Social Action - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 25 Jun 2020 01:52:53 +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 Social Action - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Catholic social agencies' extraordinary Covid-19 support https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/06/25/catholic-social-agencies-covid-19/ Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:52:02 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=128068 Catholic social agencies have been helping women's refuges, foodbanks, whanau in remote regions and many others with a $25,000 special Tindall Foundation grant aimed at relieving some of the hardship caused by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Siobhan Dilly, executive officer of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, said Catholic agencies have been distributing the extra Read more

Catholic social agencies' extraordinary Covid-19 support... Read more]]> Catholic social agencies have been helping women's refuges, foodbanks, whanau in remote regions and many others with a $25,000 special Tindall Foundation grant aimed at relieving some of the hardship caused by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.

Siobhan Dilly, executive officer of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, said Catholic agencies have been distributing the extra Tindall funds through organisations that work directly with families badly affected by the pandemic. Read more in NZCatholic

Catholic social agencies' extraordinary Covid-19 support]]> 128068 Catholic social agencies using of COVID-19 Tindall Foundation grant https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/06/04/catholic-covid-19-tindall-foundation/ Thu, 04 Jun 2020 07:52:44 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=127413 Catholic social agencies have been helping women's refuges, foodbanks, whanau in remote regions and many others with a $25,000 special Tindall Foundation grant aimed at relieving some of the hardship caused by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Siobhan Dilly, Executive Officer of the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference, says Catholic agencies have been distributing the extra Tindall Read more

Catholic social agencies using of COVID-19 Tindall Foundation grant... Read more]]> Catholic social agencies have been helping women's refuges, foodbanks, whanau in remote regions and many others with a $25,000 special Tindall Foundation grant aimed at relieving some of the hardship caused by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.

Siobhan Dilly, Executive Officer of the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference, says Catholic agencies have been distributing the extra Tindall funds via organisations that work directly with families badly affected by the pandemic. Read more

Catholic social agencies using of COVID-19 Tindall Foundation grant]]> 127413 Caring Sunday 2012: Special Focus for Catholics https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/08/03/caring-sunday-2012-special-focus-for-catholics/ Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:30:53 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=30946 The reason to celebrate Caring Sunday is threefold - acknowledging these caring ministries, showing support through special donations and in prayer. Together they raise awareness of how people can contribute and be involved in the future. Caring Sunday as it is called occurs annually around this time, this year it will be Sunday 29 July. Read more

Caring Sunday 2012: Special Focus for Catholics... Read more]]> The reason to celebrate Caring Sunday is threefold - acknowledging these caring ministries, showing support through special donations and in prayer. Together they raise awareness of how people can contribute and be involved in the future.

Caring Sunday as it is called occurs annually around this time, this year it will be Sunday 29 July. It allows for a special focus to be made for the many caring ministries and the people involved that often operate behind the scenes.

"It is also a unique opportunity for people to contribute to the various Catholic charities without having to decide which one to give their donation to. By making one simple donation through Caring Sunday many charities are supported," says Archbishop John Dew of Wellington,

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