In 1997 Rita Klaus returned to tell more of her journey not only in Auckland but Wellington and Christchurch also.  In Auckland she talked about her “Journey to God through Suffering” and the “Need for Personal Prayer”.  Rita spoke to the youth also in 1997.  Below are video recordings of those talks.
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International singer Marilla Ness came to our 1997 Eucharistic Convention and wowed everybody with her beautiful singing voice.  We were limited to what we could record because of copyright issues but below is a recording of Marilla singing “As I Kneel Before You” which is recorded below. Marilla’s music can be seen on her website: http://www.marilla.com/
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Bishop Mackey spoke at our 1997 Eucharistic Convention. Unfortunately we do not have a recording of that presentation.  He died on 20 January 2014 – following is a tribute to this great Bishop of Auckland that was printed in NZ Catholic. ——————————- In his history of Auckland diocese, In Cruce Salus, Fr Ernest Simmons described Bishop Mackey as, “Gifted with one of the best minds in the Church in New Zealand, [he] is a gentle man of unusual sympathy — the kind of person who has a large circle of people who class themselves as personal friends”. Born in Bray,
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Local Rosminian priest Father Ernie Milne gave two presentations at our 1997 Eucharistic Convention.  One was entitled “The Charity of Christ” and the second “The Holy Spirit”; both of which are recorded below.
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In 1997 Mark Shea gave two presentations at our Convention that year.  The first was entitled “An Evangelical discovers Catholic Tradition” and the second “Discovering the Real Presence”. Mark also addressed the youth with a talk about the Real Presence. The three talks are below  
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In 1997 Fr Paul gave the opening address at our convention that year; unfortunately we do not have a recording of that talk. His second talk entitled “Being Docile to the Holy Spirit” is recorded – see the video below.
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Having been asked to return following his presentations in 1996 proved so popular, Kevin gave a talk to the youth programme that got the young people thinking. This is a recording of that talk  
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