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Maori college celebrates 150 years in style

NZ Catholic Staff — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 20:30:47 +0000

by PAT HICKEY

Many fond memories were shared and many remarkable achievements were noted at the 150th anniversary celebrations of St Joseph’s Māori Girl’s College at Taradale. Hundreds of old girls and friends of the college gathered from October 6-8 to celebrate the foundation of the school by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions in 1867.echo $variable;

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Oceania bishops want sustainable development

Rowena Orejana — Sun, 17 Sep 2017 20:30:05 +0000

Oceania’s Catholic bishops have called on their respective governments and civic authorities “to be vigilant in guarding against any attempts by international businesses to exploit our common resource”, meaning the oceans. The executive committee of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania (Australia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, New Zealand, CEPAC — the

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P. North VG is now a monsignor

NZ Catholic Staff — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 22:46:20 +0000

Palmerston North vicar-general Brian Walsh had been given the title of Monsignor by Pope Francis. This was announced by Palmerston North Bishop Charles Drennan on his facebook page on July 31. “Our vicar-general has been made a chaplain to His Holiness Pope Francis and thereby has had bestowed upon him the honorific title of Monsignor,”

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Act now to oppose Act Party leader’s euthanasia push, bishop urges

Rowena Orejana — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 22:02:19 +0000

Palmerston North Bishop Charles Drennan has encouraged his flock to voice their opposition to Act Party leader David Seymour’s End of Life Choice Bill. In a pastoral letter dated July 13 published on the diocese’s website, Bishop Drennan listed his observations against the bill which he described as “unkiwi, unethical, and unprogressive”. “Please let your

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Bishop backs youth synod input

Rowena Orejana — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 01:50:36 +0000

As the Vatican released the preparatory document for the 2018 synod of bishops on “Young people, faith and vocational discernment”, Palmerston North Bishop Charles Drennan said the value of knowing the thoughts and aspirations of young people in the Church can never be overestimated. The preparatory document included a series of questions to be answered by national conferences of bishops and other Church bodies. Responses, along with input from

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Staff challenged to plan for diocesan growth

Rowena Orejana — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 21:09:52 +0000

Palmerston North Bishop Charles Drennan has urged the faithful to reflect on what place Jesus is given in the Church’s efforts at evangelisation, as he challenged his staff to plan for growth in the diocese. Bishop Drennan said the “Kiwi drift” Auckland Bishop Patrick Dunn talked about earlier is “very real”, even though Palmerston North diocese reported a “modest growth” in

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NZ Catholic bishops’ positions reshuffled

Rowena Orejana — Tue, 31 May 2016 23:21:57 +0000

Auckland Bishop Patrick Dunn has been appointed president of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (NZCBC) following a reshuffle after Wellington Cardinal John Dew’s three year term ended last month. Cardinal Dew became the conference’s vice-president, replacing Dunedin Bishop Colin Campbell, while Palmerston North Bishop Charles Drennan took over Bishop Dunn’s position as secretary. The death on February 12 of Christchurch Bishop Barry Jones left vacant two committee

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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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Sadness as Marists to leave Palmerston North

NZ Catholic Staff — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 01:46:36 +0000

by NZ CATHOLIC staff The Society of Mary is to scale back its support of Hato Paora College near Feilding. This comes as a consequence of the society’s decision to withdraw from Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Palmerston North at the end of 2015. Currently, Fr Matthew Crawford, SM, ministers fulltime at Hato Paora

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