Prayer Room - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 12 Apr 2018 04:10:54 +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 Prayer Room - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Mobile prayer room gets closer to reality https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/04/12/mobile-prayer-room/ Thu, 12 Apr 2018 07:52:36 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=105920 The Anglican diocese of Wellington has procured a second-hand ambulance, and they have a bold vision to turn it into a mobile prayer room for the whole diocese. "Soon, we'll launch a fundraising campaign to get it kitted out and to cover costs, and we'll ask you for your ideas on how to make it Read more

Mobile prayer room gets closer to reality... Read more]]> The Anglican diocese of Wellington has procured a second-hand ambulance, and they have a bold vision to turn it into a mobile prayer room for the whole diocese.

"Soon, we'll launch a fundraising campaign to get it kitted out and to cover costs, and we'll ask you for your ideas on how to make it the best prayer ambulance anyone's ever seen." continue reading

Mobile prayer room gets closer to reality]]> 105920 Prayer room 'just good business' https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/05/13/prayer-room-just-good-business/ Mon, 12 May 2014 19:06:11 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=57668 Employing people from all corners of the globe has many benefits, according to Mt Albert Pak ‘n Save owner-operator Brian Carran. The supermarket won the Equal Employment Opportunities Trust diversity award for innovation in 2005 after Carran set up a prayer room for Muslim staff. "It's just good business," he says. "It's just being a Read more

Prayer room ‘just good business'... Read more]]> Employing people from all corners of the globe has many benefits, according to Mt Albert Pak ‘n Save owner-operator Brian Carran.

The supermarket won the Equal Employment Opportunities Trust diversity award for innovation in 2005 after Carran set up a prayer room for Muslim staff.

"It's just good business," he says. "It's just being a decent human being and understanding and accepting other cultures."

Of the store's 270 staff only half were born in New Zealand. Employees are from India, China, the Middle East and Africa, Carran says. Continue reading

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