Mother Suzanne Aubert – NZ Catholic Newspaper

Mother Aubert hotspots on River City pilgrim trail

Sue Seconi — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 00:00:42 +0000

From a pilgrim’s perspective, Whanganui city will become a destination in its own right, and not merely a through-road to Jersualem (Hiruhama) along the Whanganui River, when the Venerable Suzanne Aubert is eventually canonised as a saint. Although based in Hiruhama for 16 years, Mother Aubert came to Whanganui often. On January 14 this year , during the first Suzanne Aubert

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Suzanne Aubert declared ‘venerable’

NZ Catholic Staff — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 20:37:45 +0000

by Simone Olsen Suzanne Aubert, the founder of the Sisters of Compassion New Zealand’s home grown order of Sisters, has been declared ‘venerable’, a major milestone on the path to sainthood in the Catholic Church.The announcement has just been made from Rome by Pope Francis. If Suzanne Aubert’s Cause for Sainthood is successful, she will

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Kids learn to like Mother Aubert

Sue Seconi — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 21:32:23 +0000

Cathryn Daignault was shocked when her years 5 and 6 class didn’t know who Mother Aubert was. “One student enquired if she was a young girl who drowned in the river,” said Mrs Daignault, who is the director of religious studies at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Whanganui. So Mrs Daignault seized a slot in an open-topic category of the Social Studies programme to teach

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Free news on Suzanne’s cause

Michael Otto — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 23:02:02 +0000

by MICHAEL OTTO A new free publication aims to keep Kiwi Catholics up to date with the latest developments in the cause for sainthood of Mother Suzanne Aubert. The first edition of the Suzanne Aubert News was issued in July. John Bergin of Auckland is responsible for the writing and production. He said it is

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NZ order denies its founder went to pot

Michael Otto — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 01:51:32 +0000

by MICHAEL OTTO There is no evidence that Mother Suzanne Aubert ever used or grew cannabis, her order says, despite claims made in a new film about the drug in New Zealand. According to a press release from the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party, a new film called Druglawed mentions Mother Aubert. Druglawed had an “Underworld

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Aubert’s heritage is still inspiring

Sue Seconi — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:48:48 +0000

by SUE SECONI The Associates of Suzanne Aubert-Te Hunga Whai i nga Akoranga a Suzanne visited her grave in Wellington at their new year gathering. Mother Aubert rests at the adminstration centre of the Sisters of Compassion in Island Bay and at the foot of the steep windblown hills where she built a reservoir to

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Aubert’s sainthood may inspire a renewal of faith

Rowena Orejana — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 01:47:11 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA
Palmerston North Bishop Charles Drennan has asked the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to expedite the cause of Mother Suzanne Aubert to help in the “renewal of faith in this
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