In 1999 Fr Rory Morrissey talked about “Mary Most Holy Favoured Daughter of the Father”   Father Rory was a great supporter of this event from the very start and the organisers are most grateful for his valuable input which helped sustain the event through often difficult times. The video below is a recording of that talk in 1999
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In 1999 we were delighted to have Fr Stan Fortuna back on our programme following his very successful trip to our shores back in 1994.  We weren’t sorry, Father Stan was fantastic once again. He have two presentations, the first being “Serving the Poor in Christ”  followed up the following day by a talk about “The Corporal Works of Mercy”. In addition he preached the homily at the Saturday Mass and spoke to the youth on Saturday evening.  Needless to say his generosity of time was much appreciated. Available videos from that year are listed below
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In 1999 Sherry Weddell gave two thought provoking presentations in Auckland followed by similar talks in Wellington and Christchurch. In her first Auckland talk she spoke about “The Lay Apostle Answering God’s call to Happiness” and in her second she addressed the subject “Living Our Call for the Sake of the World”. Videos of both talks are listed below    
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Bishop Valerian D’Souza from Pune in India spoke at our Convention in 1999.  I was a privilege for us to have him as a guest that year. Unfortunately no recording is available of his talk that year. Bishop Valerian played the guitar also which was a surprise as we were not expecting him to have such musical talent. The video below shows Bishop Valerian playing his guitar at another event
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Maria Treadaway, a local singer from Auckland enthralled the audience with her beautiful voice at our Eucharistic Convention in 1999. This is a recording of her session.
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1999 saw the first visit to our shores of the popular American Catholic singer Joseph Moorman.  Joseph came highly recommended and he did not disappoint. Unfortunately we do not have and recordings of his 1999 visit but Joseph returned in 2005 so we have posted two of his videos from that year on the speakers list of this website.  
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