Several warm stories of Bishop Denis Browne have emerged since he died on 1 September. One was retold when a photo was shared of a girl at St Peter’s School who was chosen to try on the new bishop’s mitre. The photo was taken by Waikato Times senior writer Mary Anne Gill who revealed that her Read more
The Most Reverend Bishop Emeritus Denis Browne, CNZM, passed away on Sunday night after a long illness. He was 86. Denis Browne was a significant figure in the life of the New Zealand Catholic Church and the wider community. He was the bishop of Cook Islands and Niue (1977–1983), the tenth Bishop of Auckland (1983–1994), Read more
Jogging our memories, I’m sure we can recall the liturgical branding for the new translation of the Mass. “New words, deeper meaning, same Mass.” Initially prepared to go with the flow, after a little while I found the cognitive dissonance became too apparent. What we got were old words with foreign meanings and a Mass Read more