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๐’๐ญ ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ง๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐กEarlier this week, Pope Leo officially recognised St Newman as co-p...
04/11/2025

๐’๐ญ ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ง๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก
Earlier this week, Pope Leo officially recognised St Newman as co-patron of education along with St Thomas Aquinas. Full story โฌ‡

๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅA world-first project has revealed New Zealand's government agenci...
04/11/2025

๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ
A world-first project has revealed New Zealand's government agencies are falling behind when it comes to showing compassion to dying people. Full story โฌ‡

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐Wellington Archbishop Paul Martin SM has commended to readers Bringing the Wo...
04/11/2025

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐
Wellington Archbishop Paul Martin SM has commended to readers Bringing the Word to Life, a booklet of reflections for Advent and Christmastide prepared by Fr James Lyons. Full story โฌ‡

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ“ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐™๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐Significant celebrations of the 175th anniversary of the arrival ...
31/10/2025

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ“ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐™๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐
Significant celebrations of the 175th anniversary of the arrival of the Sisters of Mercy in Aotearoa New Zealand took place this month. Full story โฌ‡

๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐Š๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐šOrganisers of the 2027 Catholic World Youth Day in South Korea ha...
30/10/2025

๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐Š๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐š
Organisers of the 2027 Catholic World Youth Day in South Korea have formally unveiled the master plan for the event. Full story โฌ‡

๐๐™ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐จโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌThe chief executive of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office h...
30/10/2025

๐๐™ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐จโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
The chief executive of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office has praised the priorities for Catholic education identified by Pope Leo XIV in a new letter. Full story โฌ‡

๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐’๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐šUS Cardinal Raymond Burke has celebrated a Traditional Latin Mas...
30/10/2025

๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐’๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š
US Cardinal Raymond Burke has celebrated a Traditional Latin Mass in St Peterโ€™s Basilica with hundreds of priests and lay faithful present. Full story โฌ‡

๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌโ€™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญThe New Zealand Catholic Bishopsโ€™ Committee for Interfaith Rela...
23/10/2025

๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌโ€™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
The New Zealand Catholic Bishopsโ€™ Committee for Interfaith Relations is inviting people to join them in a webinar acknowledging 60 years of Vatican IIโ€™s Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions. Full story โฌ‡

๐’๐ฉ๐š๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌSt Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College in Drury, South Auckland, is takin...
23/10/2025

๐’๐ฉ๐š๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ
St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College in Drury, South Auckland, is taking a fresh approach to the formation of parents and caregivers. Full story โฌ‡

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ-๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌCatholic and Anglican representatives gathered in Christchurch ...
23/10/2025

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ-๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ
Catholic and Anglican representatives gathered in Christchurch this week to discuss their shared mission, joint areas of focus and the recent changes of leadership in each tradition. Full story โฌ‡

๐•๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ The Society of St Vincent de Paul in Hamilton is feeding people who ...
23/10/2025

๐•๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 
The Society of St Vincent de Paul in Hamilton is feeding people who havenโ€™t eaten in days because they canโ€™t afford food. Full story โฌ‡

๐•๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ญThe Vatican aims to eliminate more than a quarter of the greenho...
22/10/2025

๐•๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ
The Vatican aims to eliminate more than a quarter of the greenhouse gas emissions it produces over the next decade. Full story โฌ‡

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