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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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The Presbyterian Church in Island Bay is putting on a festival from 4-7 October called CompassionFest, which celebrates the virtue of compassion through the life of Mother Aubert. The festival explores and celebrates the life and work of Mother Suzanne Aubert, a New Zealand and Island Bay icon. The Compassion Soup Kitchen in Tory Street
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WelCom September 2018: For the first time, Pope Francis has written a letter to the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics about sexual abuse. Past letters on sexual abuse scandals have been addressed to bishops and faithful of individual countries. In his letter, Pope Francis has responded to widespread revelations of clerical sexual abuse of 1000 children and
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WelCom September 2018: Māori Language Week, te Wiki o te Reo Māori, promotes the use of Māori language, one of the three official national languages of this country – Māori, English and New Zealand Sign Language. The dates for 2018 Māori Language Week are September 10–16 with the theme ‘Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori’. The Catholic
Read more »I am currently in Rome for a meeting of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity. I met yesterday with Fr Jesus Dajac MF, Superior-General of the Missionaries of Faith, and together we signed an agreement which will enable the Missionaries of Faith to establish a community in the Archdiocese of Wellington. There will be three priests in the community, and they will be available for parish duties and will also be involved in hospital chaplaincy and support for the Samoan Chaplaincy. The Missionaries of Faith are a relatively young religious order, having been formally established in Italy in 1982. They have communities in many countries – Italy, Myanmar, Vietnam, India, the USA, Canada, Samoa and the Philippines. I look forward to welcoming them to the Archdiocese.
It was a great privilege to be present in Dublin for the World Meeting of Families. Pope Francis spent a very hectic two days in Ireland. The people gathered for the World Meeting of Families loved his presence in the city, and especially at the Festival of Families in Croke Park, 82,000 of them, with
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