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๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐žCardinal John Dew, who took part in the election of Pop...
24/07/2025

๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐ž
Cardinal John Dew, who took part in the election of Pope Leo XIV, will share his experiences of that time in a special event in Christchurch on August 1. Full story โฌ‡

๐Œ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐žA man had been charged with arson following the fire at St Maryโ€™s Church...
24/07/2025

๐Œ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž
A man had been charged with arson following the fire at St Maryโ€™s Church in Avondale last week.

๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐žThe average weekly Mass count in Auckland Diocese increased by nearly 10...
24/07/2025

๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž
The average weekly Mass count in Auckland Diocese increased by nearly 10 per cent between 2023 and 2024, the diocese's latest annual report reveals. Full story โฌ‡

๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซChurch leaders met with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon this week to s...
24/07/2025

๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ
Church leaders met with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon this week to share their concerns and recommendations. Full story โฌ‡

$๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌThe Education Minister has announced that $30 million will...
24/07/2025

$๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ
The Education Minister has announced that $30 million will be put towards new classrooms at state-integrated schools. Full story โฌ‡

๐‘๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งA Divine Renovation approach to parish renewal is giving the Mac...
21/07/2025

๐‘๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
A Divine Renovation approach to parish renewal is giving the Mackenzie Catholic community in rural Canterbury a new lease of life. Full story โฌ‡

๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐”๐Š ๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ญSales of the Bible in the United Kingdom surged by almost 14 per c...
21/07/2025

๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐”๐Š ๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ
Sales of the Bible in the United Kingdom surged by almost 14 per cent in the first half of 2025, while book sales as a whole grew by only 0.01 per cent. Full story โฌ‡

๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐Š๐ข๐ฐ๐ข ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐จFormer Carmel College top scholar Mia Boothroyd has attended a Va...
21/07/2025

๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐Š๐ข๐ฐ๐ข ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐จ
Former Carmel College top scholar Mia Boothroyd has attended a Vatican Observatory summer school and had the chance to speak with Pope Leo XIV. Full story โฌ‡

๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ก๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐†๐š๐ณ๐š ๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐›๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐ง๐ After the only Catholic church in Gaza was bombed last week, Pope Leo XIV ...
21/07/2025

๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ก๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐†๐š๐ณ๐š ๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐›๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐ง๐ 
After the only Catholic church in Gaza was bombed last week, Pope Leo XIV urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to revive negotiations and enact a ceasefire. Full story โฌ‡

๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅA researcher from the Catholic University of America says ...
14/07/2025

๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ
A researcher from the Catholic University of America says the stories of large families in modern times should be told, because they are good news and a type of gospel. Read full story โฌ‡

๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐•๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌTo celebrate its 70th birthday, First Credit Union donated a total of ...
14/07/2025

๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐•๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
To celebrate its 70th birthday, First Credit Union donated a total of $70,000 to local foodbanks and charities. Vinnies Hamilton received a $15,000 donation from the credit union last month. On their page, Vinnies acknowledged the โ€œgenerous cash donationโ€. Full story โฌ‡

๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž: ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐žReflecting on the parable of the Good Samaritan, Pope Leo XIV has ca...
14/07/2025

๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž: ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž
Reflecting on the parable of the Good Samaritan, Pope Leo XIV has called for a โ€œrevolution of loveโ€ towards those who are suffering. Read full story โฌ‡

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