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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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Many priests in NZ now from overseas

Rowena Orejana — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 00:00:48 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA AUCKLAND — As the Catholic Church in New Zealand becomes more diverse, priests from overseas have helped ease the shortage of clergy in various dioceses. Auckland Bishop Patrick Dunn said priests from overseas have been a great blessing in general, and most of the other dioceses have welcomed foreign seminarians as well.

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