More than 80 additional pupils are being accommodated by St Joseph’s School in Wairoa in Northern Hawkes Bay as the region tries to recover after Cyclone Gabrielle. St Joseph’s, with a role of 75, was approached by Nuhaka School, which is about 30km north of Wairoa, after the small settlement suffered loss of essential services, … Read More about Wairoa Catholic school opens doors for cyclone-hit state school
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Pope’s message of hope headed to space, audio beamed back to earth
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Possible Eucharistic miracle in the US
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Catholics must have a ‘real heart’ to accompany people with gender dysphoria, says Notre Dame expert
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The beautiful sounds of several huge bells can be heard ringing out from the new Church of St Theresa of the Child Jesus in Lepea in Samoa. And the St Theresa 7’Oclock Fundraising Community, Auckland (affiliated to the Lepea 7am Sunday Mass Community, Samoa) was instrumental in finding the bells, … Read More about A tale of bells and more in stunning new Catholic church in Samoa
Jon McDowall has been appointed as the sixteenth rector of St Bede’s College in Christchurch. Mr McDowall was previously the associate rector at St Bede’s. He succeeds Justin Boyle, who is taking up a position with the Society of Mary as education director of Catholic character, working with the three … Read More about New rector at St Bede’s College in Christchurch
An exact replica of the Little Chapel of Apparitions in Fatima, Portugal, is set to be in Samoa after it was chosen by the World Apostolate of Fatima (WAF) to become one of its regional centres in the world. JR Pereira, the first person from Oceania to be elected as … Read More about Exact replica of Fatima chapel planned for Samoa
The Catholic bishops of Oceania have sent a message of prayerful condolence and solidarity to Church and civic leaders in Turkey and Syria as the countries suffer the effects of devastating earthquakes. Meeting in Fiji for their quadrennial assembly of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania, the bishops … Read More about Oceania bishops send message after devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria
By JEFF DILLON The first Sunday of Advent saw a significant congregation gather at Mary, Queen of Peace church in Broad Bay on the Otago Peninsula to attend a Thanksgiving Mass celebrated by Bishop Michael Dooley of Dunedin. This was a special gathering of members of the Polish community in … Read More about Polish links to Otago church celebrated
By Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis expressed his “spiritual closeness” and “solidarity” with those affected by a pair of powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake as measured by the US Geological Survey hit southern Turkey before … Read More about Pope saddened by ‘huge loss of life’ after earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
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