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It was a “dog-day” afternoon in Thames on October 4 when the pets and their owners trooped into the grounds … Read More about Thames parish goes to the dogs this year
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The link between endemic poverty and religious practice has dug a deep furrow in modern literature, particularly in the genre … Read More about Devil makes mayhem
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October 18: 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Readings: 1. Isaiah 45:1,4-6; Psalm: 96; 2. 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5; Gospel: Matthew 22:15-21. In today’s … Read More about A striking string of references to the divine
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by JEFF DILLON Work is underway with the concrete flooring pad laid on another set of retirement houses for Dunedin … Read More about More priest retirement housing in Mosgiel
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by JOHN HOLDEN Several hundred supporters of the Marist St Pats Rugby Football Club (MSP) helped the club celebrate the … Read More about 50 years of Marist St Pats Rugby Club celebrated
Read Moreby JUSTIN GLYN, SJ The Victorian bishops have recently put out a trenchant response to the latest report of Victoria’s … Read More about Discussions about euthanasia
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In the Second Vatican Council’s pastoral constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Gaudium et Spes, the first sentence, … Read More about Looking beyond the slogans of parties
Read MoreSafe and hygienic practices at Mass will continue as the rest of the country moves into alert level 1 while … Read More about Safety key as Covid alert levels change in NZ
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by JOHN SHAW The Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand visited Auckland on Sunday, October 11 as the distinguished guest speaker at the annual meeting of the parish of St Michael, Remuera. In his address, Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa dealt with four topics suggested by the St Michael’s Pastoral Council as being of particular interest to parishioners: … Read More about Nuncio talks on youth, laity and Pope’s vision
The New Zealand Catholic Church cannot be perfected in grace as a New Zealand Catholic Church unless the deepest elements of Tikanga Maori are incorporated in it. This was the conclusion reached by Society of Mary third-year seminarian Hemi Ropata in his research project entitled “Deep Calls Unto Deep – The Theological Basis of Inculturation … Read More about Tikanga Maori needed in NZ Catholic Church
Auckland auxiliary Bishop Michael Gielen led a candle-light prayer vigil for the unborn outside a private abortion facility in Auckland on the evening of All Saints Day. Bishop Gielen was joined on November 1 by several priests, and by many dozens of other people on Dominion Road in Mt Eden, opposite the Auckland Medical Aid … Read More about Priests and bishop at pro-life street vigil
St Luke’s parish in Flat Bush in east Auckland is the first territorial parish to be canonically erected in 40 years in Auckland diocese. The occasion was acknowledged at a Mass at Sancta Maria College’s hall on October 18, a date which is usually the feast day of St Luke the evangelist. As Auckland auxiliary … Read More about New parish formally started in east Auckland
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