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
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Christchurch CSS Foodbank closed
After 16 years, Christchurch diocese’s Catholic ... Read More about Christchurch CSS Foodbank closed
Papal Nuncio goes back to Rome
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Festival of New Life date announced
The sixth Sunday of Easter, which falls on May 5 ... Read More about Festival of New Life date announced
by PETER GRACE PALMERSTON NORTH— NZ Catholic contributor Marjorie Dawson of Palmerston North died on March 30, after a lengthy battle with ill health.
By Michelle Vollemaere Known Unto God. This lonely epitaph, carved into thousands of unknown soldiers’ gravestones in Commonwealth cemeteries around the world, to me is even more heart-wrenching
by LYNDSAY FREER AUCKLAND — Beginning Experience is an international programme for widowed, divorced and separated people. It is a peer ministry intended to facilitate the resolution of the grief surrounding the end of a relationship and to find new hope for the future, increased emotional health and renewed energy.
by ROWENA OREJANA AUCKLAND — Family Life International New Zealand’s Facebook pages have been attacked, forcing the organisation to pull them down to get rid of the filth.
by MICHELLE VOLLEMAERE Hang on in there, Lent is nearly over. After weeks of abstinence, Easter is just around the corner.
by PETER GRACE AUCKLAND — Interviews are expected to start this month for a new national position in the Church relating to the care of children and vulnerable people. The National Office for Professional Standards (NOPS) has been advertising for a “safe church programme leader”. The director of the office, … Read More about NZ Catholic church acts to prevent abuse of vulnerable
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