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Wendy Hill, Wellington Working as a volunteer at Arohata Women’s Prison has given me uncomfortable insights  into how hard it can be to ‘respect life’. I was called in to work in my capacity as a pregnancy counsellor with women … Continue reading →

Participants from previous Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats are encouraged to attend an ‘Upper Room’ Meeting for support and sharing. The gatherings take place in Wellington between 2pm and 5pm on a Sunday afternoon, approximately six weeks after each Retreat. 

Each Tuesday night between 10pm and 11pm, an hour of prayer is observed for the work of Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats throughout the world. In prayer, Retreat Teams and their supporter groups across North and South America, Canada, Europe, Asia and … Continue reading →

Formation training has been completed for the Wellington-based Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat Team and official approval has been given for the Team to ‘go solo’ by the US programme founders, Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries. Read more:   RV Team Formation. The Wellington … Continue reading →

Feature Article, Welcom 6 October 2010 Wendy Hill, Wellington Pope John Paul II’s words to those grieving the loss of a child by abortion, ‘The wound in your heart may not yet have healed … do not lose hope …’ … Continue reading →

  “Report on 2010”   Suzanne O’Rourke  RVR Site Leader, Wellington The Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat programme has been developed in the US by Dr Theresa Burke, as a Ministry of Priests for Life, to bring those whose lives have been … Continue reading →