Posts Tagged ‘Nazareth House’

Sisters of Nazareth to rebuild Nazareth House

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013

In Christchurch, New Zealand, the Sisters of Nazareth have released plans for an ambitious development on their 8-hectare Brougham St site. The plans include an 80-bed care hospital and rest home, plus a dementia unit, convent and chapel, and a 62-unit retirement village. The new facilities will replace the ones destroyed by the Christchurch earthquake. “This is Read more

Nazareth House Chapel roof may rise again

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

Paul King wanted to resurrect the roof and ceiling from Nazareth House Chapel into an earthquake memorial. King saved the Nazareth roof when he demolished the chapel last year. He says the ceiling, made of rimu, is the equal of the ceiling in the Arts Centre’s Great Hall and Christ Church Cathedral. It’s 23.5 metres Read more