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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
NZCBC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicNZ/
** Our artwork arrives in Christchurch: the painting's name is Ko Hata Maria, te Matua Wahine o te Atua (Holy Mary, Mother of God)
** NZ Catholic has again made its latest issue available online because of the continuing Auckland Lockdown.
** Many people have asked for an expanded explanation of our wonderful artwork, Ko Hata Maria, te Matua Wahine o te Atua. We now have a PDF guide to the details captured in the artwork ...
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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/
The full text of 'NZ Catholic' no. 625, November 14-27 2021 is online at:
In this issue: Michael Otto: NZ bishops issue care for the dying guidelines ... Integrated schools must follow health order ... Hackers target Dunedin diocese emails ... Editorial: Holocaust talk offends ... Bearers of Consolation and Hope: the bishops' statement on the care of persons contemplating assisted dying ...Reflecting on 50 years of priesthood, Dunedin jubilarian says God gave all that was needed ... Memorial honours NZ's most prominent pacifist ... Much-loved Auckland priest Fr Alleman dies ... Online novena for vocations ... Helen Luxford: Coming alive again ... Website showcases young Catholic artists ... Creativity and prayer guide students.
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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
Coronavirus: Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Teacher tests positive at Auckland's Sacred Heart College
A teacher at Auckland's Sacred Heart College has tested positive for Covid after teaching two classes while potentially infectious ...
Coronavirus: Northland's St Joseph's Catholic School shuts after positive case was in class
A Northland school where a COVID-positive student attended classes will temporarily close, but the Ministry of Health apparently has "no concerns" about a potential wider outbreak. St Joseph's Catholic School in Dargaville, which covers years zero to eight, told parents earlier this week two family members - not students - had tested positive for the virus ...
Combined Catholic schools kapa haka day held in Timaru
Groups from five Catholic schools in South Canterbury got together on Tuesday for a combined Kapa Haka Day at Timaru's Sacred Heart Parish Centre. Operating within Level 2 guidlines, with fewer than 100 pupils in attendance for the performance, the groups all came from schools which participate in Kahui Ako (Community of Learning) ...
Abuse survivors demand Wellington school removes portrait of alleged paedophile
A portrait of a senior Catholic cleric accused of child sexual abuse still hangs on the wall at St Patrick's College Silverstream – despite a survivors' support group being told it had been removed. The late Reverend Father Patrick Minto, a teacher in the 1950s and then rector in the early 1970s, was named as an alleged abuser last November at the Royal Commission into state and religious abuse ...
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THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (B)
The Mass of the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, celebrated by Monsignor Bernard Kiely at Good Shepherd Parish, Balmoral, Auckland, 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 Sister Stephanie Kitching:
Mark 13:24-32 The coming of the Son of Man
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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
Faith leaders warn 'time is running out' as COP26 hits critical moment
A group of faith communities has warned "time is running out" as the negotiations at the United Nations COP26 climate change conference reach "a critical moment." The document, signed by over 40 faith leaders, including several Catholic bishops, called for "urgent and ambitious action to deliver justice for the most vulnerable people and communities" ...
Vocations directors say, 'Jesus didn't use flyers' to attract apostles
"When Jesus called his disciples he didn't put flyers in the synagogue and put some type of poster in the village square. It was a personal invitation," Father George Sears, vocations director for the archdiocese of New York, told Crux. "So what we're seeking to do in New York is to work with a group of (15) priests and make a more personal approach to building communities of particularly young men who are serious about their faith" ...
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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:
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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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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