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Focus: Freely Freely Give |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Editorial. |
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By Fr Brian O’Connell sm
A few years ago I was assigned to Sunday Mass at Paremoremo Medium Security Prison near Auckland and the prisoners were farewelling a prison visitor and commissioning him to lay ministry in PNG. They sang beautifully: Read more »
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Messenger Briefs |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Editorial. |
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May 24 is the feast of Simeon Stylites Younger (521-597). Read more »
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Benedict Speaks |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Benedict Speaks. |
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…about Angels at the Noon Angelus:
Before the Marian prayer, the Pope reflected upon the passage from the Gospel of St. Mark which describes how Satan tempted Jesus in the desert. Read more »
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The Messenger Interview: Mary Woods Q.S.M. |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Messenger Interview. |
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Mary Woods has published a book on Volunteering in NZ, and was awarded a Queen Service Medal in the New Years Honours List in 2009. The Editor of the Messenger caught up with her in Christchurch Read more »
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About Mary…… |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Articles. |
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In the various Christian traditions Marian doctrine and devotion take shape in manifold and diverse ways. Read more »
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Volumes of Missionary Letters to be Launched in Wellington |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Articles, Marist History. |
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The Society of Mary in New Zealand and the Embassy of France in New Zealand are jointly celebrating the Launch of LETTERS RECEIVED FROM OCEANIA 1836-1854 (LRO) in nine volumes edited by Fr Charles Girard sm of Marist Province of Atlanta. Read more »
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Girard Joins Beaglehole |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Articles, Marist History. |
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By Dr Hugh Laracy
As crowded library shelves amply testify, Christian missionaries have been central characters in the grand narrative of Pacific Islands history since the early nineteenth century. Read more »
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Just Say ‘Yes’ to Jesus |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Articles. |
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A true story
by Earl Crotty sm
Lorraine had been our long-standing weekend cook in the Marist community. She was a great friend and a wonderful cook.
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Motivation (2) |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Articles. |
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By Father John Kelly ocso
In the last article I treated mainly of feelings that produce good and bad desires and thus motivate us to make good and bad choices. I pointed out that we need to identify the direction in which our desires are leading us, and embrace or reject them accordingly. I also spoke of four levels of motivation, namely sinful, ‘natural’, moral, and being motivated by love of God. Read more »
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Prayer as Refueling |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Articles. |
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By Joy Cowley
Morning prayer works something like this: the old car pulls up at the service station, out of gear, brake on, engine switched off, and it waits in stillness, to be refuelled. The car has no understanding of the filling process. It is programmed for movement. It only knows that refuelling and movement are connected. Read more »
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Ancient Churches |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Articles. |
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Seeking Zion in Ethiopia
By Elizabeth Isichei
It is likely that some readers of the Messenger sponsor a child from Ethiopia. They will have got used to receiving letters in an unfamiliar and ancient script, and come to realise, if they did not know it already, that Ethiopia has a different calendar (Julian, not Gregorian)- and hence different dates for Easter and Christmas. Ethiopia celebrated the millennium on 12 September 2007. Read more »
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Saint Augustus Schoffler (1822-1852) |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Saints. |
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Augustus Schoffler was born at Mittelbronn, Lorraine, in 1822. The seed of his vocation was sown in him at an early age. Read more »
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Saint Brendan (484-c.577) |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Saints. |
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Saint Brendan of Ardfert and Clonfert, known also as Brendan the Voyager, was born in County Kerry, Ireland, in the year 484. He was baptised at Tubrid, near Ardfert, by Bishop Erc. Read more »
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Saint Augustine of Canterbury (died 605) |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Saints. |
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Saint Augustine was prior of the monastery of Saint Andrew in Rome, when he was appointed by Saint Gregory the Great as Superior of the forty missionaries he was sending to England. Read more »
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Can You Bear It? |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Jokes. |
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After a heavy rainstorm filled all the potholes in the streets and alleys, a young mother watched her two little boys playing in the puddle through her kitchen window.
The older of the two, a five year old lad, grabbed his sibling by the back of his head and shoved his face into the water hole. Read more »
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A Minute or Two with Fr Paddy Cahill |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Articles. |
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Pentecost Sunday
Today, Pentecost Sunday, calls to mind the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles, and the going forth of these twelve men to the market square to preach the Good News of Jesus for the first time. For that reason we call this day the birthday of the Church. Read more »
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The Children’s Page |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Children's Corner. |
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Click
HERE
to download the April Children’s Page
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Remembering Our Dead |
| May 1st, 2009 filed under Obituary. |
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Holy Mass is offered each month by the Editor for those whose names are on this list. To add a name, simply write to the Editor.
Recently Deceased: Patricia Liddle, Andreas Rutten, Gerry Capes,Br Mark Creighton sm
In Memoriam: May 1st Peter Walker, Evelyn O’Connell, Jim Sullivan, Sister Monica Kilkelly, Cassie Fitzgerald, Read more »
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