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Almsgiving and the challenge of encounter

Michael Otto — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 00:21:51 +0000

In the fading days of summer, Kiwi Catholics know that another season looms — Lent, with its increased focus on prayer, almsgiving and fasting, in preparation for Easter. St Augustine described fasting and almsgiving as “the two wings of prayer”, because they are signs of humility and charity. But these two qualities were in short supply recently when a prominent New

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Fasting not a kind of competition, nuncio says

Michael Otto — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 00:00:48 +0000

by MICHAEL OTTO The Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand has cautioned seminarians and theology students not to treat lenten fasting as a type of sporting competition. Archbishop Martin Krebs said this in a homily at the 2015 opening Mass at Good Shepherd College in Ponsonby on February 20. The archbishop said that fasting, like other

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Some Australian bishops suggest restoring year-round Friday abstinence

Michael Otto — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:11:22 +0000

By Matthew Biddle
PERTH, Australia (CNS) — Several Australian bishops said they would support re-establishment of year-round Friday abstinence in Australia, following the lead of England and Wales.
Auxiliary Bishop Peter Elliott of Melbourne, Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett of Lismore and Bishop Michael Kennedy of Armidale are among prelates who said they support Friday abstinence from meat — without sanction of sin — almost 30 years after it became non-compulsory in Australia.echo $variable;

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Prayer effort will seek to stop abortions

Michael Otto — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0000

HAMILTON The organiser of 40 days of prayer and fasting focusing on abortion before and after the general election is putting together a round-the-clock prayer network as a follow-up. Sue Rowe, an evangelical Christian from Hamilton, said the whole country was covered for the 40 days, which ran from October 10 to November 18. Although

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Abortion spurs national prayer, fasting campaign

Michael Otto — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0000

HAMILTON For millennia, prayer and fasting have been used as

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