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Maori priest installed as cathedral dean

Michael Otto — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 20:30:00 +0000

A poignant liturgy characterised by light, song, Māori culture and laughter saw Pa Peter Tipene installed as Dean of the Cathedral of St Patrick and St Joseph in Auckland. Bishop Patrick Dunn was joined at the installation on February 1 by Bishop Denis Browne (who ordained Pa Tipene as priest in 1994), Bishop Richard Umbers

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Akld bishop prays at Liston grave

Michael Otto — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 21:40:43 +0000

For the first time, Auckland diocese’s Mass for deceased priests and their celebration of clergy jubilees was combined into one event on November 9. Bishop Patrick Dunn and Bishops Denis Browne and Owen Dolan celebrated Mass with Auckland’s priests at St Patrick’s Church in Panmure. Then Bishop Dunn led a procession in which the graves of deceased clergy were blessed in the cemetery next to the church. The procession concluded at the

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Sydneysiders help Auckland homeless

NZ Catholic Staff — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 20:30:52 +0000

By Lyndsay Freer

One hundred high quality coats, specially tailored to fit a wide range of sizes, have been gifted to the Catholic Church in Auckland for distribution to the city’s homeless, by one of the oldest institutions of Western and Christian civilisation, the Sovereign Order of Malta,
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Prayer a pillar of pro-life campaign

Michael Otto — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 02:34:35 +0000

by PETER GRACE A New Zealand abortionist saved a baby’s life when the abortion minded pregnant woman was unable to pay, pro-life people at an Auckland Mass heard on February 9. At the end of Mass to start the 40 Days For Life campaign in Auckland, Family Life International communications manager Michelle Kaufman told the

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Tokelau celebrates 150 years of Catholic Faith

Michael Otto — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 00:00:36 +0000

by Bishop PATRICK DUNN Tokelau is a non-self-governing territory of New Zealand. It comprises three coral atolls — Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo — lying 500 kilometres north of Samoa. Tokelau has no airport and is serviced by a fortnightly ship from Apia, a journey which takes around 24 hours. The population of Tokelau is about

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Social justice focus at WYD

Rowena Orejana — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 02:00:23 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA
“Open your eyes and look around!”
With that, Bishop Patrick Dunn exhorted more than 1000 young people from Auckland and Hamilton
at a World Youth Day celebration to live Catholic social teachings in their lives.echo $variable;

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Bishops treading softly with missal translation

Rowena Orejana — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 23:56:07 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA New Zealand’s bishops will not push for another translation of the Missal from Latin to English but will seek a loosening up of the principles of translation. Auckland Bishop Patrick Dunn, the country’s representative on the International Committee for English in the Liturgy, said, “I think we sort of accept that the

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Projects exemplify Fit 4 Mission

Rowena Orejana — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 21:42:42 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA Auckland parishes are struggling to find projects to undertake that fit the year-old Fit 4 Mission, Auckland’s diocesan pastoral plan. Parish and pastoral services group leader Pat Lythe told NZ Catholic they are not yet where they want to be, “but it’s not too bad”. “We are not as far as I

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Seminary celebrates its history

Michael Otto — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 23:26:01 +0000

by PETER GRACE Horse care was once considered an important part of training for deacons — at least by some. At the Founders’ Mass for Holy Cross Seminary on May 4, celebrant Bishop Patrick Dunn summarised the pre-history and history of the seminary. Holy Cross Seminary opened in Mosgiel in 1900. Bishop Dunn told about

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Auckland bishop favours missal translation review

Michael Otto — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 20:12:23 +0000

by PETER GRACE The Bishop of Auckland, Bishop Patrick Dunn, supports a theologian’s suggestion of having another look at the 1998 ICEL translation of the Roman Missal. Bishop Dunn is one of 11 bishops conference representatives on the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) — from 11 of the different countries that use

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