michael pervan – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 12 Apr 2017 03:22:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1 Lasallian founder will be carved in stone https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/04/26/lasallian-founder-will-carved-stone/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/04/26/lasallian-founder-will-carved-stone/#respond Mon, 25 Apr 2016 23:58:05 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=12609 by NZ CATHOLIC STAFF A block of marble like those used by Bernini and Michelangelo has arrived in New Zealand to fulfil a dream. The college’s Lasallian facilitator Kane Raukura said he had had a dream since the college jubilee in 2013 — a dream for a statue of the founder, St John Baptist De

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