Sunday, June 5, 2022

NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

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

Research produces further details about reported abuse in NZ Catholic Church
https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/research/
Continuing research has produced further details of where and by whom much of the reported abuse in the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand was committed ...

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2022 29 May to 5 June
https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/wopfcu2022/
The resources for this year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity are now available. The Week is celebrated in Aotearoa New Zealand between Ascension and Pentecost Sundays each year, so 29 May to 5 June this year ...


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

** The latest issue of our Holy Cross Seminary's newsletter is out now and available in PDF format.

** Caritas Aotearoa NZ, the Catholic Bishops' agency for justice, peace and development, says Budget 2022 takes some cautious steps in the right direction

** Further research about reported alleged abuse in the Catholic Church in Aotearoa NZ has been published

** Caritas Aotearoa NZ reminds us that the 2022 Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants will be celebrated on Sunday 19 June

** Our artwork tour "Te Hikoi Wairua mo Te Ara a Maria"  is currently in the Hamilton Diocese. Here are pictures from St Joseph's Morrinsville

** The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity starts (on 29 May) and runs until Sunday.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS.  

More details revealed of extent of abuse reports against Catholic Church
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/128826053/more-details-revealed-of-extent-of-abuse-reports-against-catholic-church
More details have been revealed as part of ongoing research into the extent of reports of abuse in the Catholic Church – but survivors say it is not an accurate reflection of the abuse that happened. The continuing research is being undertaken by Te Ropu Tautoko, the group that coordinates Catholic Church engagement with the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care ...

Also:
Scale of abuse allegations in Dunedin Diocese revealed
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/scale-abuse-allegations-dunedin-diocese-revealed

Local Theologian Criticises Vatican
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2206/S00001/local-theologian-criticises-vatican.htm
A New Zealand theologian has expressed disappointment the Vatican did not use non-church experts in its recent three-year pilot of new law to hold Catholic bishops to account for their safeguarding procedures ...

Pure As: Sam Winders
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/lockerroom/pure-as-sam-winders
Video interview: Magic captain and Silver Fern of 2021 Sam Winders (St Mary's Rotorua, John Paul College) talks about her journey through netball - including the importance of faith and life outside the game (from 12m 23s).


NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

'Really quite special': The All Whites connection forged at one Auckland high school
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/128821295/really-quite-special-the-all-whites-connection-forged-at-one-auckland-high-school
All Whites defender Tim Payne (in white) sits for a photo with the Sacred Heart College 1st XI football team in 2014. His team-mates for this month's World Cup qualifying playoff against Costa Rica, Alex Greive and Niko Kirwan, are second from left at the front and on the right at the back respectively.
Tim Payne had no way of knowing the story the photo would come to tell ...

Three Hawke's Bay schools receive lifesaving gifts
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/three-hawkes-bay-schools-receive-lifesaving-gifts/QJ5HSOQTCP4F6CU7MM2A3EOWSE/
Sacred Heart College was one of three Hawke's Bay schools to be presented with a potential lifesaving AED (automated external defibrillator) from St John and ASB this year ...

Covid restrictions turned school production into movie
https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/covid-restrictions-turned-school-production-movie
[Oamaru's] St Joseph's School's biannual production is hitting the big screen. After Covid-19 put paid to hosting the Oamaru primary school's production this year, principal Lorraine Frances-Rees began brainstorming alternatives ...

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PENTECOST SUNDAY

Today's Mass, celebrated by Monsignor Bernard Kiely and the community of Marcellin College, Mount Albert, Auckland, can be viewed at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4u-xqNJ2Bk

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 Stephen Ready and Sister Stephanie Kitching.

John 14:15-21    The promise of the Holy Spirit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZN4pSFvceA&list=PLeDNiKpHSQBDAIAYJEHi42R7ctvsFuTEU&index=26

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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/

Cardinal days of August: Pope's pick for cardinals wasn't the only surprise
https://cruxnow.com/cns/2022/06/cardinal-days-of-august-popes-pick-for-cardinals-wasnt-the-only-surprise
 For many people in Rome, Pope Francis' decision to schedule a consistory to create new cardinals in August was more surprising than the men he chose to receive the red hat. Traditionally, Rome empties of everyone but tourists in sweltering August ...

Pope, Kirill may meet at religious congress in Kazakhstan in September
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2022/06/pope-kirill-may-meet-at-religious-congress-in-kazakhstan-in-september
On Tuesday, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis will travel to Kazakhstan in September for an international interfaith summit that is also expected to draw the participation of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill ...

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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
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'.
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.
https://tuimotu.org/   Scroll down to Articles, Explore More

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