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New payroll scheme is expected to help Church

Michael Otto — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0000

AUCKLAND Diocesan managers are welcoming a new voluntary payroll giving scheme that enables employees to give as they earn to charities. The scheme, which came into effect in January, allows employees to make donations directly from their pay to approved charities, and get one-third back immediately as a tax credit, reducing their tax paid in

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Climate change call to ring out

Michael Otto — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000

WELLINGTON New Zealand church bells will peal at 3pm on December 13 to send a message about climate change. Leaders from the Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist and Salvation Army Churches have called on churches in New Zealand to ring their bells then, during a

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Record intake predicted for NZ seminary

Michael Otto — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000

AUCKLAND A projected record intake of new seminarians next year is set to fill Holy Cross Seminary in Ponsonby to near capacity. While welcoming the anticipated growth, seminary authorities are actively investigating options should accommodation capacity be exceeded in 2011 or beyond. NZ Catholic understands up to 14 new seminarians will enter next year. Thats

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Number of abortions dips slightly

Michael Otto — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:00 +0000

WELLINGTON The number of abortions in New Zealand might have dropped, but thats no reason for complacency, pro-life figures warn. There were 17,940 abortions in 2008, down from 18,380 the previous year, according to Statistics New Zealand. The peak was 18,510 abortions in 2003. There were 18,210 abortions in 2004, 17,530 in 2005 and 17,934

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Bishops prefer kneeling for Eucharistic Prayer

Michael Otto — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000

AUCKLAND New Zealands Catholic bishops are to seek approval from the Vatican for kneeling to be the standard posture of the faithful during the Eucharistic Prayer at Masses. At their meeting in Dunedin last month, the bishops voted not unanimously that the New Zealand version of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal sanction kneeling

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Meeting Pope encourages seminarian

Michael Otto — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0000

AUCKLAND Fifth-year seminarian Cameron Surrey says he took great encouragement from his brief but intimate encounter with Pope Benedict XVI because I know how much the Holy Father loves priests and seminarians. Mr Surrey was part of the International Liturgy Group that was formed for World Youth Day, a role Wellingtons Josie Leota also had.

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Abortion court case appeal doesnt worry pro-life group

Michael Otto — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:00:00 +0000

WELLINGTON Right to Life is not only confident the Court of Appeal will uphold the High Courts decision on the work of the Abortion Supervisory Committee, but has also lodged a cross-appeal to challenge some of the lower courts findings. echo $variable;

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NZ abortions rise to second-highest total

Michael Otto — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:00:00 +0000

AUCKLAND There were 18,380 abortions in New Zealand in 2007, the second-highest total ever. The figures were released on June 17, a week after the issue hit the headlines following a High Court judges suggestion that New Zealand has abortion on request. Ken Orr of Right to Life, which initiated the High Court proceedings, called

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Cardinal sees traps in secular society

Michael Otto — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:00:00 +0000

WELLINGTON Its not easy to be a committed Catholic in New Zealands secular environment, says Cardinal Tom Williams. The secular nature of our society in which we live, the consumerism and materialism, set up influences that impact on people, he told NZ Catholic in an interview marking the 25th anniversary of his elevation to the

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