As 2018 draws to a close and we pause to reflect on and celebrate the greatest birth of all time, we give thanks to Almighty God for all that He has permitted to occur in this year as we work…
Read More The year that was and the year to come in light of the birth of Christ
While the summer sun keeps shining and the children are playing and enjoying their break from school, the seemingly endless days of summer with limited commitments and a generally slow start to each day, is coming to a…
Statistics New Zealand has today released the induced abortion figures for 2013, and the numbers are very welcome. The recorded abortions have dropped for the sixth consecutive year to 14,073. This is the lowest since 2007 when there were 18,382…
Read More NZ abortion figures drop again, but don’t forget the numbers are about real people
40 days of hopeI remember during my early years at university becoming friends with an exchange student from West Germany. When she left her home country, a wall divided it from the communist country of East Germany, and people had…
"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…
Monday morning, first day back from the holidays and after some prayers, I'm sitting at my desk checking the voicemail. I had a message from a lovely lady who had organised a group of women to knit baby clothes for…
Family Life International NZ’s new John Paul II Centre for Life in Dunedin was officially opened on Sunday the 10th of November by Bishop Colin Campbell who is the Centre’s Patron. The opening and blessing was witnessed by a capacity…
Read More Bishop Colin Campbell officially opens Dunedin’s John Paul II Centre for Life
Over 250 people from all over New Zealand attended the Rise Up Together in the Service of Life Conference in Auckland this past weekend. The pro-life, pro-family Conference, hosted by Family Life International NZ, was an excellent opportunity for people…
Read More Rise up together in the service of life conference successful
Saturday, May 11th was a very special day for the New Zealand pro-life movement as Colleen Bayer, Founder and Director of Family Life International NZ, had her life’s work acknowledged by the Catholic Church. Earlier this year, Bishop Patrick Dunn,…
Read More Dame Colleen Bayer honoured at Investiture Mass for pro-life work
It is with great joy that the Board of Trustees of Family Life International NZ is able to announce that Colleen Bayer, National Director and Founder, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI, a Dame of the Order of St Gregory the…
Read More Colleen Bayer Announced as Dame in the Order of St Gregory the Great
