Posts Tagged ‘Dunedin Diocese’

Dunedin diocese keeps school attendance dues increase low

Friday, August 22nd, 2014

Dunedin diocese has kept the increase in attendance dues per student at Catholic schools next year to $10 per annum for both primary and secondary schools. According to The Tablet, 2015 attendance dues for primary students (year 1 to 8) will be $420 per annum, while for secondary students (years 9 to 13) it is Read more

Bishop Boyle thinks his biography “too flattering”

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

A biography of Bishop Boyle, emeritus bishop of Dunedin, has just been launched, with the title “The Good Shepherd”. Before he began training for the priesthood Leonard Boyle was a farmer and shearer. Bishop Boyle says that it is too flattering and it included all the good but not the bad. The bishop was interviewed Read more

Redevelopment of a Dunedin church may provide a public park

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

A public park may be created as part of a $2.6 million redevelopment of a Dunedin church. “The idea of creating a space for our parishioners and the community is very appealing … We envisage it would be somewhere for our congregation to gather, and also a place where a worker from [nearby businesses] could eat Read more

St Mary’s School Mosgiel may move to new site

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Increasing rolls, space constraints and the lure of possible cost reductions have prompted the Catholic Education Office to investigate moving its St Mary’s School in Mosgiel to a new site.

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Dunedin’s Bishop asks the people about new Mass text

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

Dunedin’s Bishop, Colin Campbell has sought people’s opinion about the new Mass text. He said his questionnaire  was not “too scientific”; he just asked the people to consider three points: What they liked about the changes, What reservations they had about them What their thoughts were on the musical offerings Of all the comments, 17 per cent were positive and 83 Read more