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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
NZCBC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicNZ/
** The Sisters of Compassion update us on the path to sainthood of the Venerable Meri Hohepa Suzanne Aubert.
** Caritas reminds us today is the international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people.
** Bishop Michael Gielen asks us to make room for Jesus this Advent and Christmas. (video)
** For Advent, Catholic Discovery has an interesting article on the history and meaning of the Jesse Tree.
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
'Tapestry of culture': The future of religious education in schools
Religious education is set for an overhaul in schools, with an updated curriculum that better reflects Aotearoa's diverse population. Gabrielle McCulloch reports ...
Silverstream finally remove abusers' portraits and honours
A top Wellington school has made a major U-turn and removed portraits and other honours of alleged abusive teachers from their walls after a four-year campaign by survivors and their families. St Patrick's Silverstream had previously refused to remove the portraits.
Pupil to attend Phoenix football academy
Otago Daily Times 1 Dec 2022
St Peter's College pupil Dan Nelson will take the first steps to kickstart his professional football career next year. The 14-year-old from Gore has been selected to take part in the Wellington Phoenix Football Club Academy, which prepares young players to play for the club in the Australian A League. He will attend St Patrick's College, Silverstream, board at the school's hostel and train with the club after school.
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SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT (A)
Today's Mass, celebrated by Pa Peter Tipene in the parish of St Mary of the Immaculate Conception Avondale, Auckland 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).
RNZ. Hymns on Sunday, 4 December 2022 (audio and text)
When hymn writer Shirley Murray was on an editorial panel preparing a collection of NZ-written carols in the 1990s, she found there weren't many with an Advent theme. So she wrote one! You can hear Look Towards Christmas in this week's programme.
New Zealand Commentaries on the Sunday Readings:
Inspired Word: A video reading and commentary on the gospel of the day by Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Dr Raymond Pelly at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
Matthew 3:1-12 The preaching of John the Baptist
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
Will the Catholic world rally to defend imperiled bishop in Eritrea?
Much of the Catholic world this week has been focused on Hong Kong, where 90-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen and five other defendants were found guilty of failing to register a pro-democracy fund. Zen has been ordered to pay a fine of $500.
If you really want a Catholic bishop to worry about right now, a more harrowing choice probably would be Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim, the 52-year-old prelate of Segheneity in Eritrea. Appointed in 2012, Tsalim was arrested by the regime on Oct. 15 and is reportedly being held in the notorious Adi Abeito prison on the outskirts of the capital city of Asmara. At around the same time, two other Catholic priests were also arrested. As is par for the course in Eritrea, the three clerics have been detained without any legal proceedings or judicial review, they have no right to attorneys or to visitations, there's no process to appeal their arrests, and the government has not commented on their case ...
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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:
Vacancies at Caritas Aotearoa:
Job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of ...
Hamilton: https://www.cdh.org.nz/jobs
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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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