communications strategy is] becoming more and more social media and social … Read More about Still active in pro-life cause despite retiring
Words from a poem by James K. Baxter have been taken down from the foyer of a Dunedin church after concerns were acknowledged about the poet’s admitted and alleged abuse of some women. In a July 12 Mercy Parish newsletter, parish priest Fr Gerard Aynsley wrote that the parish pastoral council met earlier that month … Read More about Baxter poem taken down from Dunedin church foyer
During his time in ministry as a priest, and lately as a bishop, Bishop Michael Gielen has sensed God moving in many unexpected ways, which were occasions of real joy. Bishop Gielen said the greatest “unexpected grace” for him has been the extent to which people have allowed him to be a part of their … Read More about Many unexpected joys in priestly ministry
Three young men, two of them Maori, are currently studying in the Society of Mary’s seminary in Auckland. Hemi Ropata, SM, 36, is in his third year with the Marists. His iwi is Ngati Raukawa/NgaTai. Born into an Anglican family, he was walking along a street in 2013, when he felt the need to go … Read More about Discerning God’s call in the Society of Mary
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