Church History December 2013 Msgr John Broadbent Francis Redwood was among the first boys to board at Fr Antoine Marie Garin’s new school which opened in Nelson in 1852, a decade after the large Redwood family had emigrated from England to a farm near Brightwater on the Waimea Plains. Bishop Viard and the Marists had […]
News December 2013 Bob Cater On 16 February 2014, the Catholic community of Titahi Bay will celebrate the Golden Jubilee of their parish, before it joins Our Lady of Fatima parish Tawa a year later. St Pius X separated from Holy Family Porirua in February 1964. Despite being able to enjoy just one jubilee year, […]
News December 2013 On Sunday 20 October St Teresa’s parish Featherston celebrated the feast of its patron St Teresa of Avila with a number of special touches recalling the young woman known as ‘the little flower’. A banner of St Teresa was placed on the lawn in front of the church and, as people arrived, […]
Schools December 2013 Dave Lamont On Friday 1 November St Benedict’s School Khandallah received a visit from the NZ Marist College Rugby Team, comprising students from Marist secondary schools around New Zealand. The team gathered in Wellington to play a Centurion Colts team at St Patrick’s College on Saturday which they won 36-15. As part […]
Schools December 2013 Marion Myers This month St Mary’s College Young Enterprise Team Sass and Spice will compete in the finals of the nataional competition having been named the Young Enterprise Wellington Company of the Year. The contest requires students to set up and run a business for three terms. Two St Mary’s College teams […]
News December 2013 On Sunday 3 November St Martin de Porres parish Avalon celebrated the feast day of St Martin de Porres with a scrumptious shared lunch. The sun shone, the BBQ sizzled and the tables were laden with food from the parish’s different cultural groups which each family had prepared. Parishioners past and present […]
Feature December 2013 A longing for people to be able to pray and sing praise to God in their own language has been one of the greatest discoveries from a consultation/conversation with parishioners at St Anne’s Newtown. Lay pastoral leader Karen Holland told a workshop on stewardship on Saturday 2 November that the removal of […]
Feature December 2013 Archbishop John Dew preached the following homily along the route of the Faith on Foot pilgrimage (17-24 November), marking the end of the Year of Faith. ‘…they gave an account of all that God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the pagans.’ (Acts 14:27) […]
Palmerston North December 2013 Aaron O’Neill On 5 September, the students of St Patrick’s School, Napier, presented a special production. Held at the Napier Municipal Theatre, From Forest to Sea, A Hawke’s Bay History was planned, written and created by the children themselves. The production coincided with an upcoming Inquiry Learning topic, ‘Create, Make, Do’. […]
Palmerston North December 2013 Andrew Aitken Young adults are gathering at the Palmerston North Diocese’ Te Ahi Kaa – The Hearth Place – for encouragement and support. Although we primarily serve those who live in Palmerston North we have also spent time with Kohanga at Victoria University in Wellington and The Grove in Lower Hutt […]