Feature

Cullinane students raise voices for mission school

by SUE SECONI
St Mary of the Cross MacKillop’s dare to “Never see a need without trying to do something about it”, was not so much seen but heard by Cullinane College students. Continue reading

Devotion to Our Lady grows

by ROWENA OREJANA
More than 750 devotees of the Our Lady of Penafrancia celebrated the 25th anniversary of
their arrival in New Zealand with a procession around Our Lady of Assumption Church in Onehunga. Continue reading

Survey has hard messages for Church

by ROWENA OREJANA
WELLINGTON — The responses of more than 2000 New Zealand Catholics provided to the survey for the Third Extraordinary Synod on Marriage and Family showed Catholics feel that the Church is “out of touch”, even “hypocritical”, in some of its teachings. Continue reading

Evangelising one bite at a time

by PETER GRACE
AUCKLAND — How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
That was the analogy United States Catholic digital media and evangelising couple Greg and Jennifer Willits used when talking about the New Evangelisation to parish workers and diocesan staff in Auckland on August 25. Continue reading

Pope Francis has a ball!

Popes can have fun, too.
While walking along St Peter’s Square last Wednesday (Sept 24) among the cheering faithful, Pope Francis motioned to someone holding a ball in the crowd to throw the ball to him. Continue reading

Journey takes Jeanne to Sisters of Life

by ROWENA OREJANA
AUCKLAND — Travelling was Jeanne Ng’s passion until she found something more worthwhile to pursue. Continue reading

A life turned around

Rob came to prison with a long list of offences that included various types of violence with weapons, including two rape charges and some drug charges.
His family had disowned him. Continue reading