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 by Fr Kevin Head 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
The Interior Castle of St Teresa of Jesus of Ávila
Part 2 of 7 The Second Mansion St Teresa writes briefly and concisely on the Second Mansion and it is all worth reading. This Mansion is called the proper entrance to the Castle and has the word prayer marked over it. Those who enter are determined to pray. But it is a honeymoon stage of […]
Fr (Michael) Vincent Curtain SM
Born: 4 July 1932, in Greymouth Professed: 7 February 1954 Ordained: 20 July 1958 Died: 20 September 2020 in Christchurch Michael Vincent Curtain was born in Greymouth in 1932. His family moved to Motueka and then to Nelson, where Vince attended St Joseph’s Primary School. His secondary education was at St Patrick’s College, Silverstream, where […]
Celebrating the Immaculate Conception in Wellington, 1855
M Jean François Yvert was born in Pleuville, France on 10 June 1796. He arrived in Kororāreka, Aotearoa New Zealand, on 15 June 1841, and was the printer for the Catholic Mission based at Kororāreka. He arrived in Wellington with Bishop Viard on 1 May 1850. He was a school teacher and assistant to Bishop […]
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The Messiah was predicted and longed for among the Jewish people but when God actually came among us, the light was so different from what was expected, that in our shallow human perceptions it appeared that Christ was the God that nobody seemed to want. We expected a king of this world and received a […]
The Life of Venerable Jean-Claude Colin
“On whatever distant shore” Part 2 of 2 The Society of Mary begins Sharing the Marist dream with his local bishop, Colin met with opposition and ridicule. “If you want to be missionaries”, said the bishop, “then start here in the villages of Bugey”. So, Fr Colin did just that. On 29 October 1824, the […]