Kauwhata - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 09 Dec 2020 23:53:15 +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 Kauwhata - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 125 years on an exciting future for Catholic Maori https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/12/10/catholic-maori-125-years/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 06:52:44 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=133110 Eucharist, marking the 125th anniversary of the building of Sts Peter and Paul, Kauwhata, Feilding was held on 29 November. It was on that day in 1895 that Archbishop Redwood celebrated the first Mass there. The Church is one of the oldest in New Zealand still in regular use. Run by local Maori, Fr Philip Read more

125 years on an exciting future for Catholic Maori... Read more]]> Eucharist, marking the 125th anniversary of the building of Sts Peter and Paul, Kauwhata, Feilding was held on 29 November.

It was on that day in 1895 that Archbishop Redwood celebrated the first Mass there.

The Church is one of the oldest in New Zealand still in regular use.

Run by local Maori, Fr Philip Cody SM describes the community as "exciting".

"It is a place where Maori claim authority for their families meeting to pray and share.

"The exciting thing is that there is both on-going and new life there.

"There is a young committee who look after it and they get on with it without waiting for a priest", says Cody.

  • Source: Supplied: Fr Philip Cody SM
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