One of the world’s leading travel websites has put Hawke’s Bay in its top 10 for possessing what it calls one of New Zealand’s finest restaurants – which went down very well at Mission Restaurant in Greenmeadows, which got the nod for the list. The annual Travellers’ Choice Awards staged by the US-based site, Trip Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Society of Mary’
Cardinal Dew thanks Marists as 170 years in Otaki ends
Tuesday, September 8th, 2015
Cardinal John Dew, the Archbishop of Wellington, has announced that as from 1 February 2016, the Archdiocese will take responsibility for the pastoral care of the parish of Saints Mary and Joseph in Otaki and Levin. Dew has thanked the priests and brothers of the Society of Mary for their pastoral care and leadership in Read more
Society of Mary leaving Manawatu at end of 2015
Friday, July 17th, 2015
The Society of Mary is leaving Manawatu. They will leave Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Palmerston North, at the end of 2015. A consequence of this decision is the Society will also scale back its support of Hato Paora College. “The decision to finish reflects our need to consolidate our apostolates and to prioritise our ministries,” Marist Read more
Fr Michael Tondicop R.I.P.
Friday, July 10th, 2015
Fr Michael Tondicop died suddenly in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville on July 4. He had just returned, on Saturday evening, from visiting small Christian communities at Tohatsi, Hanahan parish, hearing confessions of school children preparing for first communion. Michael was the superior the Koromira Marist community on Buka in Bougainville. He had previously been Read more
Fr Craig Larkin RIP
Tuesday, June 30th, 2015
Father Craig Larkin, a well known Marist priest and writer, died on Saturday, in Wellington, after a long illness. After teaching at St Patrick’s College Silverstream for a number of years Craig went on to be involved in a wide range of ministries. For some years he was the director of third order of the Read more
Mission Estate among world’s top wine destinations
Friday, February 20th, 2015
Hawkes Bay has been listed by Wine Enthusiast among ten of the top wine destinations in the world and Mission Estate named among the top places to taste. Listed as the number three wine destination in the world, ‘The Bay’ is the only New Zealand wine region mentioned by the publication. The region is also praised for Read more
Gap Year students graduate
Tuesday, December 9th, 2014
Eight people who took part in the 2014 Challenge Marist Gap Year graduated in a ceremony that took place at St Joseph’s Church in Mount Victoria in Wellington last Sunday. The event was attended by the Gap year students’ families and friends as well as representatives and friends of Challenge 2000 and the Society of Mary. Each Read more
Society of Mary sells former novitiate farm at Highden
Tuesday, October 14th, 2014
The Society of Mary is selling Highden farm in Manawatu ending an association with the property that goes back to 1922. The homestead was owned by the society for 67 years and for 64 of those it was the house of formation for novice priests and brothers. The house was sold in 1990 but the Read more
Napier Council and Mission Estate winery settle land dispute
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014A long-running dispute between Napier City Council and the owners of Mission Estate Winery has been settled out of court. The dispute began when the council used the Public Works Act to take 1.5 hectares from the winery to realign a road. The council and Marist Holdings (Greenmeadows) fought a protracted battle over the valuation Read more
Pope intervenes removing Marist priest’s further sanctions
Friday, May 2nd, 2014
The Vatican has removed further sanctions it could have imposed on Irish Marist priest, Fr Sean Fagan, who was silenced in 2008. Society of Mary Superior General Fr John Hannan told CathNews that he is pleased the threat of further sanctions, stipulated in 2010, have been removed and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Read more