40 Days for Life prayer vigils began outside Wellington Hospital and across the road from the Auckland Medical Aid Centre (AMAC) on Ash Wednesday. The vigils are part of a worldwide Lenten campaign aimed at protecting mothers and babies from abortion. They will continue till Palm Sunday. 40 Days of Life is not a political campaign, Read more
She’s done a lot of acting, been classically trained as a singer and has sung at weddings and funerals. She took the lead in Mozart’s Magic Flute in Hamilton, directed some big productions at Sacred Heart Girls’ College in Hamilton, where she studied and later worked, and for Riverlea Theatre – shows like The Wizard Read more
An immigration lawyer says a Chilean family seeking sanctuary in a church in Christchurch to avoid deportation is wasting their time and should consider heading back to Chile. The priest at the church where the family sought refuge declined to be interviewed and asked that the name of his church not be reported. The Ravet Read more
A collection of theological writings by Vincent Hunt is now available. Hunt, who died recently at the age of 90 led a remarkable life. His varied career in Aotearoa New Zealand since his arrival from Ireland in 1952, sees him stand out as friend, priest, teacher, formator, philosopher and theologian. The Publisher, Accent Publications says, Read more
Cardinal John Dew became New Zealand’s 4th Cardinal at the ceremony that took place at 11pm on Saturday New Zealand time. Dew, the Archbishop of Wellington, and current President of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Conference was the fourth to kneel before Pope Francis as he placed the Cardinals ring on his finger and a Read more
Supporting people to become financially independent is behind an initiative to provide Dunedin people with interest-free loans. The St Francis of Assisi Dunedin Trust has been formed to provide micro-loans to people in need of a helping hand, especially in a crisis situation. The initiative by a small group of Dunedin Catholics, was prompted by The Expert Advisory Read more
After Bishop Stephen Lowe was ordained as the third Bishop of Hamilton on February 13, he told the people that God does amazing things using simple things. The use of water in Baptism and bread and wine in Communion are examples of this, Bishop Lowe said. “With sinful and weak men, [the Lord’s] priesthood lives Read more
The Anglican Church has demoted the bishop who offended visiting Jews and Muslims at an inter-faith meeting last month. A statement issued by the Anglican Church of Aoteoroa said Archbishop Brown Turei, the head of Pihopatanga, (the Maori Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand) had appointed Bishop Te Kitohi Pikaahu as his Vicar General. Bishop Read more
Cardinal John’s message to participants at the 2015 Valentine’s Day Mass, Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Wellington. In recent years there has been a Mass celebrated in Wellington’s Cathedral on Valentine’s Day. Because Cardinal Dew was in Rome to be made a Cardinal he pre-recorded his message. Watch Youtube video
James Haggett the principal of a new charter school, Middle School West Auckland, resigned on February 3 – the students’ first day – after it surfaced he was dealing with a probe by the Teachers Council regarding the administration of examination entries from 2013. A mandatory report was laid in December by Haggett’s former employer, Read more
