Posts Tagged ‘Bishop Charles Drennan’

Bishop Drennan delivers Keynote address to Sydney clergy

Thursday, August 16th, 2018
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Bishop Charles Drennan of the Diocese of Palmerston North was this year’s keynote speaker at the Archdiocese of Sydney’s clergy formation conference. The topic given to Bishop Charles was: “Icons of Christ: developing personally and professionally as leaders of local faith communities for the new evangelisation. Bishop Charles noted that leadership is currently a hot Read more

Bishop Drennan in India “not as a traveller but as a volunteer and friend”

Thursday, November 30th, 2017
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For over 25 years the bishop of Palmerston North, Charles Drennan, has volunteered for a month at the Raphael Ryder Cheshire Centre in Dehra Dun, India where he works with tuberculosis patients, special needs adults and children whose parents had leprosy. Drennan left for his most recent visit at the beginning of November. “Sometimes I’m asked Read more

Bishops send Catholic Worker Movement representative to Rome

Friday, November 4th, 2016
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Forrest Chambers is in Rome to participate in the World Meeting of Popular Movements  from 2 to 4 November. On Saturday 5, the Holy Father Francis will receive the participants in audience in the Paul VI Hall. The attendees will include Don Luigi Ciotti, founder of the Abel group which fights against abuse by the Mafia Read more

NZ Bishop advised teaching on Marriage cannot be changed

Tuesday, September 15th, 2015

Bishop Charles Drennan, the New Zealand delegate at the Synod on Families, has been sent a letter from an expert on the Council of Trent expressing the view that the church cannot change its teaching on the dissolubility of marriage. The moral theologian is responding to an argument put forward by Cardinal Walter Kaspar proposing that it is Read more

A new booklet about Parihaka is Bishop Drennan’s initiative

Friday, July 10th, 2015

The Parihaka story is set to be shared in schools across the country. The 26-page booklet was the brainchild of the Bishop of Palmerston North Diocese Charles Drennan, who wanted to ensure the Maori account of the injustices suffered by the people of Parihaka were acknowledged. The resource contents were put together by Caritas Aotearoa Read more

Bishop joins protest against Trans Pacific Partnership

Tuesday, March 10th, 2015

The Bishop of Palmerston North, Charles Drennan, was among a number of politicians, lecturers and religious leaders who spoke to a crowd of about 500 gathered in the city’s Square at the third anti Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) event to be held in the city in the past year. Drennan said there was growing Read more

Je ne suis pas Charlie

Friday, February 13th, 2015

Terrorism and fanaticism can never be justified. But should our reaction to the slaying of staff at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo be limited to abhorrence? Stamping of feet and shouting of slogans – unity – is a woefully inadequate response. We are not Charlie We are not Charlie, and we need to explain Read more

Bishop Drennan to represent NZ at Family Synod

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015

The New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Conference has elected the Bishop of Palmerston North, Charles Drennan, to represent them at this year’s Synod on Family. Cardinal John Dew has been confirmed as the substitute. He will serve as the representative at the synod should Bishop Drennan be unable to attend for any reason. The Vatican has Read more

Palmerston North’s St James’ School gets a make over

Friday, October 31st, 2014

Traditional classrooms at a Palmerston North Catholic primary school have been transformed into a flexible and safe learning space. After almost four years of planning, construction has been completed on a revamped block of buildings at St James’ School. Bishop Charles Drennan, of the Palmerston North Diocese, blessed the refurbished rooms on Wednesday at a Read more

Catholic Maori leader to be ordained a Deacon

Friday, June 6th, 2014

Palmerston North based man, Danny Karatea-Goddard, will be ordained a Deacon this weekend. He will be ordained by Bishop Charles Drennan, the Bishop of Palmerston North, on Saturday, at 11am, at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Broadway Avenue. “Danny and [his wife] Maru are already widely involved in serving the Maori Catholic community as Read more