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HOLY CROSS SEMINARY NEWSLETTER:

Holy Cross Seminary has released their final newsletter of the year.

In this newsletter you can find a number of articles of interest, including Gerson Badayos being accepted as a candidate for ordination to the Diaconate and Priesthood (and 2025 Catholic Theological College Valedictorian), Emilio Capo in being ordained as a Deacon, and saying farewell and thank you to Fr Ron Benett and Fr Merv Duffy SM.

You can read the newsletter by following the link below.

Please pray for our seminarians and for all those discerning the call to priesthood and religious life.

www.wn.catholic.org.nz/adw_community/holy-cross-seminary-christmas-newsletter/ ... See MoreSee Less

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