Sunday, January 15, 2023

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Fr John Panamthottathil appointed Bishop of St Thomas the Apostle Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Melbourne
Father John Panamthottathil CMI has been appointed Bishop of the Saint Thomas the Apostle Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Melbourne, which covers Australia and Oceania including Aotearoa New Zealand ...

NZ Catholic Church leaders publish statement of commitments to abuse survivors
The bishops and the leaders of religious orders of the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand have published a statement of commitments adopted in response to the continuing work of the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care. The statement is signed by Father Thomas Rouse SSC, President of the Congregational Leaders Conference of Aotearoa New Zealand, and Cardinal John Dew, President of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, on behalf of their respective members ...



** Fr John Panamthottathil CMI (pictured) has been appointed Bishop of the St Thomas the Apostle Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Melbourne ...

** In Melbourne this week, Fr Dennis Nacorda  (Levin), Thérèse Lautua (Auckland) and Anne Dickinson (Wellington); Kiwi representatives at a meeting  discussing the current Continental Stage of Pope Francis's global "Synod on Synodality" ...

** Representatives of the four bishops' conferences of Oceania and the Eastern Catholic Churches in our part of the world are meeting in Melbourne this week to prepare a document for the next phase of the global "Synod on Synodality" ...

** The bishops and the leaders of the religious orders of the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand have issued a statement of commitments adopted in response to the continuing work of the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care ...

** The Sisters of Compassion have posted this timely, interesting story about Bishop Pompallier, who arrived in this country on this day in 1838, and celebrated the first Catholic Mass three days later ..

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

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New Years Honours List 2023. 
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Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit

NAKHLE, Mrs Henriette Michel, QSM
Mrs Henriette Nakhle has more than 40 years' experience in business and cultural advisory for the Lebanese people and has been Honorary Consul for Lebanon in New Zealand since 2017. Mrs Nakhle established the Lebanity Trust in 2018 to promote and preserve the Lebanese culture and heritage in New Zealand, including education in language and the arts. Through the Trust, she arranged for two Melkite Catholic nuns, from Lebanon, to travel to New Zealand in 2020 to teach the Arabic language ...

ROONEY, Mr Christopher Stephen
Christopher Rooney has worked at Liston College in Auckland for 45 years and has been Principal since 1999, overseeing growth and high achievement. Mr Rooney has overseen increased academic success of Maori and Pacific students, with Maori the highest achieving group in the school, as well as significant expansion of facilities and upgrading of sports fields ...

Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit

PIO, Professor Edwina
Professor Edwina Pio is an internationally respected management expert in the field of diversity and is New Zealand's first and only Professor of Diversity at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Business School, where she has impacted policies and practices since 2002. Professor Pio is Chair of the academic advisory board of Te Kupenga Catholic Theological College ...

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Catholic Church in NZ commits to sexual abuse changes, including mandatory reporting
The Catholic Church in New Zealand says it will change the way it responds to sexual abuse, including mandatory reporting to police in cases involving young people. It will also ask all Catholic institutions to audit their buildings, portraits and prizes in an apparent bid to prevent the honouring of alleged or confirmed abusers. The church's leaders today outlined a series of commitments they would make in response to an ongoing inquiry into abuse in state care and religious institutions ...

Catholic Church doing opposite of public statements on abuse safeguarding - advocate
The leader of a network for survivors abused by priests says the Catholic Church's new promises to change are not genuine. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests Aotearoa leader, Dr Chris Longhurst, told RNZ: "What the bishops and the congregational leaders of the Catholic Church are saying in public is not what's happening behind closed doors" ...

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SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - A

RNZ. Hymns on Sunday, (audio and text)
A setting of Psalm 23, a hymn by New Zealand writer Joy Cowley and a confirmation hymn - just some of the listener requests in this week's programme. 

New Zealand Commentaries on the Readings for the Second Sunday of the Year:

Marist Messenger. Daily Reflections: https://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/

Marist Laity NZ. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide
Second Sunday, Year A : Be a light to the nations

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


At funeral, Pell hailed for bearing 'unjust condemnation' with dignity and peace
At his Vatican funeral Saturday, the late Cardinal George Pell was praised for his "greatness of intellect and heart," and, in an allusion to his conviction followed by eventual exoneration on sexual abuse charges in his native Australia, for bearing an "unjust and painful condemnation" with "dignity and interior peace." For decades Pell was an influential, tone-setting figure both in Australia and the Vatican. Pell died unexpectedly Tuesday due to heart complications after a routine hip surgery at the age of 81 ...

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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 ...


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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. Newsletter

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