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We are what we read

By Helen Luxford | October 6, 2022 | 0 Comments

Our primary school had a teacher-only day today. So I took the kids to the library and the book store to get some new books. It’s hard to find good reading material consistent with Christian morals today — both for children and for adults. We need to be careful of … Read More about We are what we read

Divine Word Missionaries committed to NZ

By NZ Catholic Staff | October 6, 2022 | 0 Comments

The Australian province of the Divine Word Missionaries has extended its commitment to being present in New Zealand and is ready to respond to any further requests by bishops to provide priests.  The provincial, Fr Asaeli Rass, SVD, visited New Zealand earlier in August and said he was “very impressed” … Read More about Divine Word Missionaries committed to NZ

Mary’s identity as sacred and human

By Rowena Orejana | October 6, 2022 | 0 Comments

Christianity has been so muddled up by Greco-Roman influences and moved far away from its Jewish roots that Mary has become a “semi-divine other”, according to a professor of historical theology. Fr Thomas O’Loughlin of the University of Nottingham said one of the problems Christianity faced when it moved from … Read More about Mary’s identity as sacred and human

New principal for St John’s College, Hastings

By NZ Catholic Staff | October 5, 2022 | 0 Comments

George Rogers is the new principal of St John’s College in Hastings. Mr Rogers spent the past 18 years at Lindisfarne College, a state-integrated Presbyterian school, also in Hastings. His most recent role there was as assistant rector, and he has also been a boarding master at the school. Before … Read More about New principal for St John’s College, Hastings

Thousands attend premiere of film projected onto St Peter’s Basilica

By OSV News | October 5, 2022 | 1 Comment

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – As thousands of people sat in the dark in St Peter’s Square, they watched fish jump from the facade of the basilica, saw the word “no” form and dissolve three times and heard an actor reciting the part of St Peter speak about the overwhelming love … Read More about Thousands attend premiere of film projected onto St Peter’s Basilica

Catholic Maori boarding schools recipients of funding initiative

By NZ Catholic Staff | October 5, 2022 | 0 Comments

Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson has announced the allocation of the remaining $14.9 million of the $20 million Budget 2021 investment into the Māori Boarding Schools initiative. Two Catholic Māori boarding schools, St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College in Napier and Hato Pāora College near Feilding are among colleges that … Read More about Catholic Maori boarding schools recipients of funding initiative