The weekly newsletter for the Catholic parishes of Chatham Islands and the Hurunui District is now online...
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The weekly newsletter for the Catholic parishes of the Hurunui District (North Canterbury) and the Chatham Islands is now available...
Vatican II – 50 years on
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/7800533/Vatican-II-showed-power-wisdom
Fr. Leo O’Connor RIP
Of your charity, please pray for the happy repose of the soul of Fr. Leo O'Connor, priest of the diocese of Christchurch for 60 years.May he Rest in Peace.Link to...
newsletter 7 October
Weekly newsletter for the Catholic parishes of the Hurunui District and the Chatham Islands, available at this...
newsletter 30 Sept.
Now uploaded, this week's parish newsletter for the Catholic parishes of the Hurunui and the Chatham...
be the greatest
Reflection for the Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time23 September 2012Readings at this linkComing to Mass each week is the ultimate confrontation with reality. We...
weekly newsletter
You will find the weekly newsletter for the Catholic parishes of the Hurunui and the Chatham Islands by clicking on this...
whose thinking?
“ You are not thinking as God doesbut as human beings do ” (Mk 8)a reflection for Sunday 16 September 2012Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the YearTap here for the readings.On...
parish newsletter
You will find the weekly newsletter for the Catholic parishes of the Hurunui and the Chatham Islands by clicking on this...
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