Sunday, March 10, 2019

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


National Office of Professional Standards launches website (5 Mar 2019)

The website for the Catholic Church's National Office of Professional Standards (NOPS) has just gone live. The website (https://safeguarding.catholic.org.nz/) provides a platform for information on reporting abuse, safeguarding information and any related policies or documents ...

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LENT 2019

The Caritas Lenten Reflection Programme


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

The Lent 2019 theme – "Living Our Lives with Love" – is taken from "Gaudete et Exsultate – Rejoice and Exult" by Pope Francis. The key themes are new beginnings, patience, compassion, mercy and love. 

Resources and the Lenten Reflection Programmes are prepared each year for parishes, schools, small groups and the wider community. Links to the resources are available on the linked page.

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 


In issue no. 560, March 10-23 2019: Good Shepherd College changes loom ... Abuse summit tough but needed: Cardinal Dew ... Wellington buildings review on ... Pope Francis' Lenten message 2019 ... James Bentley: Speak up on the future of education ... Feature: Catholic school open days ... Fellowship and fun at Chch youth sports day ... 

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS 

Government axes 'medieval, archaic and unjust' laws
The Government has repealed a law that Justice Minister Andrew Little has described as "medieval, archaic and unjust".
Parliament last night unanimously passed the Crimes Amendment Bill, which repealed the "year and a day" rule as well as axed laws prohibiting blasphemy and imposed harsher sentences for would-be livestock thieves.

Child sexual abuse inquiry scope clarified
Priests who abused children in their own homes will be included in a Royal Commission into historical sexual abuse. The move is being described as a change-in-scope by advocates but the Royal Commission says it is only a clarification of the exiting scope.

The high cost of selling churches
The selling off of churches is not merely short-sighted, but shows a lack of trust in God, writes Greg Tanner.

Volunteers wanted to help with appeal
Collectors will be out on March 8 for the annual Dunedin Hospital Chaplaincy Street Appeal. The chaplaincy team at Dunedin Hospital includes four Ecumenical chaplains, a Maori chaplain and a Catholic chaplain and nine voluntary chaplaincy assistants, as well as other volunteers who play the organ at Sunday services, hostesses who invite patients to chapel services and other church and community groups who help take patients in beds and wheelchairs to and from services.

Private investigators to examine school in Dunedin
The Catholic Church's National Office for Professional Standards has called in private investigators to examine historic sexual abuse at a former Dunedin high school. Corporate Risks, a licensed private investigation firm based in Christchurch, has sent a staff member to Dunedin to interview victims of historic abuse at the former Catholic education institution, St Paul's High School.

Nelson Catholic school's punishments too severe for Victorian New Zealand
An inquiry in 1900 found that the punishments used at the Stoke orphanage in Nelson were too severe. 

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News of the Schools
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John Paul College, St Mary's, Rotorua: Rotorua fans meet their ANZ Premiership idols

Kavanagh College, Dunedin: Records tumble at school's annual athletics sports day

St Kevin's College, Oamaru: Pupils involved at centre of emergency services exercise

St Patrick's College, Wellinghton: Wellington college rivalry escalates to vandalism of St Pats statue following McEvedy Shield

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INSPIRED WORD 

Luke 4:1-13 The temptation of Jesus

A reading and commentary with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Jenny Wilkens at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.

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


John L. Allen Jr.: A synod sneak peek, theology v. ideology, and the hour of the nuns

Beginning Thursday, the Vatican will be hosting an interfaith conference with the aim of mobilizing religious support for implementation of the United Nations' "Sustainable Development Goals," a set of 17 goals and 169 targets aimed at helping the world's poor as well as the environment. In some ways, the gathering this week could offer a sneak peek of many of the themes likely to surface in October, when Pope Francis convenes an Oct. 6-27 Synod of Bishops devoted to the Amazon region ...

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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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News of the Church 
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Catholic Herald. Morning Catholic Must Reads : https://bit.ly/2TILT2N

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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

Vacancies in the Catholic Overseas Volunteer programme: 

Job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of ...