A senior priest of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch and administrator of Christchurch’s Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament took the trouble to compile a scrapbook
Catholic churches were dotted around Christchurch by mid-20th century. But Bishop E Joyce had long dreamed of one more. A small central-city chapel would be
Sisters of Mercy at St Patrick’s Church, Greymouth, 1982 Ten Sisters of Mercy established a convent and school in the West Coast town of Hokitika
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Building Committee, February 1905 (Edward O’Connor standing on the right in back row) Fifteen years after the first settlers arrived,
Tō Tātou Whakapono Our Faith The Religious Education Curriculum for Catholic Schools in Aotearoa New Zealand – Tō Tātou Whakapono Our Faith is built around each of
Saints in Coffee Jars 6-10 February 2024, Pūmanawa Gallery, The Arts Centre (Montreal St end of the Arts Centre Complex) Join us on a captivating
Here is a video of a selection of Bishop Grimes’ glass lantern slides including some European and New Zealand scenic images. Bishop Grimes used the
French-born Father Fauvel was Parish Priest of Temuka, South Canterbury, in the 1880s. At that time the whole of Canterbury and the West Coast was
Young French boy Marcellin Champagnat was regarded as an independent type with a strong sense of justice, but definitely not academic. He walked out of
Cheeky children called the Cluny Sisters “the Loony Sisters”. They didn’t mean it; they regarded their teachers highly. Pupils called the legendary Sister Benignus “Biggles”,