Religious Groups and Media
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Season of concerts
- 9 Mar 2010
- Capital Times
- THE St Andrew’s Season of Concerts will bring interesting performers to Wellington. Building on a long history of lunchtime concerts at St Andrew’s on The Terrace, the organisers hope to recreate the buzz and camaraderie of previous festivals.
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A morning at the mosque
- 1 Dec 2009
- Newswire.co.nz
- THE Kilbirnie Mosque is many things to many people. It is a place for prayer and worship, weddings, community gatherings, Ramadan dinners, Sunday school classes and holiday programmes. The mosque also hosts tours, school visits, open days and ethnic food fairs in an effort to open its doors to the wider community.
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Convent Old Girls celebrate 75 years on the court
- 9 Oct 2009
- Welcom
- Convent Old Girls Netball Club the oldest club still in existence in the Hutt Valley recently celebrated its 75th Jubilee at the Angus Inn in Lower Hutt with more than 100 past and present players and friends.
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Stokes Valley gets its long awaited new church
- 6 Aug 2009
- Newswire.co.nz
- DANCING, children playing, indoor bowling, Samoan singing and worshipping.
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Many cultures, one Lyall Bay community
- 9 Jul 2009
- Newswire.co.nz
- A visit to the local mosque introduced Lyall Bay School’s youngest pupils to Muslim culture last term - but multicultural learning happens every day, say teachers.
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Newtown People's Market a regular
- 3 Mar 2009
- Welcom
- The first Newtown People's Market and Boot Sale was such a success last year that organisers have decided to run it each month on the last Saturday, 11am to 3pm at St Anne's Church Hall, Emmett Street, Newtown.
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Miriama Te Ahipuia Kahu RIP
- 6 Jun 2008
- Welcom
- Miriama was involved in setting up Te Kohanga Reo in Kaikoura, and in the construction of Takahanga Marae, and she established Te Tai o Marokura Health and Social Service and Ariama Cultural Retreat Centre.
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God gave us a gift in Sr Jean-Marie
- 6 Jun 2008
- Welcom
- God’s gift arrived in the Wellington Archdiocese when Sister Jean-Marie McErlane decided she would give her considerable talents as teacher to establish and lead some of the Brigidine schools.
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The cathedral 160 years ago
- 6 Jun 2008
- Welcom
- Even before the diocese was established, there were the beginnings of the Catholic community in Wellington bringing together Catholic immigrant families. Bishop Pompallier celebrated the first Mass in Wellington on Christmas Day, 1840.
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Newtown Festival and World Youth Day
- 10 Apr 2008
- Welcom
- Items included the 2008 WYD Song, a medieval weaponry display and more music. We also had a craft stall in the main street selling jewellery, cards and artwork by pilgrims.
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Waikanae monsta WYD garage sale
- 10 Apr 2008
- Welcom
- The sun shone, the people rolled in and there was something for everyone at the Kapiti WYD garage sale. The sausages were superb, the cakes simply delicious, the deals were spectacular and the pilgrims were very happy to have their fundraising efforts boosted by $2500.
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Sisters act Johnsonville style for local pilgrims
- 10 Apr 2008
- Welcom
- There was audience enthusiasm as never before in Johnsonville last month when the religious sisters put on a concert for local World Youth Day pilgrims. Even before the final rehearsal enthusiastic fans were queuing at Ss Peter and Paul church for the March 14 concert.
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Karen Holland installed in Sth Wellington
- 4 Feb 2008
- Welcom
- A reflection from her husband, Duncan, on the impact of Karen's appointment on the family.
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Jesus at the Paramount
- 24 Oct 2007
- Capital Times
- "THERE’S a misconception that church congregations are getting older," says John Cameron, Arise Church senior pastor. Cameron says the combination of less formal sermons, the rock concert-like music, and using a movie theatre as a church, give the organisation an edge that traditional established churches don’t have.
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Catholics return home in the north
- 8 Jun 2007
- Welcom
- St Josephs Parish, Upper Hutt, celebrated the first two years of its Catholics Returning Home programme last month in which parishioners have accompanied 25 Catholics on their return to the Church. The CRH team put on afternoon tea on 20 May in the foyer of the church and invited all who had been involved with the programme in the Northern Hutt Valley Pastoral Area to meet those on the journey back to their faith roots.
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Changes to pastoral appointments in Wellington West
- 8 Jun 2007
- Welcom
- The future of Karori, Wadestown and the Cathedral parishes from 1 July. Parishioners in the Wellington West Pastoral Area will be informed of decisions about the future of the area’s three parishes with the departure from Karori of Fr Tom O’Brien on 1 July. This is the essence of the changes.
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Old opshop on the out
- 23 May 2007
- Capital Times
- WELLINGTON’S oldest fundraising shop is closing. The 45-year-old Presbyterian Support (Central) Opshop, at 247 Cuba Street, has been sold so the charity can focus on welfare (getting people to hospital appointments, counselling services).
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Suffer the little children
- 23 May 2007
- Capital Times
- CHILDREN and support groups will suffer if Crossways Community House closes, says Iona Pannett, a member the Save Crossways Campaign. The community centre on the corner of Elizabeth and Brougham Streets in Mount Victoria is owned by St Andrew’s on the Terrace.
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