Schools 3 July 2012 Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt started its year of centennial celebrations in style on Friday June 15 with a special school feast day. The Lower Hutt Town Hall was transformed by symbols of the past, flowers and a sea of red with over 800 students in attendance. Staff members were into […]
Schools Sr Marcellin Wilson CNZM3 September 2012 Past pupils of Sacred Heart College Lower Hutt are in for a party on memory lane also known as the Horticultural Hall over Labour Weekend as the college marks its first 100 years. The celebrations start on Friday October 19 at 6.00pm with the opening of a Performing […]
Schools Genevieve Herder3 September 2012 Jemima Lomax-Sawyers of St Mary’s College has won selection in the New Zealand Schools’ Debating Team. The Year 13 student competed with the Wellington team in the grand final of NZ Schools Debating championships. At the end of the grand final, Jemima’s name was among the five announced for the […]
Cecily McNeillSeptember 2012 ‘The glory of God is a person fully alive’ – St Irenaeus of Lyons. As London segues into the Paralympics this month after a thrilling 30th Olympiad the world will again watch athletes at their peak of performance. The trophies will again be easy to celebrate – the culmination of some six […]
3 September 2012 For 21 years The Lazarus Experience has been supporting separated and divorced Catholics and now the organisation has two new leaders. Anne Hubbard and Don McGowan are passing the reins to Katrin Eickhorst-Squire and Steve Brennan. The Lazarus Experience offers acceptance and encouragement after a marriage breakup to voice the painful truth […]
Irene Mackle3 September 2012 Parishioners at St Mary’s, Otaki, celebrated the return of a renovated statue of Our Lady to its Te ana o Rouaiti grotto known as the Cave of Lourdes at the beginning of August.Archbishop Francis Redwood dedicated the statue and grotto on December 8, 1905 but the statue had become rather tatty […]
Joan McFetridge3 September 2012 The Catholic Foundation has started a major appeal for funds to support the leadership formation programme, Launch Out, so that the blessings of lay ministry in the form of lay pastoral leaders will have a firm foundation on which to flourish. This major undertaking will promote growth in the archdiocese, facilitate […]
Palmerston North Lakan BeechSeptember 2012 I have learnt so much after my first six months at Hato Paora College, not only from school but from the everyday opportunities that have been given to me. One of these was the opportunity to represent the Kura and express my words at the Manu Korero regionals. I represented […]
Palmerston North Cecily McNeill September 2012 At Hato Paora College all students run onto the rugby field for their college and the boys are special – disciplined, respectful and responsible, but above all, special, Pa Anthony Lobb, director of the living environment at the school told some 20 parents and prospective students at the open […]
Schools Jacinta Purcell-Thompson3 September 2012 Biblical grandparents Ss Anne and Joachim provided the inspiration for the annual Grandparents Day on July 27 at St Patrick’s Napier. Deputy principal Jacinta Purcell-Thomas says ‘It’s a time for the school community to celebrate and thank God for the gift of grandparents.’ Junior and middle syndicate students took part […]