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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
Bishops have full agenda for four-day NZCBC meeting
New Zealand's Catholic bishops met in Wellington last week from Monday 31 October to Thursday 3 November for a regular meeting of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference. The bishops had a full agenda over their four-day meeting ...
NZCBC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicNZ/
** Listen out to Catholic Discovery's second Christmas podcast, on gifts.
** The bishops met last week for their formal November meeting. Read about the November NZCBC meeting here:
** Joe from the Catholic Enquiry Centre talks about Christmas and the centre's special Christmas podcasts.
** This Sunday is the World Day of the Poor. The National Liturgy Office has resources for this including a message from Pope Francis, and asks that this day will "enable us to make a personal and communal examination of conscience and to ask ourselves whether the poverty of Jesus Christ is our faithful companion in life."
** Te Kupenga-Catholic Theological College is now accepting enrolments for online courses for Semester One in 2023.
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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. 648, November 6-19 2022: Hope high for Mission Map momentum ... Three permanent deacons ordained in Hamilton ... Catholic Church in NZ striving to be fully bi-cultural ... Editorial: A love that overcomes all isolation ... International news ... Catholic leaders appear before Royal Commission ... A richly illustrated and comprehensive history of St Joseph's Maori Girls' College ... African faith and culture celebrated.
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS.
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Sister Marcellin Wilson RSM CNZM
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Sister Marcellin passed away on 24 October 2022 after a lifetime of service to the greater Wellington community.
A brief obituary and personal memories of Sr Marcellin are here:
A 2013 interview with her mentions the highlights of her years of service:
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RNZ. Hymns on Sunday 13 November 2022 (text and audio)
November 13 is World Day of the Poor in the Catholic liturgical calendar. We're marking the date with Graham Kendrick's Beauty for Brokenness and Bread for the World by Bernadette Farrell.
Upgraded cemetery reopens with celebration
Visitors from as far away as Australia, and a former New Zealand prime minister, attended the opening of the Pukerau Cemetery [Southland ] upgrade on Sunday. The celebration started at the Catholic block of the cemetery with a karakia by Hokonui Runanga cultural adviser Matu-Taera Coleman-Clarke.
Lake Hawea stalwart celebrates 95 after Covid cancelled birthday bash
Lake Hawea man Dick Cotter didn't get to have his 95th birthday bash on Saturday night because he was isolating with Covid-19. Cotter is celebrating his 95 years with his six children, 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren – and the clan are having some simple takeaways at the red-brick home he built with his own hands 56 years ago.
Abuse in Care Inquiry: Survivor condemns lack of 'genuine repentance' from churches in final hearing
A survivor of abuse says churches have missed a golden opportunity to really reflect on how Aotearoa-New Zealand came to have such an appalling record of abuse of people in care. Jacinda Thompson suffered sexual harassment by her Anglican minister in the early 2000's, and she has given evidence to the inquiry.
Flocks without shepherds - a third of New Zealand's dioceses without bishops
New Zealand is two bishops short, with one diocese waiting three years – and counting – for a replacement. The Hamilton and Palmerston North dioceses make up a third of the country's six ecclesiastical jurisdictions and serve more than 100,000 Catholics. Palmerston North's wait has been three years so far and Hamilton's almost a year.
NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
Deadline looms for Blenheim Xmas Parade float registrations
The call has gone out for groups to get their floats in order for this year's Blenheim Christmas Parade as the deadline for registrations loom. One of the groups busy designing their float for this year's parade, on Saturday, December 3, was from St Mary's Preschool in Blenheim who were working alongside the older children next door at the primary school.
Lachlan has his eyes on the prize
Whether at his local Lower Waitaki Golf Club, or representing Otago against Canterbury, Lachlan Coutts is right at home. The St Kevin's College pupil made a stunning start to his representative career, scoring two wins, a half and a loss for Otago Under-19 at the Hororata Golf Club in Christchurch last weekend.
Calf-leading cup returns to St Joseph's Stratford after 38 years
After nearly 40 years, a calf-leading cup has returned to St Joseph's Stratford. Pupils Clare Coatsworth and Lucy Joblin, both 10, and Max Joblin, 8, won the South Taranaki Boys and Girls' Calf Day team of three leading section.
Zero Gravity cheerleader Alyssa Smartt selling homecrafted chopping boards to get to Hawaii
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/manawatu-guardian/news/zero-gravity-cheerleader-alyssa-smartt-selling-homecrafted-chopping-boards-to-get-to-hawaii/2TXZOVQRKDQCNYF5NCPUWOHBQY/
Alyssa Smartt is the first to admit she packs a lot into her days. Her most recent addition is helping her mother, Kim Couper-Smartt, make wooden chopping boards. They are selling the boards to raise money for Alyssa to go to the Global Dance + Cheer Games in Hawaii. Alyssa lives at Pohangina and goes to St Peter's College in Palmerston North.
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THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (C)
At the time of writing (midday, Sunday 13 November), the video of the Mass for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time had not been uploaded to the Auckland Diocese's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AucklandCatholic/videos
New Zealand Commentaries on the Sunday Readings:
Inspired Word: A video reading and commentary on the gospel of the day by Sister Stephanie Kitching:
Luke 21:5-19 Jesus speaks of the destruction of the temple
Sunday homilies of Fr Anthony Trenwith (audio): http://station15.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
Seminaries don't form 'supermen,' but humble servants, pope says
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2022/11/seminaries-dont-form-supermen-but-humble-servants-pope-says
The mission of a seminary "is not to form 'supermen' who pretend to know and control everything," but to help seminarians become priests who are humble servants of the communities they continue to belong to, Pope Francis said ...
"The Lord calls some of his disciples to be priests, that is, he chooses some of the sheep from his flock and invites them to be shepherds of their brothers and sisters," the pope wrote in a speech prepared for a group of rectors and staff members of seminaries in Latin America ...
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EMPLOYMENT
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Archdiocese of Wellington. Catholic Social Services. Hospital chaplain, Wellington Hospital
Details in 'NZ Catholic' November 6-19 2022 p.9 and from Kamau Hollande reception@wn-catholicsocialservices.org.nz Applicatons close 25 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 ...
Hamilton: https://www.cdh.org.nz/jobs
Dunedin: https://www.cdd.org.nz/employment-opportunities
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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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