Issues 
Euthanasia or Letting Go?(0)
In the past number of years, there have been numerous essays concerning euthanasia in the Marist Messenger, rightly so, because it is a critically important topic. The authors stressed the dangers of legal euthanasia proliferating across the world and thus becoming a norm.… More
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How to Judge Others – Fairly
A fourteen-year-old girl entering 9th grade laments that other students have judged and isolated her as being unattractive.
A stay-at-home father of young children experiences judgment from others for being lazy, unmotivated and for living off his wife.
Canadian singer Céline Dione recently responded on social media to judgments and body-shaming directed at her by individuals declaring she is too thin.… More
New Zealand General Election 19 September 2020
The Recreational Cannabis Referendum
The referendum is about whether or not to make recreational cannabis legal.
The choice
Voters are asked to choose
“Yes. I support the proposed Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill”,
or
“No. I do not support the proposed Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill”.… More
Shame, Hope and the Church: A Journey with Mary
by Thomas Ryan, SM
St Pauls Publications 2020
Reviewed by Fr Brian Cummings SM
With so much having been written about the sexual abuse crisis within the Church, and, no doubt, with still much to be written, there can be a certain sense of weariness when faced with yet another book on the topic.… More