6 August 2007 Dear Fr Tom At the clergy luncheon, hosted for you by Archbishop John on 8 June, you told some of us that leaving New Zealand after 45 years was as hard as leaving Ireland for the first time. I can understand that. It is hard for us to let you go. You […]
Sacred Heart College, Napier, used its Stage Challenge performance to focus on the different cultural groups which make up New Zealand. The college’s group battled tough competition in the region for a third placing in the May performance.
The archdiocese’s newest school, Garin College in Nelson, has already gained a reputation for innovation, and sound Catholic education in its short life. For 20 years there had been no Catholic secondary school in the southern half of the Wellington diocese ‘¬ø¬Ω’ so Garin College, like its namesake Father Antoine Garin, was built to serve the northern part of the South Island.
Following the Journey of the WYD Cross and Icon through the Wellington Archdiocese towards the end of June, the precious symbols of young Catholicism gifted to the youth of the world by Pope John Paul II in 1982, moved north.
The biggest event so far as kiwi ambassadors – Josie Leota, Wellington, and Jane Dravitski, Palmerston North, escort the cross and icon across the Tasman.
Support Staff Day at Saint Joseph’s School, Wairoa, began with a special prayer service to acknowledge the work of teacher aides
Sunday morning Mass was celebrated for the last time in the little church of St Brigid in Wadestown on 8 July. The church is part of the Wellington West Pastoral Area and with one priest leaving last month and another due to leave in the next year, it was decided the pastoral area could not sustain the extra weekend Mass in Wadestown.
From the time of the discovery of the wooden relic of St Jacob in the seventh century to the 18th century vision of the pastor of Bayzit, at the foot of the mountains, expeditions to what is now known as Turkey have continued, with lots of claims being made but no proof.
Sacred Heart College, Napier, Year 13 student, Rachel Doohan, has just landed the part of Victoria the white kitten in the local operatic society’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, Cats. Here she talks about her journey to this point.