Sunday, February 18, 2018

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LENT 2018 

"Let us go together" - Ven. Suzanne Aubert

Each year the NZ Catholic Bishops' Lent Appeal is run by Caritas to support our work of charity and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable around the world, including in Aotearoa New Zealand.

In 2018 our Lenten theme is, 'Let us go together', which comes from Venerable Suzanne Aubert's 1885 book New and Complete Manual of Maori Conversation. We are personally called to go on a journey – with each other and with God. In the course of the journey we are changed and we change the world around us.

Resources and the Lenten Reflection Programmes are prepared each year for parishes, schools, small groups and the wider community and are available at http://www.caritas.org.nz/lent

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Dean Parker: Lent's religious self-denial does a drinker no harm
Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, far more important than the Valentine's Day it happened to land on because all around the world ex-Catholic sots, a massive tribe, give up the drink for 46 days out of habit and some sort of sense of obligation.

Caritas goes to work on Gita response
In just over 72 hours Tropical Cyclone Gita has swept across islands of the Pacific causing substantial damage to homes, livelihoods, places of refuge, and places of prayer. This is certainly the case in Tonga where Gita made landfall late 12 February as a category 4 tropical storm. Winds raged between 110 and 275 kmph causing waves over 11 metres tall.

Filipinos call to include religious bodies in child abuse inquiry
The government needs to consider expanding its planned Royal Commission into child abuse to include religious organisations, Filipino community leaders say.

Rotorua Catholic Brother Vincent Jury to celebrate 70 years (photo)
A leader of the Catholic Church in Rotorua is set to mark 70 years as a Christian Brother. Brother Vincent Jury will celebrate the milestone in Murupara this Sunday where he has served for 25 years.

'It's very clear': Bishop acknowledges priest's daughter
The Bishop of Auckland has accepted that a local woman is the daughter of a Catholic priest after being presented with fresh evidence.

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News of the Schools
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John Paul College, Rotorua head prefects share their goals for 2018 (photos)
What do Rotorua's 2018 student leaders hope to achieve, how do they feel about getting the role and what are most looking forward to?

Our Lady of the Snows, Methven: school eyes a brighter future after statutory intervention (photos)
After years of latent dysfunction, an 18-month government intervention has put Our Lady of the Snows (OLS) back on track. The families who stayed have championed a renewed school spirit, taking on roles like caretaker and librarian that larger schools have staff for, and drawing locals into successful, if unorthodox, fundraising efforts.

Sacred Heart college, Napier: Gliding: Sacred Heart schoolgirl, 15, flying high with national gliding title (photo)
As a year 12 at Sacred Heart College, Thompson has aspirations of entering the Air Force specialising in either piloting or engineering.

St Theresa's, Plimmerton: Kids plucked from sea north of Wellington after warning of high bacteria level (photo)

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STATION XV: Episode 124 — Criticism, Canada, Christchurch and Chile (February 16, 2018)

http://station15.co.nz/

As the euthanasia debate heats up in New Zealand, so has criticism of some of the advocacy, including material found in a Catholic cathedral. In Canada, people of faith have much to be critical about in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's edict about government funding for a summer jobs program. In Christchurch, a city still recovering from devastating earthquakes several years ago, a new church has offered a ray of sunshine, but it's not so positive for Pope Francis when one looks at his work to tackle child sexual abuse — highlighted again on his recent trip to Chile. As always, Anna, Don, James and Gavin offer something a bit lighter after an intense but important discussion about some of the big Catholic stories of the month.

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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin


Church joins quest to figure out what makes Millennials tick

In every corner of the world, politicians, companies and employers alike have been trying for some time now to understand what Millennials, meaning young people between the ages of 16 and 35, are all about. For the Vatican, this translates into the call for a Synod of Bishops on youth, which will be preceded by a weeklong conference in Rome March 19-24 involving more than 300 young representatives sent from bishops' conferences all over the world ...

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS 

'NZ Catholic' is a national newspaper published by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland. http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz 

Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'. https://issuu.com/search?q=%22kete+korero%22

Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com'  http://www.welcom.org.nz

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. School News Update  http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/ 

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz


'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide - http://livingtheword.org.nz

Marist Messenger. Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD







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EMPLOYMENT 

Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on the Website of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz

Vacancies in the Catholic Overseas Volunteer programme, contact: volunteers@caritas.org.nz 

Job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of Auckland: http://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/category/vacancies/



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