Sunday, October 16, 2022

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Support World Mission Sunday 23 October to help people enduring poverty, violence and oppression
The country's Catholic bishops are urging all parishioners to support the work of Missio Aotearoa as we celebrate World Mission Sunday on 23 October ...



** The Caritas Gifts Life Fund supports our global emergency response efforts. By purchasing a gift from the Life Fund, you can help us provide essential supplies such as food, water, hygiene kits, and shelter to people caught in natural disasters

** Te Rohario: The rosary in  te Reo Maori for October, the Month of the Rosary from the National Liturgy Office

** Stuff has an article about the new St Mary's Church at Pleasant Point in Canterbury being opened on Saturday with an overflowing first Mass of Dedication celebrated by Bishop Michael Gielen

** Sixty years ago today, Pope John XXIII opened the three years of deliberations that we know today as the Second Vatican Council, which introduced landmark changes to the Church. Fr John O'Connor, director of our National Liturgy Office, reflects on that day ...

** Sunday 23 October is World Mission Sunday in the Catholic Church worldwide, and we are asking everyone to donate to Missio Aotearoa, which represents the Pontifical Mission Societies in New Zealand with generating  spiritual, material and financial support for those working in mission and Third World territories. 

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WORLD MISSION SUNDAY 23 October 2022

World Mission Sunday is held in every Catholic community world-wide. Missio is the public-facing name of the Pontifical Mission Societies, the Catholic Church's official charity for overseas mission. Missio Aotearoa represents the Pontifical Mission Societies in New Zealand. 

Missio Aotearoa's aim is to promote awareness of the mission of the Catholic Church – to present the good news of Jesus Christ to all peoples, and to generate spiritual, material and financial support for those working in mission and Third World territories.

The NZ Bishops' letter for World Mission Sunday: 

Resources by the National Liturgy Office for World Mission Sunday:

Donations page: 

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 


In issue no. 647, October 9 - 22, 2022: Call for more Maori in local government ... Faith institutions public hearing coming ... Fr Tong looking forward to his life of ministry ... Sexual diversity guidelines issued for Catholic schools .. Queen Elizabeth's faith carried her through years of service ... Ella Butterworth: The flame within our hearts: a reflection on Confirmation 2022 ... Editorial: Words and Witness (parishes radiating God' love) ... Bishop Peter Cullinane: The clamour and the silence (the right to choose) ... Pink shoes protests about women in Church ... Rachael Wong: 'What is a woman?' - today's trickiest question ... Ethnic chaplaincies festival a success ... Helen Luxford: Family Matters - Getting outside ... Mass bags for little parishioners in Chch ... An image of the many books of the Bible.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS.  

Full house at the opening of the new Catholic Church at Pleasant Point
There were too many people to fit into the pews for the opening of St Mary's Church, in Pleasant Point, as the community filled the new building. The Pleasant Point Church is part of the Opihi-St Mary Mackillop Parish which includes churches in Geraldine, Temuka and Pleasant Point, and overseen by parish priest Rev Francis "Jolly" Joseph ...

Has the Vatican forgotten to replace New Zealand's bishops?
Has the Vatican forgotten to replace New Zealand's bishops? Two of the six Catholic dioceses in the country are currently vacant. One, the Diocese of Hamilton, has lacked a bishop for almost a year. The other, the Diocese of Palmerston North, has been leaderless for more than three years. The Pillar spoke with clergy in New Zealand about possible reasons for the delay. They asked to remain anonymous given the small, tight-knit nature of the local Catholic community ...

NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

St Mary's Catholic School student Brooklyn Johns recognised for creative problem solving
Brooklyn Johns, 11, from St Mary's Catholic School (Rotorua) was thrilled to be recognised with a highly commended title in a competition for his creative problem solving. His entry Brooklyn's Nighttime Heroes secured the title and a prize of Samsung tech in Samsung's Solve For Tomorrow 2022 competition.

Cullinane College announces new principal Tony McBride
After nearly five months of searching, Cullinane College has found its new principal. Tony McBride said he got the call last Saturday ...

Good sorts front up for SKC fundraiser
Emotional blackmail and peer pressure were the key components in pulling together this year's Mr North Otago competition. The St Kevin's College evening is being held at the school dining hall tomorrow to raise funds for a new gymnasium floor, and because people needed a ''post-Covid laugh'', principal Jo Walshe said ...

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TWENTY-NINETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (C)

Today's Mass, celebrated by Fr Gerard Aynsley at Mercy Parish – Whanau Aroha Dunedin South, can be viewed at:

Sunday Mass is also broadcast 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). 


New Zealand Commentaries on the Sunday Readings:

Inspired Word: A video reading and commentary on the gospel of the day by Violet Kudzotsa and Stephen Ready
Luke 18:1-8   The parable of the widow and the judge

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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STATION XV (podcast)


Episode 178 — Queen, Quitting, Quake, Quirkiness

As the world — and especially the Commonwealth and the Christian world — stopped to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Catholic leaders featured prominently at her funeral. She was remembered as a woman of deep faith, among other virtues. At the other end of the world, bishops in New Zealand and Australia have published documents to guide schools as they seek to support gender diverse students. In other news on either side of the Tasman Sea, a Christian's resignation from a football club has caused a furore, while a New Zealand parish has had cause to celebrate the opening of a new parish after the devastating 2010-11 earthquakes. And as winter approaches in Ireland, priests are proposing a quirky solution to the problem of high power prices: More clothes and shorter Masses. Join Anna, James and Gavin for this month's episode.

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


Bahrain activist group urges pope to speak out on human rights abuses
An American activist group promoting human rights in Bahrain has called on Pope Francis to either back out of his upcoming visit to the Gulf nation or criticize what they say are repressive and discriminatory government practices ...

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EMPLOYMENT 
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NCRS RE Curriculum Resource Developer (Year 12)
We are seeking an experienced, creative and theologically knowledgeable RE teacher to design, write and create quality educational resources to support the new Catholic RE Curriculum – To Tatou Whakapono Our Faith – for Year 12 in Catholic colleges. The successful applicant will have significant experience of teaching RE at senior secondary level. This is a full-time – 1-year fixed term for 2023, possible secondment position ...  Applications close 4 November 2022

Director sought for the Catholic Enquiry Centre
The New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference is looking for a Director for the Catholic Enquiry Centre. This is a full-time three-year fixed term role ... Applications close 20 October 2022.

Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on the Website of the Education Gazette: 

Vacancies at Caritas Aotearoa: 

Job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of ...


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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. 
https://www.svdp.org.nz/resources/  Newsletters. News in Brief:  

'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. 
https://tuimotu.org/   Scroll down to Articles, Explore More

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