NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases
Christchurch Vicar-General Fr Rick Loughnan honoured with title of Monsignor
https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/mons-rick-loughnan/
Congratulations, Christchurch North Parish Priest and diocesan Vicar-General Rick Loughnan, who has been honoured by Pope Francis with the title Monsignor ...
NZCBC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicNZ/
** Pope Francis is resting and doing well in Rome's Gemelli Hospital after his abdominal surgery this week. He has also been responding to the many messages he has received ...
** The new edition of Discover is out now. Discover is the newsletter of the Catholic Enquiry Centre-Catholic Discovery and has lots of interesting news from director Rebecca Taylor-Hunt. Nga manaakitanga. Download a PDF edition here:
** Please pray for Pope Francis, who had surgery for an abdominal hernia overnight NZ time and could be in hospital for several days.
** Congratulations to Mr Tony Hanning for becoming a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM), for services to education and the community.
** Te Kupenga-Catholic Theological College is now accepting enrolments for the July 2023 Safeguarding Course intake, following the course being reviewed by the National Office for Professional Standards.
** Ka pai and congratulations Dr Mary Eastham of Feilding, awarded a Queen's Service Medal for services to interfaith communities.
** Haere mai Damian. The close and extended whanau of Damian Dempsey, the new NZ Catholic Bishops Conference Executive Director, were greeted in a powhiri this afternoon at Connolly Hall in Thorndon on Damian's first day in his new role ...
** The NZ Catholic Medical Association (NZCMA) is holding a retreat and seminar this Friday and Saturday 9-10 June at the Home of Compassion, Island Bay, Wellington
** Ka pai St Mary's School, Blenheim, celebrating your 150th Jubilee from Friday 30 June to Sunday 3 July.
** Enrich your knowledge of theology by studying at Te Kupenga - Catholic Theological College. The college offers several programmes of study, with study by distance options available:
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
School's cultural celebrations uphold children's mana
https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/300901093/schools-cultural-celebrations-uphold-childrens-mana
St James' Catholic School in Palmerston North held a cultural day on Friday to celebrate the 23 cultures at the school. Children came to school in their cultural dress during the day which was to be followed with an event in the school hall in the evening, including performances and shared kai ...
Suzanne Aubert School contributing to nation's biosecurity
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/suzanne-aubert-school-contributing-to-nations-biosecurity/VDLO4QVUMNE57IJTK5VMG2WUBU/
Pupils at Suzanne Aubert Catholic School in Papamoa are looking for something they hope they won't find. The school is one of seven in the Tauranga area where People and Plants in Schools (PiPS) runs programmes. Some of those schools — including Suzanne Aubert School — have planted sentinel gardens of plants that can attract invasive pests and act as an early warning system.
Church appointment could 'open the door'
Otago Daily Times 10 Jun 2023
https://pressreader.com/article/281947432251034
A New church official hopes his first-of-a-kind appointment in the South will help open the door for others. Last month, Balclutha man Iosefa Setu was ordained a permanent deacon of the Catholic Church in a special ceremony at St Mary McKillop Church in Balclutha ...
King's Birthday honours: Local recipients
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/kings-birthday-honours-local-recipients
Profiles of all the Southern recipients from this year's King's Birthday honours list include ...
Gerard Anthony (Tony) Hanning MNZM, for services to education and the community. Mr Hanning has contributed to Catholic education and community organisations in Otago and Southland for decades ...
'If you're trying, that's what's important': Queen's Service Medal recipient's faith in human connections
https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/300895671/if-youre-trying-thats-whats-important-queens-service-medal-recipients-faith-in-human-connections
Queen's Service Medal recipient Dr Mary Eastham, standing beside a Navajo healing wheel, a gift to her late husband Scott. It holds great meaning to her, representing the interconnectivity of all life. For more than a decade Eastham was the Bishop of Palmerston North's representative on the Catholic Bishops' Committee on Interfaith Relations. Through this work she helped establish the Palmerston North Interfaith Group, and she is presently a member of the national Religious Diversity Centre ...
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THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI)
https://www.youtube.com/c/AucklandCatholic/videos
Today's Mass, celebrated by Monsignor Bernard Kiely at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Balmoral, Auckland, can be viewed at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXHkjiBNMy8
Sunday Mass is also broadcast on Shine TV (Freeview channel 25) at 2 pm and live streamed at:
https://www.shinetv.co.nz/videos/live (only viewable in New Zealand).
RNZ. Hymns on Sunday, (audio and text)
Hymns for the Feast of Corpus Christi
https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/hymns/audio/2018893612/hymns-on-sunday-11-june-2023
New Zealand Commentaries on the Readings for the Sundays of the Year:
Inspired Word: A video reading and commentary on the gospel of the day by Fr Chris Skinner and Regina Perez.
John 6:51-58 Jesus the bread of life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3sWRe16YBA&list=PLeDNiKpHSQBDAIAYJEHi42R7ctvsFuTEU&index=11
Sunday homilies of Fr Anthony Trenwith (podcast):
https://station15.co.nz/
Marist Laity NZ. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide
https://livingtheword.org.nz/
The Most Holy Body and Blood Of Christ: Yr. A
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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin
https://cruxnow.com
Docs say Pope doing well, but will skip Sunday Angelus amid recovery
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2023/06/docs-say-pope-doing-well-but-will-skip-sunday-angelus-amid-recovery
Three days after Pope Francis underwent surgery for an abdominal hernia, the Vatican announced that he would skip his Sunday Angelus address on medical advice, with the pontiff's doctors saying he must avoid excess movement that could strain his incision point ...
Pope's peace envoy on Ukraine says aim is dialogue, not mediation
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2023/06/popes-peace-envoy-on-ukraine-says-aim-is-dialogue-not-mediation
Shortly after returning from Ukraine, where he undertook a special peace mission on behalf of Pope Francis, Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi stressed the importance of dialogue and said his visit was not an attempt at mediation ...
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EMPLOYMENT
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Director of Marist Laity, Society of Mary, Aotearoa New Zealand, Ponsonby, Auckland.
https://www.sm.org.nz/about/marist-laity/
Details in 'NZ Catholic', May 7-20 2023, p. 20 and from: secretary@smnz.org.nz
Applications close 16 June 2023
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 at Caritas Aotearoa:
https://www.caritas.org.nz/work-with-us
Job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of ...
Auckland: https://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/staff-vacancies/
Hamilton: https://www.cdh.org.nz/jobs
Wellington: https://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/adw_community/vacancies/
Dunedin: https://www.cdd.nz/we-offer/employment-opportunities
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
https://www.catholic.org.nz/
The six dioceses:
https://www.catholic.org.nz/find-us/dioceses-2/#section_59
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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. https://nzcatholic.org.nz/
Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'.
https://www.cdh.org.nz/kete-korero/
Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com' http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/welcom/
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform'
https://chchcatholic.nz/?sid=25 (Latest news - Latest Inform)
Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. Newsletter
https://www.cdd.nz/
The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/
St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East'
https://www.columban.org.au/media-and-publications/the-far-east-magazine/archive/
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul NZ.
https://www.svdp.org.nz/resources/ Newsletters. News in Brief:
'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine.
https://tuimotu.org/ Scroll down to Articles, Explore More
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Catholic Discovery NZ (Catholic Enquiry Centre)
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'NZ Catholic' newspaper
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Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
https://www.facebook.com/caritasaotearoa/timeline
Catholic Theological College
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Holy Cross Seminary
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Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ
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