News

by PETER GRACE It’s disingenuous of Lecretia Seales and her legal team to argue that a favourable court ruling in her application to allow a doctor to end her life...

by Sr COLLEEN EDGECOMBE, RNDM On May 3 in Little Waihi on the southern edge of Lake Taupo, requiem Mass was celebrated for Sr Mary Katarina, RNDM. Pa Hemi Hekiera,...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff On Tuesday May 12, the 10th rector major of the Salesian Congregation, Fr Angel Fernandez Artime, visited St Paul’s Catholic Primary School in Massey, west Auckland. He and...

by JEFF DILLON A warm May evening in Dunedin was matched by the warmth of the reception from the congregation in St Bernadette’s Church, Forbury, Dunedin to witness a special...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff St Mary’s, Mt Albert, parishioner Anne Nightingale carries out a list of parish tasks that might tire out those who merely read it. At the end of the...

by Sr ELIZABETH SNEDDEN,RSCJ Sr Fleurette Caldwell’s parents met as Kiwi casualty and French nurse during the Great War and returned to raise a large family in Karori, Wellington. When her...

by PAT LYTHE The Methodist-Catholic dialogue continued in Auckland last month. Eight people from the Catholic and Methodist Churches talked with a view to increasing Church unity. The dialogue has grown out...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff The Easter bunny delivered warm winter pyjamas donated by parishioners from Sacred Heart parish, Ponsonby, to families in need this Easter. Sixty-two pairs of pyjamas were given...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, staff from St Joseph’s Primary School, local parishioners and friends gathered to celebrate Sr Veronica Keaveney’s 60 years of...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff Divine Word missionary Fr Albano Da Costa has left New Zealand after three and- a-half years. Fr Albano, from Goa in India, was ordained in 2011. His...

by ROWENA OREJANA A woman who was angry and verbally abusive last year at the 40 Days For Life prayer rally has made a turnaround and is now supporting the group. Family...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff Bible Society New Zealand (BSNZ) has presented a Polyglot Bible to its president, the Catholic Archbishop of Wellington, Cardinal John Dew, in recognition of his appointment...

by ROWENA OREJANA Auckland’s Pre-marriage Education team has changed its name to Marriage and Family to highlight its response to Pope Francis’s call to support the family. Marriage and Family coordinator Sandra...

by NZ Catholic staff Caritas’ SINGout4JUSTICE annual school song writing competition for Years 7-13 students will be judged by a panel that includes Laura Collins, a Wellington singer/songwriter who performed...

by KAY BLACKBURN In mid-February the 14 member board of Catholic Women’s League Aotearoa New Zealand met at the Home of Compassion, Island Bay, for its first board meeting of 2015. The...

by KATHLEEN CASEY More and more young Kiwis are heading for Taize in France on their OE, said Taize prior Br Alois in a seminar in Christchurch last month. Brs Alois...

by Sr COLLEEN EDGECOMBE, RNDM On Wednesday, February 25, the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions celebrated the 150th anniversary of the arrival of their first sisters in New...

by Judith Williams For its first initiative the newly formed Warkworth-Puhoi Catholic Parish Social Justice Group will host a local area presentation of the Salvation Army’s report, A Mountain All...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff Five Auckland Sisters of Mercy marked their jubilees of religious profession on February 21 with a Mass celebrated by Auckland Bishop Patrick Dunn and seven priests...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff Marist Young Adult Ministry will this year operate out of The Grove in Lower Hutt in partnership with laypeople. The ministry (MYAM) has been operating out of...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff On March 1 Little Company of Mary Sisters celebrated the union of their communities in Australia, New Zealand and Tonga, becoming one province named the Little...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff People from four parishes and two schools gathered in St Joseph’s, Dannevirke, on February 8 to share in the ordination of seminarian Bryan Buenger to the...

by ROWENA OREJANA A Valentine’s Day concert spearheaded by St Joseph’s Takapuna assistant priest Fr Elric Jorquia raised $33,155 for the healthcare of priests in his provincial diocese of Malaybalay in the...

by JENNY McPHEE On a pilgrimage to Lourdes, Fr John Adams saw a beautiful monstrance in a little shop window. As it was the beginning of the tour, which included...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff Not Dead Yet Aotearoa, a new voice for disabled people in euthanasia and assisted suicide issues, was launched on February 19. The organisation speaks up for...

by PETER GRACE New Zealand Marist priest Fr Bernard Ryan, who died on February 21 in Sydney, was a remarkably laid back and friendly person, according to fellow Marist Fr...

by LYNDSAY FREER On Sunday February 15, several hundred parishioners of St Michael’s parish, Remuera, gathered with Msgr Brian Arahill’s family and friends to farewell him as he retired from 59...

by GILLIAN VINE St Mary’s Church, Mosgiel, overflowed on February 10 for the funeral Mass of Steven Anderton, one of New Zealand’s most respected thoroughbred trainers. Mr Anderton, 43, died on February...

by SUE SECONI It was with a deep sense of joy that Adrienne Gallie received the emblem and constitutions of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart from...

by Sr Carmel Cole RNDM Four Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions celebrated a total of 255 years of mission service to the people of New Zealand and beyond...