Updates
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Holy Thursday Serving, loving, helping Holy Thursday is serving each other in prayer Holy Thursday is different this year. Good Friday Grieving, weeping, more»
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Anne Powell Blue the blues are small songs for big sorrows potato crop blight meatworks more»
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Passion Sunday 5 April 2020 Gospel for Procession of Palms: Matthew 21:1-11 Liturgy of the Word Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 Matthew 26: 14-27, 66 (The Passion of Jesus more»
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While the Eucharist is one of the most significant places to encounter Christ, it is not the only one. We also receive nourishment from the Word of God. In this time of lockdown when we more»
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Anne Powell Going deeper Go down down down to the place in you where fire and silence dwell ~ the place of power. Go down more»
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Pandemic What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and selling. Give up, just for now, on trying to more»
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Dear Friends and Supporters of Bethlehem University, Greetings to all our supporters from this rather besieged town of more»
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This month, Cenacle Companion Donna Peterson is doing 14 reflections – yes, she has decided to do the Stations of the Cross. She says “As we enter into the Lenten season, more»
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Every month, a member of the Cenacle Family prepares a reflection for everyone to pray to. They are prepared by companions in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and the Philippines. This month, the more»
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St Josephine’ Bakhita's feast day is 8 February and she is very special to the Cenacle because as well as being the patron saint of the Sudan, she is the saint you pray to to end Human more»
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As you may know, the Cenacle is involved and committed to ending of human trafficking in New Zealand and in the world. The Cenacle is a member of “Aotearoa New Zealand Religious Against more»
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Again this year, Anne Powell rc, well-known and respected poet, is offering one of her poetry workshops at the Sisters of Compassion home in Island Bay (you will often see more»
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Here we are, properly into the new year of 2020 – we only seem to have just said goodbye to the last year! So far, here are dates for retreats in parishes and also another more»
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In May, Sisters Mary Jackson Kay and Anne Powell of the Cenacle visited Al Nur mosque, with messages of hope and love from the Cenacle community. Following the Retreat in Daily Life that they more»
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Cenacle Aotearoa New Zealand had another of their monthly family gatherings in June 2019, which was on the Feast of the Cenacle. Michaela Stack led everyone into a wonderful sharing, more»
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and Holy Spirit, Comforting fire, Life of all creation. Anointing the sick, cleansing body and soul, Fill this body! Holy Spirit, Sacred breath, Fire of love, Sweetest more»
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Because we are like Muslims And so we turned on The News and we thought what country is more»
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It is a week today after the brutal murder of 50 people as they were at prayer in two mosques in Christchurch on Friday 15 March 2019. There are many, many events planned today for more»
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We love this website – Ignatian Spirituality.com (https://www.ignatianspirituality.com) – this is a Loyola Press website providing a wonderful centre of Ignatian information, more»
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Today, 8 February, is the feast day of St Josephine Bakhita. Josephine was born in 1869 in Darfur, Sudan. She was kidnapped and sold into slavery. This resulted in torture, branding and beating. She more»
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Not to be more»
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The February edition of WelCom, the monthly newspaper for the Archdiocese of Wellington, made mention of last December’s launch for Sr Anne Powell’s fourth volume of poetry, The Edge more»
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The Kapiti News (12 December 2018 edition) covered the launch of The Edge of Things, Anne Powell’s latest volume of poetry, launched on 1 December 2018. We are so proud of more»
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We waited and waited – some more patiently than others – but it’s here; Anne Powell’s 4th volume of poetry, The Edge of Things, published by The Cuba Press in more»
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I am aware only of the veil of water spilling down dark rocks. The rhythm of water sways to the right of the base of the fall. Bubbles process on the water’s surface, more»
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Not long ago we told you about a work by New Zealand composer Leonie Holmes – This Watershed Time, a work which was premiered in New Zealand at the recent Festival of the Arts by more»
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Here is our Easter letter from Peter, Vice Chancellor of Bethlehem University and who was here in New Zealand in February this year, speaking about keeping peace alive: Easter more»
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This piece, printed in Wel-com (April 2018), is by our treasured Cenacle Companion, Sarah Hart, and is reproduced here with her kind permission for us all to enjoy! The subject of loans, more»
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When I made my retreat last November, a line I carried home within me was from Psalm 45:1: “My heart overflows with a noble theme as I sing my ode to the King.” How amazing to me it was more»
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The February 2018 Marist Messenger had an article in it by Anne Powell rc on the fight against slavery and human trafficking.Click here to read more»
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Please note that there will be a Public Meeting on Modern Slavery & Exploitation in Aotearoa NZ with Dr Rebecca Miller and Peter Devoy of Immigration New Zealand at 7 more»
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Brother Peter Bray, Vice Chancellor of Bethlehem University, Palestine, was in town in February and gave a number of talks to various groups whilst here. Sisters Anne Powell and Mary more»
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Some of our Cenacle sisters and more»
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New walking meditation prayer – as one season changes to the next. Enjoy, enjoy!I taste my soulin the air of summer.Freedom upon my breathfreedom within my heartfreedom around my shoulders.I more»
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– Stop Trafficking – anti human trafficking newsletter June 2017 (US Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking). – Sr Anne Powell RC “Consumer Power more»
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We’re tidying up the Cenacle archives at the moment and coming across all sorts of things. We thought we’d share some of our treasures periodically. For instance, here’s an article more»
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Time for a ChangeWe are targets of timeracing through supermarketscaptured by meals in-a-momentWe are targets of timehurrying on highwaysarriving dead on time.We are targets of timepossessed of more»
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Our Cenacle community in Waikanae stands in solidarity with millions of women, men and children who each day suffer as a result of war and violence. We honour the innocent lives lost, both in more»
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Take off your shoes! You are on sacred ground. Every couple of years, the Cenacle Sisters, Aotearoa organise a weekend for the whole Cenacle family (sisters and companions) from Aotearoa more»
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Paskong Pinoy Sa Kapiti Filipino Christmas @ Kapiti – a Christmas dinner fundraiser put on by Barangay Santa Maria Assumpta for the Our Lady of Kapiti Parish Church Building Fund. Here is a more»
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Trade Kitchen in more»
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Pope Francis 31 May 2017 General Audience (In anticipation of the celebration of Pentecost) This “invincible hope” that the Holy Spirit gives us can also be more»
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By Sr Anne Powell rcRecently (on 31 May 2017), Dr Rebecca Miller, Programme Manager, for People Smuggling and Trafficking in Persons, Immigration New Zealand, met for an evening with the members of more»
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The Feast of Our Lady of the Cenacle and Pentecost This June get together was a special month for the Cenacle – we celebrated Pentecost and, of course, the Feast of the Lady of the Cenacle more»
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We had the joy of welcoming Sr Beth Cruz to our community 11-18 May. Beth is the Cenacle General Treasurer living in Rome. She is originally from the Region of Cenacle Asia.Two significant more»
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Did not our hearts burn within us? We had another great get-together this month with the added bonus of having Sister Beth Cruz with us. Sister Beth is a Cenacle sister who works in Rome more»