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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
NZCBC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicNZ/
** Te Kupenga-Catholic Leadership Institute runs online Safeguarding
courses that recognise the Church's responsibility to value all people
and protect them from harm and to create an environment where people
are welcome and safe. Take a look at a brochure for the courses here
...
** Photo caption: Bishops' Mass in the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin
Mary in Hamilton this morning. The bishops are in the city this week
for a regular formal meeting of the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference.
** The April newsletter from Holy Cross Seminary in Auckland is out
now. Catch up with what your future priests in training have been
doing, and much, much more.
** The National Liturgy Office has prepared various resources which
can be used to commemorate Anzac Day ...
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'NZ CATHOLIC'
Website: https://nzcatholic.org.nz/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NZCatholic/
Full text articles: https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2021/
In issue no. 612, April 18 - May 1, 2021: 'The Tablet' (NZ) ceases
publication ... New Auckland home for theological college ... Kiwi
Filipinos celebrate 500 years of faith ... Plea for more prayers for
vocations ... Emma Wood: Consent training is not enough ... Editorial:
Yet another slippery slope (Easter trading rules) ... Cardinal Dew:
Systems and culture must change ... Easter Triduum and Holy Week
celebrations throughout NZ: 2-page photo feature ... Early Catholic
qualms over Anzac Day ... Dominican Sisters celebrate 150 years in NZ
... Chch 40 Days for Life faced intimidation ... Michael Devereux
leaves a great legacy.
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Don Boot volunteered twice to serve New Zealand
https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/124670807/don-boot-volunteered-twice-to-serve-new-zealand
Timaru man Don Boot retains several stark memories that he says show
the futility of war. They are memories which come back to the recently
turned 90-year-old whenever Anzac Day approaches.
Obituary: Corallie Eagle, Eagle Technology
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/obituary-corallie-eagle-eagle-technology/AXOSYQZK23HVN3K4SFKIQWUHUU/
Corallie Flora Eagle, who died on April 10, was one of the early
information systems pioneers known for her communication skills,
style, and abiding Catholic faith.
Their daughter died of cancer. 15 months later they faced a new fight
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/their-daughter-died-cancer-15-months-later-they-faced-new-fight
56-year-old Celeste Jones is talking about her experience with cancer,
most recently her own, to encourage others to be proactive about their
health - especially women and breast health. Next month she'll host a
Pink Ribbon Breakfast.
Church unaware its former choir director James Tibbles had twice
resigned amid sex allegations
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/church-unaware-its-former-choir-director-james-tibbles-had-twice-resigned-amid-sex-allegations/T5FM34TGWBAAW63JGVHFN7QCNU/
St Patrick's Cathedral - the mother church of the Auckland Catholic
Diocese - was unaware its former choir director had twice resigned
from jobs following sex conduct allegations.
Pleasant Point's Catholic church to be demolished by the end of the year
https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/124762929/pleasant-points-catholic-church-to-be-demolished-by-the-end-of-the-year
Just when the earthquake damaged St Mary's Church, in Pleasant Point,
will be demolished is up in the air as the Catholic Diocese takes
control, but it is expected to be gone by the end of 2021. The
Historic Place Category 2 heritage building, opened in 1889, sustained
major damage in the Canterbury earthquakes and has been shut since
2011.
St Mark's marks 50 years
https://www.times.co.nz/news/st-marks-marks-50-years/
St Mark's Catholic Church in Pakuranga has celebrated its 50th
anniversary with an outdoor mass in the school grounds.
Timaru's Sacred Heart Basilica finalist in heritage awards
https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/300282054/timarus-sacred-heart-basilica-finalist-in-heritage-awards
Timaru's Sacred Heart Basilica has been named as a finalist in the
biennial Canterbury Heritage Awards. It is a Roman style basilica,
listed as a category 1 historic place and was designed by New Zealand
architect Francis Petre, built in 1909, and opened and consecrated in
1911.
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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
Memorial korowai finally completed for much-loved former Taranaki principal
https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/124862066/memorial-korowai-finally-completed-for-muchloved-former-taranaki-principal
A korowai that was created in the memory of Sacred Heart Girls College
former principal Diane Kawana was handed over to the school on Friday.
School, community mourn pupil
https://www.oamarumail.co.nz/community/school-community-mourn-pupil/
St Kevin's College is mourning the loss of one of its best and
brightest. Year 13 pupil Roko Watesoni Tawatatau Tuapati (17), known
as Watson, sustained critical injuries in a car crash near
Teschemakers at Easter, and had his life support turned off on
Tuesday.
Consent granted for pre-development earthworks for large block in
southern Upper Hutt
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/124737090/consent-granted-for-predevelopment-earthworks-for-large-block-in-southern-upper-hutt
A resource consent granted in February by the Upper Hutt City Council
shows the Society of Mary wants to construct a cleanfill over 17.4
hectares of flood prone land in the southern part of Upper Hutt. The
society is a congregation of the Catholic Church which administers St
Patrick's College, Silverstream on land bordering the site of the
consented works.
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FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (B) - GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY - ANZAC DAY
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Sunday Mass, celebrated by Monsignor Bernard Kiely is broadcast from
Good Shepherd parish, Balmoral on Auckland Diocese's YouTube channel
at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvb0BaSdkIo
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:
John 10:11-18 The parable of the shepherd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-W7K8qhVMY&list=PLeDNiKpHSQBDAIAYJEHi42R7ctvsFuTEU&index=20
A reading and commentary by Rev. Canon Jenny Wilkens and Very Rev.
Frank Nelson at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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Other New Zealand Commentaries on the Sunday Readings:
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Fr Kevin Waldie sm. Sunday Reflection:
https://nzcatholic.org.nz/category/sunday-reflection/
Sunday homilies of Fr Anthony Trenwith (audio):
http://station15.co.nz/
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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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin
https://cruxnow.com/
'Amoris Laetitia' family portraits: Sometimes messy, but grace-filled
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2021/04/amoris-laetitia-family-portraits-sometimes-messy-but-grace-filled/
Sometimes the Catholic Church has "proposed a far too abstract and
almost artificial theological ideal of marriage, far removed from the
concrete situations and practical possibilities of real families,"
Pope Francis wrote in his 2016 exhortation, "Amoris Laetitia" ...
Pope tells U.S. climate summit 'it's time to act' on climate crisis
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2021/04/pope-tells-u-s-climate-summit-its-time-to-act-on-climate-crisis/
On Earth Day, Pope Francis sent a message to world leaders attending a
high-level climate summit organized by the United States, telling
participants be good custodians of nature, calling it "a gift that we
have received, and that we have heal, protect, and carry it to the
future."
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EVENTS
Auckland Eucharistic Convention, 16-18 July 2021
St Mary's College, 11 New Street, St Mary's Bay, Auckland
https://auckland.eucharist.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 Volunteers Overseas 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/
... and in the Archdiocese of Wellington:
https://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/adw_community/vacancies/
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
https://www.catholic.org.nz/
The six dioceses:
https://www.catholic.org.nz/find-us/dioceses-2/#section_59
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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'.
https://www.cdh.org.nz/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
https://www.cdd.org.nz/
The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The
Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires'
https://nzceo.schoolzineplus.com/nzceo/archive
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'
https://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.
https://tuimotu.org/
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https://www.facebook.com/caritasaotearoa/timeline
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Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ
https://www.facebook.com/Marists
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https://www.facebook.com/SocietyofStVincentdePaulNZ/
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News of the Church
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http://cathnews.co.nz/category/new-zealand/
https://nzcatholic.org.nz/
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