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
Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, the Apostolic Nuncio ... Read More about Papal Nuncio goes back to Rome
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 AZHURE DURSTON On Friday, August 26, myself and several other young Catholics and religious travelled from throughout New Zealand to attend a weekend vocation retreat directed by Father Trung Nguyen. Although the group of 18 attendees came mainly from Palmerston North diocese, we also were joined by participants from … Read More about Young people travel for vocations retreat
The jury is out. The collated data from the participants in the synod from the country’s dioceses has been published for all to read. At the time of writing, the New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Conference was preparing a national synthesis. All will be posted to Rome. The can of worms … Read More about Listen: It’s Jesus speaking!
By Dan Stollenwerk I have to say that after reading the Synthesis of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference National Synod – that which will be sent to Rome for the international synod on synodality – I remained disappointed. The topics it summarised were more or less what you’d expect: … Read More about Synod on Synodality TAKE 2
Colleen Petricevich’s many years of service to her parish, her community and Auckland Diocese were honoured with the presentation of the papal Benemerenti Medal last month. Msgr David Tonks presented Mrs Petricevich with the award at a Mass at St Joseph’s Church, Takapuna on August 21. Before he pinned the … Read More about Takapuna’s Colleen receives papal honour
by Dr John Evangelista I caught up with a friend of mine the other week and he proudly mentioned how his 28-year-old daughter is doing well with her work. However, he hinted he is worried that she is working too hard and ends up exhausted by the end of each … Read More about Workism and the Millennials
Our primary school had a teacher-only day today. So I took the kids to the library and the book store to get some new books. It’s hard to find good reading material consistent with Christian morals today — both for children and for adults. We need to be careful of … Read More about We are what we read
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