Fr Neil Vaney SM – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:23:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 Theology must speak to cult of humanism https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/07/11/theology-must-speak-cult-humanism/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/07/11/theology-must-speak-cult-humanism/#respond Mon, 10 Jul 2017 20:30:53 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=15451 A rising cult of humanism is in danger of moving down a dark and sinister road — and theology needs to respond with powerful demonstrations of the enduring relevance of religious belief. Theologian Fr Neil Vaney, SM, sounded this warning when delivering the graduation address at the degree conferral ceremony for Good Shepherd College in

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/07/11/theology-must-speak-cult-humanism/feed/ 0 Fond memories revisited at Southland’s 150 celebration https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2014/11/25/fond-memories-revisited-at-southland%e2%80%99s-150-celebration/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2014/11/25/fond-memories-revisited-at-southland%e2%80%99s-150-celebration/#respond Tue, 25 Nov 2014 02:11:23 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=9283 by PAT VELTKAMP SMITH When Southlanders held sesquicentennial celebrations over Labour Weekend, 150 years after the building of that first St Mary’s Church in Invercargill, it was an Aucklander who drew the most appreciative chuckle. Southland-born Peter Garrick, proposing a vote of thanks at the close of the successful celebration, said Aucklanders say migrants bring

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2014/11/25/fond-memories-revisited-at-southland%e2%80%99s-150-celebration/feed/ 0 Two threats of our age seen https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2014/10/23/two-threats-of-our-age-seen/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2014/10/23/two-threats-of-our-age-seen/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2014 01:23:39 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=8873 by ROWENA OREJANA Marist priest Fr Neil Vaney, SM, has warned of two movements that aim to replace religion in the modern world: Futurism and Transhumanism. In a lecture at the Catholic Discipleship College on September 18, Fr Vaney said those two movements are promising to deliver what they see religion as promising. Fr Vaney

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