Hamilton bishop Stephen Lowe – NZ Catholic Newspaper

Priests called to be ‘digital disciples’

NZ Catholic Staff — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 20:18:45 +0000

A visiting bishop from Australia has encouraged Kiwi priests to be “digital disciples”, involved in social media. Bishop Richard Umbers, an auxiliary bishop of Sydney, gave this exhortation at a Hamilton diocese priests’ summer gathering in Rotorua on January 30-31. The bishop spoke on evangelisation and it was in this context that he made the

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Msgr Harrington dies in Chch

NZ Catholic Staff — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 22:31:05 +0000

Christchurch diocese has bid a fond farewell to one of its senior priests, Msgr James Harrington, who died on January 28 at Nazareth House, in the 60th year of his priesthood. Hamilton Bishop Stephen Lowe was the principal celebrant at a requiem Mass at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Christchurch on February 1. In his homily, Bishop Lowe described himself as having benefitted from “the Harrington Finishing School

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Hamilton bishop at first NZ Mass commemoration

NZ Catholic Staff — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 00:00:03 +0000

by WIGA AUTET “Bishop Pompallier had a greatest gift to give, a gift of Jesus.” With these words Bishop Stephen Lowe of Hamilton greeted the faithful at Totara Point in the Hokianga on Epiphany Sunday, January 8. “Today is about arrivals, gifts and losing oneself” — he told those who gathered to commemorate the 179th anniversary of the first Mass celebrated on New Zealand soil in

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Hamilton bishop learns Vatican ropes

Rowena Orejana — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 23:09:59 +0000

Bishop Stephen Lowe of Hamilton found attending a recent Vatican course for new bishops to be both stimulating and challenging. Every two years, the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples runs a seminar in Rome for new bishops of the mission territories. Bishop Lowe told NZ Catholic that this year, in September, 94 new bishops attended from “diverse and different parts

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2016 Easter Messages from the Bishops

Michael Otto — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 02:11:22 +0000

The following are the full versions of the Easter/Chrism messages from each bishop in New Zealand to the faithful. Auckland Bishop Patrick Dunn Easter is THE great festival of the year for Christians everywhere. Every Sunday is celebrated as a “little” Easter, but EASTER SUNDAY itself is the biggie! • We prepare for the great

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NZ dioceses ready for Year of Mercy

Rowena Orejana — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 20:52:32 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA
Catholic dioceses in New Zealand are in the final stages of their preparations for the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, a time Pope Francis declared “for the Church to rediscover the meaning of the mission entrusted to her by the Lord on the day of Easter: to be a sign and an instrument of the Father’s mercy”. echo $variable;

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Blokes hear from bishop over burgers

Michael Otto — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 23:55:41 +0000

by MICHAEL OTTO Jesus needs blokes. That was the message Bishop Stephen Lowe stressed time and again at a men’s breakfast in Hamilton on August 29. More than 120 Catholic men filled the hall at St Columba’s School in Frankton for a Blokes’ Breakfast with the Bishop, with Bishop Lowe as the keynote speaker. The

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