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A pivot inspired by prayer during lockdown has resulted in a carpark being the site of regular adoration of the … Read More about Lockdown eucharistic devotion in Pukekohe
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New Zealand’s bishops have released a set of guidelines for parishes for living, caring, worshipping and ministering when the “traffic light” Covid-19 … Read More about Acts of love in a time of division
Read MorePalmerston North parishioners have given a variety of reasons as to why they have not returned to Sunday Mass when … Read More about Many reasons for Mass absences
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Foodbanks in Dunedin launched a nine-day contactless drop-off canned food drive from November 27 in lieu of the cancelled Community … Read More about Dunedin foodbanks launch canned food drive
Read MoreDevonport parishioner Sarah Sparks (Te Ātiawa/Ngāti Tama/Ngāti Whiti) has been appointed chair of a community panel to give feedback to top levels of Government about … Read More about Parishioner heads PM feedback panel
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Marcellin College students have responded to the current social problems plaguing the country in the only way they can – with creativity … Read More about Creativity and prayer guide students
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Dropping references to Christmas in favour of “winter holidays” in official European Union communications was an idea … Read More about Using ‘holidays’ instead of ‘Christmas’ isn’t inclusive
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NEW YORK (CNS) – More than 1500 people filled St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York on December 8 to witness … Read More about Another step in Dorothy Day sainthood process
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In the wake of a massive underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga, subsequent tsunamis, and now contamination from volcanic ash and saltwater, Pope Francis has appealed for prayers for the people of the region. “My thoughts go to the people of the islands of Tonga, struck in recent days by the eruption … Read More about Pope calls for prayers for people hit by disaster in Tonga
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – As the omicron variant of COVID-19 continues spreading rapidly in Italy, the Vatican press office said both Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, and Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, the substitute for general affairs in the secretariat, have tested positive for the coronavirus. Cardinal Parolin, who turned 67 on January 17, … Read More about Top officials in Vatican Secretariat of State test positive for COVID-19
There is a need to redefine “obedience”, especially in the context of religious life, to put an end to spiritual abuse in the Catholic Church. Speaking at a Zoom event put together on November 29 by an international organisation Voice for Faith, Te Kupenga theologian and lecturer Dr Rocio Figueroa said spiritual abuse is hard to see, because it is … Read More about Redefinition of obedience needed to stop spiritual abuse
The chief executive of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office has suggested that a solution to this country’s declining student achievement in mathematics lies in a balanced approach to teaching the subject. Writing in the December issue of the NZCEO’s Lighting New Fires newsletter, Dr Kevin Shore said that the teaching of mathematics in under … Read More about Balanced approach needed to teach maths
Three Catholic organisations have expressed support at a parliamentary select committee for the establishment of Matariki as a public holiday. The Archdiocese of Wellington Commission for Ecology, Justice and Peace, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand and Challenge 2000 made submissions to the Māori Affairs Committee supporting the Te Pire mō te Hararei Tūmatanui o te Kāhui o Matariki/Te Kāhui o Matariki Public Holiday Bill. The Catholic organisations recognised the importance of respecting the rights of cultures of indigenous peoples, as emphasised … Read More about Catholic support for Matariki as a public holiday
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