Tears mixed with calls for healing as more than 50 people gathered in Dunedin to demand a new name for Kavanagh College. The meeting was organised by former Kavanagh College pupils Christian McNab and Sam Murphy following ODT Insight revelations about sexual offending within the Dunedin diocese. Continue reading
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Latter Day Saints to build a second temple in NZ
Thursday, October 18th, 2018The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints Church plans to build a temple in Auckland – its second one in New Zealand. President Russell Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the build during the church’s general conference in Utah in the United States. Continue reading
Timaru’s Basilica to get $3.9m earthquake upgrade
Monday, October 15th, 2018
A $3.9 million upgrade of Timaru’s Sacred Heart Basilica aims to strengthen the building and protect it against future earthquakes. Sacred Heart Parish council chairman Gary Shand said after the Canterbury earthquakes the church realised the building was not completely earthquake-proof and needed to be bolstered. The main work will focus on putting steel structures Read more
Priest critical of church’s response to abuse
Monday, October 15th, 2018
Fr Vaughan Leslie says the church’s response, within New Zealand and overseas, had helped fuel the “abuse crisis” now engulfing the church. Leslie is the parish priest of Alexandra, a town in Central Otago, New Zealand. The Church had failed to remove men from ministry when credible complaints were received, and “misguided protectionism” had occurred Read more
New Joy Cowley book to be launched
Monday, October 15th, 2018
A new book of spiritual reflections by Joy Cowley, one of New Zealand’s favourite and most influential spiritual writers, is to be launched at St Joseph’s Church, Mt Victoria in Wellington at the end of October. Veil Over The Light – Selected Spiritual Writings by Joy Cowley, will be launched on October 27th at 4pm. Read more
Bishops share in the grief of loss with the Catholic community
Monday, October 15th, 2018The New Zealand Catholic Bishops marked Respect Life Sunday, 14 October, with a message to its Catholic community on the preciousness and fragility of life. In their letter, they express their awareness of the pain and grief felt by those who have gone through the experience of either being unable to have a child or Read more
160 plus men attend Joshua Men’s fellowship weekend
Monday, October 15th, 2018On October 8 160-170 people arrived to sign in and get settled in at King’s College, Otahuhu. They were attending attended MAX2018NZ, a Joshua Men’s Fellowship event. The Theme was based on the word ‘’UNLESS’’. Unless we act to make changes and make it happen things will stay the same. Look to scripture John 12.24 Read more
Hato Petera: Case for ownership “seems overwhelming”
Thursday, October 11th, 2018
A high court judge says the Catholic bishop of Auckland’s substantive case for ownership of the land that Hato Petera College is located on “seems overwhelming”. Late on Tuesday Judge Pheroze Jagose granted the bishop an order to the protesters to leave the land and remove their property within 48 hours. However, he declined a request Read more
Rātana Church to celebrate centenary of founding vision
Thursday, October 11th, 2018
About 25,000 people are likely to come to Rātana near Whanganui on 7 November to celebrate the day 100 years ago when prophet Tahupotiki Wiremu Rātana saw the vision that began the Rātana movement. Rātana Church secretary Piri Rurawhe says the day is the most important in the church calendar. “It’s 100 years since the Read more
Bishop Lowe moved to hear the stories of young people
Thursday, October 11th, 2018
The bishop of Hamilton, Steve Lowe has been posting on Facebook about his experience at the Synod on Young People, The Faith and Vocational Discernment taking place in Rome. “We have been hearing what they want to say to us, their bishops, of their hopes and dreams for themselves, the Church and the world,” he writes. Read more