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Building consents: Holy Trinity Church gets nearly $2 million makeover 13 Mar, 2021 08:00 PM 4 minutes to read Tauranga s Holy Trinity Church is undergoing a nearly $2 million makeover. A building consent worth $1.7m has been approved by the Tauranga City Council to refurbish the old hall and build a smaller 80-seat chapel. It is one of 203 building consents worth more than $72m issued in February. Holy Trinity Church administrator Donald Carter said the hall, built in the early 1950s, was originally meant to have been demolished after a fire at the church in 1999. A childcare centre was meant to have been included in the rebuild, Carter said. ....
SunStar + March 14, 2021 IN ONE of Fr. Jerry Orbos’ homily, he mentioned these points to ponder, “As we grow older, our main goal in life must not be happiness, but Godliness; not reputation but character; not wealth but virtue; not fame but faith; not the approval of men but the approval of our Creator.” This reminds us that life on earth is temporal. No matter how we try to stretch our physical body to last over a hundred years, it remains that our spiritual body will become our main destination after our temporary stay here on earth. We do not only need to preserve and enhance our physical bodies but most importantly those that are not seen by our naked eyes but felt by anyone we relate with. Our kindness shall remain in their hearts and minds and shall be passed on to others to effect a chain of such virtue. ....
SunStar + March 14, 2021 THE title of my last column quoting the Blessed Mother- The Time of Mercy has Closed- should not be taken to mean that God is no longer dispensing mercy to lost souls. Divine Mercy will always be at the disposal of any repentant sinner even up to the end of the world. But then, our Blessed Mother is telling us that the hand of Divine Justice is now falling on an unrepentant world that has largely ignored Divine Mercy. Meanwhile, as the Philippines grapples with soaring coronavirus cases and lack of vaccines, I am encouraging all Catholics to go to Confession and be determined to remain in the state of grace and protect themselves from microbes by blessing their homes with exorcised holy water and salt, while saying the following prayer: Let no breath of infection and no disease-bearing air remain in these places.” ....