holy places - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:37:14 +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 holy places - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Good Friday collection helps maintain holy places https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/03/01/good-friday-collection-helps-maintain-holy-places/ Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:30:40 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=40327 Money from the annual Good Friday collection taken up in Catholic churches around the world last year enabled restoration and maintenance on holy places in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Magdala, Capernaum, Mount Tabor and Mount Nebo. In a letter to Catholic bishops, the prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, said a Read more

Good Friday collection helps maintain holy places... Read more]]> Money from the annual Good Friday collection taken up in Catholic churches around the world last year enabled restoration and maintenance on holy places in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Magdala, Capernaum, Mount Tabor and Mount Nebo.

In a letter to Catholic bishops, the prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, said a significant part of the proceeds was used to fund student scholarships, help small businesses, and build houses, schools and sports centres for children.

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