Sunday, October 17, 2021

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


** Love your neighbour. Get vaccinated today. Don't wait even till tomorrow. Watch this video for the vaccine message of the Catholic Church 

** The latest 'Inform' (the newsletter of) the Diocese of Christchurch is also now available online and for collection in parishes ...

** NZ Catholic is again providing a free digital link to the latest issue, again produced by NZ Catholic staff, from their homes.  Ka pai!

** Today is Carlos Acutis' feastday.  What an amazing life.

** It has begun! The Synod on Synodality, a synod unlike any other. Pope Francis celebrated Mass in St Peter's Basilica in Rome last night to officially open the Synod. Dioceses across the world including in Aotearoa NZ will inaugurate the synodal journey at the local level next Sunday October 17 ...

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 


The full text of 'NZ Catholic'  no. 623, October 17-30 2021 is online at:

In this issue: Three deacons ordained ... Catholic agency now social housing provider ... Masses resume in Archdiocese of Wellington with precautions ... Veteran Catholic headmaster calls it a day ... Catholic women claiming their blessings ... Editorial: Encounters outside the mainstream ... Bishop Peter Cullinane: Mission, Ministries and co-responsibility ... New priest told to remain in Christ's love (Fr Hayden Powick SM) ... Caritas shifts environmental dial to 'severe' ... New Zealand dioceses prepare for synod first phase ... Sistine Chapel frescoes exhibition in Auckland in 2022 ... Helen Luxford: What is the Eucharist to you? ... Book review: Australian journalist's antidote to atheism ... Kind and dedicated prison chaplain, Fr Kelly dies ... Pray for the gift of Aubert's 'common sense'.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS.  

Church orders investigation into former Dunedin priest
Rome has ordered an investigation into a Catholic priest accused of sexual harassment in Dunedin. An initial investigation into Father Fivins Chittilappilly, an assistant priest in Mercy Parish South Dunedin since January 2020, began in March after a complaint was received about his conduct ...

New Pleasant Point church starts to take shape
The new Pleasant Point St Mary's Catholic Church build is underway after the former church building was demolished in July. The former 1889 historic church on the site was demolished in July after it was closed in 2011 due to earthquake damage.

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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

Timaru's Jaxson Whyte wins cycling's Junior Tour of Southland
A makeshift plan came good for 17-year-old Roncalli College student Jaxson Whyte as he snatched the under-19 men's Yunca Junior Tour of Southland title at the weekend.

Pupils' interest in volleyball soaring
Volleyball is experiencing a spike at St Kevin's College. Kayla Hodge finds out how the sport started booming through the efforts of a group of keen pupils ...

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TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (B)

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The Mass of the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, is celebrated by | Fr Pat Breeze SM at the Marist Seminary Hopetoun Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland. It is broadcast on Auckland Diocese's YouTube channel at: 
and on Shine TV (Freeview channel 25) at 2 pm  and live streamed at: https://www.shinetv.co.nz/videos/live  (only viewable in New Zealand).

Inspired Word: A video reading and commentary on the gospel of the day by Rev. Canon Jenny Wilkens and Rev. Alister Hendery at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.

Mark 10:35-45   The request of James and John

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Other New Zealand Commentaries on the Sunday Readings:
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Fr Kevin Waldie SM. Sunday Reflection: 

Sunday homilies of Fr Anthony Trenwith (audio):

Marist Messenger. Daily Reflections: https://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/

Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide - https://livingtheword.org.nz/

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STATION XV (podcast)


Episode 167 — Council, Conversion, Communion, Conclave (October 16, 2021)

This month's episode travels the world, taking in the devastating French abuse report, the historic Plenary Council in Australia, New Zealand's attempt to ban "conversion therapy" and the ongoing debate about politicians and holy Communion. Anna, Don, James and Gavin end up in Italy — and the prospect of a new papacy, suggested by Francis himself. It's heavy going, but a bumper episode awaits.

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


UK cardinal calls murder of lawmaker an 'attack on democratic process'
Cardinal Vincent Nichols called the murder of David Amess, a member of the UK's House of Commons, a "painful loss." Amess, aged 69 and a member of the ruling Conservative Party, was a practicing Catholic and considered one of the staunchest pro-life members of Parliament. The father of five had served in Parliament since 1983 ... 

U.N. nuncio denounces nuclear weapons, other weapons of mass destruction
The world's leaders "cannot allow" themselves to be "spectators to violence and war, to brothers killing brothers, as if we were watching games from a safe distance," Archbishop Gabriele Caccia told a U.N. committee session discussing nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction Oct. 13 ...

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EMPLOYMENT 
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Parish Director of Mission, St Francis of Assisi Parish, Johnsonville, Wellington.
Details at http://stfrancisohariu.nz/updates/vacancies/  and in 'NZ Catholic' October 17-30 p.5.
Applications close 31st October 2021.

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 Volunteers Overseas programme: 

Job vacancies in the Catholic diocese of Auckland: https://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/staff-vacancies/

... and in the Archdiocese of Wellington:

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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND


The six dioceses:

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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. https://nzcatholic.org.nz/

Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'. 

Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com'  http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/welcom/

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform'  
https://chchcatholic.nz/?sid=25 (Latest news - Latest Inform)

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. Pastoral Newsletter

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' 

St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East' 

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' 

Society of Saint Vincent de Paul NZ. News in Brief:  

'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. 

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Facebook
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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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