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BALASORE, India (OSV News) – Pope Francis, during his Sunday Angelus on June 4, remembered the victims of a train … Read More about Pope prays for Indian train disaster victims
Meditation is a very popular activity nowadays. Christian meditation is a practice that has been around for centuries. It involves … Read More about Meditation
by Paul Traynor Thirty-five years ago, in June, 1988, when the Passionist Family Groups were about to begin in Paeroa, … Read More about Passionist Family Groups celebrating 35 years in NZ
by JEFF DILLON At the end of the Sunday, 10.30 am, Mass recently at St Joseph’s Cathedral, Dunedin, a special … Read More about Trish’s dedication to cathedral music recognised
A limited statutory manager has been appointed to the board of trustees at St Peter’s College in Gore. But this … Read More about Statutory manager appointed
The annual festival season is under way, and that means a torrent of foreign films. Yet the multiplexes these days, … Read More about Festival spotlights ‘parcel children’
Father Kevin John Foote, a priest for 47 years in Christchurch diocese, died on April 28, 2023. He was 76 … Read More about Fr Kevin Foote embraced poverty in life as a disciple
St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College in Drury will be putting New Zealand on the Jesuit global map of schools … Read More about Putting new NZ college on Jesuit world map
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The New Zealand bishops have appointed Damian Dempsey the new Executive Director of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference. He starts in the new role on June 6. NZCBC Vice President and Bishop of Auckland, Stephen Lowe, says the bishops are delighted to appoint someone with a strong understanding of the Church and a commitment … Read More about NZCBC appoints new executive director
Three men have started their first year as seminarians at the Holy Cross Seminary in Auckland this year. Peter Jang, 29, is studying to become a priest for the Auckland diocese. Mr Jang was born in Korea, and came to New Zealand in 2008. “It’s a funny story. The first ‘job’ that I wanted when … Read More about Three in first year at Holy Cross Seminary
According to the entry titled “Catholic Church” in Te Ara: The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, “New Zealand Catholics went to war with enthusiasm in 1914. Archbishop Redwood regarded the First World War as a battle for justice and civilisation. Catholics were proud of their high rate of volunteering for military service. When conscription was introduced … Read More about War and prejudice in the time of Bishop Henry Cleary
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – As Britain’s King Charles III walks into Westminster Abbey for his coronation on May 6, he will walk behind a processional cross containing a relic of Christ’s cross given to the King by Pope Francis. While the Vatican provided no official details of the gift on April 19, an official said … Read More about Pope Francis donates relic of the true cross for King Charles III coronation
Holy Week and Easter is always a very special time for Dr Gianna Emanuela Molla and her family. She was born on Holy Saturday in 1962. Her mother – Italian St Gianna Beretta Molla – died the following Saturday in Albis – and her father, Pietro Molla, died on Holy Saturday in 2010. Dr Gianna … Read More about Daughter of saint speaks of parents’ holiness
In a first for Aotearoa New Zealand, Ngā Whaea Atawhai o Aotearoa Sisters of Mercy New Zealand has launched Whānau Mercy Ministries, which is a “Ministerial Public Juridic Person (MPJP) of Pontifical Right” that will own and oversee incorporated ministries established by the sisters in this country over more than 150 years. The launch of … Read More about New trust to own Sisters of Mercy ministries
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