Meet the new man at St Pat’s Town

Tuesday, December 9th, 2014

The Rector of St Patrick’s College Wellington was recently interviewed by local newspaper, the Dominion Post.

Neal Swindells came to St Pat’s from St John’s College in Hastings where he had been the principal for 15 years.

“I was brought up a Methodist Presbyterian in a strong Christian family. My wife, Anna, was from a strong Irish Catholic family, so I used to go to mass with her. After my kids were born I decided to commit, so I became a Catholic,” he says. Continue reading

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