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Auckland City Mission relocated to allow redevelopment Comments 0

Monday, September 24th, 2018

The Auckland City Mission has begun relocating its entire operation. It is shifting to a temporary site so the existing building in Hobson St can be upgraded. Its accommodation, food bank, medical centre and other services will be located a few blocks away at 23 Union Street until a $90 million redevelopment is completed. The Read more

Tags: Auckland City Mission, homelessness, Street people
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Giving money to beggars makes the problem worse Comments 0

Monday, July 24th, 2017

Stephanie McIntyre has a radical solution for solving the growing number of people begging on the street: Don’t give them a cent. McIntyre is the director of Downtown Community Ministry (DCM) in Wellington. DCM’s main focus is on ending homelessness and supporting people to get access to income, but she says putting money in the hat Read more

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Tags: beggar, homelessness, Poverty New Zealand, Street people
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  • Kieran In the face of such absolute assurance that for all time and with knowledge of God's will for the Roman Catholic Church then I can only assume that male priesthood is more important than the right of people to the Eucharist. Jesus had much to say about preferring human traditions to the...

    I now wonder why priests are called Father ·  April 20, 2019

  • Mon There will never be women priests within the Catholic Church. Not.ever.never. It just cannot be done. Better to direct your energies in other directions, just saying.

    I now wonder why priests are called Father ·  April 18, 2019

  • Kieran Actually Mon it was an attempt to point out that any respectable title is earned, something you yourself point out in the tragic dearth of good fatherhood models in society. Why I support women priesthood is through the experience of having taught at St John's - Trinity, Carey Baptist, The Bible...

    I now wonder why priests are called Father ·  April 16, 2019

  • Gerard Just too say you are welcome to call your local bishop "your excellency", however the title for a diocesan bishop is "My Lord", and for an archbishop, "Your Grace". A cardinal is called "Your Emminence". In NZ, "Your Excellency" is a term used for the Apolstolic Nuncio.

    I now wonder why priests are called Father ·  April 16, 2019

  • Hannah Da Via Let us pray for His Eminence Cardinal Dew that he be strengthened in his role as spiritual Father to the faithful here in NZ. I thank God for all the priests, my spiritual Fathers, who have raised me up in faith in Holy Mother Church. (edited)

    I now wonder why priests are called Father ·  April 15, 2019

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