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Fr John Adams of Christchurch appointed Catholic Bishop of Palmerston North (22 Jun 2023)
Pope Francis has appointed Father John Adams from the Diocese of Christchurch as the new Catholic Bishop of Palmerston North ...
Synod update: Instrumentum laboris calls for welcoming Church that embraces diversity
The General Secretariat of the Synod has published the Instrumentum laboris – the document that will be the basis for the work of the participants in the General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality, which begins in the Vatican in October 2023 and concludes with a second Assembly one year later ...
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** Kia ora koutou whanau Katorika. You will all be delighted to learn that Pope Francis has tonight appointed Father John Adams from the Diocese of Christchurch as the new Bishop of Palmerston North
** The General Secretariat of the Synod has published the Instrumentum laboris (Working Document) which will be the basis for the work of the participants in the General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality, which begins in the Vatican in October 2023
** Kia ora! Pope Francis greets visitors stepping out of the lift at the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference offices in Wellington with a welcoming smile and wave. This wall mural was installed today and features our agencies Caritas Aotearoa NZ and Catholic Discovery, which are in the same office suite.
** Today marks Meri Hohepa Suzanne Aubert's birthday.
** Pope Francis returned to the Vatican balcony overnight (NZ time) for his traditional Sunday Angelus prayer, after being released from Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Friday following a successful and swift recovery from abdominal surgery
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Palmerston North to get new Catholic bishop
Pope Francis has appointed Father John Adams from the Diocese of Christchurch as the new Catholic bishop of Palmerston North.
Mary Goulding's first interview: 'I'm lucky to be alive, but I want to play basketball again'
When Mary Goulding first awoke from 12 days in a coma following a horrific car accident in late-May, her first thought was, "what am I doing here? I have basketball training to get to". Soon after, as the reality of her situation emerged, the mindset shifted. That's when she realised how lucky she was just to be alive.
Fundraising pays of in fun for Waitara's St Joseph's students
Students at St Joseph's school in Waitara have at last been able to get the fun from their fundraising efforts for their new playground. The new playground, which officially opened on Monday, was required after rotting wooden foundations on the school's 25-year-old playground saw its immediate removal.
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TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (A)
Today's Mass, celebrated by Fr Craig Dunford at St Luke's, Flat Bush, 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).
New Zealand Commentaries on the Readings for the Sundays of the Year:
Sunday homilies of Fr Anthony Trenwith (podcast): Homily for the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Marist Laity NZ. Living the Word: 12th Sunday Year A: Acknowledge Jesus before others and he will acknowledge you
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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin
Synod working doc aims to unite Catholics, but may alienate conservatives
Touting the process as an effort to lead global Catholicism "beyond fragmentation and polarization," the Vatican published Tuesday the Instrumentum laboris, or "working document," for a Synod of Bishops on Synodality convened by Pope Francis in October. However, the specific issues the document lists as matters to be addressed during the summit may actually fuel the Church's divisions by seeming to favor liberal concerns ...
Pope's move has implications not just for Gänswein, but also Germany
A terse two-line statement from the Vatican on June 15, announcing that Pope Francis has decided to send Archbishop Georg Gänswein back to his home diocese without any indication of a new assignment, has been widely interpreted as a papal rebuff to the 66-year-old German prelate ...
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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.
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