The magazine is blessed by a team of volunteers in Dunedin and around the country who assist with the distribution and promotion of the magazine each month. Their timed willingness is an inestimable gift to Company, the staff and our subscribers.

Dunedin Volunteers

The Dunedin team works from the Union Street offices each month contributing at least 88 hours of work over the year. They include:

Shirley Curran
Kathleen Currie
Ken Fahey
Susie Logan OP
Kathy Mayo
Maureen Smith

Promoters in Parishes

Another group of volunteers across the country usually promote and sell the magazine in their parishes. However churches have been closed because of the pandemic, in some regions for months, which has curtailed their opportunities for selling.

This group of volunteers includes:

• Shaun Davison, St Francis Xavier Whangārei
• Maree Wrigley, St Helier's Auckland
• Claire Ryan, St Helier's Auckland
• Ross Gregory, St Mary's Star of the Sea Gisborne
• Liz Hickey RSJ, Catholic Parish of Whanganui
  
• Greg Donnelly, St Mary's New Brighton Christchurch
• Sean Brosnahan, St Francis Xavier Dunedin
• Jan Ogilvy OP, Mercy Parish Dunedin
• Elizabeth Mackie OP, Holy Name Parish Dunedin
• Judith Robinson OP, Korimako Farm Invercargill
• Rita Cahill RSJ, St Francis Xavier Collegial Area
  

The magazine is on sale in the following parish communities:

• St Mary's Mt Albert
• St Mark's Pakuranga
• St Mary Immaculate Tauranga
• Our Lady of Lourdes Palmerston North
  
• Te Awakairangi Lower Hutt
  
• Holy Trinity Wellington
  
• Holy Family Nelson
  
• Holy Family Timaru
  

Upkeep of Premises

We were grateful to Pat Smith for volunteering to waterblast the winter buildup of moss and grime off the concrete at the front and back of the Tui Motu offices in November.

Community Highlights

As well as our usual celebratory morning teas for volunteers after we have labelled the envelopes and packed the magazines for posting, we hosted a sit-down Christmas dinner for our Dunedin volunteers. This year because of the pandemic we did not invite families and friends as we have in other years. Nevertheless it was a festive and delicious thanksgiving — a Tui Motu eucharist! Ann Hassan's sons also joined enthusiastically in the hosting.