Palmerston North Diocese August 2013 A stalwart of Hunterville which is part of St Francis Xavier parish Marton has been honoured for her services to the community. Maureen Fenton was invested with the Queens Service Medal in May. She has lived in Hunterville for 40 years and is widely respected for her knowledge of the […]
Palmerston North Diocese August 2013 On Wednesday 3 July 15 young adults gathered around the fireplace in the front room of Te Ahi Kaa to hear Sam Clear of Harvest Inroads tell of his epic journey of discovery. The journey began in 2002 when, as a member of the Catholic organisation Youth Mission Team in […]
Film Review Fr James Lyons August 2013 Helping her dad milk cows at four and families to grow their own vegetables at 90 provides the frame for a religious life like no other. Sr Loyola Galvin has lived more than 63 years as a Sister of Compassion and is the subject of a feature-length documentary […]
News Mike Fitzsimons August 2013 The stories of 22 young men who joined Mount St Mary’s Seminary, Greenmeadows in the 1970s are told in a new book, On a Mission, Men of Mount St Mary’s tell their stories. These honest, intensely personal stories capture a very volatile time in the seminary’s history and a way […]
Feature Mary Eastham August 2013 The art of making peace will be the focus of a Year of Faith interfaith event in Palmerston North later this month when leaders from the Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Baha’i faiths share a podium to discuss a common ancestry in Abraham ‘our father in faith’. Helen Chong from the […]
Palmerston North Diocese Louise Pease August 2013 More than 1000 North Taranaki Catholics met in the province’s cavernous sports stadium on a wet and wintry Sunday morning on 30 June to celebrate the first regional Mass in 13 years. Bishop Charles Drennan called for the Mass to give people from North Taranaki the opportunity to […]
News Marist fathers and brothers in New Zealand have elected David Kennerley as their new provincial. Born in 1955 in Clive Hawke’s Bay, David enjoyed family life with his parents, Harry and Val, and his brothers, Philip and Peter. Educated at St Joseph’s Hastings and Napier Boys High School, he joined the Marist seminary at […]
Schools Martin Elms, principal, St Patrick’s school, Paraparaumu August 2013 Increasingly New Zealand schools are putting in place WiFi systems that enable children to take their laptops, netbooks or tablets to school to support their learning. St Patrick’s Paraparaumu students have been able to join this digital revolution after a generous donation from the Infinity […]
Schools August 2013 More than a third of Catholic schools in the Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses have had their computer networks upgraded in a programme the government hopes to finish in two years. Catholic Schools Board executive chair Gary Quirke says the network at 33 of the 84 schools in the two dioceses has […]
Feature Seismic strengthening of school buildings is underway in Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses. Catholic Schools Board executive chairperson Gary Quirke says in the next three years, CSBL plans to spend more than $20 million strengthening and replacing buildings to make schools safer in a major earthquake. As the property manager for the proprietors of […]