Sunday, July 9, 2023

NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Oceania's diverse Church to be represented at Synod of Bishops
The president of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania says the 10 non-bishop members from the region chosen for the upcoming Synod of Bishops will help amplify the voice of the Catholic population ...

Prison Chaplaincy Director sought. Can you help us show the love of God inside the prison walls?
Applications are invited for the position of Prison Chaplaincy Director for the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference. The Prison Chaplaincy Director is a full-time national role, providing pastoral and professional leadership and support to the Catholic chaplains who provide chaplaincy services in New Zealand prisons ...



** Ka pai Manuel Beazley (Vicar for Maori Auckland Diocese, middle in photo) and Fr Dennis Nacorda (Parish Priest, St Joseph Hato Hohepa Parish Levin, right). They've been selected overnight by Pope Francis to attend the October Synod of Bishops in Rome 

** Prison Chaplaincy Director sought. Can you help us show the love of God inside the prison walls? 

** The National Liturgy Office has published prayers and resources for three special Sundays in July: the Day of Prayer for Seafarers, World Day of Prayer for Grandparents and Elderly, Day of Prayer to End Trafficking and Slavery ...

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 

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

In issue no. 664  July 2 - 15, 2023: New Palmerston North bishop (Fr John Adams) ... Archbishop Paul Martin installed in Wellington ... Minister told of concerns about integrated schools (1) ... Perpetual adoration for 10 years in Christchurch chapel ... Editorial: The Church has always faced challenges ... Leading calls for a 'long, loving look at the real' (Fr Michael Smith SJ) ... New bishop for Syro-Malabar eparchy including NZ ...Two NZ dioceses have 175th birthdays (Auckland and Wellington).

(1) "Integrated schools" refers to schools, many of them Catholic, that are partly funded by the government while retaining their special character, in an arrangement called 'integration into the state system' - ML 

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

St Peter's College governance model poses 'significant risk' to school
"The current model of governance is posing a significant risk to the operation of the school, student achievement and health and safety," a limited statutory manager's report about St Peter's College in Gore says. The Catholic co-ed school was in April placed into the limited statutory management of lawyer Nicola Hornsey after the board and principal sought Education Ministry support to govern the school ...

Southland principal wants apology from board chair
St Peter's College principal Tara Quinney is calling for a "heartfelt public apology" from the school's board of trustees presiding member.

Sacred Heart church listing has special meaning for Havelock agent
The agent listing the deconsecrated Sacred Heart church in Havelock, Marlborough has more reason than most to feel it's a particularly special project – her father, who died just three weeks ago, was baptised in the church, as were his siblings ...

Mud and smiles all round for tough test
Hamilton Press 5 Jul 2023
The saying goes, "tough times don't last, tough people do", and that could not be truer for some of the students at Hamilton's St Joseph's Catholic School who took on the Junior Tough Guy and Gal Challenge alongside thousands of other primary and intermediate aged children.

Central Taranaki children make their first Holy Communion
A group of children have made their First Holy Communion. St Joseph School Stratford director of religious studies and sacramental programme leader for the Immaculate Conception Parish, Carole Door, says 17 pupils participated in this year's programme ...

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FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (A)


Today's Mass, celebrated by Fr Stephen Berecz at St John the Baptist Church Parnell, 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)
The second Sunday in July is designated in the liturgical calendar as a day of prayer for seafarers. Hymns for 19 July 2023 include 
'Amazing Grace', 'Eternal Father Strong to Save', 'Hail Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star'.


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 Sr Stephanie Kitching and Sr Marcellin Wilson.
Matthew 11:25-30   Come to me and rest

Sunday homilies of Fr Anthony Trenwith (podcast): Homily for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Marist Laity NZ. Living the Word: 14th Sunday Year A: Be teachable, share my yoke and you will find rest.

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


List of synod participants reflects nod to balance, but also tensions
A list of the 363 participants in the upcoming Synod of Bishops on Synodality appears to reflect a relative balance of voices from across the Catholic spectrum, yet it also highlights ongoing tensions in the Pope Francis era, including in the Church in the United States ...

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EMPLOYMENT 
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Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. Fundraising and Development Manager
Details on the website. Applications to: RJefferies@cdoc.nz
Applications close 16 July 2023.

New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference. Director of Prison Chaplaincy 
The Prison Chaplaincy Director is a full-time national role, providing pastoral and professional leadership and support to the Catholic chaplains who provide chaplaincy services in New Zealand prisons.
Applications to Damian Dempsey, NZCBC Executive Director,  secretariat@nzcbc.org.nz.
Applications close 24 July 2023. 

Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on the Website of the Education Gazette: 

Vacancies at Caritas Aotearoa: 

Job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of ...


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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND


The six dioceses:

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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

NZ Catholic Education Office Newsletter 'Kotui'

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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NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference

Catholic Discovery NZ (Catholic Enquiry Centre)

'NZ Catholic' newspaper

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

Catholic Theological College

Holy Cross Seminary

Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ

Society of St Vincent de Paul NZ

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