Pompallier House - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 14 Sep 2020 01:44:22 +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 Pompallier House - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Chance phone call sheds new light on Pompallier mission https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/09/14/new-light-on-pompallier-mission/ Mon, 14 Sep 2020 07:54:51 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=130576 A chance phone call between Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Northland Manager Bill Edwards and retired solicitor Rick Norris has added a new layer of information about Pompallier House Read more

Chance phone call sheds new light on Pompallier mission... Read more]]> A chance phone call between Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Northland Manager Bill Edwards and retired solicitor Rick Norris has added a new layer of information about Pompallier House Read more

Chance phone call sheds new light on Pompallier mission]]> 130576 New tourist experience at Russell's Pompallier Mission https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/07/21/new-tourist-experience-at-russells-pompallier-mission/ Mon, 20 Jul 2015 18:54:59 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=74305 Clendon Cottage is now a new visitor centre for the neighbouring historic Catholic mission printery Pompallier Mission. The new centre has an admissions area, gift shop and improved staff facilities, and replaces a cramped Gatehouse which has funnelled visitors on to the site for more than two decades. Pompallier Mission's property manager, Scott Elliffe, said Read more

New tourist experience at Russell's Pompallier Mission... Read more]]> Clendon Cottage is now a new visitor centre for the neighbouring historic Catholic mission printery Pompallier Mission.

The new centre has an admissions area, gift shop and improved staff facilities, and replaces a cramped Gatehouse which has funnelled visitors on to the site for more than two decades.

Pompallier Mission's property manager, Scott Elliffe, said the building, its gardens and views of the Russell foreshore provided a stunning entry portal and approach to the Mission Printery and parkland beyond. Continue reading

New tourist experience at Russell's Pompallier Mission]]> 74305 Christmas cheer comes to Pompallier Mission https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/11/28/christmas-cheer-comes-pompallier-mission/ Thu, 27 Nov 2014 17:54:05 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=66355 Christmas cheer will be coming to Russell once again this year at the annual Carols @ Pompallier concert at Pompallier Mission, the Heritage New Zealand property in Russell, Bay of Islands. Local groups and soloists will perform traditional festive favourites as well as modern Christmas songs as part of the show, which takes place on Read more

Christmas cheer comes to Pompallier Mission... Read more]]> Christmas cheer will be coming to Russell once again this year at the annual Carols @ Pompallier concert at Pompallier Mission, the Heritage New Zealand property in Russell, Bay of Islands.

Local groups and soloists will perform traditional festive favourites as well as modern Christmas songs as part of the show, which takes place on Saturday December 20 at 6pm.

"Carols @ Pompallier is an annual fixture for the Russell community and is a great way for the community to re-connect and kick off the festive season," says the Manager of Pompallier Mission, Scott Elliffe, who will be celebrating his first Christmas in the Bay of Islands this year. Continue Reading

Christmas cheer comes to Pompallier Mission]]> 66355 Bishop Pompallier brought new media to the Maori https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/05/08/bishop-pompallier-brought-new-media-to-the-maori/ Mon, 07 May 2012 19:33:35 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=24815

Last week the Australian Catholic Media Congress took place in Sydney. Monsignor Paul Tighe, a media adviser from the Vatican, told the assembly that new media technologies "enable the forming of community, they have extraordinary potential for the wellbeing of the church". In his CathBlog Michael Visontay points out that over 150 years ago, under Read more

Bishop Pompallier brought new media to the Maori... Read more]]> Last week the Australian Catholic Media Congress took place in Sydney. Monsignor Paul Tighe, a media adviser from the Vatican, told the assembly that new media technologies "enable the forming of community, they have extraordinary potential for the wellbeing of the church".

In his CathBlog Michael Visontay points out that over 150 years ago, under the leadership of Bishop Pompallier, a printing press was established in Russell, New Zealand. The Church "embraced new media with a zeal and passion that breathed new life into a whole culture, and transformed the lives of thousands of people".

Michael Visontay is editor in chief of CathNews Australia.

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