Sunday, April 10, 2016

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


New Zealanders welcome Pope's document on Marriage & the family (9 April 2016)
Pope Francis released his much anticipated document on marriage and the family overnight New Zealand time. The document, formally called an Apostolic Exhortation and entitled Amoris Laetitia – the Joy of Love, signals the Pope's vision for the Church as a family of families and reaffirms the welfare of the family as decisive for the future of every community and society ... 

Be merciful (3 April 2016)
A pastoral letter on mercy in the Year of Mercy

Leaders, Religious and Educationalists farewell Br Sir Pat Lynch long-time leader of Catholic Education (4 April 2016)
Politicians, Cardinals, Bishops and educationalists gathered in Wellington last night to celebrate and farewell Br Sir Lynch as he leaves the New Zealand Catholic Education Office after 22 years at the helm ...

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 

Full text articles: https://goo.gl/Svluba 

In the current issue: Sainthood excites sisters (Missionaries of Charity in NZ) ... NZ bishops' Easter messages ... NZ abortion figures reach 500 000 ... A saint walked among us in 1973 (Mother Teresa) ... young people go more deeply into the Mass ... Bp Colin Campbell: Why Simon disrespected Jesus (Lk 7:36-50) ... First year men arrive with life experience (Holy Cross Seminary) ... Parish goes high tech with new app (St Thomas Aquinas, Tauranga) ...  Advertising feature: Funerals (four pages).

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

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Pope's statement welcomed in NZ (photo)
Catholic Church leaders in New Zealand are welcoming a document outlining a more merciful and loving church. The 260-page treatise called "Amoris Laetitia," (The Joy of Love) calls for more compassion towards "imperfect" Catholics, such as those who divorced and remarried, saying "no one can be condemned forever"...

Well-known Wellington nun's popular vegetable garden demolished (photo)
A Wellington nun's much-celebrated vegetable garden has been bulldozed because it was no longer viable to keep it going. A fixture of the Island Bay community, Sister Loyola Galvin, 96, and her garden captured the hearts of New Zealanders in award-winning documentary Gardening with Soul. 

Departing Dominican sister will be missed (photo)
It has been 133 years since the first four members of the Roman Catholic's Dominican order arrived in Queenstown. But now, Queenstown's last Dominican Sister is preparing to bid farewell to the resort. Sister Mary Anna Baird (75) leaves for pastures new on Saturday. 

Former Waitakere City Council chief executive remembered (photo)
People will remember Harry O'Rourke as a man who had time for everyone. The former chief executive of the past Waitakere City Council died on March 21, aged 74.

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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
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Roncalli College, Timaru: Roncalli students prepare to make a difference in Vietnam and Cambodia (photo)

Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt: Upper Hutt weightlifter Piper Gywn gets a big lift from crossfit (photo)

St Theresa's, Plimmerton: Step up for new principal at St Theresa's School (photo)

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INSPIRATIONAL TV


John 21:1-19 : Jesus appears to seven disciples
A reading and commentary with Sister Marcellin Wilson and Sister Stephanie Kitching

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'RESTLESS PRESS' 


This week: 

** God'S Encouragement For Our Race - Luisa Marin
I always knew that to follow God's path requires faith in Him, just like a child trusts in his parents' decisions. Well, one thing is knowing it, but another is truly living it. Yesterday was a great example in my life. I was running 14 km at the City to Surf race ...

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'CRUX', edited by John L. Allen


'Crux' is a free online magazine of articles on Catholic issues. On Crux now ...

** Thomas D. Williams: The real jewel in Pope Francis' new treatise on the family comes in a moving pastoral reflection in chapter four on married love.

** David Gibson: Journey implied in 'Amoris Laetitia' may never be over.

** Carl Olsen: Pope's family treatise starts strong, but then unravels.

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS

'NZ Catholic' is a national newspaper published by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland. http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz 

Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'. http://proudtobecatholic.org.nz/news-events/kete-korero/

Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com'  http://www.welcom.org.nz

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

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. 'Good News and the News' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_good_news.html

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East' http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652

'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Catholic Enquiry Centre. Reflections on the Sunday Gospel

Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word - http://livingtheword.org.nz

Marist Messenger. Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

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FACEBOOK

The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand

'NZ Catholic' newspaper

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

Holy Cross Seminary

Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ

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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD







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EMPLOYMENT

Director of John Paul II Centre for Life
Details in 'NZ Catholic' April 3-16 2016 p.19 and from clare@jpii.org.nz  Applications close 

Executive secretary, Justice and Peace Commission, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
Details in 'NZ Catholic' April 3-16 2016 p.19, on the Commission's Web page, and from patl@cda.org.nz  Applications close 15 April.

Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on the Website of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz

Catholic overseas volunteer vacancies are listed on the Vacancies page of http://www.mahitahi.org ]

Links to job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of ...



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