Catholics on Air
November 27, 2024
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Faith by the fireside – this was the tone of radio programme “Catholics on Air”. Anyone in Canterbury and Westland could follow it. They could
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Category: Exhibitions
Cathedral Bulletin Scrapbook
November 6, 2024
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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
Chancery Lane
September 24, 2024
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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
Education: Sisters of Mercy
May 31, 2024
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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
Education: Edward O’Connor
April 9, 2024
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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,
Through the eyes of Bishop Grimes SM
October 30, 2023
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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
Education: Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart
October 16, 2023
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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
Education: Marist Brothers reach the Coast
August 30, 2023
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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
Education: Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny
August 2, 2023
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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”,
Education: Marist Fathers
June 20, 2023
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French priests of the Society of Mary were the backbone of Catholicism in New Zealand’s pioneering days. They bore the letters SM after their names