• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • Marist
    • A Certain Way
    • Bearing Mary’s name
    • Doing Mary’s work
    • Marist Founder: J C Colin
    • Marist Places
    • Spirituality
    • Marist Family
  • Marist New Zealand
    • New Zealand Marist news
      • Get Marist News
    • Administration
      • Finance and administration
      • Marist Archives
      • NZ Marist History
      • NZ Marist Links
      • Privacy Policy
      • Renewal
    • Education and Youth
      • Gap Year
      • Logos
      • Marist Colleges’ Senate
      • Network of Marist Schools
      • School chaplaincy
      • Youth House
    • “Foreign Lands”
      • Social Outreach
        • Abandoned and neglected
        • L’arche
        • Ministry to Seafarers
        • Not-for-profit facilitation
        • Police Chaplaincy
        • Wellintown
      • CathNews
      • Marist Internet Project
      • Music Ministry
      • RPD Unit
    • Marist Spirituality
      • In Every Way
      • Marist Messenger
      • Pa Maria
      • Spiritual Direction
    • Marist Laity
      • Marian Mothers
      • Marist Third Order
      • Mother of Good Hope
    • Missionary parishes
      • Homily Helps
      • John Rea: Healing ministry
    • Tangata Whenua
  • Marist World
    • International Marist news
    • Marist Americas
    • Marist Asia Pacific
      • Asia
      • Australia
      • New Zealand
      • Oceania
    • Mission Districts
      • Asia
        • Ranong
      • Brazil
    • Marist Europe
  • Marist Vocation
    • Who are the Marists
    • What Marists do
    • Life as a Marist
    • Train as a Marist
      • Good Shepherd College
      • Marist Seminary
      • Marist Novitiate
      • Pastoral Placement
    • Want to know more?
  • Contact us
    • Fr John Rea
    • Marist Archives
    • Marist Laity
    • Safeguarding minors
    • Society of Mary New Zealand
    • Vocations Enquiry

Society of Mary

Marist Fathers New Zealand: Life and spirit

  • mike-mahoney-wataraoa
  • everyway
  • arthurtoothillmarae
  • refugeekids
  • christie baptism
  • laneyliere
  • reflection
  • cerdon
  • kk-at-wairoa
  • jeffdranesmoa

Marist Asia Pacific (MAP) meeting

The MAP meeting held recently was the initial “full” meeting of the new body which was constituted in Sydney 12 months ago and which is a development of what many of us knew previously as SMAZNO (Society of Mary Australia New Zealand Oceania).

Over the three days we considered a very full agenda, the main points of which were:

  • Reports on the present situation in each Province and District
  • Matters proposed for consideration to the General Chapter by each Province and District
  • Discussion on common General Chapter issues
  • Ongoing Formation of, and support of, Young Marists within MAP
  • Tim Duckworth (NZ) joined the meeting for a time and there was a review and discussion centred on the Young Marists meeting in NZ last February
  • Discussion on practical ways of supporting Oceania
  • Discussion on the International English Language Novitiate
  • Discussion on ways in which we can continue to support the Japan – Philippines connection
  • Discussion on ways of responding to a request from the General Administration for MAP to facilitate the translation into English of the Anthology of Letters Received from Oceania
  • Discussion on a collaborative effort to promote the Marist vocation within MAP
  • Discussion on present inter-provincial projects
  • Review of the welfare and ministry of men working in a Province or District other than their own
  • A review of the Statement of Meeting of Leaders of Marist Asia Pacific with Members of the General Administration in Sydney in 2008

As a result of the three days’ work, there were a number of decisions taken, the major ones of which
were:

  • There will be a “Common Vocations Initiative” which will bring together a vocations person from each region (and other necessary people) to prepare and produce common vocations material that is able to be used in MAP
  • There will be a meeting convened of relevant individuals to evaluate what is currently happening in MAP in terms of ongoing formation and support of Young Marists and to develop a plan for the future
  • The Province of Oceania will develop a separate plan (in collaboration with other MAP regions) to meet its needs for renewal of those Marists Finally Professed 5-10 years
  • Clarification to be sought from the General Administration about the funding of projects within MAP and how that relates to Mission Funding.
  • A proposal was sent to the General Administration with regard to the translation of the Anthology of the Letters Received from Oceania
  • A plan will be developed with regard to numbers likely to be at Marist Seminary Auckland over the next four years

The three days proved to be a very positive and energising time with MAP acquiring a clear “character” and sense of direction.  There was a strong sense of unity among the participants and a keenness to work together where possible to  strengthen and support each region within Marist Asia Pacific.

The next meeting will take place in Davao, The Philippines from 15-17 June 2010.

Australia
Paul Cooney (Provincial)
Tony Kennedy (Councillor)

New Zealand
Brian Cummings (Provincial)
Philip Cody (Vicar Provincial)
John Murphy (Secretary)

Oceania
Paul Donoghue (Provincial)
Suni Halapio (Vicar Provincial)

Philippines
Larry Sabud (District Superior)

Related posts:

  1. MAP meeting in Fiji proves fruitful The Marist provincials and vicar provincials of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, along with the district superior of Asia, (MAP), and Vicar...
  2. Marist Asia Pacific area to translate Anthology As part of Marist Asia Pacific (MAP,) the Provinces of New Zealand and Australia are sharing the responsibility for translating...
  3. Marist Asia Pacific meets in the Philippines The annual meeting of the provincials and vicar-provincials from Marist Asia Pacific (MAP), took place recently in Davao, the Philippines....
  4. Marist Asia District invited to join reconfigured Australia New Zealand province The 2013 Council of the Society of Mary meeting in Dublin instructed the New Zealand and Australian provinces to work...
  5. Annual Marist Asia Pacific 2013 meeting concludes A three day meeting of Marist provincials and vicar provincials from Australian, Oceania, the Philippines and New Zealand concluded Saturday...

June 26, 2009 Filed Under: New Zealand Tagged With: MAP, Marist Asia Pacific

Primary Sidebar

Recently

  • Mike and Yvonne Moore thanked for involvement at St Bede’s College
  • Tim Duckworth assumes office of NZ Provincial
  • €20k needed to reopen Marist Camino pilgrim hostel
  • Abuse and Cover-Up; Gerald Arbuckle’s challenging new book
  • Marist Ranong secondary school reopens
  • LOGOS celebrates 20 years

Keep chatting



Search sm.org.nz

We’re about

Administration Asia Australia Chris Skinner City centre church Earthquake Education Foreign Lands Formation Gerald Arbuckle International International Mission Looking outwards Maori MAP Marist Media Mission Missionary Parishes New Evangelisation Oceania Ranong Rome Seminary Spirituality St Mary of the Angels Superior General The Future Vocations Youth

Copyright © 2023 · Society of Mary New Zealand ·