Motuhoa Island – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Sun, 25 Feb 2018 19:49:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 Motuhoa Island pilgrimage recalls rich heritage https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/03/03/motuhoa-island-pilgrimage-recalls-rich-heritage/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/03/03/motuhoa-island-pilgrimage-recalls-rich-heritage/#respond Thu, 03 Mar 2016 00:19:00 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=12313 by PATRICIA BROOKS One hundred and seventy five years ago on the feast day of St Thomas Aquinas, Bishop Jean Baptist Francois Pompallier, Fr Philippe Viard, SM, Br Michel Columban and Maori catechist Romano sailed into Tauranga Harbour. As Te Puna and Tauranga parishes have combined and are now known as the Parish of St Thomas

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