Posts Tagged ‘Anglican Diocese of Wellington’

All Saints accepts an olive branch over hearing costs

Monday, February 28th, 2022

The Anglican church has been granted a $48,000 fees waiver to avoid another divisive hearing with the Palmerston North City Council over plans to preserve the historic All Saints’ church building. The Anglican Diocese of Wellington was declined consent to earthquake strengthening and to alter the front of the building after a resource management hearing Read more

Mobile prayer room gets closer to reality

Thursday, April 12th, 2018

The Anglican diocese of Wellington has procured a second-hand ambulance, and they have a bold vision to turn it into a mobile prayer room for the whole diocese. “Soon, we’ll launch a fundraising campaign to get it kitted out and to cover costs, and we’ll ask you for your ideas on how to make it Read more

Bishop Duckworth leads the Anglican charge

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

He’s been shackled to his children on an anti-slavery march, mistaken for a pimp in seedy Cuba St, and founded a modern monastery. Nikki Macdonald talks to Bishop Justin Duckworth about his colourful past and his greatest challenge yet – revitalising the Anglican Church. By the glow of a candle stub cradled inside a coconut Read more

Bishop Justin will need fancy footwork

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

Cathedral high holy days are like magnificent theatrical productions but you need to be able to see the action to appreciate them.  Squashed in just beyond the choir and slightly short of the sanctuary, my view of the ordination of Justin Duckworth, the 11th bishop of Wellington was stymied, so I had plenty of time to muse. Two Read more