In January 2015 Christian meditators from around the world will be gathering at Waikato University. The New Zealand Community for Christian Meditation (NZCCM) is hosting the prestigious John Main Seminar, an event that is held in a different country each year. NZCCM national coordinator, Vincent Maire, says the seminar is named after Fr. John Main “an Read more
The Waikato Interfaith Council (WIFCO) is launching a Compassionate City initiative. They are calling for support from anyone who is interested in making Hamilton a Compassionate City The initiative will begin with a gathering to explain some of the concepts, to familiarise people with the Compassionate Cities world movement. The International Institute for Compassionate Cities supports Read more
According to the latest statistics, Tonga is now the world capital of Mormonism – with the highest number of Mormons per capita of any country. Mormons now outnumber Catholics and the number of followers is continuing to grow Listen to interview on Radio Australia
The diocese of Palmerston North is looking for a Te Ahi Kaa/Young Adult Ministry Coordinator. The coordinator will have live-in oversight of Te Ahi Kaa,— a community of 4 young adults (students or workers) committed to a year of service, prayer, hospitality and formation of themselves and other young people. The team of youth ministers will be Read more
A group of students from St Thomas of Canterbury College high school in Christchurch who created a detailed report on young people in custody in New Zealand say they wanted to be a voice for the voiceless. The six students from St Thomas of Canterbury College have produced a 40 page report based on data Read more
A leader from New Zealand’s Assyrian Christian community is calling for New Zealand to help the hundreds of thousands of their kind displaced by Islamic State militants in Northern Iraq. Assyrian priest Father Aprem Pithyou, of the Ancient Church of the East in Strathmore, Wellington, says his people need more humanitarian aid and wants Immigration Read more
Monsignor Vincent Joseph Hunt, former Rector of Holy Cross College, died yesterday died on Wednesday 8 October at Mercy Parklands Hospital, in Auckland New Zealand. He had celebrated his 90th birthday on 14 July this year. Hunt was born in Roscommon, Ireland. He was a priest for 62 years in the Diocese of Auckland. From Read more
More than 800 submitters have come out against BP’s plan to build another petrol station on Pakuranga Rd. Those worried about the plan expressed their feelings last week at a resource consent hearing considering the proposal to build the station which would sit to the west of St Mark’s Catholic School and next to Pakuranga Read more
A Wellington Presbyterian church will defy the its Church’s decree and will continue to perform same sex marriages. On 7 October the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand decided to ban its ministers from conducting same sex-marriage ceremonies. “What matters in a marriage is the quality of the commitment and the Read more
New Zealand should use its voice at the UN to get more international climate change funding to the Pacific communities that most need it says the director of Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand Julianne Hickey. “At United Nations level we certainly need for there to be a commitment from the countries that are causing the environmental challenges Read more