Sunday, May 29, 2022

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/

Synodal hui, Suzanne Aubert discussed by Bishops at NZCBC meeting
https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/nzcbc-may2022meeting/
The Catholic bishops of Aotearoa New Zealand are looking forward to meeting as wide a group of people as possible in early July at the National Synodal Hui in Wellington ...

NZCBC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicNZ/

** The bishops were in Christchurch last week for one of their regular Conference meetings ...

** The Gisborne Herald has a nice take on Bishop Michael Gielen's appointment as Bishop of Christchurch ...

** The powhiri was held today at the Home of Compassion in Wellington to welcome Deacon Danny Karatea-Goddard as Co-Chief Executive Maori-Tumu Whakarae of the Sisters of Compassion Group ...  

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

Website: https://nzcatholic.org.nz/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NZCatholic/
Full text articles: https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2022/

In issue no. 637, May 22 - June 4 : New theology campus blessed in Ponsonby... New pastoral context with euthanasia legalised ... Maori education challenge ... Dr John Evangelista: Peace during this 'Easter of War' ... Editorial: Walking the earth and being in the world for Christ ... Pacific women's image of God and mental wellbeing ... The artwork Ko Hata Maria, te Matua Wahine o te Ata (Holy Mary Mother of God) : a two-page photo feature ... Kiwi priest's ministry of healing in Medjugorje ... What a 'synodal' Church might look like in Aust.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS.  

Synodal Hui, Suzanne Aubert Discussed By Bishops At NZCBC Meeting
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2205/S00510/synodal-hui-suzanne-aubert-discussed-by-bishops-at-nzcbc-meeting.htm
The Catholic bishops of Aotearoa New Zealand are looking forward to meeting as wide a group of people as possible in early July at the National Synodal Hui in Wellington. The hui is the next big step of New Zealand's part in the "Synod on Synodality," the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in the Catholic Church launched by Pope Francis in 2021 and concluding in Rome next year.

Michael Gielen 'humbled and honoured' to be appointed new bishop of Christchurch
https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/128721695/michael-gielen-humbled-and-honoured-to-be-appointed-new-bishop-of-christchurch
Despite being a keen Waikato rugby supporter, Christchurch's newest bishop says he's looking forward to becoming a Canterbury fan as he continues his predecessor's work to consolidate the city's parishes. Gielen was appointed after apostolic administrator archbishop Paul Martin took up the role as coadjutor archbishop of Wellington in January 2021 after three years at the helm in Christchurch.

Waimate's impressive church is Romanesque Revival style
The Timaru Herald
https://pressreader.com/article/281535114613742
St Patrick's Basilica is one of the most impressive buildings in the Waimate District. It was designed by Francis William Petre (1847-1918) and is constructed of reinforced concrete with brick and Oamaru stone facings and a Marseille-tiled roof ...

Exclusive: Some religious schools refusing to offer HPV vaccine
https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/05/26/exclusive-some-religious-schools-refusing-to-offer-hpv-vaccine/
Tens of thousands of children across New Zealand have been denied access to a vaccine that protects against a cancer-causing sexually transmitted infection after their schools opted out of the DHB run programme.

NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

I was a McAuley High School student. It was no 'joke'
https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/23-05-2022/i-was-a-mcauley-high-school-student-it-was-no-joke
A podcaster in Australia made an insulting remark about the pupils of "an all girls school" in South Auckland. There's only one all girls school in South Auckland: McAuley High School. Former pupil Sela Jane Hopgood responds ...

St Patrick's School Taupo student Lucy Stapleton donates unworn catwalk creation to school
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/st-patricks-school-taupo-student-lucy-stapleton-donates-unworn-catwalk-creation-to-school/OSLNVWZ52SQGU4QH2JXMUTKWGM/
St Patrick's Catholic School year 8 student Lucy Stapleton has donated to the school her never-been-worn 2020 entry for the Creative Catwalk Lake Taupo Hospice. A young artist who made an incredible cork outfit for a twice-cancelled event has now outgrown her creation.

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ASCENSION SUNDAY

Today's Mass, celebrated by Fr Gerard Aynsley and the community of Mercy Parish – Whanau Aroha in Dunedin South, can be viewed at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzuFxcMyT2c

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).


Inspired Word: A video reading and commentary on the gospel of the day by Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Judith Wigglesworth at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
Luke 24:46-53   Jesus appears to his disciples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dUodGaamVM&list=PLeDNiKpHSQBAMx_xkzRR8wnm_isNdXF-u&index=40

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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/

A Mass is said for children who suffered double loss in Uvalde shooting
https://cruxnow.com/cns/2022/05/a-mass-is-said-for-children-who-suffered-double-loss-in-uvalde-shooting
At a May 26 Mass, the Catholic community of Sacred Heart Church in Uvalde, Texas, comforted the four children of Joe and Irma Garcia. Their first loss came May 24 with the death of their mother, a teacher fatally shot during the attack at her elementary school, and it was followed by the death of their father two days later from a fatal heart attack ...

Christians must be able to remain in Jerusalem, say bishops who visited
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-middle-east/2022/05/christians-must-be-able-to-remain-in-jerusalem-say-bishops-who-visited
 The presence of the Christian community is indispensable to the identity of Jerusalem, considered holy by all three Abrahamic faiths, several European bishops said at the end of a visit to the Holy Land ...

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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 dioceses of ...

Auckland: https://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/staff-vacancies/
Hamilton: https://www.cdh.org.nz/jobs
Wellington: https://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/adw_community/vacancies/
Dunedin: https://www.cdd.org.nz/employment-opportunities

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

'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine.
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