A St Peter’s College, Auckland, student has been handing out positive messages to commuters because he wants to change the culture of isolation on Auckland’s trains and get people talking to each other. Tainui Singh-Clark, 16, has been giving the handwritten messages to strangers since earlier this year, leaving smiles in his wake. Read more
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Fr Des Levins R.I.P.
Monday, May 22nd, 2017Fr Des Levins had died peacefully at Nazareth Rest Home on 25 March. The people of Whanganui, where he worked for 25 years, remember him with affection Read more
Wellington celebration for 100th anniversary of Fatima
Monday, May 22nd, 2017More than 100 people including families and children gathered in Wellington last week to honour our Lady of Fatima during the 100th anniversary of her first apparition. The event was very appropriately held at the Our Lady of Fatima church in Tawa and organised by the Centre for Marriage and Family (CMF). Read more Look Read more
Solo Mother who supported City Mission campaign gets cruel comments on social media
Thursday, May 18th, 2017
Auckland City Missioner, Chris Farrelly, has written to the New Zealand Herald saying he was “troubled immensely” by the comments on Facebook about a story featuring a solo mother of six. The story was part of the Mission’s Mothers’ Day fundraising campaign. “It was at odds with what I know of the brave and resilient Read more
Family First will fight any move to deregister it
Thursday, May 18th, 2017
Family First will immediately instruct its legal team to vigorously fight any attempts to deregister it said its spokesperson Bob McCoskrie. The group first heard of another move to of deregister it through a report in the New Zealand Herald. When asked by Family First, the Charities Registration Board said it would neither confirm nor Read more
Alternative liturgies for Wellington city centre church
Thursday, May 18th, 2017
A change in city centre ministry could be on the cards for Wellington’s St Mary of the Angels parish. The possible additions to the current outreach at the newly earthquake strengthened Church, are the result of an Alpha Leadership Course and meeting of Marist city centre ministers held recently in London. The changes are floated Read more
Craig, Slater clash about whether you can speak to God
Thursday, May 18th, 2017Colin Craig and Cameron Slater have clashed at the High Court in Auckland over whether it’s possible to speak to God. The former Conservative Party leader and the Whaleoil blogger are suing each other for defamation. “Not one of my Christian friends ever talks about speaking with God,” Slater said on Thursday while being cross Read more
St Bernard’s College takes home O’Shea Shield for the first time
Thursday, May 18th, 2017A Lower Hutt school has scooped a prestigious shield after a weekend of speeches, drama and reading competitions. St Bernard’s College won the O’Shea Shield for the first time in the school’s history. “We’re over the moon,” coordinator David Sefton said. Continue reading
Wellington Lutherans and Catholics commemorate 500th anniversary of the Reformation
Thursday, May 18th, 2017There is to be Commemorative Service with Lutherans in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Wellington on Sunday June 4 to remember the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Lutherans will be gathering in Wellington for the weekend and a highlight will be this Service prepared by Lutheran World Federation and Pontifical Council for the Read more
Anglican women bishops meet to discuss gender justice
Monday, May 15th, 2017
The seven women bishops of the Provinces of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia and the Anglican Church of Australia met last month to focus on issues of gender justice and women’s leadership in the Anglican Communion. It is the first time the women bishops, who have served in the Anglican Episcopate Read more