A fast growing New Zealand-based company has developed Pushpay, an app that allows you to use your mobile to give a donation to your church in ten seconds. Pushpay provides mobile tools that help make payments easy between consumers and merchants and is geared to mobile charitable giving. Some 93 percent of Pushpay’s merchant clients are Read more
In a surprise move Te Whanau o Hato Petera Trust has announced that its boarding facilities will continue to be available next year. A statement by Murray Painting has expressed optimism about the school’s future. News reports have been confused. Some have referred to Painting as the newly elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Read more
Cardinal John Dew was formally installed as the Titular Parish Priest of Sant’ Ippolito – an historical tradition for Cardinals to be assigned a parish in Rome, much like a patron. “It was a wonderful service, meeting parishioners of Sant’ Ippolito, and I was grateful to be surrounded by friends and colleagues from New Zealand who sang Mo Maria,” Read more
On Saturday 5th December before a full church at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Deacons Do Nguyen, Tien Cao and Thanh Tran were ordained to priesthood. These are the first of our Vietnamese men to be ordained to priesthood, after arriving over seven years ago to learn English before entering Holy Cross Seminary. The church was full Read more
Both Family First and Family Planning agree that careful consideration should be given before someone under that age of 16 is put on some form of contraception. While family Planning say, “the general idea is to have it before it’s needed,” they say caution must be exercised. “There’s no minimal age, but there are cautions Read more
NZ Catholic Bishops Committee for Interfaith Relations have sent the following letter to Jewish community in New Zealand: Dear brothers and sisters in the Jewish community in Aotearoa New Zealand, On behalf of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Committee for Interfaith Relations, I send you warm greetings as you celebrate Hanukkah from 7 to 14 Read more
A gang of teens have been arrested after breaking into a Hamilton church and stealing the wine. They smashed a window and climbed into St Matthew’s Catholic Church in Silverdale Rd, Hillcrest, before making off with the church’s wine supply. Acting Senior Sergeant Dale Smith said police received a call from residents saying something was Read more
Calvary Chapel in Auckland has severed ties with Gospel for Asia. In a letter it says “For approximately 17 years, Calvary Chapel Auckland has supported the work of Gospel for Asia (GFA) and is now primarily The Believer’s Church.” “Originally there was close alignment between Calvary Chapels generally and the work of Gospel for Asia.” But Read more
Since 2012 Rosmini College students have been mentoring younger students in roughly 40 classrooms across 10 countries. They have provided a weekly video lesson across New Zealand and 23 classrooms overseas. The Year 12 students have led 8-10 minutes lessons to some of these schools for more than four years. The Over the Back fence Read more
Be the change, Be ‘Mother Teresa’, that was the message that came from the inter-faith committee meeting that was held in Auckland recently. This is an annual event held by The Mother Teresa Centennial Committee. This year’s meeting was held on November 21 at Christ the King Church, Auckland and saw the Minister of Ethnic Read more