A West Auckland mother is stunned after superstar songstress Lorde donated $10,000 to help her struggling family. Family of Devora Busch and Richard Barry started a Give a Little page to help the family after they faced losing their home if they could not raise more than $250,000 to fix their leaky home. The Titirangi Read more
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Asbestos shuts St Pat’s Wellington
Friday, October 14th, 2016St Patrick’s College at Kilbirnie in Wellington will be closed for the rest of the week after asbestos fibres were found in its roofs. Preliminary results, received late on Tuesday, revealed isolated areas of fibres in dust swabs. Continue reading
Anglicans and Catholics in NZ akin to an extended family – Cardinal Dew
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
Cardinal John Dew, the Archbishop of Welllington, says Anglicans and Catholics around New Zealand enjoy a supportive, affirming relationship at all levels, “from bishops to priests, to diocesan staff, to organisations to parishes and communities.” He said the relationship was “akin to an extended family.” Dew and Bishop Ross Bay, the Anglican bishop of Auckland Read more
New leadership at the Catholic Enquiry Centre
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016The bishops have appointed Fr Neil Vaney as part-time Chaplain and Mr Dave Mullin as Acting Director to the Catholic Enquiry Centre. Following the announcement that Fr Allan Jones would end his term and after some reflection it was decided to split the role A part-time Chaplain, responsible for supporting enquirers spiritually and pastorally and Read more
St Pat’s College does not want to wash its hands of Losi Filipo
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016The Rector of St Patrick’s College Silverstream, Gerard Tully, has spoken out over the furore surrounding former student and aspiring rugby player Losi Filipo. Tully made it clear that the school “absolutely opposes violence” and hoped “all who have been affected by the violent incident of October last year – particularly the victims and their Read more
Mission Concert to return in 2017
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016The Hawke Bay’s Mission Concert is set to return in 2017. It will take place on Saturday, April 8 Mission Estate Winery made the announcement last week and said it was “very pleased” to again deliver one of the “hottest entertainment acts on earth”. The headline artist will be announced onThursday. Continue reading
DePaul House emergency housing provider celebrates 30 years
Friday, October 7th, 2016
DePaul House has just celebrated its 30th anniversary last month. Staff joined with volunteers and past and present families of the house, for a small celebration which included speeches, flowers and cake.. Over thirty years, the Northcote emergency housing provider has found homes for 904 homeless community members. DePaul House provides housing support for all Read more
Who was a neighbour to the homeless?
Friday, October 7th, 2016
A Palmerston North family has been flung into social media stardom after a video of them feeding the homeless went viral. “Maybe when people see a patched gang member like myself doing this kind of thing in the community, they might change their perceptions,” said Te Kaipo Ahuriri, Tūhoe. A Facebook video has reached more Read more
NZ Catholic has a new editor
Friday, October 7th, 2016
NZ Catholic’s new editor is the newspaper’s former associate editor Michael Otto, Bishop Patrick Dunn has announced. Dr Otto has been acting editor at NZ Catholic since early July. A former student of St Patrick’s School in Panmure, in 1981 Otto was Dux of St Peter’s College, Epsom, and went on to study electrical engineering at the University of Auckland, graduating Read more
NZ Catholic features in press awards
Friday, October 7th, 2016NZ Catholic has featured prominently at Australasian awards for Catholic and religious publications. At the Australasian Catholic Press Association (ACPA) awards held in Sydney earlier this month, NZ Catholic received a highly commended award in the best newspaper category. An article on the altar bread market heating up, written by NZ Catholic’s Rowena Orejana, won the Best Feature Story award at Read more