Archdiocesan News Marg Campbell McCauley Well wishers from as far away as Whanganui and Hastings joined Sacred Heart parish Reefton to help Fr Phil King Turner SM celebrate 50 years of priesthood on Sunday 30 June. Fr Phil has served as a priest in Tonga, Samoa, Niue, Flaxmere, and Blenheim and has been parish priest […]
Archdioecesan News John Kleinsman This is a condensed version of a talk given to parishioners of Ss Peter and Paul Parish Johnsonville as part of their Year of Faith commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the death of Fr Francis Vernon Douglas, 23 June. John Kleinsman is a parishioner of Ss Peter and Paul Johnsonville […]
Schools The Knights of the Southern Cross have announced their religious writing competition for 2013, with $1000 in cash prizes to be shared among the winners. There are three topics to address in your entry: Why is your Catholic faith important to you? (40 marks); What do you most enjoy in your faith life? (30 […]
News Features Christine Adair Did you know that 67 ships sank, were grounded or lost at sea during 2012? Twenty-five of those shipwrecks resulted in the loss of at least 943 lives. Fishers and seafarers work in what is recognised as some of the most dangerous occupations in the world. The challenges that seafarers face […]
Archdiocesan News John Holden Marist St Pats rugby club congratulates club member Tessa Murphy on making the finals of the Wellington Community Trusts Young Community Leaders Awards 2013. Tessa was one of the key people who introduced Marist St Pats to Little Rippa kids’ rugby, an MSP 2012 initiative. She promoted the concept to parents […]
Schools Lynda Pipe Sacred Heart College celebrated its feast day on Friday 14 June by entertaining pupils from the special school Fairhaven in Taradale and past-pupils from before 1960 in preparation for the 150th jubilee in 2017. The day started with Mass at St Patrick’s Church in Napier. A large group of past pupils attended […]
Palmerston North Diocese It is arguable whether being the daughters of a committed Catholic Women’s League member is a matter for hilarity, but Therese and Monica O’Connell’s account was highly entertaining during the New Plymouth branch’s recent jubilee celebrations. Past and present members, including six foundation members from 1963, with Frs Craig Butler and Vijay […]
Schools As part of the biggest capital investment in St Patrick’s College since its move from Cambridge Terrace to Kilbirnie 33 years ago, the college has installed the first full-size artificial turf in the eastern suburbs. St Pat’s old boy, Attorney-General Chris Finlayson, joined Mayor Celia Wade-Brown in opening the new turf on Thursday 6 […]
Schools Bernadette Radich, DRS Students at St Josephs School Stratford, celebrated Catholic Schools Day (22 May) by showing their appreciation and gratitude for those generous and committed people who serve others in the town. Teachers Miriam Van der Lee and Kevin Ryan took their students to visit the elderly residents of Marire Rest Home where […]
Feature Anne-Marie Pike Nineteen people from the Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses were among the 200 gathered in Christchurch on 26 May to mark 25 years of Faith and Light in New Zealand. Coordinator of Southern Cross Province Mary de Leijer opened the conference with the story of Jean Vanier’s founding of Faith and Light […]