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Ishan Nath, a student at John Paul College in Rotorua, has won a gold medal at the 2020 International Mathematical … Read More about John Paul College student wins gold at maths olympiad
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Maria Assumpta Catholic church in Beach Haven, Auckland proved to be the perfect location to hold Covid-19 mobile testing. Parish … Read More about Beach Haven parish used for testing site
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Cardinal John Dew has commissioned Falefou Sio as Catholic prison chaplain for Rimutaka and Arohata prisons. On his facebook page, … Read More about Rimutaka’s and Arohata’s new prison chaplain
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by JEFF DILLON Although Sunday, August 9, marked the official day for making donations to the Catholic Caring Foundation in … Read More about Funding gives boost to annual youth camp
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – When Pope Francis said gay people have a right to be in a family and that … Read More about Transcript shows Pope’s distinctions between same-sex marriage, civil unions
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For the first time in its 170-year history, St Mary’s College in Thorndon, Wellington, is to have a man as … Read More about First male principal for St Mary’s College, Wgtn
Read MoreWellington Cardinal John Dew reiterated his support for the “Loud Fences” movement where coloured ribbons are hung on the fences … Read More about P. North parishioners told about ‘Loud Fences’ movement
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October 25: 30th Sunday of the Year. Readings: 1. Exodus 22:20-26; Psalm: 18; 2. 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10; Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40. … Read More about Love of God and love of neighbour go hand in hand
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Integrated schools are not happy about the $11.5million funding move by the Government for a private school in Taranaki as a “shovel–ready” project. New Zealand Catholic Education Office chief executive officer Paul Ferris said that the Green Party-backed move “is a mistake, and it has caused great concern at a time when anxiety and tension are elevated”. Mr Ferris, who is also chief executive officer of the Association of Proprietors of … Read More about Integrated schools irked at Green School funding move
Auckland Auxiliary Bishop Michael Gielen, as well as priests and lay leaders in the diocese, are responding to challenges to parishes today by studying the principles of Divine Renovation, and working out how these principles can be implemented at the grass–roots level. “As we’re meeting right now (by Zoom on September 9), all the priests in Christchurch diocese, who are in parish ministry, are meeting … Read More about ‘Divine Renovation’ is zooming forward
People of goodwill can best nurture civility and proper discourse in public life by being courageous, taking risks and bearing burdens for the sake of goods greater than themselves. Courage – in the public square – is the “absent virtue” for many people of goodwill today, said US Professor Robert George, in a Facebook interview with New Zealand’s Brendan Malone of … Read More about Courage needed in public square where ‘pseudo-religion’ dominates
Social networks have changed the pace of communication, making reaction times for communicators very much shorter – by necessity – even at an institution as ancient as the Holy See. Much has changed in the last decade–and–a–half, said the director of the Vatican press office, Matteo Bruni, in a Zoom talk from Rome to members of the Australasian … Read More about Church communicators need to be bridge-builders
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has approved the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch’s demolition plan for the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. This is in accordance with the conditions of a section 38 notice – an emergency earthquake-related provision in the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act. A LINZ spokesperson told NZ Catholic that the diocese intends to start deconstruction … Read More about Christchurch cathedral demolition plan approved
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