While listing boxes I found one filled with stoles, altar linen and a black cassock. In the folds of the cassock was a pouch containing a pyx (a container for the reserved host).
On closer examination the pyx had the name Rev J Ryan 9.5.1935
When I returned to the office I checked ...
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Easter Treats from the Pompallier Collection
The items from the Pompallier collection include administration records for the diocese, official church documents but also more personal documents from Pompallier including correspondence. One item caught my eye - a small hard cover note book listed as "Bishop Pompallier's sermons and notes 22 Nov ...
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Child Poverty: A Tale of Inheritance
Inheritance is often thought of in positive terms of reward, something to look forward to or seek. When inheritance is poverty, no one is known for putting their hand out and asking for a second helping. Poverty has no friends, yet seems to be in ever-increasing company in Aotearoa, New Zealand, ...
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