The unwavering commitment of 70 years of priestly service by Bishop Owen Dolan was celebrated last Thursday in Palmerston North. In 1995, Dolan was appointed Bishop Peter Cullinane’s coadjutor bishop but, as he retired before Cullinane, he became one of only a few emeritus coadjutor bishops worldwide. A life of service At 95 years old, Read more
Over a month after the floods that demolished swathes of the North Island, Wairoa’s Catholic school is home to 80 extra pupils from nearby Nuhaka. In a state common to many small settlements after Cyclone Gabrielle, the small Nuhaka settlement 30 kilometres north of Wairoa lost essential services and its wastewater and sewage systems were Read more