The Vietnam war through a Catholic priest’s eyes
by PETER GRACE
AUCKLAND — Twenty-three years ago the life of Vietnamese Community chaplain, Fr Andrew Nguyen, was transformed.
On June 6, 1990, Fr Nguyen arrived in New Zealand to a...
Food help delivered to the struggling
by NZ CATHOLIC staff
AUCKLAND — Those with intellectual disability and those struggling to feed their families have benefited from recent activities of St Vincent de Paul and Christ the...
Multi-skilled woman returns to the tropics to teach
by PETER GRACE
DUNEDIN — A teacher who became a medical social worker has returned to the Solomon Islands to teach English for several months.
Pat Robertson left for the Solomons...
Tauranga Rosary pray-ers are long stayers
by MICHAEL OTTO
TAURANGA — In the 50 years since 1963, there have been many changes in Church and the world, but one thing has stayed constant — the Greerton...
Young Auckland builder’s Solomons sojourn rewarding
by MICHAEL OTTO
AUCKLAND — For one young Kiwi, doing volunteer work in the Solomon Islands as part of a Mahitahi — Catholic Overseas Volunteers programme will have a special...
Moot response: Many issues due to ‘disconnects’, says bishop
by MICHAEL OTTO
ROTORUA — Responding to concerns expressed at a Moot in Rotorua about the role of women and youth in the Church, as well as the relationship between...
Year of Faith Moot speakers make call to change patriarchal Church
by MICHAEL OTTO
ROTORUA — Removal of discrimination against women in the Church was called for by several speakers at a Year of Faith event for Hamilton diocese.
At a Moot...
Mercy sister’s missionary dream eventually came true
by Sr ENID LAGAN, RSM
CHRISTCHURCH — Well here I am at age 86 having lived a full and happy life as a Sister of Mercy.
Retirement in a rest home...
Primary school pupils train with the Blues
by NZ CATHOLIC staff
AUCKLAND — Keen 10-year-old rugby players from Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School in Howick tackled a training session with Blues players Sean...
Mary MacKillop pilgrimage made in Dunedin
by JEFF DILLON
DUNEDIN — Grey, damp conditions did not deter 100 people from undertaking a 15km St Mary MacKillop pilgrimage from North Dunedin to Port Chalmers on Sunday May...
Huge farewell for storytelling priest
by MICHAEL OTTO
NAPIER — The thousands of people who encountered Msgr Tim Hannigan at presbytery doors during his 57 years of priestly ministry met a shepherd who knew all...
Ugandan priest takes two-year break in NZ
by PETER GRACE
AUCKLAND — A change is as good as a rest for Ugandan priest Fr John Vianney Makanda, in St Mary’s parish, Papakura.
Fr Makanda told NZ Catholic that...
Korean man barred from his church community
by CHRISTINE GOUNDER
CHRISTCHURCH — A 48-year-old South Korean man remains banned from his church because of allegations he is a North Korean spy.
Eugene Chang was accused of spying for...
Auckland parishioner shows care for Burmese children
by PETER GRACE
ADELAIDE — New Zealand-born Dominican priest Fr Alex Vickers is doing his best to live what he believes — that if a bad situation seems too big,...
Mary provided comfort to dying and bereaved for 17 years
by MICHAEL OTTO
AUCKLAND — Accompanying dying patients and their families, comforting people after a loved one has died, conducting funerals and memorial services, praying with and for patients and...
Seminarian is a top speaker
by MICHAEL OTTO
AUCKLAND — A seminarian has been awarded the top National Scholarship in Professional Speaking.
Bryan Buenger, who is in his second year of studies at Holy Cross Seminary...
Kiwi priest pedals miles on Dutch roads
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,...
370 years of religious life celebrated
by SUE SECONI
WANGANUI — A staggering 370 combined years of religious life were celebrated by six Sisters of St Joseph Whanganui, on January 21, with Mass celebrated in St...
It’s a long way to go to voluntarily work
by PETER GRACE
AUCKLAND — Four hundred and eighty kilometres is a long way to travel for a working bee, but some parishioners from St Mary’s, Northcote, did it twice...
Focolare co-leaders speak in Wellington
by SUSAN FOGARTY
WELLINGTON — While many Wellingtonians revelled in the recent rugby sevens, St Mary’s High School hall in Thorndon overflowed with people attending a public meeting of the...
Pro-life workers help mistreated Ugandan women
by NZ CATHOLIC staff
Silent no more is a project initiated by Human Life International Uganda (HLI-U) under Natural Family Planning department. This project aims to expose the dangerous side...
Heartfelt songs from the inside
by SUE SECONI
WANGANUI — Songs Down Pauri Road 2012 is the title of a CD made by a group of prisoners from Wanganui’s Kaitoke Prison, with help from the...
Organised gap year valuable for young adults
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...
Croatia — the ‘Bulwark of Christianity’
by JUDITH DOYLE
Croatia, once part of the former Yugoslavia but now proudly independent, must surely have the highest proportion of Catholics of any country in the world.
At the last...
Parish and school celebrate 100 years
by COLLEEN LINNELL
DUNEDIN — St Mary’s Parish and school in Kaikorai celebrated 100 years in good southern style over Labour Weekend.
The sun shone for the gala on Saturday, October...
Priest climbs peaks with young people
by ANGELA PYKE
CHRISTCHURCH — As parish priest of St Teresa’s in Riccarton, school chaplain for St Teresa’s School, and local superior of the Community of St John, French priest...
Mass at cemetery for All Souls Day
by NZ CATHOLIC staff
UPPER HUTT — On All Souls Day, November 2, a Mass was celebrated in the Akatarawa Cemetery, continuing a 10-year tradition at St Joseph’s Parish, Upper...
One door closes on 23-year CIT journey
by PETER GRACE
AUCKLAND — The closure of the Catholic Institute of Theology is like shutting the door to a room, Pa Henare Tate told 150 institute friends and supporters...
Social science and ‘gay marriage’
by Dr NEIL WHITEHEAD
Social science has a lot to say about “homosexual marriage”. It shows marriage and same-sex union originate differently and should not be equivalent, either in concept...
Vibrant message of love at Lifefest
by MICHAEL OTTO
AUCKLAND — You have got to pray, rapped out the rapping priest Fr Stan Fortuna, CFR, to young people at the Lifefest festival at Takapuna on September...
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Many cultures celebrated by parish
Every fifth Sunday of the month, Our Lady of Assumption parish in Onehunga, Auckland celebrates diversity by having a multicultural Mass.
Parish priest Fr Andrew Atonio, MF (Missionaries of Faith) started this tradition around...
