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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
Social Justice Week 2021: Bishops' Statement: A culture of encounter (7 Sep 2021)
Each September the Catholic Bishops of Aotearoa New Zealand set aside Social Justice Week, inviting us to reflect and take action on a current social justice issue. Social Justice Week 2021 takes place from 12 to 18 September ...
NZCBC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicNZ/
** East Coast Bays (Auckland) Parish Priest Fr Emile Frische was a Mill Hill missionary serving in New York when the terror attacks happened 20 years ago today. In this interview he reflects on that terrible day and its aftermath ...
** Light a concert candle at home
Bishop Pat and team have prepared a beautiful, candlelight concert on his Facebook tomorrow night at 7pm. It will be presented by Fr Chris Skinner SM and will be a wonderful opportunity for music and hope-filled, prayerful reflection not just in Auckland where people are confined in their homes in Level 4 but for everyone everywhere ...
** This video of our Te Ara a Maria artwork has been produced for the Diocese of Dunedin. The artwork has been looked after by Fr Pat McGettigan at St Mary's Basilica in Invercargill since arriving there the day before Lockdown began last month, postponing the start of the hikoi.
** With today being our celebration of the Birthday of Mary, this article by Fr Neil Vaney SM, pastoral director of the Catholic Enquiry Centre, is a timely read as we wait to learn when our Te Ara a Maria hikoi can begin.
** This year's theme for Social Justice Week is "A Culture of Encounter: Be the Church." (Links to resources)
** Following Church inquiries last week about whether funerals could be held in a church under Alert Level 3 as long as numbers present were limited to 10, the Ministry of Health has updated its website ...
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Auckland priest who helped at 9/11 Ground Zero reflects on hate, 20 years later
An Auckland priest who supported US emergency services in the aftermath of 9/11 says people of all ethnicities and faiths should be honoured at all times, not just on the anniversary of a terrorist attack. East Coast Bays Parish priest Father Emile Frische was working at the Archdiocese of New York on September 11, 2001, when two planes crashed into the World Trade Centre's Twin Towers ...
Tributes made for our last Brigidine
Former St Patrick's teacher and principal and the last Brigidine sister to live out her religious calling in Wairarapa, Sister Monica Landy has died at the age of 90 ...
Catholic Church planned to house teen-sexting priest on primary school grounds
The Catholic Church planned to accommodate a priest who was on bail for sex-messaging a 15-year-old girl at a house on the grounds of a primary school.
Sticking to online church services reaches people through 'the side door'
Churches in Blenheim are choosing to stay online for now, creating an opportunity for people to attend a service "through the side door". Star of the Sea Marlborough pastoral council chairman Greg Stretch said its services would remain online, to be reviewed on September 21.
Covid-19: Mark of the beast or manna from heaven? Christianity's vaccine issue
In the wake of the Delta variant of Covid-19 entering New Zealand, the country's more than one million Christians considered their response. While most church leaders support the public health measures, a few are stoking fear and confusion among their flock ...
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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
Quitting school role means leaving 'family'
St Kevin's College deputy principal Kerry Ryan is moving on from the school to take up a role at the Ministry of Education in Dunedin.
Roncalli College producing lockdown cookbook created by students and staff
A recipe to get her students motivated during lockdown has inspired a Roncalli College teacher to collate a cookbook.
Highlanders sign schoolboy back
The Highlanders have won the race for one of New Zealand's top rugby prospects. St Peter's College (Auckland) year 13 pupil Ajay Faleafaga has signed with the franchise.
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TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (B)
The Mass of the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, concelebrated by Monsignor David Tonks, Fr Ephrem Tigga and Fr Nathaniel Brazil at St Joseph's Parish Church Takapuna, 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).
In conformity with the lockdown regulations, the Mass was attended only by the community of the presbytery.
Inspired Word: A video reading and commentary on the gospel of the day by Sister Stephanie Kitching.
Mark 8:27-35 "Who do you say I am?" : Peter's declaration about Jesus
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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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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin
9/11 anniversary a reminder the Vatican had it right, not once but twice
During the brief period after 9/11 but before the Afghan war opened, Pope John Paul II was one of the very few global leaders who made a trip to the region. The Polish pope was scheduled to travel to nearby Kazakhstan Sept. 22-25, and despite security fears after the Twin Towers attacks, the trip went ahead as planned. It afforded John Paul a chance to weigh in on the fateful choices facing the world at that moment ...
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EMPLOYMENT
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Chief Financial Officer, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
Applications close on 13 September at 5.00pm.
Caritas Aotearoa NZ -- the Catholic Bishops' agency for justice, peace and development -- is seeking an education advisor, nominally based in Wellington. Position requirements include a teaching qualification, experience of New Zealand curriculum, and familiarity with and commitment to Catholic social teaching. Details at https://caritas.org.nz/get-involved/work-us and at: https://consultusgroup.secure.force.com/RecruitsmeCurrentJobs/ts2__JobDetails?jobId=a0D4y00000lCjhAEAS&tSource=
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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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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