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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
New Zealand Parishes encouraged to mark international day of the Sick
The World Day of the Sick was initiated by St. John Paul II in 1992, designated to the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on February 11 each year. New Zealand parishes are being encouraged to mark this year's World Day of the Sick through prayer, reflecting on a video, anointing of the sick and a pastoral response acknowledging care givers ...
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Australian commissioner of $1.5 million pipe organ to headline Timaru concert
Dr Brett McKern, organist and music director at St John's Church in Gordon, on Sydney's Upper North Shore, will be the star performer at the South Island Organ Company's annual EQ Memorial Concert at the Sacred Heart Basilica on Sunday.
Sharing the Love with Whangarei's Hungry
Homemade pizzas, lasagne, vegetable pasta, meat in gravy, roast potatoes, hash browns, apricot slice, and homemade apple and blueberry crumble: Soul Food What's Cooking Whangarei certainly offers plenty of rib-sticking good fare. Two days a week, the organisation has a meal open to everyone, catering for Whangarei's homeless and disenfranchised.
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News of the Schools
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Seven Weeks : Journey to Polyfest
In 2018, RNZ followed the St Paul's College Samoan group as they sacrificed weeks of their lives to compete for Polyfest glory. 'Seven Weeks: Journey to Polyfest' is a documentary about family, pride, community and culture, hard work and an honouring of history ...
Well-travelled former SC students return as principals
Two well-travelled former South Canterbury students are now back in the region as principals of primary schools. Mark Scully and Matthew Gollins? have returned from Christchurch and Vietnam respectively to take up their roles at St Joseph's in Fairlie and Barton Rural on the outskirts of Timaru.
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INSPIRED WORD
The key to true success: a reading and commentary on Luke 5, 1-11 by Fr Edward J. Tyler, NSW, Australia
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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin
** Zero tolerance' doesn't seem an inflated expectation for pope's summit
Twice now, and with ascending levels of authority, we've been cautioned not to expect too much from the summit on clerical sexual abuse Pope Francis has called for Feb. 21-24 for the presidents of bishops' conferences around the world. To some extent, these efforts to frame expectations are completely reasonable, because it is artificial to expect three days in Rome to change the world. That said, it's also terribly frustrating to survivors of abuse, to reformers who've invested their best efforts over decades, and to rank-and-file Catholics whose faith has been shaken, to hear they're asking too much...
** New project helps guide couples in civil unions into sacramental marriages (interview)
Mary-Rose and Ryan Verret are the founders of Witness to Love and the authors of Witness to Love: How to Help the Next Generation Build Marriages that Survive and Thrive. The Civil Marriage Initiative by Witness to Love is a project to equip parishes and dioceses who desire to seek out, support, and inspire couples in civil unions to enter sacramental marriages ...
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
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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. http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'. https://issuu.com/search?q=%22kete+korero%22
Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com' http://www.welcom.org.nz
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' https://chchcatholic.nz/?sid=25 (Latest news - Latest Inform)
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. School News Update http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/
Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East' https://www.columban.org.au/media-and-publications/the-far-east-magazine/archive/
'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/
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New Zealand Commentaries
on the Sunday Readings
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Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide - http://livingtheword.org.nz
Marist Messenger. Daily Reflections https://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/
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Catholic Discovery NZ (Catholic Enquiry Centre)
'NZ Catholic' newspaper
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
Holy Cross Seminary
Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ
NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference
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News of the Church
in NZ and the World
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https://www.romereports.com/en/ (video)
Catholic Herald. Morning Catholic Must Reads : https://bit.ly/2UdbFfo
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Employment
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Executive Officer for the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (Wellington)
Details on https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/new-zealand-catholic-bishops-seek-executive-officer/
and from t.halliday@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 18 February 2019
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 in the Catholic Overseas Volunteer programme:
Job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of ...
** Wellington: https://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/archdiocesan-offices/jobs/
