"He told me that all he had was three bags of clothes, a mattress and a rice cooker.”

‘I love fashion and I want a career in it.’ Re Sew is an opportune milestone which fits into her big picture. She has already learnt a variety of skills, especially making clothes for herself and her children.

“Some people can see their output in numbers and others can see it through creating things, but I can see it here through helping others and ending the day knowing I did the best I could.”

On Saturday we collected a total of 107 boxes full off donated food for the Vinnies Food Bank!

Poem by Kate, resident at Newtown Park Flats .

Newtown Festival, on Sunday the 4th of March, was alive with music and joyous atmosphere complemented perfectly by yet another beautiful Wellington day.

“Each migrant has a name, a face, and a story” Pope Francis tells us,“as well as an inalienable right to live in peace and to aspire to a better future for their sons and daughters.”

In recent weeks we have been confronted with disturbing images of people – men, women and children sleeping in cars, garages and on the streets...

Along with the four other Mercy colleges in New Zealand, St Mary’s College was called to act by the Sisters of Mercy on the issue of “Shelter For All”.