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September 20: 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Readings: 1. Isaiah 55:6-9; Psalm: 145; 2. Philippians 1:20-24,27; Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16; Our … Read More about Navigating our way through many a testing time
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By NEIL BROOM Most of us will have indulged in that slightly obsessive bathroom activity of struggling to squeeze that very last vestige of toothpaste from its tube. I … Read More about A metaphor for life
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“Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the … Read More about Many faiths at final event held in centre
Read MoreAn ordination to the priesthood and to the diaconate according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite will take … Read More about Ordinations rescheduled
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“On Trial for Reason: Science, Religion and Culture in the Galileo Affair” by Maurice A. Finocchiaro. Oxford University Press (New York, … Read More about Authoritative journey through history of science and philosophy
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by JEFF DILLON The issue of social distancing actually resulted in two denominations coming closer together briefly – with St Joseph’s Cathedral parish in Dunedin agreeing to … Read More about Anglicans grateful for Dunedin cathedral help
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Hollywood’s studio system was declared dead in the past month. It was the end of an era in which big budget movies were released solely to paying … Read More about Bollywood steps up
Read MoreFamily First NZ has won its appeal in the Wellington Court of Appeal against deregistration from the Charities Register. “This decision is a … Read More about Family First wins charitable status battle after Court of Appeal hearing
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by Sr DOROTHEA WILKES, OCD On Thursday, April 4, 2019, Sr Marietta, Sr Mareta and myself needed to go out to get passport photos at a place in Addington, as we have to keep them updated for identity purposes. All the passports were due to expire this year, and I decided to go with the sisters at the last minute, as it would save another trip out later. One sister had another appointment over Riccarton way at 5.20pm. Our good friend, Joy, picked … Read More about A simple excursion became an exceptional event
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis will travel to Assisi in Italy on October 3 to sign an encyclical on the social, political and economic obligations that flow from a belief that all people are children of God, and therefore brothers and sisters to one another. The Vatican press office, confirming the Pope’s trip, said … Read More about Pope to sign new encyclical next month
How does one engage in a philosophical argument with one of the leading lights of American pragmatism? In 2006, lecturer in philosophy at Te Kupenga – Catholic Theological College Fr John Owens, SM, set about reading everything he could about American philosopher Richard Rorty. The Kiwi academic ended up publishing a book in 2019. The book, “Rorty, Religion and Metaphysics” was launched on August 5, at the Catholic Theological College … Read More about Kiwi lecturer takes on US philosopher
by MARTIN De JONG Climate activists fasting outside Parliament in Wellington have been hosted for the last two months at Viard House, the residence of Cardinal John Dew and Fr David Dowling, parish priest of the Wellington Cathedral Parish. Under the banner of “E Tū for our Future/Stand up for our Future”, initiated by David Goldsmith of Christchurch, a … Read More about Climate fasters hosted by Viard House in Wgtn
A classic of Vietnamese “gulag literature”, written by an Auckland-based Catholic priest, has been updated, translated into English and republished this year to coincide with the priest’s golden jubilee of priestly ordination. “I Must Live” by Fr “Andrew” Nguyen Nuu Le, is an account of the 13 years he spent in communist re-education camps in Vietnam, from 1975 to … Read More about Faith and hope in the hell of ‘re-education’ camps
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