Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Catholic Church, passed away peacefully on Easter Monday 21 April 2025, at the age of 88 years, following ongoing health complications related to his lungs and heart. As the spiritual leader of over 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide, the Pope serves not only as the Bishop of Rome, but […]
Waka Ama On Tuesday 29 April 2025, our Year 7-10 Kapa Haka students and Year 10-11 students, learning Māori language, had the extraordinary opportunity to go on a fantastic trip ‘Waka Ama’ facilitated by Ocean Blue Sports Club at Okāhu Bay in Auckland. You may be wondering what ‘Waka Ama’ means – it is a
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On Thursday 1 May 2025, the annual Pompallier Shield competition commenced as soon as a flame flickered on the Pompallier Candle’s wick. Students from Sancta Maria College were selected to compete and represent our school’s Catholic identity through diverse categories. This year, we gathered with fifteen other Catholic schools in the heart of Auckland, at
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On the last day of Term 1, 11 April 2025, the Year 12 retreat was held in the school auditorium. This year, our retreat focused on a key Gospel message: “We are by Christ called to serve others as leaders of our school.” As we embark on our journey as the 2026 leaders of the school,
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On Wednesday 2 April 2025, Sancta Maria College’s Kapa Haka students had the amazing opportunity to visit ASB Polyfest held at the Manukau Sports Bowl. This annual event gave these students an opportunity to be exposed to competitive level Kapa Haka, with the aim of helping enhance their future performance skills. We all started off
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Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, became the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on 13 March 2013. He was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pope, and the first non-European pope in over 1200 years. But more than any firsts, Pope Francis became known for something
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On Thursday 10 April 2025 — a perfect, sunny day that marked an exciting occasion for our Year 7 and 8 students. With a mix of nerves and excitement, they set off to St Cuthbert’s College to represent our school in the annual Kids’ Lit Quiz. The competition brought together 75 schools from across Auckland.
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On Wednesday 9 April 2025 our whole school came together to praise the Lord by focusing on the last seven last words of Jesus. Senior students, Jonathan Brozowski, Rayan Koz, Charbel Albotrous, Hannah Ernstzen, Elizabeth Johnstone and Summer Earl gave their personal reflections on Jesus’ words, how it has impacted their lives and what it
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On 11 March 2025, Brendan Malone, a public speaker on Christian faith, unpacked the Catholic principles which show how reason and revelation can uncover the truth of the Catholic worldview, and the flaws in common secular worldviews. He gave two talks to the Year 12 students and 90 of our Year 11 Youth Ministers regarding
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During the final week of term 1, some students from the Enviro Committee had the opportunity to volunteer and work with Sea Cleaners NZ, an organisation that works to clear rubbish off New Zealand’s coastlines and waterways. In 2002 alone, they collected over 15 million litres of rubbish, helping to protect the marine wildlife and
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