The Christchurch School of Music (CSM) is returning to its former home on the Catholic cathedral site in Christchurch’s city centre. A complex of four portable buildings will be built by the Catholic diocese on land it recently purchased on the corner of Barbadoes St and Ferry Rd. The buildings will then be leased to Read more
The Anglican Diocese of Christchurch has avoided censure for incorrectly using funds from an insurance payout to help pay for the Transitional Cathedral. A High Court judgment released on Wednesday said it was sufficient for the Church Property Trustees (CPT) to repay the $4 million it used from the quake-damaged Christ Church Cathedral insurance payout Read more
This week has been designated as Vocations Awareness week in New Zealand. Its purpose is to promote vocations to the priesthood, women and men religious, diaconate and consecrated life through prayer and education, and to renew prayers and support for those who are considering one of these particular vocations. In 2013, Pope Francis declared that Read more
On Sunday 30 August, The Catholic Institute 2015 Open Lecture will be delivered about St Peter’s Basilica by Dr Christopher Evan Longhurst STD, at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Hill Street, Wellington. The lecture starts at 8pm, following 7pm Eucharist. Dr Longhurst works at the Musei Vaticani in Rome as a researcher and scholar, Read more
When the news spread of the death of 92-year-old Fr Bill Corcoran on July 4, there was raw sadness felt for loss of this much loved and respected priest. He was able to drive a vehicle until a couple of months ago when he became seriously sick. But there were also sighs of Alleluia that Read more
The New Plymouth Operatic Society has just announced Sister Act as its 2016 production and Angela Trigger is “seriously” considering auditioning. Her name may depict somebody holier-than-thou but Angela Trigger reckons she is far from angelic. “But having gone to a Catholic school and being taught by nuns I now know how they felt,” she Read more
In Maori language week St Peter’s College in Auckland made it “cool” to korero with boys learning some of today’s most common teenage expressions in te reo. They turned to some of the most common – and possibly annoying – teen sayings and replaced them with their Maori equivalent. It includes words and phrases such Read more
Our government has done the right thing in using its role as chair of the United Nations Security Council this month to give Small Island Developing States, (SIDS) the opportunity to air concerns, says Caritas Director Julianne Hickey. However she believes New Zealand needs to ‘walk the talk’ on the security and wellbeing of Pacific Read more
New Zealand’s reputation as a great place to bring up kids is taking some big blows. Fourteen women, six men and ten children are killed by a member of their family every year on average. Now the Government is considering making family violence a stand-alone offence. Domestic violence is gaining the attention of the Vatican. Read more
Two religious sisters aged either side of 100 have died in recent days: Sister Mary Winefride RSM and Sister Mary Walburga DOLC. Mercy sister Mary Winefride Blake died on 30 July in Hutt Hospital. She was 101 years old. Winefride grew up in a musical house and spent much of her life teaching singing a Read more