Laura Collins - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 12 Feb 2015 07:42:30 +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 Laura Collins - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Capital blueswoman to sing for the Pope https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/02/13/capital-blueswoman-sing-pope/ Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:52:13 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=67948 Blueswoman Laura Collins will open and close the second annual Voices of Faith event at the Vatican next month with a hauntingly beautiful ballad penned by fellow Kiwi musician Steve Cournane and accompanied on piano by Wayne Mason, writer of the 1960s pop hit Nature. "The whole thing is pretty surreal. I'm kind of humbled really. Read more

Capital blueswoman to sing for the Pope... Read more]]> Blueswoman Laura Collins will open and close the second annual Voices of Faith event at the Vatican next month with a hauntingly beautiful ballad penned by fellow Kiwi musician Steve Cournane and accompanied on piano by Wayne Mason, writer of the 1960s pop hit Nature.

"The whole thing is pretty surreal. I'm kind of humbled really. It is hard to believe," Collins said.

The opportunity is the result of her friendship with Cournane, a former Wellingtonian whose Peruvian wife, Rocio Figueroa, is second-in-charge of the annual event.

It was founded last year after Pope Francis called for a greater female presence in the Catholic Church. Continue reading

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