Wanganui - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:02:04 +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 Wanganui - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 The tar-and-feathers mob ready for Wilson https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/08/31/the-tar-and-feathers-mob-ready-for-wilson/ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:30:18 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=32589 You don't have to be a believer to say amen to Wanganui Catholic priest David Bell's opposition to community leaders' plans to hound paroled sex offender Stewart Murray Wilson out of town. Mayor Annette Main's call to shun him was not a message Christians could adopt, said Monsignor Bell, adding that those who are threatening Read more

The tar-and-feathers mob ready for Wilson... Read more]]> You don't have to be a believer to say amen to Wanganui Catholic priest David Bell's opposition to community leaders' plans to hound paroled sex offender Stewart Murray Wilson out of town.

Mayor Annette Main's call to shun him was not a message Christians could adopt, said Monsignor Bell, adding that those who are threatening his life are really lowering themselves "to the same level as the person we are dealing with, Mr Wilson himself".

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Warm, fuzzy media headlines are the order of the day when Police dogs or All Blacks visit hospital patients. Try introducing a trial of alternative therapies like Whanganui District Health Board is doing and the headlines become accusatory and dismissive. A range of therapies including Reiki, Christian prayer, Maori healing and massage will be on offer to Read more

Whanganui DHB alternative therapies trial courageous... Read more]]> Warm, fuzzy media headlines are the order of the day when Police dogs or All Blacks visit hospital patients. Try introducing a trial of alternative therapies like Whanganui District Health Board is doing and the headlines become accusatory and dismissive.

A range of therapies including Reiki, Christian prayer, Maori healing and massage will be on offer to Whanganui hospital staff over a three-month period. As far as I know, none of these therapies are claiming to cure disease or mend broken bones.
Despite that two District Health Board members have deemed the interventions hocus pocus or witchcraft. Their preference is for more effort to go into improving existing evidence based medicine, which has been a mainstay of the bio-medical model for the last few decades. An effort to ensure, as far as possible, that medical interventions do no harm. Read more
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The Rev. Sande Ramage is an Anglican priest and blogger.

Whanganui DHB alternative therapies trial courageous]]> 30602 Complaint laid in unholy row on prayer http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/news/complaint-laid-in-unholy-row-on-prayer/1168580/ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:30:37 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=15939 Controversy over Wanganui District council's prayer has flared again, with one councillor facing possible suspension after a complaint was laid against him by a colleague. Councillor Clive Solomon has laid a Code of Conduct complaint against Councillor Rob Vinsen, alleging a number of breaches of the "understanding and expectations" requirements of the code. The complaint Read more

Complaint laid in unholy row on prayer... Read more]]> Controversy over Wanganui District council's prayer has flared again, with one councillor facing possible suspension after a complaint was laid against him by a colleague.

Councillor Clive Solomon has laid a Code of Conduct complaint against Councillor Rob Vinsen, alleging a number of breaches of the "understanding and expectations" requirements of the code.

The complaint relates to comments made by Mr Vinsen in emails regarding the council's prayer.

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