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Eastertide joy turns to tears as Sydney Catholics mourn horrific knife attack’s victims

By MARILYN RODRIGUES SYDNEY (OSV News) – The joy of Eastertide has turned to shock and bewilderment across Sydney’s Catholic community in the wake of a deadly knife attack at Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre on April 13, in which seven people were killed and a dozen injured, including a nine-month-old baby. Archbishop Anthony Fisher of … Read More about Eastertide joy turns to tears as Sydney Catholics mourn horrific knife attack’s victims

Living wage parish blitz

By Michael Otto | September 6, 2016 | 0 Comments

Auckland diocese is sending out 11,000 pamphlets which set out Catholic arguments for having a Living Wage in New Zealand.

Southern students shine at Gold Guitars

By Rowena Orejana | August 24, 2016 | 0 Comments

Students from St Peter’s College in Gore excelled in the New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards held in Southland over Queen’s Birthday Weekend.

New woman lecturer for Akld theologate

By Rowena Orejana | August 16, 2016 | 0 Comments

Good Shepherd College has appointed Dr Rocío Figueroa as a lecturer in systematic theology. She will begin lecturing at the beginning of 2017.

Rotorua gathering for diocese priests

By Michael Otto | August 16, 2016 | 0 Comments

Priests from Hamilton diocese have been revisiting one of the most important aspects of their ministry — their own human formation.

22 principals turn up for Josephite conference

By OSV News | August 11, 2016 | 1 Comment

by Sr ELEANOR CAPPER The thought of a New Zealand winter did not deter 22 principals, from Josephite secondary schools across Australia and New Zealand from attending a conference in Christchurch in mid-June.