Sunday, January 13, 2019

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Kiwi Bishop invited to lead Catechesis at World Youth Day 2019 (10 Jan 2019)
The Vatican has requested Bishop Charles Drennan of the Palmerston North Diocese to lead one of the three Catechesis sessions for English speaking pilgrims at January's World Youth Day in Panama...

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS 

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Professor emeritus led university's code of ethics
Manawatu Guardian 10 Jan 2019
The late Professor Emeritus Ivan Snook was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for service to tertiary education. He established and chaired the first Massey University human ethics committee, and led the development of the university's code of ethics for human subject research. Professor Snook died in October 2018. His wife Josie gave the Manawatu Guardian her late husband's Reflections on a philosophical life written for the Philosophy of Education Society. We print excerpts from his autobiography ...

Vatican considering defrocking 
The defrocking - or laicisation - of Fr Magnus Murray has been referred to the Vatican, where it is being considered under the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, ODT Insight understands ...

Obituary: Ken McGifford, the Mayor of Aramoho 
The death of 85-year-old Ken McGifford has ended the era of a popular former businessman nick-named the "Mayor" of Aramoho.

Thirty years of success for St Joseph's community Christmas lunch 
For three decades Carol Fisher has served at the community Christmas lunch in New Plymouth but this year was the first time she got to sit and eat with the crowd. Fisher was among the group of volunteers who, inspired by a similar event in Auckland, organised the first ever Christmas meal at St Joseph's Church and has been involved ever since. 

Going blind: A mother's anguish living with retinitis pigmentosa 
A New Zealand mother's eyes welled up with tears as she spoke about the possibility of not being able to see her children grow up, get married or having grandchildren. Karen Chong, 48, suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, often simply called RP, a rare hereditary retinal disease. She is legally blind, has very limited vision and could go totally blind any time.

Liam Hehir: We are better off than ever before, but we've lost something important
Rongotea can put on a Christmas parade, but its Catholic church almost didn't have mass on Christmas Day.

Sexual abuse survivor Darryl Smith to share his story at the Vatican
A survivor of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church will share his story at the Vatican. Dunedin man Darryl Smith will meet with Catholic bishops, and potentially Pope Francis, during a global summit on clergy sexual abuse in Rome in February.

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News of the Schools
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New Hato Paora principal has desire to maintain school's legacy
New Hato Paora College principal Nathan Matthews wants to maintain the tradition and the legacy of the Manawatu school. Hato Paora is one of four Maori boarding schools left in New Zealand – there are three others in Hawke's Bay. The only other Maori Catholic boys boarding school was Auckland's Hato Petera College, which recently closed. 

'Working' on new name for Kavanagh 
The Catholic Bishop of Dunedin is still not ready to decide on a name change for Kavanagh College, but insists he is ''working quite hard'' on the issue.

At 7, Whangarei schoolgirl Maddison Macmillan is published author 
At just 7 years old, Madison Macmillan, a student at St Francis Xavier Catholic School in Whangarei, is already a published author, with the release of her children's book The Good Baby and the Bad Hippo that encourages youngsters to be truthful and kind.

Napier St Joseph's Maori Girls' College's kapa haka performance in Barcelona warms hearts around world 
It is a sight not many would expect in a Spanish city, but one that has captured the hearts and minds of those all over the world. Hundreds gathered on the cobblestone streets of Barcelona to watch students from Napier's St Joseph's Maori Girls' College perform a kapa haka routine, with waiata and poi.

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INSPIRED WORD 

Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 The baptism of Jesus
A reading and commentary with Fr David Kennerly SM and Suzanne O'Rourke.

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


John L. Allen Jr: How to know if reform in the Vatican Press Office is real
In the celebrated 1958 novel Il Gattopardo, a young noble trying to make his way in the new order, delivered the novel's epigrammatic line: "Everything must change, so that everything may stay the same." That phrase leapt to mind on Friday, when the Vatican announced a series of new appointments to the Press Office following the New Year's Eve departures of former spokespersons Greg Burke and Paloma Garcia Ovejero ...

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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND


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New Zealand Catholic 
Periodicals & Newsletters
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'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'  https://chchcatholic.nz/?sid=25 (Latest news - Latest Inform)

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

Marist Messenger. Daily Reflections https://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/

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Catholic Discovery NZ (Catholic Enquiry Centre)

'NZ Catholic' newspaper

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

Holy Cross Seminary

Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ

NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference

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News of the Church 
in NZ and the World
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Employment 
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Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on the Website of the Education Gazette: https://gazette.education.govt.nz/vacancies/?Keywords=catholic#results

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