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Becoming through participating Comments 0

Thursday, September 19th, 2019

On this journey of becoming we have not been left to ourselves. We belong to a community of saints and sinners who share the journey and support one another. Our relationship with Christ is personal, but not private. It is in and through and with the community of his disciples. What Jesus did for us Read more

Tags: Becoming, Bishop Peter Cullinane, participation
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Making voting matter Comments 1

Tuesday, June 10th, 2014

Laura O’Connell Rapira has a pretty simple philosophy. “Everyone should have a nice life,” she tells a small audience at a Wellington bar. “Small actions, multiplied, can lead to big change,” she says. Laura, 25, outlines her pitch for RockEnrol, a movement to increase youth voter turnout. The audience is a mix of smartphones and activists Read more

Tags: common good, Elections, New Zealand, participation, Politics, Voting, young adults, young people
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  • Kieran No Mon. My view on the Eucharist has been formed on the words of that great Church Father, Irenaeus that "The presence of the Lord in his Word is as real as his presence in the Eucharist." It was that line that began my 44 year Bible path, not as a priest but as a dedicated Scripture scholar who...

    Church is running out of reasons not to ordain women ·  March 3, 2021

  • Mon I can assure Brother Kieran that the women I am referring to do in fact exist although they are almost invisible in the church due to their orthodox (read Catholic) views and are constantly told by the hierarchy to go 'back to the kitchen' when they suggest new initiatives re the youth or marriage...

    Church is running out of reasons not to ordain women ·  March 2, 2021

  • Mr Alex McNaughten The article quotes seemingly learned authorities and puts forward convoluted reasoning to support Joe Biden’s phony stance on abortion. It is a frail foundation Biden speaks from when he says that he personally opposes it, but he does not consider it right to impose his views on those who differ....

    In their response to Biden and abortion, are the US bishops attempting to impose a theocracy? ·  March 2, 2021

  • Kieran “A brother with my sisters” leaves the freedom of relationship with the church to those who choose to accept a relationship in Christ that respects differences of opinion. My experience goes beyond that of seminaries to several years teaching for the Bible College of New Zealand. Among my...

    Church is running out of reasons not to ordain women ·  March 2, 2021

  • Mon This article is fundamentally flawed. Equating the Democrats and democracy for a start is a fallacious non-equivalence. There is more to democracy that a simple word. Abortion is, in the church’s view, not just immoral in the way it is to take the Lord’s name in vain or to commit adultery. It...

    In their response to Biden and abortion, are the US bishops attempting to impose a theocracy? ·  March 1, 2021

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