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97 year old Sister Felix gets a medal Comments 0

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

This week 97-year old  Compassion Sister Felix received a medal for 7 decades of work as a sister. The medal was given to Sister Felix primarily for the work she did in the Wellington soup kitchen which was then in Buckle St. For more than 12 years she cooked breakfast and dinner every day, visiting sick, Read more

• Sister Felix gets local hero award

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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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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....

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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