Children's prayer - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 08 Dec 2019 22:18:14 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Children's prayer - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Nativity: With tea-towels on their heads children become shepherds https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/12/09/nativity-tea-towels-children-shepherds/ Mon, 09 Dec 2019 06:50:38 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=123831 The 5pm Mass on Christmas Eve is the big one for the Holy Name community. Several hundred people will gather in the North Dunedin Catholic church for the festive, family-friendly service. The highlight, as it is each year, will be the narrated nativity play presented by 20 or more of the parish children. Preschoolers to Read more

Nativity: With tea-towels on their heads children become shepherds... Read more]]> The 5pm Mass on Christmas Eve is the big one for the Holy Name community.

Several hundred people will gather in the North Dunedin Catholic church for the festive, family-friendly service.

The highlight, as it is each year, will be the narrated nativity play presented by 20 or more of the parish children.

Preschoolers to pubescent teens, dressed in makeshift robes, with tea-towels tied to their heads, will be transformed into the shepherds, angels and Wise Men of the Christmas story. Read more

Nativity: With tea-towels on their heads children become shepherds]]> 123831 Stratford church's Dr Seuss light party draws a large crowd https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/11/07/dr-seuss-light-party/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 07:20:00 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=122731 There were cats in the hats, Whos from Whoville and maybe even some green eggs and ham at the Dr Seuss-themed Light Party at the War Memorial Centre on Thursday night. The light party was organised by Stratford's MountainView Vineyard Church as a family-friendly alternative to Halloween. Continue reading

Stratford church's Dr Seuss light party draws a large crowd... Read more]]> There were cats in the hats, Whos from Whoville and maybe even some green eggs and ham at the Dr Seuss-themed Light Party at the War Memorial Centre on Thursday night.

The light party was organised by Stratford's MountainView Vineyard Church as a family-friendly alternative to Halloween. Continue reading

Stratford church's Dr Seuss light party draws a large crowd]]> 122731 Children learning the art of meditation at school https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/05/08/children-leaning-the-art-of-meditation-at-school/ Mon, 07 May 2012 19:29:44 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=24870

At Holy Cross School in Mirimar, Wellington, meditation is seen as another way for children to feel calm and closer to God. It is one of a number of Catholic schools in New Zealand that has adopted the practice of teaching Children to meditate Principal Celeste Hastings said the school had introduced meditation so children could learn Read more

Children learning the art of meditation at school... Read more]]> At Holy Cross School in Mirimar, Wellington, meditation is seen as another way for children to feel calm and closer to God.

It is one of a number of Catholic schools in New Zealand that has adopted the practice of teaching Children to meditate

Principal Celeste Hastings said the school had introduced meditation so children could learn the importance of taking time out.

"In this day and age, when everybody can be really busy, we think teaching kids the skill of slowing down and just having a bit of quiet time is a life skill, really. It's asking them to stop and just be a little bit reflective."

Parent Francesca Ngan said it was a great initiative.

Her son Zachary Lorenz, 9, told her it made him feel calm. "It is really quite lovely."

It was hoped the whole 218-pupil school would eventually participate in the classes, taken by Sister Ema Konokono from Our Lady's Home of Compassion.

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