Marist Messenger

The Marist Messenger is a spiritual monthly magazine published by the Society of Mary, New Zealand. It was first published in 1929.

The Marist Messenger is currently edited by Fr Brian O’Connell SM. You’re invited to apply for a free sample of the latest issue by emailing Joanne Oliver, the Messenger’s office secretary, with your name and address.

Subscription and contact details are available from the Marist Messenger.

Most recent Marist Messenger Articles

Focus: John Henry Newman: A Model for Reformers
By Fr Brian O’Connell One of the key facts about Newman is that he and his close friends tried to reform the Church they loved viz. the Protestant Church of England. The men of the Oxford Movement longed for a church purified and true to Antiquity. And in doing so, Newman is a model for all [...]
Messenger Briefs
Church Workers killed in2009. A new report from the Vatican’s Fides agency shows the work of spreading the gospel is becoming increasingly dangerous. The report cites 37 murders of priests, Religious and lay workers during 2009, almost twice the number who perished in violent circumstances the previous year and the highest in the last decade. ———————————————— Peb [...]
Benedict Speaks
On Ecumenism Speaking during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which is currently being celebrated and which, the Holy Father noted, invites us to pray to the Lord for “the visible unity of all Christians”, because unity is “first and foremost a gift of God”. He then remarked how the theme chosen for this year’s Week [...]
John Henry Newman: Pilgrim of Truth
by Tricia O’Donnell Newman had become a convert as a man of conscience; it was his conscience that led him out of the old ties and securities into the world of Catholicism, which was difficult and strange for him. Pope Benedict XVI In September 2010, a very special Beatification will take place, one that will be presided over [...]
I Was a Stranger and You Fed Me
by Sue Jones Getting to Mass on Sunday when overseas is not always easy. The bonus of experiencing the way Mass is celebrated by different communities was for me a bit of a highlight; an hour or so of free culture without having to queue. In London I went to Mass at the Brompton Oratory. I saw [...]
When Faith is Tested Beyond Endurance
© by Bill Farrelly You might recall me saying that I often feel hypocritical about my faith, at one moment happily explaining why I cannot not believe and the next wondering how on earth someone could hang onto their faith under horrendous circumstances. I’ll get right to the point. This musing is prompted by my having read [...]
Blessed Henry Suzo (1300-1366)
Blessed Henry Suzo was born in 1300 at Constance in Germany. His father belonged to the noble family of Berg; his mother, a holy woman from whom he took his name, to a family of Sus. There he entered the Dominican convent at the age of thirteen and made his preparatory studies in the sacred [...]
Saint Dominic Savio (1842-1857)
Dominic Savio was born in 1842, the son of a very poor blacksmith. By the age of four, he knew all his prayers and could be found kneeling in prayer; at five, he was an altarboy. When he made his First Holy Communion, at age seven, he chose a motto: “Death, but not sin!” [...]
Saint Ludger (†809)
Saint Ludger was born in Friesland (the Netherlands) about the year 743. His noble father, at the child’s own request, committed him very young to the care of Saint Gregory, Bishop of Utrecht, who educated him in the monastery and gave him the clerical tonsure. Ludger went to England for further study and was ordained in [...]
Prayer, a Gift of the Spirit
by Father John Kelly ocso When we pray, how far is our prayer God’s work and how far is it our work? Someone said to me recently, “Why pray since prayer is a pure gift from God?” He seemed to imply that we couldn’t do much about prayer since everything depended on God. He seemed to [...]