Sunday, April 5, 2020

Kiwicath News & Notes - 5 April 2020

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EASTER SERVICES ONLINE AND ON TV

The Catholic Church in New Zealand is providing broadcasts of 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:  https://bit.ly/33Chc53

Palm Sunday Mass will be broadcast at 1:35 pm on Shine TV (channel 25 on Freeview; channel 201 on Sky).

A Good Friday liturgy,will be broadcast on Shine TV at 8:30 am, and there will be a 3 pm national Catholic liturgy available in all the websites of the different dioceses of New Zealand.

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

http://www.catholic.org.nz

** Read your Catholic media online during the Covid-19 lockdown (2 April 2020)

NZCBC on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pg/CatholicNZ/posts/

**  "We will celebrate Holy Week in a truly unusual way:" A heartfelt message this evening from Pope Francis on the eve of Holy Week (4 April 2020)

** Bishop Paul in Christchurch suggests some novel ways to mark Palm Sunday, including putting a branch of greenery from your garden on your front door. (4 April 2020)

** Urgent: Caritas Lent Appeal: Money raised through the Caritas Lent Appeal enables us to provide for the needs of the poor and most vulnerable in our communities, and funds development and emergency work around the world. While you cannot put your Lent envelope into the parish collection, there are alternative ways to donate.

** Daily Mass livestream from Hamilton

** WelCom and NZ Catholic have been told to stop printing. They and others including CathNews are available online and we are linking to them here ... (2 April 2020)

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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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'NZ CATHOLIC' (free, online)

Website: http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/NZ-Catholic/262886647205656
Full text articles: https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2020/

Issue no. 586, April 5 - April 18 2020 is available free online at:
https://indd.adobe.com/view/888733fa-9004-4e70-9b91-df418a9f5d2a

To enlarge the pages to readable size, click the magnifying glass symbol with the plus sign at the bottom of the page as often as necessary. To reduce the size, click the symbol with the minus sign.

To move forward or back through the pages, click the arrowheads at the far right and far left of the page.

In the current issue: Locked down Church community keeps faith ... Pastoral letter to the Catholic people from the bishops of Aotearoa NZ ... Fundamentalist biblical interpretation off the mark ... CWL cancels national conference ... Editorial: Singing the Lord's song in lockdown ... Lockdown  with children at home ... Gospel readings for Passion Sunday and Easter Sunday ... Showing solidarity with March 15 victims ... Wellington Mission Expo shows "good things" ... New bishop goes north in his first week

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Congregations still connected
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/congregations-still-connected
Dunedin churches are using phones and some sophisticated social media initiatives to give help and share religious reflections in the fight against coronavirus, after services were suspended.

Father of Marist pupil speaks of Covid-19 battle
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/father-marist-pupil-speaks-covid-19-battle
The father of a Marist College student who was twice turned away before testing positive for Covid-19 is applauding measures to expand testing criteria and urges any suspect cases to "be persistent".

Heroes of the Frontline: Wellington's soup kitchen
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/120670430/heroes-of-the-frontline-wellingtons-soup-kitchen
Wellington's soup kitchen is dishing out takeaways as demand for meals soars. The Compassion Soup Kitchen has closed its communal dining area in favour of handing out meals at its door and has switched from serving two meals a day to providing one larger meal.

Intruders ransack historic priory
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/crime/intruders-ransack-historic-priory
Catholic Diocese of Dunedin staff are devastated after intruders smashed a wooden door at St Dominic’s Priory on Monday and ransacked parts of the Historic Places category 1 building. Property manger Craig Paterson said thousands of dollars of damage had been done.

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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

Auckland's Marist College cluster reaches 50
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120735545/coronavirus-aucklands-marist-college-cluster-reaches-50
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health announced there were a total of 708 cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand. Of those, 50 were linked to Auckland's Marist College.

Auckland primary school students test positive, parents warned
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12322090
Primary school-aged children from Marist School in Mount Albert, Auckland, have tested positive for Covid-19.

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

http://cruxnow.com

Crux is reporting how the Coronavirus is shaping Catholic life around the world.

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EVENTS

All public gatherings have ceased due to the present health emergency.

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EMPLOYMENT
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General Manager, Diocese of Palmerston North
Details on the last page of NZ Catholic online (see above), at https://www.ocg.co.nz/resources/jobs/general-manager/MHU67572OCG and from Mike Hurdle tel. 04 917 7355

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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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
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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