Katikati Plant and Produce Market celebrates 15 years this week. The market was set up as St Pius X Catholic Church fundraising and in more recent years shared the running of the market with Abbeyfield Western Bay of Plenty fundraising team. Market proceeds are shared between the two. Co-ordinator Pauline van Rijen started the market Read more
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Bishop Moth jumps out of plane at 15,000ft
Thursday, September 20th, 201860-year-old Bishop Richard Moth of Arundel and Brighton had fulfilled his pledge to go skydiving and had completed the task successfully and unharmed. Bishop Moth jumped from a plane at 15,000 feet to raise money to take ailing pilgrims to Lourdes. Continue reading
Three major trends in Catholic fundraising
Friday, August 26th, 2016
I have vivid memories of attending Mass throughout my childhood and youth and listening to the priest, financial parish secretary or visitor explain, as an auditor would, why there wasn’t enough money or why they needed more. The person speaking said something like this: “We are doing fantastic work, but we can only continue because Read more