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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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WelCom December 2018: We come to another December, another Advent, and another Christmas and another New Year. Have all the plans we made at this time last year come to fruition? Probably not. Events will have got in the way, unexpected challenges, plans changed, things happened in our lives that were totally surprising and unasked for
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WelCom December 2018: Following last year’s Synod, Cardinal John Dew reached out to parishes across the Archdiocese to lend a hand with the annual Care Appeal during Advent. The response was overwhelmingly generous. ‘With your help, the appeal raised a record $65,750 to fund Catholic Social Services’ projects within the Archdiocese,’ says Cardinal John. The Appeal
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WelCom December 2018: The New Zealand Catholic bishops and religious orders have welcomed the inclusion of faith-based institutions in the New Zealand Government’s expanded inquiry into the historical abuse of children. On Monday 12 November 2018, the prime minister Jacinda Ardern stated that Cabinet agreed to expand the inquiry to include faith-based institutions. The inquiry will
Read more »The tuis are checking the flax bushes daily to see if the flowers are out yet. Advent is a waiting time, but a time with work to be done…
‘I Will Wait’ – by Benjamin Gonzalez Buelta SJ
I will wait for the tree
to grow
and give me shade.
But I will nourish the waiting with my dry leaves.
I will wait for the spring
to flow
and give me water.
But I will dredge the channels
of their muddy memories.
I will wait for the dawn
to break
And give me light.
but I will throw off my night
of shrouds and prostrations.
I will wait for the arrival
of I do not know what,
and it will catch me unawares.
But I will empty my house
of all its clutter.
And when I manure the tree,
dredge the channels,
shake off the night
and empty the house,
the land and the lament
will open up in hope.
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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