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Rotorua’s John Paul College is building relationships with Lasallian organisations in the Philippines to take part “in future outreach programmes to promote cross cultural interaction and support networks”. The college’s religious education teacher Owen Kowalewski and deputy...

The family of renowned New Zealand television producer Ross Jennings suffered a double loss on Good Friday, with two deaths within a few hours. Mr Jennings, 71, a former head of drama at TVNZ,...

by NZ CATHOLIC STAFF A block of marble like those used by Bernini and Michelangelo has arrived in New Zealand to fulfil a dream. The college’s Lasallian facilitator Kane Raukura said...

by ROWENA OREJANA Around 260 mostly young people “walked through the Mass” with Auckland Bishop Patrick Dunn at the Christ the King Church in Owairaka on March 6. Young adult and...

By ROWENA OREJANA The last couple of years had been a personal journey of the cross for former businesswoman Margaret Everett. So this year, she thought it fitting to organise the...

by ROWENA OREJANA When former Couples for Christ members Mel Nepomuceno and his friends from the Philippines talked about their faith journey to New Zealand, they found they shared a...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff Holy Cross Catholic School in Henderson has launched and blessed its new school charism. The blessing took place at the school’s commissioning Mass on February 26....

by KATHLEEN CASEY In recognition of more than 25 years of service to the Church, Liz Mulholland was awarded the papal medal, Cruce pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, at St Francis...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff A year 11 Auckland student will represent New Zealand at the Future Problem Solving International Conference in June. St Mary’s College student Thao Tran, 15, has...

by MICHAEL OTTO The best answers to modern denials of the freedom and responsibility of the human person, and on the reality of the person at all, are to be...

by PETER GRACE A former educator known for his laugh and his engagement with people, Neil Laurenson, has been honoured by the Pope for his service to education. Mr Laurenson...

by PETER GRACE Recently married couples and couples married more than 50 years ago were among the congregation at the St Valentine’s Day Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Auckland...

by KATHLEEN CASEY It was a landmark event as parents, parish community, invited guests and 350 children gathered for the opening of a brand new Christchurch school, designed for up...

by SUE SECONI Bishop Steve Lowe of Hamilton diocese spoke of his heavy heart as he announced the sudden death of Pa Hemi Hekiera, SM, on February 5. Pa Hemi...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff Fr Noel Delaney, SM, died in Wellington on February 13. He was 93. Fr Delaney was ordained in 1942 and worked in a number of the...

by ROWENA OREJANA Newly appointed St Peter’s College principal James Bentley is intent on reaching new heights for the school following the path carved out by former principal Keiran Fouhy...

by JEFF DILLON About 20 kilometres as a Victorian crow flies, in an eastern direction from the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, you will find St Philip’s parish in Blackburn North....

by ROWENA OREJANA Catholic Social Services Auckland opened its bigger base at Otara on February 19, its “hub” for providing faith-based social services in South Auckland. CSS Director John Metherell...

by MICHAEL OTTO Msgr John “Jack” Lyons has been remembered as a self taught scholar, a contrarian, an outstanding pastor, and a man who had an encyclopaedic memory for people’s names. Fr...

by TONY SHAW Catholic secondary school principals of Christchurch diocese met at the end of 2015 to farewell Marian College principal Anna Heffernan. Mrs Heffernan has been the chair of...

by PETER EGAN Nesting quietly in the Ngakuru Valley 25 minutes from Rotorua is the picturesque Tyburn Monastery surrounded by an enchanting rosary garden, green paddocks, trees, and flowering bushes. Accompanying buildings,...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff If fundraising keeps going well, it is aimed to have St Mary of the Angels Church in central Wellington open again by Easter 2017. The church has been...

by SUE SECONI The seat that Betty Bourke occupied for years in her parish church, Holy Family, Wanganui, is now vacant. Her life’s work for Church and community ended unexpectedly...

by JOHN FONG History was made in Putaruru recently when two brothers and their respective wives celebrated their 60th wedding anniversaries within three weeks of each other. John Mathis married...

by PETER OWENS and PAT VELTKAMP-SMITH There was shock among Catholics in Dunedin diocese and the wider community at the death of Monsignor Paul Mahoney on December 20, when he...

by NZ CATHOLIC Staff Three Carmel College students have written an inspiring song celebrating the Jubilee Year of Mercy. The song entitled Te Wā, written by Jessica Rogers, Kate Howard and...

by NZ Catholic staff The College of Consultors in the Christchurch diocese elected Vicar-General Fr Rick Loughnan as the Administrator of the diocese. The administrator is not a bishop but is...

by PETER GRACE New Zealand lawyer Dr Justin Glyn was ordained a deacon of the Society of Jesus at St Carthage’s in Melbourne on November 28. The main celebrant at the...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff Two well-loved Mill Hill missionaries died just days of each other. Fr Wim Tuerlings MHM A priest accused of perhaps working too hard in Maori ministry, Mill Hill...

By NZ CATHOLIC staff In December 2015,Fr Alex Vickers, OP returned to New Zealand for the 60th wedding anniversary celebrations of his parents, Kath and Maurice. Fr Alex presided at a...