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by PAT VELTKAMP SMITH When Southlanders held sesquicentennial celebrations over Labour Weekend, 150 years after the building of that first St Mary’s Church in Invercargill, it was an Aucklander who...

Good Shepherd College in Ponsonby is now the proud owner of an icon of the Transfiguration written by an artist of international renown.The icon, written by Michael Galovic, now...

by KATHLEEN CASEY When Jesus spoke to crowds, there must at times have been no standing room. This was how it was in St Mary’s Pro-cathedral for the triple ordination of...

by ROWENA OREJANA Sacred art transcends culture and shows the universality of the Church, according to two artists from the Solomon Islands. Liborio Maemauri, 43, and his nephew, Stephen Maetora, 24,...

Six hundred people from all over New Zealand joyfully walked the streets of Wellington on December 9, marching in defence of human life from conception. The National March for Life,...

by HEATH HUTTON WELLINGTON — In 2008, Challenge 2000 entered into a partnership with the Society of Mary to provide a programme that gave young people the chance to serve...

by PETER GRACE A small Catholic school has been finding and using ideas to become more visible and to increase its roll. St Joseph’s Catholic School in Grey Lynn is in...

A programme to help people on benefits was launched with a Mass in Wellington on May 10.Cardinal John Dew celebrated Mass that day to launch the Wellington archdiocese initiative, Benefit Impact. Benefit Impact...

Making Jesus relevant to the lives of young people given the complexity of New Zealand secular society is the main challenge of religious educators today, said National Centre for...

Hamilton Bishop Stephen Lowe has called for “a new model of formation” of young people that will make them missionary disciples “in and for the contemporary age”. On October 4 at the Vatican,...

In this, its 70th year, and after a weekend of hotly contested competition, Marian College’s team of 10 students were delighted to be awarded the highly coveted Bishop Lyons...

Palmerston North vicar-general Brian Walsh had been given the title of Monsignor by Pope Francis. This was announced by Palmerston North Bishop Charles Drennan on his facebook page on July...

Leaving Bethlehem University was bitter-sweet for De La Salle Brother Mark McKeon. “It was one of the biggest blessings of my life . . . a wonderful opportunity to be...

by MICHAEL OTTO A visit to a marae in south Auckland was the culmination of a series of events organised by Te Ngakau Waiora Mercy Spirituality Centre, focusing on Maori...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington had been told by Vatican officials to withdraw from public life because of rumors about his sexual misconduct,...

Faith is the keystone that has kept the marriage of former Taranaki Daily News editor Denis Garcia and his wife Bernadette going for 65 years. The couple, who celebrated their...

by WIGA AUTET “Bishop Pompallier had a greatest gift to give, a gift of Jesus.” With these words Bishop Stephen Lowe of Hamilton greeted the faithful at Totara Point in the Hokianga on Epiphany Sunday, January 8. “Today is...

by PETER GRACE Last year Marist Brother Dunstan Henry’s 7A rugby team became the first Sacred Heart College team to put 80 points on a King’s College team. Making that more...

by MICHAEL OTTO AUCKLAND — Kiwi priest Fr Marcel Smits might have 11 churches in his parish in the Netherlands, but getting to them by bicycle is no problem. Fr Smits,...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While the church listens to young people in preparation for this year's synod, the church must not forget to also help them listen to Jesus...

A throwaway cuss line resulted in a book that deals with the question young Catholics are grappling with today: the why of Faith.  Sydney-based Jesuit priest and author Richard Leonard, known for his interdisciplinary work in theology, education and culture,...

Whatever shape the new Government’s promised independent inquiry into historical claims of abuse of children in state care takes, the past actions of churches, including the Catholic Church, will...

Although one of New Zealand’s early missionary priests, Fr Antoine Marie Garin, SM, died in 1889, he still has passionate devotees. This was shown by the turnout at a Mass at St Michael’s Church...

A contingent of 21 New Zealanders will attend the international celebration for the 2019 World Youth Day (WYD2019) in Panama.  The event will be attended by thousands from around the world in January...

by ROWENA OREJANA DARU-KIUNGA, Papua New Guinea — Participation is how the Catholic Church is kept alive in the wilds of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea, despite many physical,...

by PETER GRACE AUCKLAND — How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. That was the analogy United States Catholic digital media and evangelising couple Greg and Jennifer...

by MICHAEL OTTO Imagine two large hands struggling to tie a bow made of ribbon. Picture other large hands, some with tattoos, trying to do the same thing. They are...

Dunedin Bishop Michael Dooley baptised a prisoner inside the Otago Corrections Facility on December 9, in what was a moving ceremony witnessed by prison staff, inmates and Catholic volunteers. Otago...

by JEFF DILLON How can a book about a man who lived about 800 years ago be of interest to modern children? Quite easily if that man happens to have been St Dominic...

by SARAH ROBERTS Women from all over the country came together with one goal in mind — to make a positive change through faith.The biennial Catholic Women’s League Aotearoa New Zealand conference was held...