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Dear readers: The Catholic Church in New Zealand is broadcasting the celebration of Mass via the Internet during the current health emergency. The links to the broadcasts are on the following page of the National Liturgy Office, which will be regularly updated: https://bit.ly/33Chc53
You can also watch the Sunday Mass being celebrated on these Websites:
https://thesundaymass.org/ (on Sunday our time)
https://www.wordonfire.org/daily-mass/ (on Monday our time)
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.catholic.org.nz
All NZ Catholic Mass services suspended to help fight Covid-19 pandemic (20 March 2020)
https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/mass-suspended-to-help-fight-covid-19/
New Zealand's Catholic Bishops have announced the suspension of all celebrations of Mass until further notice in response to the strong Government restrictions on public gatherings to counter the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic ...
Bishops' Pastoral Letter to parishioners regarding the Covid-19-related suspension of Mass (20 March 2020)
https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/bishops-pastoral-letter-to-parishioners-regarding-the-covid-19-related-suspension-of-mass/
Even though we walk in the dark valley, we fear no evil for you O God are with us giving us courage. In recent weeks we your bishops have communicated to you the people of our Catholic community in Aotearoa New Zealand the professional advice from the Ministry of Health on how to keep ourselves and all people, especially the most vulnerable, safe and protected from this virus...
NZ Catholic bishops deeply disappointed at abortion law's disregard for rights of unborn (19 March 2020)
https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/nz-catholic-bishops-on-new-abortion-law/
The New Zealand Catholic Bishops are deeply disappointed with the Abortion Legislation Bill passed by Parliament last night by 68 votes to 51. "This Bill totally ignores the fact that there are always at least two human lives involved in every pregnancy," said a spokesperson for the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference, Ms Cynthia Piper...
NZCBC on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pg/CatholicNZ/posts/
** Links to NZ Mass online this weekend
** Masses suspended.
** A post from Bishop Pat Dunn about the Coronavirus epidemic.
** Statement by the bishops on the Abortion Legislation Bill.
** The 2020 NZ Catholic Directory will be ready soon.
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LENT 2020:
The Lent Appeal on behalf of the NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference enables Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand to continue working to heal and support those overcome by poverty and justice around the world.
Each year, Caritas creates a Lenten Reflection Programme to support parishes, communities, families and individuals as they pray and spend time with the gospels during Lent. The programme's booklets are available free on the Caritas' Website: https://caritas.org.nz/lent
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Catholic mass cancelled throughout New Zealand
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12318581
New Zealand's Catholic Bishops have announced the suspension of all celebrations of mass until further notice in response to the strong Government restrictions on public gatherings...
Churches suspending services to comply with 100-plus ban
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/churches-suspending-services-comply-100-plus-ban
Catholic, Anglican and many other churches are suspending traditional services to comply with a Government ban on gatherings of more than 100 people.
Patient six shared communion chalice at south Auckland church
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120317684/coronavirus-patient-six-shared-communion-chalice-at-south-auckland-church
The sixth coronavirus case in New Zealand shared communion with several others at a mass days before he tested positive. Five parishioners sipped communion wine from the same chalice as the man at the morning service at St Mary's church in Papakura, south Auckland on Sunday March 8.
Givealittle page launched to raise money to refurbish St Joseph's hall
https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/120299675/givealittle-page-launched-to-raise-money-to-refurbish-st-josephs-hall
A New Plymouth church has launched a Givealittle page in a bid to raise money to renovate its community hall.
The Catholic Parish of New Plymouth has a goal of raising about $27,000 to refurbish St Joseph's Community Hall, which has been in use for 50 years.
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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
Schools seek talks on possible closures
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12316854
School principals are seeking urgent talks with the Ministry of Education over contingency plans for closing schools if the coronavirus pandemic worsens.
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INSPIRED WORD
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW3-dG1A3neGPJ041T9vjVw (Under: Created playlists)
John 9 : Jesus and the man born blind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inq5QcXdnaA&list=PLeDNiKpHSQBDAIAYJEHi42R7ctvsFuTEU&index=19&t=0s
A reading and commentary with Sister Stephanie Kitching.
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STATION XV
http://station15.co.nz/
Episode 148 — COVID, Cardinal, Celebration, Commemoration (March 16, 2020)
The news has been coming thick and fast on the COVID-19 pandemic, including as it relates to Masses and other public gatherings. Anna, Don, Gavin and James try to keep up with it all in this month's episode. They also look at what happened at the High Court of Australia last week with Cardinal Pell's attempt to overturn his sexual abuse convictions. In happier news, a new Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland has been ordained, with his deacon father assisting at the Mass — a rare occurrence indeed. Elsewhere in New Zealand, the first anniversary of the Christchurch mosque shooting has been marked. All that, plus some Lenten advice, on this show.
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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin
http://cruxnow.com
On Pope Francis, the bishops and the politics of a plague
https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2020/03/on-pope-francis-the-bishops-and-the-politics-of-a-plague/
One hopes that no one would consciously set out to take partisan advantage of a global pandemic which, so far, has claimed more than 10,000 lives and left some northern Italian towns piling up corpses because they've exhausted the capacity to bury their dead.
Yet there's no sense pretending there isn't a risk that discussion of the Church's response to the coronavirus can't be swept up into the same ideological dynamics that dominate so much else about Catholic conversation these days. The situation presents itself in especially acute form right now in Italy, which has claimed the world lead in terms of coronavirus fatalities, but we're also beginning to see it in English-language discussion...
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EVENTS
Practically all public gatherings have ceased due to the present health emergency.
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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 diocese of Auckland: https://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/administration/staff-vacancies/
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
https://www.catholic.org.nz/
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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/
Fr Kevin Waldie sm. Sunday Reflection:
https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/category/sunday-reflection/
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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/
St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East' https://www.columban.org.au/media-and-publications/the-far-east-magazine/archive/
Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul NZ. News in Brief: https://bit.ly/2EFXF82
'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/
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Facebook
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NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference
https://www.facebook.com/CatholicNZ/
Catholic Discovery NZ (Catholic Enquiry Centre)
https://www.facebook.com/pg/catholicdiscovery.nz/posts/
'NZ Catholic' newspaper
https://www.facebook.com/NZCatholic/
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
https://www.facebook.com/caritasaotearoa/timeline
Holy Cross Seminary
https://www.facebook.com/HolyCrossNZ
Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ
https://www.facebook.com/Marists
Society of St Vincent de Paul NZ
https://www.facebook.com/Society-of-St-Vincent-de-Paul-in-New-Zealand-1065775963583004/
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News of the Church
in NZ and the World
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http://cathnews.co.nz/category/new-zealand/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
https://www.romereports.com/en/ (video)
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rome+reports&sp=EgIIAw%253D%253D
Morning Catholic Must Reads : https://bit.ly/2TILT2N
http://www.cruxnow.com
http://www.lastampa.it/vaticaninsider/eng
Dear readers: The Catholic Church in New Zealand is broadcasting the celebration of Mass via the Internet during the current health emergency. The links to the broadcasts are on the following page of the National Liturgy Office, which will be regularly updated: https://bit.ly/33Chc53
You can also watch the Sunday Mass being celebrated on these Websites:
https://thesundaymass.org/ (on Sunday our time)
https://www.wordonfire.org/daily-mass/ (on Monday our time)
*******************************
NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.catholic.org.nz
All NZ Catholic Mass services suspended to help fight Covid-19 pandemic (20 March 2020)
https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/mass-suspended-to-help-fight-covid-19/
New Zealand's Catholic Bishops have announced the suspension of all celebrations of Mass until further notice in response to the strong Government restrictions on public gatherings to counter the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic ...
Bishops' Pastoral Letter to parishioners regarding the Covid-19-related suspension of Mass (20 March 2020)
https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/bishops-pastoral-letter-to-parishioners-regarding-the-covid-19-related-suspension-of-mass/
Even though we walk in the dark valley, we fear no evil for you O God are with us giving us courage. In recent weeks we your bishops have communicated to you the people of our Catholic community in Aotearoa New Zealand the professional advice from the Ministry of Health on how to keep ourselves and all people, especially the most vulnerable, safe and protected from this virus...
NZ Catholic bishops deeply disappointed at abortion law's disregard for rights of unborn (19 March 2020)
https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/nz-catholic-bishops-on-new-abortion-law/
The New Zealand Catholic Bishops are deeply disappointed with the Abortion Legislation Bill passed by Parliament last night by 68 votes to 51. "This Bill totally ignores the fact that there are always at least two human lives involved in every pregnancy," said a spokesperson for the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference, Ms Cynthia Piper...
NZCBC on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pg/CatholicNZ/posts/
** Links to NZ Mass online this weekend
** Masses suspended.
** A post from Bishop Pat Dunn about the Coronavirus epidemic.
** Statement by the bishops on the Abortion Legislation Bill.
** The 2020 NZ Catholic Directory will be ready soon.
**********************************
LENT 2020:
The Lent Appeal on behalf of the NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference enables Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand to continue working to heal and support those overcome by poverty and justice around the world.
Each year, Caritas creates a Lenten Reflection Programme to support parishes, communities, families and individuals as they pray and spend time with the gospels during Lent. The programme's booklets are available free on the Caritas' Website: https://caritas.org.nz/lent
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Catholic mass cancelled throughout New Zealand
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12318581
New Zealand's Catholic Bishops have announced the suspension of all celebrations of mass until further notice in response to the strong Government restrictions on public gatherings...
Churches suspending services to comply with 100-plus ban
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/churches-suspending-services-comply-100-plus-ban
Catholic, Anglican and many other churches are suspending traditional services to comply with a Government ban on gatherings of more than 100 people.
Patient six shared communion chalice at south Auckland church
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120317684/coronavirus-patient-six-shared-communion-chalice-at-south-auckland-church
The sixth coronavirus case in New Zealand shared communion with several others at a mass days before he tested positive. Five parishioners sipped communion wine from the same chalice as the man at the morning service at St Mary's church in Papakura, south Auckland on Sunday March 8.
Givealittle page launched to raise money to refurbish St Joseph's hall
https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/120299675/givealittle-page-launched-to-raise-money-to-refurbish-st-josephs-hall
A New Plymouth church has launched a Givealittle page in a bid to raise money to renovate its community hall.
The Catholic Parish of New Plymouth has a goal of raising about $27,000 to refurbish St Joseph's Community Hall, which has been in use for 50 years.
*************************
NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
Schools seek talks on possible closures
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12316854
School principals are seeking urgent talks with the Ministry of Education over contingency plans for closing schools if the coronavirus pandemic worsens.
****************************************
INSPIRED WORD
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW3-dG1A3neGPJ041T9vjVw (Under: Created playlists)
John 9 : Jesus and the man born blind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inq5QcXdnaA&list=PLeDNiKpHSQBDAIAYJEHi42R7ctvsFuTEU&index=19&t=0s
A reading and commentary with Sister Stephanie Kitching.
*******************************
STATION XV
http://station15.co.nz/
Episode 148 — COVID, Cardinal, Celebration, Commemoration (March 16, 2020)
The news has been coming thick and fast on the COVID-19 pandemic, including as it relates to Masses and other public gatherings. Anna, Don, Gavin and James try to keep up with it all in this month's episode. They also look at what happened at the High Court of Australia last week with Cardinal Pell's attempt to overturn his sexual abuse convictions. In happier news, a new Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland has been ordained, with his deacon father assisting at the Mass — a rare occurrence indeed. Elsewhere in New Zealand, the first anniversary of the Christchurch mosque shooting has been marked. All that, plus some Lenten advice, on this show.
*******************************************
CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin
http://cruxnow.com
On Pope Francis, the bishops and the politics of a plague
https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2020/03/on-pope-francis-the-bishops-and-the-politics-of-a-plague/
One hopes that no one would consciously set out to take partisan advantage of a global pandemic which, so far, has claimed more than 10,000 lives and left some northern Italian towns piling up corpses because they've exhausted the capacity to bury their dead.
Yet there's no sense pretending there isn't a risk that discussion of the Church's response to the coronavirus can't be swept up into the same ideological dynamics that dominate so much else about Catholic conversation these days. The situation presents itself in especially acute form right now in Italy, which has claimed the world lead in terms of coronavirus fatalities, but we're also beginning to see it in English-language discussion...
*******************************************
EVENTS
Practically all public gatherings have ceased due to the present health emergency.
**********
EMPLOYMENT
**********
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 diocese of Auckland: https://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/administration/staff-vacancies/
******************************************************
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
https://www.catholic.org.nz/
***********************
New Zealand Commentaries
on the Sunday Readings
***********************
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/
Fr Kevin Waldie sm. Sunday Reflection:
https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/category/sunday-reflection/
***********************
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'. 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/
St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East' https://www.columban.org.au/media-and-publications/the-far-east-magazine/archive/
Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul NZ. News in Brief: https://bit.ly/2EFXF82
'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/
*********
*********
NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference
https://www.facebook.com/CatholicNZ/
Catholic Discovery NZ (Catholic Enquiry Centre)
https://www.facebook.com/pg/catholicdiscovery.nz/posts/
'NZ Catholic' newspaper
https://www.facebook.com/NZCatholic/
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
https://www.facebook.com/caritasaotearoa/timeline
Holy Cross Seminary
https://www.facebook.com/HolyCrossNZ
Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ
https://www.facebook.com/Marists
Society of St Vincent de Paul NZ
https://www.facebook.com/Society-of-St-Vincent-de-Paul-in-New-Zealand-1065775963583004/
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News of the Church
in NZ and the World
*****************
http://cathnews.co.nz/category/new-zealand/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
https://www.romereports.com/en/ (video)
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rome+reports&sp=EgIIAw%253D%253D
Morning Catholic Must Reads : https://bit.ly/2TILT2N
http://www.cruxnow.com
http://www.lastampa.it/vaticaninsider/eng
