Sunday, May 24, 2020

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SUNDAY MASS ONLINE AND ON TV

Mass for Sunday 24 May, Ascension Sunday ... 

... from Auckland Diocese:
Shine TV (Freeview channel 25) 2.00 pm

... from Wellington Archdiocese:

Links to streamed broadcasts of Mass are on this page of the National Liturgy Office:  https://bit.ly/33Chc53
Streamed broadcasts can only been seen during the time that Mass is being celebrated.

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Catholic bishops write to PM over restrictions on religious services
The New Zealand Catholic Bishops have written to the Prime Minister urging the Cabinet to raise the limit on numbers allowed at religious services to at least 100 when it meets on Monday...

NZCBC on Facebook

** A video response by Catholic secondary schools' student leaders on the 5th anniversary of Laudato Si' . 

** Bishops' letter to the Prime Minister urging the Government to raise numbers allowed at religious services 

** A video discussing aspects of Eucharist in the time of Covid-19, especially Mass without people present: 

** Unexpected popularity of the Sunday Mass broadcasts on Shine TV Channel 25.

** An RNZ interview with Cardinal Dew discussing the Level 2 rules that limit religious gatherings 

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Catholic Bishops Write To PM Over Restrictions On Religious Services
The New Zealand Catholic Bishops have written to the Prime Minister urging the Cabinet to raise the limit on numbers allowed at religious services to at least 100 when it meets on Monday...

Cardinal John Dew welcomes review of church gathering rules
The Catholic Archbishop of Wellington Cardinal John Dew welcomes the news that Cabinet is reviewing the rules on religious gatherings, and told Checkpoint he is hopeful change will come soon.

Police guidelines clarified, as this week's first Covid-19 case is recorded
Finance Minister Grant Robertson said police will be continuing to talk to religious leaders, after police's enforcement approach to religious gatherings during alert level 2 was clarified on Friday.

Life in limbo for NZ religions
While Kiwis slowly regain a sense of normality, some religious leaders are frustrated about the restrictions on their services. Sam Sachdeva reports on their concerns, and what the overseas evidence suggests.

Where Todd Muller stands on cannabis, same-sex marriage, abortion and euthanasia
New National leader Todd Mulle told Newshub Nation on Saturday he won't be seeking to overturn the Government's recent changes to abortion law, which took it out of the Crimes Act, despite his Catholic beliefs. 

The women behind our Bay MPs
Michelle Muller has known since the night she met her husband that, if he got his way, she would end up the wife of an MP ...

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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

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THE RETURN
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Students 'anxious' and 'excited' as Marist College reopens
Students at Auckland's Marist College, the school at the centre of the country's second-largest coronavirus cluster, have returned to their classrooms for the first time in two months.

Students who did not turn up for school will be contacted
Children are legally required to attend school under alert level 2 but not all returned in South Canterbury when they re-opened on Monday.

Most pupils flock back to learn in the flesh
Pupils across the South swapped home learning and virtual meetings for the classroom yesterday, as schools opened their doors for the first time in Level 2.

Joy, tears and nerves as students return to class around New Zealand
Students across New Zealand have flocked to classes for the first time in nearly two months. In a day filled with hugs, tears, excitement and trepidation, schools reopened on Monday as part of the move to lockdown level 2. While classrooms have been open to younger children if needed since level 3, attendance levels have been low, with the vast majority opting to keep learning from home.

Schools back in: Te Awamutu students flock back to school
School went back this week on Monday after the move to alert level 2 last week and it seems most local students are glad to be back.

All cases linked to Marist College Covid-19 cluster have now recovered
All 96 people linked to the Marist College coronavirus cluster have now recovered from the illness. The Catholic girls' high school in Auckland was linked to the second largest cluster of cases in the country.

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INSPIRED WORD 


Matthew 28:16-20 Jesus appears to his disciples
A reading and commentary by Stephen Ready and Sister Stephanie Kitching.

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


Reports on the reopening of churches after lockdown

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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 diocese of Auckland: https://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/administration/staff-vacancies/

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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND


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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: 

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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

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

Catholic Discovery NZ (Catholic Enquiry Centre)

'NZ Catholic' newspaper

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

Holy Cross Seminary

Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ

Society of St Vincent de Paul NZ

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News of the Church 
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