'NZ CATHOLIC'

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Full text articles from issue no. 660, May 7 - May 20 2023,  at https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2023/ ...

Samoan archbishop is farewelled from the largest Samoan city in the world ... Aubert craft in Island Bay exhibition ... UK bishop denounces new IVF method resulting in first baby born with DNA of three people ... Helen Luxford: Being a mother today is very complicated ... Bishop Lowe now president of NZ Catholic Bishops Conference ... Epic ice journey retold  (Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition)

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

School principal wants board of trustees chair to resign
https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/southland-top-stories/132041911/school-principal-wants-board-of-trustees-chair-to-resign
The principal of St Peter's College in Gore says she has no confidence in the ability of the school's board of trustees chairperson to lead and she wants her to resign. Principal Tara Quinney says she has a dysfunctional relationship with the board chair Ruth Mitchell and won't be able to work with her in the future ...

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ASCENSION SUNDAY  

Today's Mass, celebrated by Fr Stephen Berecz and the community of St John the Baptist Parnell, can be viewed at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9NZT4g41hg

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, (audio and text)

Hymns for Ascension Sunday
https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/hymns/audio/2018890846/hymns-on-sunday-21-may-2023


New Zealand Commentaries on the Readings for the Sundays of the Year:

Inspired Word: A video reading and commentary on the gospel of the day by Sister Stephanie Kitching.
Matthew 28:16-20   Jesus appears to his disciples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu6LCtr_8to&list=PLeDNiKpHSQBCBkgGtJ8PkooBg6ajG0C--&index=40

Sunday homilies of Fr Anthony Trenwith (podcast):
https://station15.co.nz/

Marist Laity NZ. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide
https://livingtheword.org.nz/
Ascension of the Lord

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STATION XV (podcast)

http://station15.co.nz/

Episode 185 – Continent (of Oceania), Calvary, Cardinal, Convent (May 16, 2023)

If you're looking for a list of the countries in the Pacific, you've come to the right place as the panel discusses the Oceania Bishops' response to the Synod of Bishops working document, Enlarge the Space of Your Tent. The Oceania response uncovered differences between the countries as they prepare for the Synod assemblies, which will have a more diverse membership than ever before. Diversity appears to be an issue for one Australian government, though, as it moves to take over a Catholic hospital, while in New Zealand it's time for some semblance of retirement for Cardinal John Dew. That should give him more time to spend on Instagram, maybe keeping up with Sr Elizabete, the myth-busting nun in Brazil.

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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin

https://cruxnow.com

Man arrested after ramming Vatican entrance gate
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2023/05/man-arrested-after-ramming-vatican-entrance-gate
A man has been arrested after ramming his car into an entrance gate to the Vatican City State late Thursday night and after a medical evaluation, was place in the Vatican's jail cell where he is awaiting charges ...

Pope's latest watershed for laity probably ought to come with a warning
https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2023/05/popes-latest-watershed-for-laity-probably-ought-to-come-with-a-warning
In what's been taken as the latest turning point in Pope Francis's campaign to empower laity in the Catholic Church, on Saturday the pontiff issued a new fundamental law for the Vatican City State which, for the first time, allows both lay men and women to sit on its governing commission ...

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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 at Caritas Aotearoa:
https://www.caritas.org.nz/work-with-us

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.nz/we-offer/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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Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'.
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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. Newsletter
https://www.cdd.nz/

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East'
https://www.columban.org.au/media-and-publications/the-far-east-magazine/archive/

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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