This month, Bev explores the 2nd chapter of Fratelli Tutti in which Pope Francis unwraps the parable of the Good Samaritan, telling us that 'we cannot be indifferent to suffering ...instead, we should feel indignant, challenged to emerge from our comfortable isolation...
June reflection for Marian Mothers: Fratelli Tutti – Who is my Neighbour?
This month, Bev explores the 2nd chapter of Fratelli Tutti in which Pope Francis unwraps the parable of the Good Samaritan, telling us that 'we cannot be indifferent to suffering... instead, we should feel indignant, challenged to emerge from our comfortable isolation...
June Marist Laity NZ & Marian Mothers News
Kia Ora Lay Marists, Marian Mothers & friends, I visited Wanganui and Palmerston North recently. It was with a mix of joy and sadness that I shared the final ‘Highden’ group meeting in Palmerston North. Pat Curran did the books for Highden for many years and...
May Marist Laity NZ & Marian Mothers News
Kia Ora Lay Marists, Marian Mothers & friends, May is traditionally the month of Mary. It also has several special feasts; Ascension on the 16th, Pentecost Sunday 23rd, The solemnity of the Trinity on the 30th and the Feast of the Visitation on the 31st. In...
May reflection for Marian Mothers: Social Friendship & Mercy
In his third encyclical, Pope Francis invites us to recognise that all humanity is intricately linked to each other in one family and asks us to resist the temptation to 'build a culture of walls.. in the heart and on the land" Bev shares her thoughts in this...
May reflection for Marist Laity: Fratelli Tutti – Social Friendship
In his third encyclical, Pope Francis invites us to recognise that all humanity is intricately linked to each other in one family and asks us to resist the temptation to 'build a culture of walls.... in the heart and on the land." Bev shares her thoughts in this...
April Marist Laity NZ & Marian Mothers News
Kia Ora Marists and friends, Easter Joy! Its a privilege to celebrate freely when much of the world cannot. So let's add gratitude with extra intercession for the world to our Easter. LIBRARY. Thanks to Ellen our library can loan books. We have Marist titles and...
March Marist Laity NZ & Marian Mothers News
Kia Ora Marists, Marian Mothers and friends, As I write, the whole country is back in Alert Levels 2/3 so we pray for a speedy resolution to the current community COVID transmissions. It seems clear 2021 will still be unstable, but continuing with plans with a...
Season of Creation – Laudato Si – Our Common Home
Laudato Si' - Our Common Home Begin with Prayer, then read Deuteronomy 22:1-4, 6-7 You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and withhold your help from them; you shall take them back to your brother. And if he is not near you, or if you do not know...
Bridging the Age Divide With Joy
Begin with Prayer then Read Deuteronomy 32:10-12 The Lord found them in a wilderness, a desert wasteland. The Lord shielded them, cared for them, guarding them as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirs up its nestlings, spreading its wings over them and teaching them...