NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
National Calendar for 2024 published
The Catholic Church's National Calendar for 2024 has been published and is available now on the NZCBC website. It can be downloaded as a PDF, or viewed as a web page ...
NZCBC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicNZ/
** Ka pai and congratulations to the Kiwi winners at the Australasian Catholic Press Association awards in Perth last night. Pictured from left Michael Otto, editor, NZ Catholic, Auckland (Highly Commended Best Editorial Column/Blog); Anne Rose, designer, NZ Catholic (Highly Commended Best Layout and Design, Print) and Annette Scullion, editor, WelCom, Wellington (Winner, Best Layout and Design ...
** The Catholic Church's National Calendar for 2024 has been published and is available now on the NZCBC website.
** Te Kupenga-Catholic Theological College invites you to join an inspiring and empowering webinar series designed for Catholic school boards, proprietors and representatives, school leaders and leaders in Catholic organisations seeking to make a positive change and fostering a thriving Catholic community.
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Cathedral cleanup complete after fire
Palmerston North's Cathedral of the Holy Spirit will reopen this weekend after being closed for four and a half months after an arson attack ...
Mystery book found in Tauranga awaits owner
A religious book believed to be more than 110 years old has been found in Greerton – and St Mary Immaculate Church member Dermot Blake hopes to see it returned to its rightful owner. The pocket-sized book is called 'Garden of the Soul – A manual of devotion'. Written in both English and Latin, the book appears to have been published in 1910 ...
New faces at historic Pompallier Mission
Kororareka - Russell: Pompallier Mission, the historic printery established by Jean-Baptiste Pompallier and his team of Marist Missionaries in 1841-42, welcomes Alex Bell as its new Property Lead and Cornelia Schmidt- Bundfuss as Visitor Services Coordinator ...
NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
Original MasterChef NZ winner Brett McGregor cooks up a storm for St. Marcellin School students
Original MasterChef NZ winner Brett McGregor was recently at St. Marcellin School cooking up a storm for the students as part of the Healthy Lunches in Schools programme ...
Pupils develop school mural (includes short video)
A Dunedin school is bringing its Maori values and Catholic character together with a new mural of Maori Jesus.
Dunedin artist Aroha Novak (Ngai Te Rangi, Ngati Kahungunu) teamed up with some young collaborators from St Joseph's Cathedral School over the last few months to create a multicultural representation of what Jesus could look like.
Taking his tennis to new heights
Garin College student Harry Pugh has broken into the top 250 U18 tennis players in the world, having also strengthened his spot as the best junior player in the country ...
Player improved by overseas training
St Peter's College pupil Finn Hellyer-Waihape has gone to the home of ice hockey to take his game to the next level ...
Timaru's Roncalli College First XI wins Linwood Tournament for first time
For the first time in its school's history, Timaru's Roncalli College First XI football team has won the Linwood Football Tournament by winning every game and conceding no goals ...
Taranaki teen wins national New Zealand songwriting competition
A song about justice has hit all the right notes. Sacred Heart Girls' College Year 10 Georgia Jeffrey, 15, won the middle category (Year 7-10) in this year's Caritas Singout4justice competition. The competition, for New Zealand Catholic school students across New Zealand, encourages students to showcase their musical talents and share positive messages ...
St James' Catholic School honours the past with 65th anniversary celebrations
Palmerston North's St James' Catholic School is taking a trip down memory lane as it prepares for its 65th jubilee this weekend ...
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TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (A)
Today's Mass, celebrated by Monsignor Bernard Kiely and the faith community of Good Shepherd Parish, Balmoral, 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).
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 Malia Vito-Tupai and Sister Stephanie Kitching
Matthew 18:15-20 When someone sins
Sunday homilies of Fr Anthony Trenwith (podcast): Homily for the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Marist Laity NZ. Living The Word: 23rd Sunday Year A: Where Two Or Three Gather…
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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin
Pope Francis rejects criticism of his outreach to China, Russia
Pope Francis largely rejected criticism of his outreach to both China and Russia on Monday, insisting that the Vatican enjoys a "very respectful" relationship with Beijing and praising Russia for possessing a culture with "great beauty and depth" ...
Pope's visit to Mongolia a classic example of the Vatican thinking in centuries
Legendarily, the Vatican thinks in centuries. Jokingly, it's sometimes been said that the Vatican's working approach can be summarized as, "Talk to me on Wednesday, and I'll get back to you in 300 years." In that spirit, there's a sense in which Pope Francis's visit to Mongolia this week, the first ever by a pontiff, is a voyage that's been almost 800 years in the making ...
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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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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
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:
'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine.
https://tuimotu.org/ Scroll down to Articles, Explore More
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