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Mikaele Teofilo is the new Samoan chaplain
Cecily McNeill 6 August 2010
The appointment has not been universally welcomed. Some of the catechists were expecting that an ordained minister would fill the vacancy left by Fr Maleko Api Tufuga's move to parish-based ministry.
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6 August 2010
Year 6 Young Vinnies at St Francis Xavier School in Tawa with Enliven Longview Rest Home have received one of four national Arts Access Aotearoa Big A Awards.
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Lisa Beech 6 August 2010
The group was set up by Caritas, the Social Justice Commission of the Anglican Church and the Beneficiary Advocacy Federation to enable participation by those most likely to be affected by proposed welfare changes.
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Nikki Phillips appointed to serve Maori community
Cecily McNeill 6 August 2010
Nikki Phillips who replaces Morna Taute as the Turanga Maori for the Wellington Archdiocese has been installed.
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Kara Houia and Hama Nepe Apatu marry at Te Kainga
Nikki Phillips 6 August 2010
On Saturday June 12, Te Kainga Catholic Marae and Community Centre in Kilbirnie played host to its first wedding. Pa Denis O'Hagan presided over the marriage of Kara Houia (Ngati Porou) and Hama Nepe-Apatu (Ngati Kahungunu)
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Caring Sunday
Graham Munford 3 August 2010
The key purpose of community development work is to bring about social change and justice. The challenge here is where to start. Having a clear sense of mission is not a simple task.
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Side-by-side mentoring training takes off
Sue Devereux 3 August 2010
Trainees from both the Palmerston North and Wellington regions have come together for three days over the three months to explore the nature of families and ministry, look at where behaviour patterns start and the effects of major change in a family, and to learn how to listen sensitively and communicate compassionately.
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St Catherine's and St Mary's triumph
Cecily McNeill 10 June 2010
The two Mercy colleges in Wellington scooped the two top prizes in the O'Shea Shield competition run in the first weekend of May at Francis Douglas Memorial College, New Plymouth. St Mary's won the shield and St Catherine's won the Viard Cup. St Patrick's College, Silverstream, was third.
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10 June 2010
The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre – The Nathaniel Centre – has appointed John Kleinsman as its new director.
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Ron Givens tells how it works in the US
Lisa Beech 9 June 2010
California's three-strikes legislation has resulted in prison conditions that are 'draconian, inhumane and cost a fortune', former California Prison chaplain director Ron Givens told an audience of around 40 gathered at St Joseph's parish, Mt Victoria on May 13.
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Lay Dominicans meet nationally for the first time.
Mary Eastham 9 June 2010
Catherine of Siena, Meister Eckhart, Bartolome de las Casas, Francisco de Vitoria and Martin de Porres, to name just a few, touched the centre of Dominican life and made it new by active engagement in their societies and boldly challenging injustice...
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Looking at the 'claim of right' defence
Nessa Lynch 9 June 2010
The decision has generated much debate, and this comment seeks to explain the legal basis of the decision, and the implications for the future.
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The Justice, Peace and Development Commission in Wellington is concerned about the potential for increasing hardship.
JPD members 8 June 2010
Budgets cover many items but a particular feature of the 2010 Budget was its changes to tax policy.
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15 May 2010
Chaplain to the deaf community David Loving-Molloy is concerned that deaf children are not being taught New Zealand sign language, which is an official language of the country, because it is not compulsory at school.
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Padre Tiago Thorlby speaks in Wellington.
Cecily McNeill 15 May 2010
An Earth Day meeting of environmentalists, gathered to hear Scots missionary to Brazil Padre Tiago (James) Thorlby, has called for a halt to biofuels imports from third world countries.
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Philip Cody sm 15 May 2010
More than a thousand people gathered at Te Aute College to celebrate Easter. This was based around what Maori call the Hui Aranga, the 'Gathering of the Resurrection'.
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7 April 2010
Archbishop John Dew of Wellington has apologised to the people of the archdiocese for 'the deviant and sometimes criminal behaviour of clergy in many parts of the world'.
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Liam Hockings 7 April 2010
'Those policies caused deep division between the haves and the have-nots in New Zealand, the effects of which are still felt today.'
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David Mullin 2 April 2010
Parish groups, agencies and church organisations are being asked to identify and support parish groups that need funding to provide a helping hand to families in their midst.
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Cecily McNeill 2 April 2010
Tony Devereux of Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Tawa, hangs up his rugby boots after 55 years of playing rugby.
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