Your love calls to us…in every pebble, rock and hill - to sing of your mercy and justice. Sr Rosaleen Hogan rsm As September rolls around we celebrate the dawning of spring in the Southern Hemisphere. Spring represents a time of awakening and rejuvenation. Rather than … [Read more...]

This month, New Zealand women celebrate 125 years of winning the right to vote. Today, we all take a visit to the ballot box for granted once we turn 18 but, it hasn’t always been that way. On 19 September 1893 New Zealand became the first self-governing country to grant women … [Read more...]

Watch St Catherine's College Wellington win the O’Shea Shield competition in the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLvYxiyDA8A   … [Read more...]

“Since God’s power is not limited to time or space, we have the same means as the greatest saints had. God can affect in us what he accomplished in them. In fact, to arrive at their sanctity requires no more than to simply perform our daily actions perseveringly and regularly for … [Read more...]

Whatever it is However impossible it seems Whatever the obstacle that lies between you and it If it is honest If it has integrity If it is has meaning and value You must stretch yourself to help those who need it ..reach it... Manuela Adams - Teacher A … [Read more...]

Te Ngakau Waiora Mercy Spirituality Centre welcomed Noel Letford and Peter Buckland  onto their Board on the 17th of July. Tiaki Manatū Chair Tony Harkins facilitated the ceremony. Noel Letford has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related … [Read more...]

All goes well when you can work together in harmony M Patricia O’Neill rsm The beauty of true friendships is that they transcend time, geography, age, ethnicity, gender, and the list goes on! Since the inaugural International Friendship Day in 1958, we have committed … [Read more...]

A group of sisters residing at St Mary’s decided they would like to do something a bit different to celebrate the June feast days – Sr Rossello on the 12th, Sr Patricia Erin on 13th and Sr Irenaeus on 28th.  Sr Marcienne came up with the idea of a mid -Winter celebration. Staff … [Read more...]

Community Award: Lynn Lander: Lynn has made, and continues to make, a positive difference, serving on our Proprietor's Board, Carmel College Auckland Limited, since 2004 and as Chair since November 2013. But her association with the college goes back to last century – 1990s … [Read more...]

Matariki is such a special time of the year. Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars that also goes by the name Pleiades. Rising in mid-winter, Matariki heralds the start of a brand new year for many Māori and is recognised as Aotearoa and the Pacific’s formal … [Read more...]

Technology plays a big role in all our lives. From our computers to our mobile phones, we are living in a very connected age. It can be a liberating state given its ability to deepen our knowledge and help us connect with loved ones across the world. At times it does have a … [Read more...]

At the Paris Climate Talks two and a half years ago, Pope Francis warned the planet “carbon dioxide emissions and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases remain very high. This is disturbing and a cause for real concern.”   This year the pope kept up a quiet … [Read more...]

The writing talents of Dennis Horton has collaborated with the visual stylings of sr Cheryl Connelly rsm to produce a new mercy resource. … [Read more...]

  “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever” - Psalm 23:8 For Year 13 school leavers, reaching the halfway mark in the school year can be a very surreal time knowing that the page is almost about … [Read more...]

O’Shea Shield a success in more ways than one. Despite damp weather, spirits were far from dampened at St Catherine’s College over the weekend of May 12th/13th. The 72nd O’Shea Shield competition was hosted by St Catherine’s, for the first time. The mammoth task of welcoming … [Read more...]

“But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never failing stream!” History may be full of inspiring stories celebrating positive steps towards a more egalitarian world that unifies people regardless of their gender, ethnicity or socioeconomic status, but … [Read more...]

  Availability and sensitivity to the needs of others are features of Catherine’s legacy - Angela Bolster rsm The cost to feed one patient at Mercy Hospice is around $30 per day. Mother Rosie and daughter Hannah Piper joined in on a unique way to fundraise for the … [Read more...]