Sunday, March 24, 2019

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Message of solidarity for our Muslim community (19 Mar 2019)
Dear brothers and sisters in Aotearoa New Zealand, It is with profound sadness that we grieve for the deaths and injury of Muslims in Christchurch through the violence of extremists...

New Executive Officer for the New Zealand Catholic Bishops (14 March 2019)
The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (NZCBC) has announced the appointment of Siobhan Dilly as the new NZCBC Executive Officer...

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LENT 2019

The Caritas Lenten Reflection Programme


Each year the Lent Appeal is run by Caritas on behalf of New Zealand's Catholic Bishops to support its work of charity and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable around the world, including in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Lent 2019 theme – "Living Our Lives with Love" – is taken from "Gaudete et Exsultate – Rejoice and Exult" by Pope Francis. The key themes are new beginnings, patience, compassion, mercy and love. 

Resources and the Lenten Reflection Programmes are prepared each year for parishes, schools, small groups and the wider community. Links to the resources are available on the linked page.

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

In issue no.561, March 24 - April 6 2019: Faiths come together after terror attack, pages 2-5 ... Editorial: Being good and great after the hate ... Auckland cathedrals combine for Ash Wednesday ... Protest at March for Life disappoints ... Q&A with National Liturgy Office acting director ... Auckland diocese welcomes new general manager ... Akld Rosary Procession to finish after 20 years ...  

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

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Memorials for the Christchurch mosque victims
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Auckland Church Leaders – Joint Statement

Church opens doors to Muslims as community mourns Christchurch shooting victims (photo: Moslem elders pray beside a statue of Our Lady)

Aquinas College to join other Catholic schools in nationwide solidarity fast

St Thomas of Canterbury College: School that lost old boy in Christchurch mosque attacks performs spine-tingling haka (video of haka and hymn)

Palmerston North prepares to honour Muslim community

Wil Hoverd: NZ is committed to religious diversity - but do we know what that means?

Christchurch mosque shooting: Northlanders show of solidarity after mosque massacre

Police guard Ponsonby mosque as ecumenical mourners mark tragedy

Churches across Christchurch express horror at the massacre

Christchurch mosque shootings: Groups rally in support of city's Muslims

Student vigil at Christchurch's Hagley Park (text and video)

Unity at Napier service 
Napier Courier

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Other news
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Church, survivors sign agreement
A new agreement between the Catholic Diocese of Dunedin and a survivors' support group could provide a national template for healing, both groups say.

Police have lines of inquiry into church vandalism
Gisborne police are following lines of inquiry in relation to the vandalism, in the form of "obscene" graffiti on a wall, at St Mary's Catholic Church yesterday morning.

Gisborne Catholic Church St Mary's Star of the Sea vandalised with race-based graffiti

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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
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Kavanagh College: A totara has fallen: Special mass held for Tracy O'Brien
"A totara has fallen in the forest of Tane." That was how former Cullinane College principal Tracy O'Brien's sudden death was described at a special mass held in his honour at Dunedin's Kavanagh College yesterday.

Death of former Cullinane College principal Tracy O'Brien shocks school community in Whanganui

Memorial for Kavanagh College principal

Baradene College: Auckland school reviews hijab ban after criticism

Hata Paora old boy Damian Stone sworn in as Maori Land Court judge

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INSPIRED WORD 


Luke 13:1-9 Turn from your sins or die
A reading and commentary with Violet Kudzotsa and Zenaida Savill.

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


New report documents 'complicit silence' on child sex abuse
A yearly report published by an Italian watchdog organization against pedophilia and child pornography offers a glimpse of this widespread and complex phenomenon. But according to the priest who founded it, the global reality of pedophilia is still met by "complicit silence" ...

Pope Francis trip aims to thaw Catholic-Orthodox relations in Romania (Mar 19, 2019)
When Pope Francis lands in Romania in late May, the local church hopes that he will be able to encourage a "spiritual wind" from the East into Europe and rebuild the chilled relations between the Catholic and Orthodox communities in the country ...

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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


'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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Facebook
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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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Catholic Herald. Morning Catholic Must Reads : https://bit.ly/2TILT2N

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Employment 
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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 ... 

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