Sunday, October 30, 2022

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Continental Stage of Pope's Synod on Synodality process begins
The next stage of Pope Francis' Synod on Synodality has begun with the Vatican overnight publishing the working document that brings together the many Synod syntheses from around the Catholic world including Aotearoa New Zealand ...



** Kia ora koutou whanau Katorika. Here's a handy graphic of all of Pope Francis'  For a Synodal Church process. 

** Australia's The Catholic Weekly has a lovely interview with Christchurch artist Damien Walker who painted the iconic Ko Hata Maria, te Matua Wahine o te Atua [Holy Mary, Mother of God], which went on a 12-month hikoi around Aotearoa-NZ 

** The next stage of Pope Francis' Synod on Synodality has begun with the Vatican overnight publishing the working document that brings together the many Synod syntheses from around the Catholic world including Aotearoa New Zealand's, titled "Enlarge the space of your tent" (Is 54:2)

** Father Neil Vaney SM of the Catholic Enquiry Centre reflects on the importance of making the most of an unexpected meeting (Lk 19.1-10)

** Here's an album from Caritas Aotearoa NZ programme director Rachel Harrison's visit to our partners in Ha'apai, Tonga, as part of the Caritas response to the Hunga Tonga – Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption and tsunami in January this year

** Archbishop Patrick Coveney -- a long-serving Apostolic Nuncio to Aotearoa New Zealand -- has died in Crosshaven, County Cork, Ireland, aged 88. Archbishop Coveney was Nuncio (the diplomat who represents the Vatican) in Wellington from 1996 to 2005 and by his long service became Dean of the Diplomatic Corps here. 

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 


In issue no. 648, October 23- November 5, 2022:  New church for South Canterbury (Pleasant Point) ... Msgr Patrick Leslie. 'a wonderful pastor' honoured ... Hamilton diocese's last Mill Hill missionary dies (Fr Anselm Aherne) ... Being 'Father' means being close to people ... Editorial: The exclusion of Christians ... Climate finance must work for communities and be debt free (Caritas) ... Tim Staples: Catholics should engage culture ... Bishop Campbell warns men about relative values ... Helen Luxford: Lifelong learning ... Tamil Catholics celebrate three events ... David Wells: the four characteristics of a missionary disciple ... Helping children fall in love with Jesus (Catechesis of the Good Shepherd).

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS.  

The rebel priest standing up to the Catholic Church
For 62 years, Peter Murnane has been a Dominican priest. He remained so through the storm after he poured blood on the floor of the US Consul's office. When he provided a safe house for the asylum seeker Ahmed Zaoui. When he broke into the Waihopai spy base, was prosecuted and acquitted. Even when he gave a sermon explaining why he thought Australia's top Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, was not a good bloke. Only now, at 82 years old, have the Dominicans seemingly had enough of their rebel priest after Murnane refused instructions to pulp his new book, Clerical Errors ...

Book of the Week: Oh, Jim: On Jim Anderton, the best PM we never had
Jim Anderton, like Winston Peters, grew up in deprived family circumstances. Both went to teachers' college and loved rugby. He proved to be a talented organiser, not only as an outstanding president of the Labour Party (1979-1984) but earlier in the Catholic Youth Movement, having converted to Catholicism in his mid-teens ...

NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

Kavanagh removes offending photos
Photos of alleged sexual predators have been removed from the walls of a Dunedin school following anger from survivors and advocates. Former St Paul's High School pupils touring Kavanagh College as part of a class reunion at the weekend were shocked to see photos of Br Richard Glen, Br Francis Henery and Br Victor Sullivan ...

Tokelau Language Week: Porirua teen working hard to be the next Tokelauan music legend
Teve Gaualofa, 16, who attends Bishop Viard College, is proud to show off his Tokelauan heritage through the songs and music he writes.

Young Whangarei Writer Named Fred Hollows NZ Junior Ambassador 2022
Madison Macmillan has been named today as this year's Fred Hollows NZ Junior Ambassador. The 11-year-old student from Saint Francis Xavier Catholic School has donated over $1200 from the hundreds of books she has sold to the Northland Rescue Chopper Service. 

'Unhealthy level of scrutiny': Auckland principals stop live TV coverage of 1A First XV competition
Live TV coverage and streaming from one of the most prestigious First XV competitions in the world has been scrapped in the interest of player welfare. Principals from 12 Auckland schools released a combined statement on Wednesday revealing the dramatic changes due to an "unhealthy level of scrutiny in both traditional and social media" ...

Boys' school cancels 'Wife Beater Wednesday' at 11th hour
St Bede's College students have shown "bad judgment" after choosing a "Wife Beater Wednesday" dressup theme that was shut down 24 hours before going ahead, the school says. Year 13 students from the boys' school in Christchurch were gearing up to wear white singlets, sometimes referred to as "wife beaters", during a week of themed dressup days to celebrate their final days of formal classes ...

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THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (C) 

Today's Mass, celebrated by Fr Fr Jaime Lalaguna MSP in the parish of the Blessed Sacrament, Gore, Southland 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 Rev. Judith Wigglesworth and Very Rev. Frank Nelson at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
Luke 19:1-10 Jesus and Zacchaeus

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


Synod organizers sell process as cementing Catholicism as church of 'both/and'
Retired Pope Benedict XVI once famously said in an address to a group of clergy that the inherent beauty of Catholicism is "the religion of the great 'both/and,'" meaning there is space for everyone. Benedict said that "Catholicism, a little simplistically, has always been considered the religion of the great 'both/and,' not of great exclusions, but of syntheses. 'Catholic' means precisely 'synthesis'" ...

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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

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


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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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Catholic Discovery NZ (Catholic Enquiry Centre)

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