Sunday, June 18, 2023


NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Archbishop Paul Martin SM installation as Archbishop of Wellington
Archbishop Paul Martin SM [was] installed as Archbishop of Wellington at 11am this Saturday 17 June at St Teresa's Pro-Cathedral in Karori ...



** Archbishop Paul Martin SM was installed as Archbishop of Wellington today at St Teresa's Pro-Cathedral in Karori.  Here's a selection of photos, taken by Rebecca Taylor-Hunt of the Catholic Enquiry Centre.

** Doctors expect Pope Francis to be discharged from Rome's Gemelli Hospital soon. 

** This Sunday 18 June is the Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants. Caritas Aotearoa NZ has resources for this special day, which this year focuses on the crisis of the 900,000 Rohingya refugees (almost 500,000 of them are children)  living in camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

** Doctors say Pope Francis' blood test results are normal and his recovery is proceeding well, following his abdominal surgery last week. 

** Catholic Discovery has published a fascinating article about the feast day Corpus Christi

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 

Full text articles: https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2023/ 

In issue no. 663  June 18-July 1, 2023: St Pat's science head honoured (Doug Walker, St Patrick's College, Kilbirnie); Catholic concerns over surrogacy bill ... From not speaking English to top scholar in a few years (Kinh van Nguyen, Holy Cross Seminary) ... Catholics recognised in King's Birthday honours ... Editorial: The Church, voting and age requirements ... JPC told that our society shouldn't leave people behind (Kushlan Sugathapala) ... Eucharistic miracles exhibition to work wonders ... Inner healing for young people, a first for the movement (Diana Ingle, Christian Renewal Association) ... Tema starts her new life as a Bride of Christ (Tema Colati, consecrated virgin) ... ICPE Mission looks to future after St Gerard's ... NZers help honour memory of French Patriot in Canada (François Xavier Prieur) ... Theology on Tap exceeded all expectations.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Dannevirke St Joseph's marks 125 years with concert
Dannevirke's St Joseph's Church celebrated its 125th anniversary with a concert this month, entertaining more than 100 music lovers. World-class tenor Patrick Power and renowned soprano Cindy O'Sullivan were the highlights of the afternoon, each singing six songs in two brackets.

A farewell to St Francis de Sales
Marlborough Midweek 15 Jun 2023
For 115 years, St Francis de Sales Catholic Church has served the community of Renwick, but on Sunday it will host its last Mass. The Wellington Archdiocese of the Catholic church has decided to deconsecrate and close the Renwick Church, with the Mass on June 18 the last formal Catholic gathering.

Visual artist Jim Allen dies, aged 100
Visual artist and Arts Foundation "icon" Jim Allen has died, aged 100. One of his most significant works was the Futuna Chapel in Karori, Wellington. Built in 1961, its coloured Perspex windows, 14 Stations of the Cross and modernist "light modulators" have led it to being described as one of New Zealand's unique pieces of architecture.

About Futuna Chapel:

Old Catholic church in Marlborough to be demolished
A church perched in the same spot above Picton for the last 158 years will soon disappear. The building that used to be St Joseph's Catholic Church hasn't held a Sunday mass for three-and-a-half years, the altar and pews since removed. It was the second incarnation of the original church built on the site in 1865 ...

Giving support where it is needed
Waimea Weekly  7 Jun 2023
Miraka Norgate has known since the beginning of the year that she was likely to receive a Queen's Service Medal for her services to the community, but only told her husband a couple of weeks ago. Helping her community has been simply part of the fabric of life for Miraka who received the award as part of the King's Birthday and Coronation Honours this week ...

Leak near church has been soaking footpath for at least four years
A leak outside a Roman Catholic Church on Boulcott St has been spilling out onto the footpath outside the building since before the pandemic and staff are worried that it's an accident waiting to happen ...

News of the Schools

Pupils plying pen's power to aid Malawi
Otago Daily Times17 Jun 2023
Two Invercargill Girls will spend 40 hours writing 400 letters to raise awareness and funds to provide clean water to communities in Malawi. The idea of the fundraising came when Verdon College pupils Kayla Barker (17) and Katie Dennis (17) attended a youth conference hosted by World Vision in Dunedin in May.

Young artists hold auction to raise funds for North
Support for Cyclone Gabrielle victims has come straight from the hearts of Dunedin's budding artists — although they are a lot younger than one might presume. St Joseph's Cathedral School hosted an art auction at Te Pukenga Otago Polytechnic on Thursday night, to raise funds for victims of the devastating cyclone that hit North Island residents earlier in the year.

First phase of report complete
Otago Daily Times 17 Jun 2023
Limited statutory manager Nicola Hornsey has finished the information gathering phase of her role at St Peter's College. The school was placed in statutory management in April. The state-integrated year 7-15 coeducational Catholic school has about 450 pupils.

Roncalli students' contributions to school recognised and rewarded by charitable trust
The cultural, spiritual and personal contributions of two Roncalli College students to their school have been recognised and rewarded by a charitable trust ...

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ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (A)


Today's Mass, celebrated by Fr Nathaniel Brazil at St Joseph's Catholic Church, Takapuna, Auckland, can be viewed at: 

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 18 June 2023 include 'Praise to the Lord, the Almighty' and an arrangement of 'Abide with me', played by Woolston Brass.


New Zealand Commentaries on the Readings for the Sundays of the Year:

Sunday homilies of Fr Anthony Trenwith (podcast):

Marist Laity NZ. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide. June 17 2023

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STATION XV (podcast)


Episode 186 — Compact, College, (New) Caledonia, Cardinal, Christians (June 18, 2023)

This month's show is anything but compact, but we start with news of a Vatican compact on the family, encouraging its flourishing in society. In the Pacific, Catholic education is growing in New Zealand, but has been under threat in New Caledonia. Sadly, the US is grappling with more gun violence, but a cardinal has proposed a possible way forward. Some might say he's dreaming, but what might he be dreaming about? Researchers are trying to find out — well, maybe not the cardinal's dreams, but the dreams of Christians. Join Cam, Don, Gavin and James for this month's trip around the world.

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


Pope Francis back in Vatican after second hospitalization this year
Pope Francis was discharged from Rome's Gemelli hospital early Friday morning, nine days after being admitted for surgery on an abdominal hernia, marking his second hospitalization in three months and his second surgery in two years ...

Russian Orthodox prelate visits Rome as Pope's peace envoy plans Moscow trip
As the pontiff's personal peace envoy for Ukraine is working towards a trip to Moscow, a high-ranking official in the Russian Orthodox Church visited Rome this week and met both Pope Francis and top Vatican diplomats ...

Latest update on our friend in need, and I'm still begging
As regular readers of Crux know, we've been running a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for the family of our managing editor, Charles Collins, and his wife Claire and their two boys, as Charley is suffering a devastating illness ...

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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'. 

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

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' 

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)

'NZ Catholic' newspaper

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

Catholic Theological College

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Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ

Society of St Vincent de Paul NZ

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