MANAPOURI CHAPLAIN
Report Given
To Council
After six months it was slowly “percolating through” to men working on the Manapouri hydro village, that the National Council of Churches chaplain was concerned with them and their family problems, the chaplain (the Rev. O. Kitchingham) told the annual meeting of the council in Christchurch yesterday. He was first looked on as a visitor, and greeted with “Hello, it’s not Sunday yet, why are you here?” Mr Kitchingham said. The 1000 men on the project were obviously surprised when he started work with them at 5.30 a.m., or went on night shift with them. The attitude had now change ed, and the men were happy to bring their problems to him.
He had found a great need to initiate educational and cultural programmes, Mr Kitchingham said. The extension studies department of the university was interested in this ,and he was happy that the Roman Catholic priest was going to work with him. The council had seen the need to go among the men of the project, and to get to know them. The progress he had to report was not spectacular, but was important, Mr Kitchingham said. The men had realised that he was not interested only in religion—but them.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31125, 30 July 1966, Page 16
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