Church Talk
Building our children's character
Friday 9 March 2018 | Published in Church Talk
How many of us have gone to university to study parenting?
I had cancer
Friday 2 March 2018 | Published in Church Talk
On February 20, 2017, I entered the Christchurch Public Hospital with a very sore throat after having taken medication here in Rarotonga for over a month with little result. I presumed it was a severe case of tonsillitis.
Union with Christ: past, present and future
Friday 23 February 2018 | Published in Church Talk
Union with Christ by means of the Holy Spirit is not a peripheral matter in biblical theology, although it is widely neglected.
Sister Teresa celebrated
Monday 19 February 2018 | Published in Church Talk
On January 21, the Catholic community celebrated the 60 years Sister Teresa has lived as a Religious Sister of St. Joseph of Cluny.
Handling frustration
Monday 19 February 2018 | Published in Church Talk
What is frustration? According to Miriam Webster dictionary, the word frustration means, a feeling of anger or annoyance caused by being unable to do something; or a deep chronic sense or state of insecurity and dissatisfaction arising from unresolved problems or unfulfilled need.
The significance of Ash Wednesday
Friday 9 February 2018 | Published in Church Talk
Next Wednesday, you might see members of the Catholic Church marked with ashes on their foreheads.
Time to 'put on the new man'
Saturday 3 February 2018 | Published in Church Talk
Happy New Year friends and associates!
Where to in 2018 for our young?
Friday 26 January 2018 | Published in Church Talk
We are now close to the end of the first month of 2018.
E oki ki te Atua, e akaou i taau i tia
Friday 12 January 2018 | Published in Church Talk
Return to God and renew your vows – Salamo 116
Have a clear vision for your future
Friday 5 January 2018 | Published in Church Talk
If you are going to make a difference with your life in 2018, it is important that you have a clear picture of what your expectations are for the year.
Resolutions for a brighter year
Friday 29 December 2017 | Published in Church Talk
“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth” – 3 John 2
The story behind Christmas trees
Friday 22 December 2017 | Published in Church Talk
Not until the Renaissance are there clear records of trees being used as a symbol of Christmas, beginning in Latvia in 1510 and Strasbourg in 1521.
Reflections on festive season
Friday 22 December 2017 | Published in Church Talk
“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord” - Luke 2: 11
Thoughts on the nature of Christmas
Friday 15 December 2017 | Published in Church Talk
“God, who in sundry times and in diverse manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds.
Some thoughts on Christian marriage
Friday 8 December 2017 | Published in Church Talk
“Wherefore God gave them up to uncleanness to the lust of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between their own selves: …for this cause, God gave them up unto vile affections for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature.
The most attacked institution
Friday 1 December 2017 | Published in Church Talk
“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh…No reira oki e akaruke ei te tangata nei I tona metua tane e tona metua vaine, ka piri atu ei ki tana vaine, e ka riro oki raua ei kopapa okotai” – Ephesians 5: 31.
Acknowledging God as ultimate power
Friday 24 November 2017 | Published in Church Talk
“Christ the King” is a title of Jesus Christ.
Always time to do the right thing
Friday 17 November 2017 | Published in Church Talk
The phrase, “it is always time to do the right thing” was a favourite of Dr Martin Luther King jr. who often confronted those who said civil rights were needed but the time was not right. Might these words apply to an issue like climate change today?
Remembering Father John Rovers
Friday 10 November 2017 | Published in Church Talk
Today, the headstone of a much-loved Dutch missionary priest will be unveiled in Mauke, in the presence of many people who knew and loved this iconic man who made the Cook Islands his home for nearly 60 years.
Turama shows belief in eternal life
Friday 3 November 2017 | Published in Church Talk
Each year on November 2, the Catholic Church remembers those who have died. The expression we use is “All Souls Day.”
