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Sacraments received with joy in Te Tai Tokerau

NZ Catholic Staff — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 23:37:02 +0000

by WIGA AUTET “Sealed with the Holy Spirit, you must stand tall and have courage.” Children, teenagers and young adults from Panguru, Kohukohu and Broadwood have been entrusted with this mission as they were receiving the sacraments of Confirmation and first Eucharist during the Mass celebrated by Fr Rodney Smyth, SM, Pa Henare Tate and Fr Richard Cortes, MSP, at St Peter’s

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Author rejects Pompallier’s bad press

Rowena Orejana — Tue, 24 May 2016 02:00:57 +0000

The latest book to be published on the life of Auckland’s first bishop, Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier, is a love story between Maori, the bishop and the Catholic Church. The book, entitled Bishop Pompallier — First Catholic Bishop of New Zealand, was written in “a very positive angle, something joyful,” said author Diane Taylor at the launch of her book at Pompallier

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A saint walked among us in 1973

Michael Otto — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:49:45 +0000

Mother’s Maori moments Pa Henare Tate (Kohukohu) looks back on the encounter between Mother Teresa and Maori in 1973. A big contingent of the Māori community of Te Unga Waka attended the welcome to Mother Teresa during her visit in 1973. The reception for her was held at Alexandra Park. Rangimārie Culture Group attended to

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Msgr Hunt lives on through new book

Michael Otto — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 21:00:56 +0000

by PETER GRACE A new book means the late Msgr Vince Hunt continues to say something today, according to priest and teacher, Fr John Dunn. On December 4, Glimpses of Hope, the writings of former seminary rector Msgr Vincent Hunt, was launched as a book at St Columba Centre in Ponsonby. Fr Dunn, who edited

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