NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
Br Peter Bray awarded Papal honour as he prepares to step aside as Bethlehem University Vice Chancellor
Taranaki-raised Br Peter Bray FSC EdD – Vice Chancellor of Bethlehem University in the Holy Land since 2009 – has been awarded a high Papal honour as he prepares to leave his "amazing" and "challenging" role at the end of the year ...
NZCBC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicNZ/
** Fake accounts purporting to be Bishop Steve Lowe have been established on Facebook and Messenger (and possibly also operating through email).
** Catholic Enquiry Centre Director Rebecca Taylor-Hunt reflects on the role of homilies in sowing seeds:
** A Matariki reflection from the NZ Catholic Bishops' Committee for Interfaith Relations.
** Caritas is supporting urgent calls to have legislation passed to ban modern slavery.
** Ka pai and warmest congratulations to Taranaki's Br Peter Bray FSC, Vice Chancellor of Bethlehem University in the Holy Land, awarded the Papal Cross of Honor
** With [last] Friday marking Matariki, the National Liturgy Office has provided a prayer and other resources for the day
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FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (A)
Today's Mass, celebrated by Fr Mark Field at St Joseph's, Te Aroha, 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 Readings for the Sundays of the Year:
Inspired Word: A video reading and commentary on the gospel of the day by Sr Stephanie Kitching and Stephen Ready.
Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 The parable of the sower
Sunday homilies of Fr Anthony Trenwith (podcast): Homily for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Marist Laity NZ. Living the Word: 16th (= 15th) Sunday Year A: Do We Have Ears To Hear?
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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin
Demographics on both sides create headaches in Israel-Vatican ties
In 2011, the last time an Israeli Foreign Minister came calling in the Vatican, there was hope the encounter might lend momentum toward an agreement to stabilize the tax and fiscal status of Church-owned properties in the Holy Land. It's a measure of how much things have deteriorated in the 12 years since that the big talking point this time, when Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met British Archbishop Paul Gallagher in the Vatican Thursday, was whether Christians can even walk down the streets of Jerusalem without being spat at ...
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EMPLOYMENT
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Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. Fundraising and Development Manager
Details on the website. Applications to: RJefferies@cdoc.nz
Applications close 16 July 2023.
New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference. Director of Prison Chaplaincy
The Prison Chaplaincy Director is a full-time national role, providing pastoral and professional leadership and support to the Catholic chaplains who provide chaplaincy services in New Zealand prisons.
Details at: https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/prison/ and from Siobhan Dilly, secretariat@nzcbc.org.nz
Applications to Damian Dempsey, NZCBC Executive Director, secretariat@nzcbc.org.nz.
Applications close 24 July 2023.
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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'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
NZ Catholic Education Office Newsletter 'Kotui'
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'
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul NZ.
https://www.svdp.org.nz/resources/ Newsletters. News in Brief:
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