By TONY FORTUNE It was a while in the planning, and Sunday, August 20 was the day that the two Catholic parishes in the Buller district reformed into the one combined parish, renamed “The Buller- Inangahua Catholic Parish”. On that weekend, Wellington Archbishop Paul Martin, SM, was in Westport to confer the Sacrament of Confirmation … Read More about Two Buller Catholic parishes combine
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Disability theology and ageing
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Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge to address NZ Catholic priests at Rotorua assembly
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By NZ CATHOLIC staff The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference has established a new position of Kaihāpai Māori-Māori Champion, with a view to this role helping to shape the Church’s future. According to a media release on the bishops’ conference website, the Kaihāpai Māori-Māori Champion “is an influential role that … Read More about Maori champion sought for bishops’ conference
The Auckland Catholic Caring Foundation gave out $770,000 in grants this year to 60 partner agencies and organisations that work to lift people out of poverty. At a Mass celebrated on August 2 at Christ the King church in Owairaka, Auckland, the foundation recognised students, volunteers and partner agencies for … Read More about Big demand for Ak Catholic Caring Foundation assistance
Fear of what others will think often stops Catholics from evangelising, but every baptised Catholic is called to spread the Good News. This was what American Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers told people at his first talk in New Zealand, which took place at Te Kupenga – Catholic Theological College on July … Read More about Throw seed and let God work says US deacon
FÁTIMA, Portugal (CNS) – Before 200,000 pilgrims at Fátima, many of them with tears in their eyes, Pope Francis called for a new Marian devotional title – “Our Lady in a Hurry” – to describe how Mary hastens to care for all her children. “There are many Marian invocations,” he … Read More about Pope calls for new Marian devotion at Fátima: ‘Our Lady in a Hurry’
Bishop-elect John Adams was sitting in a confessional when he first received a phone call that would eventually see him being told that Pope Francis was asking him to be Bishop of Palmerston North. In a video message recorded during a recent visit to Palmerston North following the announcement in … Read More about Bishop-elect of Palmerston North was in confessional when nuncio called
LISBON, Portugal (CNS) – Meeting in a makeshift “Sistine Chapel” painted floor-to ceiling by students, Pope Francis, paintbrush in hand, left a mark on the hearts of young people by telling them not to shy away from the personal crises that come with a life of faith. “A life without … Read More about Pope meets abuse victims, Ukraine pilgrims and Portuguese students in Lisbon
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