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 has appointed David Mullin as its inaugural Ko Te Hapai O – Executive Director.
Fr John O’Connor’s ‘Food For Faith’ online forum is collecting and collating for publication stories of personal experience of God.
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.
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.
Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, the Apostolic Nuncio to Aotearoa New Zealand, left New Zealand for Rome on 16 March, as he continues his recovery from a stroke. Archbishop Rugambwa arrived in Rome after a smooth journey. On Monday 18 March he entered a Catholic facility there to continue his rehabilitation.
Te Rōpū Tautoko is the group coordinating Catholic engagement with the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. Tautoko recently reported the commission is due to present its final report to the Governor-General by 28 March 2024. If that date is met, the report will likely be available to the public in early to mid-April.
The countdown is on for the reopening of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart over the weekend of 7 to 9 June this year. Parish volunteers are busy planning a schedule for the opening.
The St Vincent de Paul Society in New Zealand is in good heart with more than 100 active Conferences operating throughout the country.
According to its latest Annual Report, there are 22 Area Councils, 106 Conferences and 58 Vinnies Shops actively engaged in New Zealand.
The Napier branch of the St Vincent de Paul Society is committed to providing ongoing support for the people of Wairoa who are still suffering the devastating effects of Cyclone Gabrielle one year later.