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Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral was closed on Thursday 12 July and will remain closed until further notice. A peer reviewed seismic assessment has advised that the Category I heritage listed building is ‘’earthquake prone’’, as at roof level the ceiling diaphragms are insufficient to carry loads under the current building codes. The Cathedral currently presents a risk to occupants in an earthquake.
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Join us at our first Cardinal’s Lunch for the year. On the 7th of May, 2019 at Te Papa Oceania room, we will be joined by Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ, Director of the Vatican Observatory. Please feel free to invite your friends and colleagues or book a table. We also ask that you consider kindly
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WelCom March 2019: Pope Francis summit on ‘The Protection of Minors in the Church’ held at the Vatican, 21 –24 February 2019, was in response to his deep concerns to ‘a global problem can only be resolved with a global response’. The Holy Father opened the meeting with a challenge to the 200 Church leaders gathered
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WelCom March 2019: Lent is the season when Christians reflect on the marvellous mystery of the passion, death and fullness of life in the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, through a devotion known as the Stations of the Cross. The six-week season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, this year on 6 March. Joy and gladness
Read more »Last night I went to St Paul's Anglican Cathedral for the performance of "The Armed Man - Mass for Peace," (Karl Jenkins), it was a perfect way to pray and reflect after having attended prayer at the Mosque in Kilbirnie yesterday. Deep gratitude to the thousands of people who surrounded Mosques all over the country and who stopped whatever they were doing yesterday at 1.32pm to remember the 50 who were killed and to pray for the Muslim community.
We are living in an unprecedented time in the history of the Church. There are major challenges for anyone in leadership today, from Pope Francis to anyone who leads in the Church in any way. I fully acknowledge that all leaders must be accountable to the people they serve, and that there should always be
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