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A Marist in Antarctica |
| March 1st, 2007 filed under Articles. |
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“You will certainly be having a white Christmasâ€, was the comment of several people as I left for the American base at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, to be one of two chaplains there over Christmastide. Christchurch diocese has been providing a Catholic priest chaplain for the summer period in Antarctica for 50 years. Fr Dan Doyle from Rangiora in Christchurch (pictured on the MM cover) co-ordinates priests going to Antarctica, and notes this is quite a remarkable and little-known aspect of the church life in New Zealand. It is hoped writing up the history and a special ceremony can mark this milestone. Read more »
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Rescue from Concentration Camp |
| March 1st, 2007 filed under Articles. |
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I was married in 1942 to Gerard van Boxtel and we lived in Noord Brabant, the shoe district in Holland. I would like to share a story on my life and I still cannot get over what God has worked in the war with me. I know that without God, nothing would have happened, and I wouldn’t have had the courage to do what I did.
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Kat Walsh introduces herself |
| March 1st, 2007 filed under Articles. |
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When I was a little girl in Waimana, in the Bay of Plenty, there were many things I dreamt of doing. Some of them I’ve done, some I haven’t, but an odd thing I’ve noticed is that sometimes it’s the things you don’t dream about that can be the most rewarding. Read more »
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Benedict Speaks |
| March 1st, 2007 filed under Articles. |
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Prayer to Mary at the beginning of the Year (Dec 29)
“In the closing hours of each solar year, we witness the repetition of certain worldly ‘rites’ which, in the modern world, are prevalently aimed at enjoyment, often experienced as escape from reality, almost as if to exorcise negative elements and propitiate improbable turns of fortune. How different must the attitude of the Christian community be, … called to live these hours by making their own the sentiments of the Virgin Mary,†so that, with her, they may present to Jesus “the joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted.†“ Mary’s maternity,†the Pope explained, “is at one and the same time a human and a divine event. … The Son of God was begotten by Him, and at the same time is the son of a woman, Mary. He comes from her. He is from God and from Mary. For this reason the Mother of Jesus can and must be called Mother of God.†Read more »
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