Sunday, June 14, 2020

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SUNDAY MASS ONLINE AND ON TV

Mass for Sunday 14 June, The Body and Blood of Christ, from Auckland Diocese:
Shine TV: Freeview channel 25 2.00 pm

Links to streamed broadcasts of Mass are on this page of the National Liturgy Office:  https://bit.ly/33Chc53
Streamed broadcasts can only been seen during the time that Mass is being celebrated.

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Bishops: Over to each diocese and parish to decide Level 1 measures
The New Zealand Catholic Bishops met today and decided they did not need to issue any formal advice or pastoral comment on how churches should operate under Covid-19 Alert Level 1 ...

Bishop Basil Meeking, Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, dies aged 90
Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, Most Reverend Basil Meeking DD, died today, Bishop Paul Martin has announced. Bishop Meeking, aged 90, passed away at Christchurch Hospital after a recent period of ill-health ...

NZ Catholic Directory being printed and posted after Lockdown delay
Good news! The 2020 edition of the popular NZ Catholic Directory is now being printed. We will start mailing copies this week through NZ Post ...

NZCBC on Facebook

** How churches should operate under Covid-19 Alert Level 1. 

** Death of Bishop  Meeking

** Royal Commission seeks faith-based abuse survivors:

** NZ Catholic Directory is now being printed. 
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'NZ CATHOLIC' (free, online)


Issue No. 591, June 14 - 27, 2020  is available free online at: 
Best viewed via the Download pdf link at bottom right.

In the current issue: Caritas Aotearoa NZ Lent Appeal funds down 30 per cent on past years ... Fr Trung ordained after lockdown delay ... Reports of the return to public Masses in Marlborough, Takapuna, Whanganui, Christchurch and Dunedin ... A message for Catholic media – don't let print die ... Guest editorial: To fight racism, we must hunger for justice ... Mapping a way forward after lockdown ... SVDP launches National Recovery Appeal ... Catholic social agencies' extraordinary Covid-19 support ... Te Kupenga Catholic Theological College seeks Dean ... New Our Lady of Kapiti church and centre opened.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Former Christchurch Catholic bishop Basil Meeking dies
The seventh Catholic Bishop of Christchurch – Reverend Basil Meeking - has died. Meeking was first ordained as a priest in 1953 and served as Bishop of Christchurch from 1987 until 1996. He died aged 90 at Christchurch Hospital after a recent period of ill-health, current Bishop of Christchurch Paul Martin announced on Thursday.

New priest for Palmerston North Catholic diocese
Palmerston North's Catholic diocese has new priest after the belated ordination of Trung Nguyen. Nguyen was ordained at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit on Saturday, having had the event postponed from April due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Royal Commission Seeks Information From Faith-based Abuse Survivors On Their Claims For Redress
Monday, 8 June 2020, 8:38 am
The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry is appealing for information from survivors who reported the abuse they suffered while in faith-based care and sought redress either directly from the Church or other Faith-based Institution or by filing civil proceedings in Court or the Human Rights Review Tribunal.

Sexual-abuse survivors encouraged to speak out as Royal Commission continues to investigate 

The lasting toxic effects of former Catholic Marist brother Kevin Healy 
An interview (text and video) with a victim of  Kevin Healy (Brother Gordon).

Catholic church foundation to hold cache of religious treasures
Foundations are about to be poured later this week for a new church and community centre in Chapel Road, Flat Bush. Before the concrete is poured, a collection of personal religious items, contributed by members of the Catholic community of St Luke's in Flat Bush, will be buried in the foundations.

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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

Catholic Diocese to meet with Auckland school after Black Lives Matter posters torn down
The Catholic Diocese of Auckland will meet with Marist College families after teachers tore down Black Lives Matter posters at the school.

Student says Auckland's Marist College teachers are racist towards her peers

Reduced NCEA requirements a 'relief' for New Plymouth students
New Plymouth students have welcomed temporary changes to National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) requirements and university entrance in the wake of the coronavirus restrictions. Sacred Heart Girls' College head students Jorja Murray, Cornelia Chan and Caitlin O'Connell said Covid-19 and the alert level 4 lockdown had caused an immense amount of stress on their education.

Pyjama Friday helps Kai Kitchen Trust keep kids warm, dry and fed
Teachers, support staff and pupils at St Joseph's, Stratford all wore their PJs and brought their teddies to school on Friday for the fundraiser, raising a total of $400 for the school to donate to the trust.

PM responds to letter from Timaru girl wanting to book sleepover
An eight-year-old Timaru girl keen to know how long she would have to wait to have a sleepover with her best friend, wrote to the Prime Minister to ask during Covid-9 Level 3. Pypa's mother Kit Winter-Davis said the girls had been friends since they were the age of one and both attended Timaru's Sacred Heart Primary School.

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INSPIRED WORD 


John 6:51-58 Jesus the bread of life
A reading and commentary by Fr Chris Skinner and Regina Perez.

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


With new fund, Pope aims to 'cross streams' of Church and secular world
Since his election in 2013, it has been clear that three of Pope Francis's passions are having a poor church for the poor; implementing what he's called a healthy de-centralization empowering local bishops, and, to quote Ghostbusters, "crossing the streams" - meaning fostering a collaboration between the Church and at times improbable players outside of the Catholic Church. While usually people tend to focus on one of those things at a time, on Friday a new project in Rome was presented that managed to combine all three at once ...

New study: Successful parishes are missionary, emphasize lay leadership
"Open Wide the Doors to Christ: A Study of Catholic Social Innovation for Parish Vitality," released last week enumerates shared characteristics found in Catholic parishes with vital communities, which are described as ones with strong leadership and "a balance of Word, Worship, and Service in the life of the parish" ...

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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 diocese of Auckland: https://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/administration/staff-vacancies/

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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND


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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: 

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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/


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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