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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Sancta Maria College’s environment committee is proud to announce that with the effort of many students, we have collected an amazing 3251 moth pods as of 7 April 2025. This is well over our original goal of 1000 and was made up of more than five expeditions in and around our school, after school hours.
Moth Plant (and pods) BE GONE! Read More »
On Friday 7 March 2025 our school had a mufti day where students swapped out their school uniforms for their favourite outfits. We all bought in a gold coin to fundraise for The Caring Foundation. It was awesome seeing everyone dressed in their favourite clothes, showing their support and looking super awesome. The gold coin
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Monday 24 March and Tuesday 25 March was time for the annual Science Roadshow. Our junior students were blessed with two fascinating shows: Ballons and Bernoulli and Planet earth, in between these two shows we were given an independent learning opportunity. The first show explored the magic of pressure; a highlight from this segment was
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To start off our season of Lent, the whole school celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass on 5 March 2025. Lent is truly a significant season in the catholic calendar, a time of repentance and sacrifice. Just a day before Mass – in their navigation classes, the students were reminded of Lent, its significance and what it
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On Tuesday 1 April 2025, a group of students participated in a MITO (Motor Industry Training Organisation) bus tour were provided valuable insight into the diverse career opportunities within the automotive industry. The first stop was Giltrap Prestige, where students had the unique opportunity to explore luxury vehicles and tour the state-of-the-art facilities, including the
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