NCRS – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 28 Feb 2018 01:30:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 Making Jesus relevant in a secular society https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/05/15/making-jesus-relevant-secular-society/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/05/15/making-jesus-relevant-secular-society/#respond Sun, 14 May 2017 20:30:34 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=15028 Making Jesus relevant to the lives of young people given the complexity of New Zealand secular society is the main challenge of religious educators today, said National Centre for Religious Studies director Colin MacLeod. “Our RE teachers are doing great work but because many of our young people (in Catholic schools) come from families that

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/05/15/making-jesus-relevant-secular-society/feed/ 0 Religious education change seen as positive https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2009/01/31/religious-education-change-seen-as-positive/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2009/01/31/religious-education-change-seen-as-positive/#respond Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000 http://nzcatholic.iconmedia.co.nz/?p=2791 WELLINGTON An educational leader predicts students leaving Catholic schools will have a deeper understanding of their faith as a result of changes to religious education assessment. New Zealand Catholic Education Office chief executive Br Pat Lynch, FSC, said students will be able to have a more academic approach to the study of their religion after

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