Reinstating the Christ Church Cathedral could cost ratepayers $18 each per year over the next four years. The city council is set to look at options for funding the $10m grant it has promised toward the rebuild of the cathedral at a meeting on Tuesday. Options include targeted rates, which would mean an extra cost Read more
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Giving up Guy Fawkes festival just a clever Catholic plot
Monday, October 9th, 2017Stuff columnist Dave Armstrong says Guy Fawkes is about far more than a council fireworks celebration. He says as a staunch monarchist and life-long Anglican, he believes celebrating Guy Fawkes not only teaches us the glory of the English parliamentary system but also warns us of the toxic Catholic scourge, as it was a group Read more
Marian Pilgrimage to New Zealand sacred places
Monday, October 9th, 2017On September 30- October 1, a contingent of families set out on a pilgrimage visiting sacred sites in the North Island associated with the titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Family Pilgrimage was organised by the Centre for Marriage and Family (CMF) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Mother Read more
St Theresa’s school is signing away
Thursday, October 5th, 2017
St Theresa’s School in Plimmerton is the focus of a new short documentary by Van Asch Deaf Education Centre. The Making of a NZSL School follows Andre, who began as a new entrant at the school in 2016. The film shows his, his classmates’, teachers’ and the wider school community’s journey in learning New Zealand Read more
St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College marks 150 years
Thursday, October 5th, 2017
Thousands of past students are expected to travel to Napier this weekend for the 150 year anniversary of St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College. The occasion will begin with an opening ceremony on Friday at 3:00 pm. On Saturday formalities highlighting the school’s history will be presented, then followed by a celebration dinner. There will be Read more
Compassion Housing welcomed to the Horowhenua
Thursday, October 5th, 2017
Compassion Housing is taking on the Community Housing portfolio in Horowhenua. All existing local tenancy agreements will remain in place. Residents will now receive an increased level of service aimed both at improving well-being and decreasing isolation. Sister Margaret Anne Mills, the Congregational Leader of the Sisters of Compassion, says they are committed to Levin, Read more
Auckland church struggles with cost of housing homeless
Thursday, October 5th, 2017An Auckland church which has given up its offices to provide emergency housing says it needs around $160,000 to upgrade its facilities so it can continue to do so. Continue reading
Destiny Church leaders ‘trust in Jesus’ after deregistration threats
Thursday, October 5th, 2017Destiny Church leaders say they will ‘react like Christ’ after the Department of Internal Affairs threatened to remove its charities from the Charities Register. Continue reading
Bike rally a symbol of Featherston’s transformed youth
Thursday, October 5th, 2017As 100 bikers arrived in Featherston last month to rally against teen suicide, our youth were there to manaaki them, and the whole community got in behind them in support. Yet only a couple of years ago, the youth were the talk of the town – but the talk was hardly positive. Alan Maxwell, an Read more
Fr John Larsen elected to top post in the Society of Mary
Monday, October 2nd, 2017
A New Zealand priest has been elected superior general of the Marist Fathers and Brothers (Society of Mary). Fr John Larsen is a member of the Society’s district of Asia and has been on loan to its international formation programme based in Rome. He succeeds Fr John Hannan and is the first non-European to hold the position in Read more