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Friday Aug, 2015 11:37 AM | by editor | 2 COMMENTS

NZ-born Jesuit dies

by NZ CATHOLIC staff
A New Zealand-born Jesuit priest suffered a stroke while celebrating a Latin Mass in Queensland and died in hospital soon afterwards. Fr Gregory Jordan, SJ, aged 85, had been celebrating Mass at St Ignatius Church in Toowong when he died on July 19. Continue reading →

Friday Aug, 2015 9:32 AM | by editor | 1 COMMENT

57 years of Catholic presence on the ice ends

by NZ CATHOLIC staff
Catholic priests from Christchurch diocese will no longer be going to Antarctica as chaplains there. Continue reading →

Thursday Aug, 2015 10:00 AM | by editor | Comments Off

Students and top musician raise funds

by SUE SECONI
Cullinane College principal Kevin Shore has treated his students, the music department and the school’s nationally successful Te Ngakau o Te Awa Kapa Haka group to a full day with New Zealand violinist Elena. Continue reading →

Wednesday Aug, 2015 10:00 AM | by editor | Comments Off

100 years plus!

by NZ CATHOLIC staff
Whatever the formula is for long life, it seems to have been found at the Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home in Brockville, Dunedin. Continue reading →

Tuesday Aug, 2015 1:11 PM | by editor | Comments Off

Fr Webb celebrates 40th anniversary

by NZ CATHOLIC staff
Fr John Brian Webb of Pt Chevalier parish, in Auckland, last month celebrated his 40th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. Continue reading →

Friday Aug, 2015 3:32 PM | by editor | Comments Off

Friars gather in USA

by NZ CATHOLIC staff
Thirteen Franciscan friars from the English-speaking world gathered in Washington, D.C., from June 29 to July 3, 2015, to discuss the urgent need for the support of Christians in the Holy Land. Continue reading →

Tuesday Aug, 2015 12:00 PM | by editor | 1 COMMENT

Pope’s man in NZ crosses town

by PETER GRACE
The Vatican’s diplomatic mission in New Zealand (the nunciature) moved to Onslow earlier this year after many years at 112 Queen’s Drive, Lyall Bay, in Wellington. Continue reading →

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