Sunday, December 1, 2019

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

http://www.catholic.org.nz

Alex Bailey of Hamilton new Council for Young People chair
https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/alex-bailey-of-hamilton-new-council-for-young-people-chair/
Alex Bailey of Hamilton is the new chair of the Catholic bishops' Council for Young People. Alex, the Pastoral Services Manager of the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, has worked as the Youth Director and a youth worker for the diocese. He takes the chair from Dave Mullin of Palmerston North, who became the first chair when the Council was created in 2017...

NZCBC on Facebook
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** Congratulations to Alex Bailey of Hamilton, the new chair of the Catholic bishops' Council for Young People. Alex is the Pastoral Services Manager of the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton (27 November).

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Hamilton Combined Christian Foodbank experiencing a surge of people needing food help
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hamilton-news/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503366&objectid=12289500
The Hamilton Combined Christian Foodbank has experienced a surge this year in the numbers of people needing food help. Many are occupying motels due to the city's shortage of affordable housing, according to Wendy Nickalls, who is on the food bank trust board and is also the co-ordinator at Methodist City Action. Wendy brings both roles together in the lead-up to Christmas each year with a dedicated public appeal for food bank donations. That time has come for 2019.

What's on in South Canterbury: November 29-December 1, 2019
https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/117686848/whats-on-in-south-canterbury-november-29december-1-2019
A Timaru Landmark: Renewing the Sacred Heart Basilica: an exhibition opening at the South Canterbury Museum on Perth St, Timaru. A panorama of images showing how much a Timaru Catholic church has changed over the past century.

The exhibition's pages on the museum's Website:
https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/news/coming-soon-a-timaru-landmark

Caritas supports Samoa in the face of measles outbreak
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1911/S00230/caritas-supports-samoa-in-the-face-of-measles-outbreak.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is reaching out to help our partners in Samoa as they work to fight the ongoing measles epidemic in their country. 2,936 cases of measles have been reported as of November 28 and 39 people have died from the disease.

Members of the St Patrick's Church celebrate the church's jubilee anniversary
https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/117666039/members-of-the-st-patricks-church-celebrate-the-churchs-jubilee-anniversary
It was a weekend of reflection for members of the St Patrick's Church at Rakauhauka during celebrations for the church's 125th Jubilee anniversary. Founded by Irish immigrants in 1894, descendants of some of the first parishioners were in Invercargill during the weekend to mark the special occasion.

17th century manuscript available for viewing at Massey's library
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/5/352881
For several years the nondescript cardboard file-box lay on a shelf gathering dust, largely ignored and overlooked by the office's occupants. That all changed one day in 1977, when Dr John Ross, a lecturer in the English Department, decided to peep inside it. "I was astounded and very excited," he recalls, on seeing the contents. For instead of finding discarded textbooks, he came across a rare early 17th century manuscript book. The manuscript is a translation into English, from Latin, of Francois Feu-ardent's Dialogi Septem (1594). "It is likely, though not certain, that It was indeed translated and handwritten by George Brown, who was a prominent English Catholic," Dr Ross says. [Facsimile of 'Dialogi Septem': https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/4569 ]

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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

St Patrick's, Masterton: Hunt for 'missing boy' after art heist
https://times-age.co.nz/hunt-for-missing-boy-after-art-heist/
St Patrick's School pupils have been left "very disappointed and sad" after part of their new school mural was stolen over the weekend. The mural, which is the first thing pupils see when they get through the school gate, displays the school values as well as four life-sized paintings of students in uniform.

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INSPIRED WORD

Christ will come as the Judge (Matthew 24:37-44)
A reading and commentary by Fr Edward J. Tyler, NSW, Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J76BVRzXxCY

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

http://cruxnow.com

** Pope's late teacher says his concept of 'People' just doesn't work in English
https://cruxnow.com/interviews/2019/11/popes-late-teacher-says-his-concept-of-people-just-doesnt-work-in-english/
Whenever Pope Francis welcomes a head of state, he hands them several gifts that usually range from medals to texts. No matter who the person is, however, there's one thing that's always in the mix: his first major document, written during the first months of his pontificate, which for many is the Magna Carta of this papacy. Evangelii Gaudium, or "The Joy of the Gospel," was published in 2013 and it develops Francis's key notions, from criticizing the "invisible hand" of the market to calling for an "ecclesial renewal." Few words, however, are mentioned more than pueblo. It appears 164 times in the Spanish edition, making it the most used noun in the document...

** Vatican finances pit Anglo-Saxon/Germanic 'reform' vs. Latin/Mediterranean
https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2019/11/vatican-finances-pit-anglo-saxon-germanic-reform-vs-latin-mediterranean/
In 1938, American historian Crane Brinton nailed it in his famous work The Anatomy of Revolution: "The revolutionists have hitherto been acting as an organized and nearly unanimous group," he wrote, surveying the British, American, French and Russian revolutions, "but with the attainment of power it is clear that they are not united." Brinton's diagnosis comes to mind in light of two months of financial scandal and controversy in the Vatican, the latest twist to which came Wednesday with the pope's appointment of a veteran Italian banker as the new head of the Vatican's Financial Information Authority, its anti-money laundering and financial crime unit...

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EVENTS

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March for Life, 2pm Saturday 7 December 2019
Civic Centre:  101 Wakefield Street, Wellington Central
https://marchforlife.nz/

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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:
https://www.caritas.org.nz/get-involved/catholic-volunteers-overseas

Job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of ...

** Auckland: https://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/administration/staff-vacancies/
** Wellington: https://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/archdiocesan-offices/jobs/
** Dunedin: https://www.cdd.org.nz/employment-opportunities

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New Zealand Commentaries
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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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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  https://www.nzceo.org.nz/network-update/

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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