Is it possible for someone to exist before their mother was even pregnant? Sounds like I’m are talking about IVF, but I’m are actually talking about normal, natural pregnancy. If your local contraceptive promoter is correct, then you existed before…
A Pro-life view of ‘Tolerance’
"Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions.” G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) Something about ‘tolerance’ has always made me uncomfortable. I’ve long been aware that the loudest preachers of tolerance are the ones who are the most intolerant of…
NuvaRing – dying for contraception
Last year the ministry of health has approved a 'new' contraceptive device. Although it's new to New Zealand, but has been around in the United States and Europe for more than 10 years, so we already know a lot about…
Happy Families, Healthy Economies: Our experience of the 7th World Congress of Families
by Ian and Clare McClean, Family Life International NZ - Wellington We were privileged to recently attend the 7th World Congress of Families held in Sydney’s unique Eveleigh Locomotive Workshops at Redfern. Around 800 people from all around the world…
Never say never, and other thoughts on having more kids
The following is Jennifer Fulwiler's honest take on being open to another child when the doctors are saying that the risk of another pregnancy is too high. Ever faithful to Catholic teaching on marriage and family, this post is well…
Family Fun Day Encourages Christian Families
The attacks on family life in this current age are constant and unabating. Where once family was mum, dad and the kids and the wider family unit was available for constant support and encouragement, today that is no longer the…
My Life Is A Life Worth Living
Courageous Parenthood
It is always encouraging to hear stories of modern people who have managed to live their faith courageously. This week I read of one such woman - a mother who had followed in the steps of St Gianna Molla -…
Proposed Adoption Legislation Discriminates Against Traditional Families
It has become extremely difficult for married couples, husbands and wives, to adopt a child in New Zealand. Those approaching adoption services to seek information on how they can become adoptive parents in this country are actually steered towards “lifetime…
Adoption is an Answer to Abortion
There has been a great shift in society's perception of single parenthood over the last few decades. Where once it was unacceptable for single girl or woman to be pregnant (to the point where she was shipped off to another town…