Cardinal Thomas Williams - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Fri, 20 Sep 2013 10:58:00 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Cardinal Thomas Williams - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Diocesan priests hold Assembly this week https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/09/20/diocesan-priests-hold-assembly-week/ Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:30:25 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=49843

This week diocesan priests from throughout New Zealand have been attending the National Assembly for Diocesan Priests at the Sudima Hotel in Rotorua from Monday through to Friday. Close to 200 priests have been attending the Assembly. This is the 3rd Assembly to be held since the first took place in 2003. The last two Read more

Diocesan priests hold Assembly this week... Read more]]> This week diocesan priests from throughout New Zealand have been attending the National Assembly for Diocesan Priests at the Sudima Hotel in Rotorua from Monday through to Friday. Close to 200 priests have been attending the Assembly.

This is the 3rd Assembly to be held since the first took place in 2003. The last two took place in Blenheim, but the organising committee, chaired by Msgr Paul Farmer of Auckland, with one priest from each of New Zealand's dioceses, decided it would be good to have a North Island venue this time.

Farmer said the Assembly is an initiative of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, giving diocesan priests an opportunity to take a break, be together and renew and make friendships and enjoy some rest and recreation.

"The bishops, in initiating these assemblies, see them as showing support for their priests and recognising the contributions they make," Farmer said.

"It also allows priests who may be new to New Zealand to meet their confreres from other parts of the country."

CathNews previously reported erroneously, that The Archbishop of Manila Cardinal Tagale was a speaker at the Assembly. Cardinal Tagale however unable to attend. CathNews regrets this error.

 

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Diocesan priests hold Assembly this week]]> 49843 Bishop Peter Cullinane - 50 years of service https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/03/30/bishop-peter-cullinane-50-years-of-service/ Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:29:01 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=22081

Bishop Peter Cullinane has retired after almost 32 years as the Bishop of Palmerston North. Bishop Peter was born in Dannevirke, 29 November 1936, was ordained a priest at Brignole Sale College, Genoa, on 23 December 1961, and ordained as the first Bishop of the newly established Diocese of Palmerston North at St. Patrick's Palmerston North, Read more

Bishop Peter Cullinane - 50 years of service... Read more]]> Bishop Peter Cullinane has retired after almost 32 years as the Bishop of Palmerston North.

Bishop Peter was born in Dannevirke, 29 November 1936, was ordained a priest at Brignole Sale College, Genoa, on 23 December 1961, and ordained as the first Bishop of the newly established Diocese of Palmerston North at St. Patrick's Palmerston North, 23 April 1980. Last year, he completed fifty years of priesthood.

He has a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Angelicum, Rome, and has a Master of Theology from Otago University, New Zealand. During his time as Bishop he found time to write a number of books and numerous papers on contemporary issues.

Bishop Peter was a member of the Episcopal Board of ICEL between 1983 and 2003, president of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference between 1997 and 2003, and was awarded Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the community.

In his homily at a Mass to mark Bishop Peter's fiftieth anniversary of priesthood, Cardinal Thomas Williams said, ‘Bishop Peter ... You have witnessed over those years to the truth that the vocation to priesthood, serving as Christ served, although it involves sacrifice and commitment, is not only possible but becomes a rich source of fulfilment and deep happiness because it is rooted in love - Christ's love.'

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