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BUDAPEST, Hungary (CNS) – Spending time in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament can heal Christians from a self-absorbed religiosity that … Read More about Eucharist heals from idolatry of ‘self,’ Pope says at Mass in Budapest
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by NZ CATHOLIC staff A change in Government policy for housing vulnerable New Zealanders could worsen the immediate outlook for … Read More about Catholic housing provider slams policy shift
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis named a Chilean priest who had testified against his abusive mentor to be secretary … Read More about Pope promotes theologian-priest who once testified against abusive mentor
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Vatican has issued the preparatory document and a “handbook” for dioceses as part of the … Read More about Guidance from Vatican for dioceses to begin synodal path
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Under alert level 3, funerals and tangihanga must take place at a funeral home, not at a church or marae, … Read More about Funerals can’t be in churches at alert level 3
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September 5: Twenty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time. Readings: 1. Isaiah 35:4-7; Psalm: 146; 2. James 2:1-5;Gospel: Mark 7:31-37. The thoughts … Read More about Visualising the power of God at work in our world
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On Thursday, July 1, Sr Mary Scanlon, LCM, celebrated her platinum jubilee at Nazareth Chapel, Christchurch. Some 60 guests rejoiced … Read More about Sr Mary Scanlon, LCM, celebrates platinum jubilee
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Sunday Masses are resume in parts of the country after the Government increased the limit on the number of people gathering in an indoor defined space from 50 to 100. The dioceses of Christchurch, Hamilton and Dunedin announced the resumption of Masses with a reminder to strictly adhere to Covid-19 health and safety protocols. Wellington … Read More about Some Sunday Masses resume at 100-person limit
Archbishop Paul Martin SM announced the appointment of Simon Thompson as the Christchurch diocese’s new general manager, replacing Andy Doherty who, after six years in the role, is moving overseas. Mr Thompson, Strategy and Planning manager at Ōtākaro Limited, said one of the great attractions of the position was working for a faith-based organisation, where … Read More about Thompson is new Chch general-manager
An argument among children overheard by 15-year-old Sisi’uhila Kiu was to eventually bring her from her village in Lapaha, Tonga, to a final commitment in Christchurch as Carmelite Sister Anne Mary of the Assumption. When she was 15, the young Sisi’uhila overheard children arguing about who was the youngest nun to become a saint. Sisi had never even heard of St Therese. But she thought, I could … Read More about New Carmelite Sister inspired by St Therese
Two churches in Auckland diocese resumed weekday Mass on Wednesday (September 8) after the Government had moved Northland and all of New Zealand, with the exception of the Auckland, region to alert level 2. Fr Ramil Hamil, MSP, parish priest of the Mid-North Parishes, said that although the parish has seven churches, only two have … Read More about Two churches in Mid-North Parishes resume weekday Masses
Sunday Masses remain suspended after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern threw a “curveball” by announcing that indoor gatherings would be limited to 50 people as one of the measures for a new “Delta” alert level 2. Hamilton Bishop Stephen Lowe, at a livestreamed Mass on September 7, said this revised restriction created “an issue for our … Read More about Masses remain suspended after level 2 “curveball”
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