Safeguarding

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“The Society of the Sacred Heart in Australia and New Zealand undertakes to implement National Catholic Safeguarding Standards and is committed to ensuring a safe Church for everyone, especially the young and vulnerable adults. This commitment includes all people engaged within and for the Society. Each one of us has a responsibility to safeguard children and adults at risk and to contribute to a culture of welcome and safety for all.”Further detailed information can be found below. https://safeguarding.catholic.org.nz/

Sr Annett’s Cosmic Christ

Painting of the Cosmic Christ by Sr Annett Hanrahan

In this reflection for the USA Canada Province’s First Friday Reflection, our own Sr Annett Hanrahan discusses her painting of the Cosmic Christ: “I live in the South Pacific, in New Zealand, which is a multi-cultural country, including Maori, Polynesian, Pakeha, and peoples from all parts of Asia. I could not find any images that spoke to me or to any of us of a powerful, loving God, with an all-embracing, all-forgiving love that we as human beings can open to and understand in our very humanness. I wanted to probe the incarnational reality of God in Christ and in all of creation in a language that might have some