New windows for Notre-Dame
New modern-style stained-glass windows are to be created for six of the chapels in Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The cathedral is undergoing a major restoration after it was ravaged by fire in 2019.
Author: Rose Miller
Kiwi bishop becomes an Aussi
One of Australia’s newest citizens is the auxiliary bishop of Sydney. Bishop Richard Umbers is a New Zealander, born and bred, but has lived in Australia for the last 33 years. He was made a bishop in 2016. He was granted Australian citizenship in April this year.
Priest shot saying Mass
Unknown assailants shot and seriously injured a priest while he was celebrating morning Mass in Myanmar’s conflict-stricken northern Kachin state.
Whanganui’s Fr Craig Butler attends pre-Synod gathering of priests in Rome
Whanganui parish priest Fr Craig Butler is representing the Catholic priests of Aotearoa New Zealand at a gathering of 300 priests from around the world at the Vatican as part of the countdown to October’s second session of the Synod on Synodality.
Everyone invited to get involved with Pope’s Jubilee 2025
Pope Francis has declared 2025 as a year of Jubilee. The theme is Pilgrims of Hope, giving voice to his desire for the year to foster a greater sense of global sisterhood and brotherhood, solidarity with the poor, and care for the environment.
Christchurch’s new cathedral will be built on site of previous one
Christchurch’s new Catholic cathedral will be built on Barbadoes St, the site of the previous one, Bishop Michael Gielen announced in a pastoral letter to the Catholic community last month.
Whanāu Mercy Ministries Trust first Ko Te Hapai O – Executive Director
Whanāu Mercy Ministries Trust has appointed David Mullin as its inaugural Ko Te Hapai O – Executive Director.
The Fifth Gospel Project – telling the story
Fr John O’Connor’s ‘Food For Faith’ online forum is collecting and collating for publication stories of personal experience of God.
Royal Commission report delayed
The Government has accepted a request to extend the deadline for the final report of the Royal Commission Inquiry into Abuse in Care. The Inquiry must now deliver its final report and recommendations by 26 June 2024. The previous deadline was 28 March 2024.
New safeguarding review team
The National Office for Professional Standards (NOPS) has appointed a team of safeguarding reviewers to progress external safeguarding reviews of all Catholic organisations in New Zealand.