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Fr (Michael) Vincent Curtain SM
Born: 4 July 1932, in Greymouth Professed: 7 February 1954 Ordained: 20 July 1958 Died: 20 September 2020 in Christchurch Michael Vincent Curtain was born in Greymouth in 1932. His family moved to Motueka and then to Nelson, where Vince attended St Joseph’s Primary School. His secondary education was at St Patrick’s College, Silverstream, where […]

Words at Funerals
By Chad Bird There will come a day, perhaps sooner, perhaps later, when the man in the coffin will be me. They say the dead don’t care, I’d like to have some say in what goes on at my funeral. Not that they will be privy to the details of what happens at their own […]