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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
Catholic churches will offer Mass for all under "traffic light" plan
The Catholic bishops of Aotearoa New Zealand will ensure vaccinated and unvaccinated people can safely attend Mass when the Government's "traffic light" Covid-19 system starts. Each parish will be asked to provide Mass for people with the "My Vaccine Pass" required for unrestricted gatherings under the Orange and Green traffic light settings. They will also be asked to provide the opportunity for people to attend a separate numbers-restricted Mass without providing proof of vaccination.
NZCBC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicNZ/
** Our bishops will ensure that vaccinated and unvaccinated people can safely attend Mass when the Government's "traffic light" Covid-19 system starts.
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS.
Catholic Churches Will Offer Mass For All Under "traffic Light" Plan
The Catholic bishops of Aotearoa New Zealand will ensure vaccinated and unvaccinated people alike can safely attend Mass when the Government's "traffic light" Covid-19 system starts.
Grand, tired St Patrick's will be sold
Another of Lawrence's historic churches is to be sold, in what has been described as a ''wrench'' for parishioners.
St Patrick's Catholic Church, Lawrence parish chairman Geoff Blackmore informed the Otago Daily Times of the decision this week, drawing to a close a process that began in December last year.
Survivors call for new Government entity to hear allegations of institutional child abuse
John's* life has been blighted by the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his Catholic school principal. Now, a network for survivors of abuse in faith-based care is calling on the Government to create a new independent entity that would receive sexual abuse complaints, investigate and award redress ...
75 years of uni theology study marked
An ecumenical service was held at Knox Church, in Dunedin, last night to celebrate 75 years of theological study at the University of Otago. Theology head the Rev Associate Prof Christopher Holmes said the service was a way to honour what had been done at the university over the past three-quarters of a century.
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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
Roncalli College students recipients of $1000 tools grant
Roncalli College students Courtney Leonard and Cody Kereopa have both received cash boosts to help with their tools of the trade. The $1000 Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) tools grant, is eligible to students completing Gateway programmes, with 30 grants available nationwide.
Taranaki teen who died in river 'a massive part of so many people's lives'
A Taranaki family is feeling "lucky" their son's body was found after he went missing in a river, and have found comfort in the fact the teenager died doing what he loved. Jordan Patrick Adams, better known as Jordy, died after jumping into New Plymouth's Waiwhakaiho River on Saturday, November 13 ...
Hamish Bennett's jersey from NZ's abandoned cricket tour of Pakistan raising funds for Cancer Society
A Timaru high school's sporting memorabilia fundraiser for the Cancer Society has scored a jersey from a Black Cap selected for the 2021 cricket tour of Pakistan that never got under way. Roncalli College's auction of bowler Hamish Bennett's jersey is on TradeMe and is the last of a series the school has been running since August ...
Timaru boys make New Zealand Fiji Schoolboys Sevens training squad
Two Timaru schoolboys have been selected in the New Zealand Fiji Schoolboys Sevens wider training squad. Roncalli College's Tavite Kotobalavu Waqailiti and Timaru Boys' High School's Joeli Vinakadina, both 18, are part of the 30-member group that will prepare for the 2022 World Schools Sevens tournament to be played in Auckland in January 2022 ...
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Teacher at Auckland's Baradene College infected
A teacher at an Auckland Catholic girls' school who taught at the school three days last week has tested positive for Covid. In a letter to parents last night, Baradene College confirmed the teacher was infectious while at the school last Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Timaru girl to walk New York Fashion Week runway
A Timaru 8-year-old is preparing to embark on the trip of a lifetime after being selected to represent a fashion company on the runway during New York Fashion Week. Sacred Heart School pupil Sarah Young will jet to The Big Apple in February 2022, to model for Musa Fabric, a company which promotes and sells material and apparel made out of banana and thread from the Philippines.
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CHRIST THE KING (B)
The Mass of the Feast of Christ the King, celebrated by Father Gerald Ainsley at Mercy Aroha Parish, Dunedin, 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:
John 18:33-37 Jesus before Pilate
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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 168 — Life, Listening, Laws, Las Vegas (November 16, 2021)
Much of this month's episode focuses on the South Pacific, with new euthanasia laws in New Zealand, proposed religious freedom laws in Australia, a Tongan cardinal and a possible papal visit to the Pacific finding their way into the lineup. How can priests provide pastoral care for people accessing euthanasia? How can the Church stand up for those affected by climate change? Should Catholic organisations be allowed to only hire Catholics? Will Pope Francis come to the ends of the earth? And why was Mother Teresa in Las Vegas six decades ago? Some answers await as Anna, Don, Gavin and James tease out those topics.
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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin
Eastern Church has lessons on synodality for the West, archbishop says
Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia: "I find synodality to be a very vital and authentic way of living the life of the church".
U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approve document on the Eucharist
With an overwhelming positive vote, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' on Wednesday approved a much anticipated document on the Eucharist that, to the disappointment of some and joy of others, makes no reference to pro-abortion Catholic politicians who receive Communion ...
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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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https://www.romereports.com/en/ (video)
