Kathleen Casey – NZ Catholic Newspaper

Four centuries of Christchurch Vinnies service

Kathleen Casey — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 22:33:51 +0000

In a worthy occasion, the Society of St Vincent de Paul in Christchurch recently celebrated a total of more than 400 years of apostolic work carried out by nine members of local conferences. Each had been an SVDP member for 40 years, some for more than this.echo $variable;

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CWL looks to regenerate and open new doors

Kathleen Casey — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 20:30:16 +0000

Raising $14,000 for Mike King’s Key to Life Trust suicide prevention programme as the Catholic Women’s League Aotearoa New Zealand did in 2015 for their At Home Mission appeal is hardly a characteristic of a fading organisation. About 160 women attending the organisation’s national conference in Christchurch last month would surely agree. First impressions of attendees indicated a slice of essential New Zealand

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Quake-proof Mary on the move

Kathleen Casey — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:44:32 +0000

It was a far cry from the humble 2011 procession, the first, behind a broken cathedral in honour of Our Lady of Christchurch — the unattached statue that had turned to stand facing the city in a major earthquake. At Our Lady of Victories Church on May 8, hundreds of people followed a magnificently flower-laden bier, carried by six men, on which

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New building for cathedral parish blessed and opened

Kathleen Casey — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:05:40 +0000

by KATHLEEN CASEY Beside St Mary’s pro-cathedral, an imposing new building has arisen where the former historic Marist presbytery stood before the earthquakes. The building was blessed by Christchurch diocese administrator, Fr Rick Loughnan, on February 21, the eve of the fifth anniversary of the devastating 2011 quake. The new building houses parish office and

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25 years of service bring papal award

Kathleen Casey — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 00:07:02 +0000

by KATHLEEN CASEY
In recognition of more than 25 years of service to the Church, Liz Mulholland was awarded the papal medal, Cruce pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, at St Francis of Assisi Church on February 14, by parish priest Fr Simon Eccleton. echo $variable;

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New school in Chch

Kathleen Casey — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 00:30:59 +0000

by KATHLEEN CASEY It was a landmark event as parents, parish community, invited guests and 350 children gathered for the opening of a brand new Christchurch school, designed for up to 500, which offers large spaces for flexible learning. St Francis of Assisi School at Mairehau, its building necessitated by earthquakes, was opened on February

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Site of Jesus’ Baptism is peaceful now

Kathleen Casey — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 22:20:44 +0000

by KATHLEEN CASEY It was exciting on the second day of our Holy Land pilgrimage to view an authentic site for the baptism of Jesus at Bethany Beyond the Jordan.* This sits in a perennial riverbed named the Wadi Al-Kharrar towards the southern area of the Jordan river. It is now part of a large

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Three-in-one ordination in Christchurch

Kathleen Casey — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:58:18 +0000

by KATHLEEN CASEY
When Jesus spoke to crowds, there must at times have been no standing room.
This was how it was in St Mary’s Pro-cathedral for the triple ordination of Thanh Tran, Do Nguyen and Tien Cao to the priesthood on December 5. echo $variable;

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New home for Chch agency

Kathleen Casey — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:30:32 +0000

by KATHLEEN CASEY St Vincent de Paul in Christchurch is working from spacious new premises with street frontage, after four years of working in a small out-the-back area. One hundred and fifty attended the blessing and opening of the premises in Stanmore Rd recently. SVdP President Keith Norton welcomed Bishop Barry Jones and all present,

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Christchurch marks two years of perpetual adoration

Kathleen Casey — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 22:00:22 +0000

by KATHLEEN CASEY Two years of perpetual exposition in Christchurch have been marked by faithfulness and peace, but it took hard work to set it up. In 2011, Bishop Barry Jones was keen to get it going. Pope Benedict’s Sacramentum Caritatis suggests that every diocese in the world needs a place with this devotion. “It’s

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