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EASTER SERVICES ONLINE

The Catholic Church in New Zealand is providing broadcasts of the celebration of Mass via the Internet during the current health emergency.

The links to the broadcasts are on the following page of the National Liturgy Office:  https://bit.ly/33Chc53

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

http://www.catholic.org.nz

** Bishops' Easter Day Pastoral Letter and Good Friday Liturgy (9 April 2020)
Your New Zealand Catholic Bishops have written a special Pastoral Letter to all parishioners and faithful discussing the importance of Easter in this extraordinary time of Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown...

NZCBC on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pg/CatholicNZ/posts/

** Bishops' special pastoral letter (12 April)

** Watch Pope Francis leading the traditional Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) in a near-empty Saint Peter's Square. (11 April)

** National Good Friday 2020 liturgy (10 April)

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Reports on how dioceses and parishes are coping with an Easter under lockdown ...

Today marks biggest disruption to Good Friday services in modern history, religious leaders say
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/today-marks-biggest-disruption-good-friday-services-in-modern-history-religious-leaders-say

Faith in quarantine: How religion has been affected by Covid-19
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/413675/faith-in-quarantine-how-religion-has-been-affected-by-covid-19

Churches stream over Easter
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120956388/coronavirus-churches-stream-over-easter

Easter treats still in demand; services a little different
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/413844/covid-19-easter-treats-still-in-demand-services-a-little-different

Timaru's Easter services go online
https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/life/120860860/timarus-easter-services-go-online

Churches continue to connect
Bay of Plenty Times
https://pressreader.com/article/281530818140312

Te Awamutu Churches: Coping through crisis with togetherness
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hamilton-news/te-awamutu-courier/news/article.cfm?c_id=1504325&objectid=12323707

Congregating online for Easter services
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/local-news/20200409/congregating-online/

Manawatu churches seek Easter togetherness in face of lockdown
https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/120906651/manawat-churches-seek-easter-togetherness-in-face-of-lockdown

... and, for a change ...

Word on the street: MacKillop Way
Taranaki Daily News
https://pressreader.com/article/281603832588024
MacKillop Way runs off Brooklands Rd, near St Pius X School. It was developed in 2017 along with the associated infill subdivision and the school community suggested the name...

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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

New Plymouth international school students confident in NZ response despite separation
https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/120788323/coronavirus-new-plymouth-international-school-students-confident-in-nz-response-despite-separation
Two Vietnamese international secondary school students based in New Plymouth have mixed reactions to the increasing rate of coronavirus affecting New Zealand. Cousins Danny and David Nguyen? left their respective parents' homes in Ho Chi Minh City and arrived in Taranaki to begin schooling at Francis Douglas Memorial College (FDMC) at the start of the term in January.

Auckland school jazz band finds an inventive way to keep performing (text and video)
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/auckland-school-jazz-band-finds-inventive-way-keep-performing?auto=6147160917001
With all their music rehearsals cancelled, the band turned to video chats to keep performing. Source: Sancta Maria College
Sancta Maria College, a Catholic school based in Flat Bush, is just one of many schools to have events cancelled after the coronavirus pandemic pushed them in to online learning. But for the school's Big Band, social media created a way for the students to still perform together.

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INSPIRED WORD

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW3-dG1A3neGPJ041T9vjVw  (Under: Created playlists)

John 20:1-9 : The empty tomb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Rxg-thWTQ&list=PLeDNiKpHSQBDAIAYJEHi42R7ctvsFuTEU&index=35
A reading and commentary with Christine Paterson and Fr James Lyons.

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

http://cruxnow.com

Crux is reporting how the Coronavirus is shaping Catholic life around the world.

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EVENTS

All public gatherings have ceased due to the present health emergency.

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EMPLOYMENT
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General Manager, Diocese of Palmerston North
Details on the last page of NZ Catholic online (see above), at https://www.ocg.co.nz/resources/jobs/general-manager/MHU67572OCG and from Mike Hurdle tel. 04 917 7355

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:
https://www.caritas.org.nz/get-involved/catholic-volunteers-overseas

Job vacancies in the Catholic diocese of Auckland: https://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/administration/staff-vacancies/

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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

https://www.catholic.org.nz/

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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/

Fr Kevin Waldie sm. Sunday Reflection:
https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/category/sunday-reflection/

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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  https://www.nzceo.org.nz/network-update/

St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East' https://www.columban.org.au/media-and-publications/the-far-east-magazine/archive/

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

Society of Saint Vincent de Paul NZ. News in Brief:  https://bit.ly/2EFXF82

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

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News of the Church
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http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

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Morning Catholic Must Reads : https://bit.ly/2TILT2N

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