ROME — When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected to the papacy in April 2005, the popular forecast called for stormy weather ahead. This was, after all, the Vatican enforcer who had been leading a “smack-down on heresy since 1981”, in the words of T-shirts and coffee mugs marketed by a Ratzinger fan club. His rise elicited Read more
The Archbishop of Suva, Petero Mataca, has ordained six deacons – four Fijian and two Solomon Islanders. The ordinations took place in Sacred Heart Cathedral in Suva on Sunday 22 April. The six men are studying to become priests. The Fijians are training for the Diocesan priesthood while the Solomon Islanders are to be priests Read more
The Marist priest and theologian Fr Sean Fagan has been advised by Rome that if any word of their latest action against him reached the media he would be stripped of his priesthood. According to Mary Cunningham, a friend of Fr Fagan’s, “the silencing of Sean, after a lifetime of service to the church, was Read more
Children with disabilities now have access to vocational education at the Marist Champagnat Institute. A statement from the Australian High Commission said the Suva-based secondary school was the only one in Fiji that specialised in teaching vocational and mainstream curriculum to children with disabilities. “The Marist Champagnat Institute is different from other special education schools Read more
Hundreds of people attended the Hui Aranga which took place this year at the Opononi Area School, on Northland’s Hokianga Harbour. The spiritual director for Te Waiora Catholic group in Palmerston North, Danny Karatia-Goddard, says many of the kapa haka compositions had a Tai Tokerau theme. He says Northland is well known among Katorika (Catholics) Read more
Napier City Council is in court accused of “significant credibility” issues after taking Mission Winery land and then refusing to pay for it.
The council took land belonging to the winery in 2006 under the Public Works Act to realign Puketitiri Rd. About the same time, officials obtained a valuation from valuer Mike Penrose, which valued the 1.5ha of land at $168,000.
The council offered that sum to the winery owner, Marist Holdings (Greenmeadows) Ltd, but it felt it was worth more, and obtained an independent valuation that put it at $320,000.
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On Sunday 02 October, the Rector of St Bede’s College, Justin Boyle, unveiled the second series of Bedean icons. This project was initiated by the St Bede’s College Old Boys’ Association as a centennial gift and the first three icons were unveiled in 2009. The first grouping were all Marist priests and each played a Read more
The book is a series of essays by a number of eminent authors, including Anne Salmond, Henare Tate, Jessie Munro, Peter Lineham and more. It presents very human stories of conflict, ambition, struggle, success and failure, shedding new light on Māori-Pakeha relations at the time of Treaty-making at Waitangi and of the founding of the New Zealand we know today
These are stories centered on the enduring French and Catholic influence in Kororāreka Russell and the Bay of Islands, specifically the work of Bishop Pompallier and of the Marist missionaries whose South Seas headquarters and printery were then here.
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Former St Patrick’s College Wellington rector, Gerard Tully is the new rector at St Patrick’s College Silverstream. The decision was described as “straightforward” by Board of Trustees Chairperson, Denis Boyle. The board viewed Gerard Tully as an extraordinarily well-credentialed person who will bring a wealth of experience to the College. “Most importantly he embodies the Marist charism Read more