Christmas Crib - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 12 Dec 2016 05:42:34 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Christmas Crib - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Quake-damaged church spire included in Vatican Christmas Crib https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/12/13/quake-damaged-church-spire-vatican-crib/ Mon, 12 Dec 2016 15:53:49 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=90496 A quake-damaged church spire is part of this year's Christmas Crib at the Vatican. The spire comes from one of the many churches damaged in this year's earthquakes. Its presence reminds us that the Holy Family were refugees at this time of the year, Pope Francis says. Read more

Quake-damaged church spire included in Vatican Christmas Crib... Read more]]> A quake-damaged church spire is part of this year's Christmas Crib at the Vatican.

The spire comes from one of the many churches damaged in this year's earthquakes.

Its presence reminds us that the Holy Family were refugees at this time of the year, Pope Francis says. Read more

Quake-damaged church spire included in Vatican Christmas Crib]]> 90496 St Benedict's in Newton goes all out with Auckland's largest Christmas display https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/12/07/st-benedicts-in-newton-goes-all-out-with-aucklands-largest-christmas-display/ Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:30:34 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=37441

St Benedict's in Newton, Auckland, has what it believes to be the city's largest religious Christmas display. It was blessed by Bishop Pat Dunn on Sunday 2nd December. The display features two well-known scenes: wise men on their journey from the East bearing gifts, and the nativity scene. The ceramic one metre tall figurines were Read more

St Benedict's in Newton goes all out with Auckland's largest Christmas display... Read more]]> St Benedict's in Newton, Auckland, has what it believes to be the city's largest religious Christmas display. It was blessed by Bishop Pat Dunn on Sunday 2nd December. The display features two well-known scenes: wise men on their journey from the East bearing gifts, and the nativity scene.

The ceramic one metre tall figurines were gifted to the church in the late 1950s by a family who were parishioners at that time. This is the first time in over half a century that the figurines will be mounted on custom-built platforms, with a manger and backdrops to showcase them to their potential. With the platforms and backdrops measuring between 8 and 13 square metres, the two Christmas scenes will definitely provide a "wow" factor for visitors to the church.

The church is open daily for visitors to enjoy the display until 9pm.

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St Benedict's in Newton goes all out with Auckland's largest Christmas display]]> 37441 Baby Jesus returns after Christmas grinch theft https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/12/07/baby-jesus-returns-after-christmas-grinch-theft/ Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:30:13 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=37447 The nativity at Rotorua Hospital chapel has its most important member back - baby Jesus. Last December hospital chaplain Reverend Ray Bloomfield was taking a service and looked over at the manger and noticed it was empty - someone had taken baby Jesus. Rotorua Hospital Chaplaincy Trust administrator Alison Lamberton said that after Christmas last Read more

Baby Jesus returns after Christmas grinch theft... Read more]]> The nativity at Rotorua Hospital chapel has its most important member back - baby Jesus.

Last December hospital chaplain Reverend Ray Bloomfield was taking a service and looked over at the manger and noticed it was empty - someone had taken baby Jesus.

Rotorua Hospital Chaplaincy Trust administrator Alison Lamberton said that after Christmas last year Rotorua woman Heather Horton came to the rescue and contacted them saying she would make a new baby Jesus.

So with the help of her 4-year-old granddaughter, Charlotte Coleman, they set to work making a replacement. The new baby Jesus was presented to Rev Bloomfield this week.

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