Sunday, November 5, 2023



NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


English translation of Synod Synthesis Report now available
The First Session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops has ended with the publication of a Synthesis Report titled A Synodal Church on Mission. This is not a final document, but an instrument at the service of ongoing discernment ...



** The Committee for Interfaith Relations was established by the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference in 2009 to assist the bishops in their commitment to strengthening relationships between the different faiths present in New Zealand.

** The official English translation of the just-ended Synod on Synodality's Synthesis Report is now available. 

** The Feast of All Souls (is) the Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed, and November is the Month of the Holy Souls. In this third special article on his Food For Faith blog this week,  Fr John O'Connor of the National Liturgy Office discusses how we make time this month to remember those who have died ...

** The Catholic Diocese of Auckland is currently recruiting a full-time Youth Ministry Officer. Find out more here ...

** Barely a week passes without someone trying to impersonate one of our bishops or scamming or spamming social media in some way. Be alert! Thursday is Day Four of Cyber Smart Week (more messages follow)

** Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, our Apostolic Nuncio, is in a stable condition in Wellington Hospital following the stroke he suffered on Friday. Please keep him in your prayers at this difficult time for him

** All Saints' Day: We pray for the intercession of the saints

** The Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania has launched a new website, which Bishop Mykola Bychok, Eparch of Melbourne, invites everyone to visit and enjoy its bounty.

** Fr John O'Connor of the National Liturgy Office discusses today's Feast of All Saints in his Food For Faith blog, 

** Caritas Aotearoa NZ asks you to help it mark World Day of the Poor on Sunday 19 November. Details here: 

** Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, the Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, has had a severe stroke and is in Wellington Hospital. Please remember Archbishop Novatus in your prayers.

** Today's CathNews critiques New Zealand's involvement in the just-finished Synod on Synodality.

** In this first of three posts this week on his Food For Faith blog, Fr John O'Connor of the National Liturgy Office discusses Halloween -- literally "All Saints Eve" -- and why as Christians we should not act as killjoys opposing its secular version: 

** After a month of prayer, reflection and conversation, a Synthesis Report has been published at the end of the first assembly of the Synod on Synodality.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Warning issued after scammers posing as priests attempt to swindle church folk
Scammers are reaching out to parishioners pretending to be priests, the Catholic Diocese of Auckland has warned. An email sent out to Auckland parishioners from the Catholic Diocese of Auckland warned scammers were reportedly pretending to be priests and reaching out for gift cards and money ...

Cathedral project out of limbo
The Press 30 Oct 2023
A decision on the future of Christchurch's planned new $40m Catholic cathedral is imminent after a ruling from the Vatican lifted the project out of limbo. Panning on the central city development came to a halt in March, when parishioners mounted a legal challenge to the Vatican, opposing the church's $100 million post-earthquake building plan ...

Church conversion has been a labour of love for vendors (photos and video)
Built in 1889, the former St Joseph's Church in Clive, Hawke's Bay has been converted into a home, now listed with NZ Sotheby's International Realty ...

Court upholds decision against parish building
The backers of the contentious Olive Leaf building proposed for Arrowtown have lost an Environment Court appeal, six years after applying for resource consent. The Olive Leaf Centre Trust appealed a decision by independent planning commissioners in 2020 turning down its proposal for a multipurpose parish and community centre on land beside the St Patrick's Catholic Church in Hertford St. ...

Historic house finds new life
The Post  31 Oct 2023
A 110-year-old building that once served as a Catholic presbytery has been transformed into a stunning family home in the South Wairarapa countryside. he villa was formerly home to St Mary's Catholic Church's parish priest in Carterton and was hauled away in pieces in the middle of the night in November last year ...

NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

New entrance at Garin College marks start of school expansion
Sitting, chatting and taking part in lessons – students at Garin College can now do these things routinely outside the front doors of the high school, thanks to a new building at the site.

Teenage Taranaki bowler Niamh Moriarty takes incredible nine-wicket haul
Cricket is difficult enough to get right – let alone play the perfect game. But for Taranaki college student Niamh Moriarty, playing for Sacred Heart Girls' College (New Plymouth), it all seemed too easy on Thursday: five deliveries, five wickets.  

St Joseph's School Stratford builds up to success in Taranaki EPro8 grand final
St Joseph's School Stratford's Mechanic Masters team came second in the EPro8 Taranaki grand final late last month. The EPro8 Challenge is an inter-school science and engineering competition for year 5-8 pupils.

Pupils barred from contacting parents after four go missing
Pupils of an Oamaru school on a school camp were forbidden from calling their parents after a group of pupils and staff went missing overnight. Two year 11 pupils and two staff members from St Kevin's College took a wrong turn on the final leg of the Mt Somers Track in Mid Canterbury on October 18 during a three-day physical education camp ...

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THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (A) 


Today's Mass is celebrated by Father Mark Field at St Joseph's Catholic Church, Te Aroha. It 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 Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Canon Jeny Wilkens at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
Matthew 23:1-12   Jesus warns against the teachers of the law and the Pharisees

Sunday homilies of Fr Anthony Trenwith (podcast): Homily for the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Marist Laity NZ. Living The Word:  31st Sunday Year A: Walking the talk

Your Catholic Corner (podcast)
A 30-minute reflection and commentary on the Sunday readings by Julie South.
31st Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year A : Walking the talk: Leadership Insights from Malachi to Matthew
Can lessons from Malachi, Paul, and Matthew provide a fresh perspective on what it means to lead in our time, in a secular world... ?

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


Good news and bad for Gaza's tiny Catholic community
 For the tiny Catholic community on the besieged Gaza strip, the last 48 hours have brought both good news and bad, with a couple of Catholic aid workers able to reach safety in Egypt after a border crossing was opened Wednesday, but a gathering at the lone Catholic church in Gaza disrupted by what was described as a nearby Israeli missile strike ...

A small reminder that Catholicism, at its best, has been 'welcoming' all along
 One day after the Synod of Bishops closed with appeals for the Church to become more welcoming, inclusive and compassionate, a mid-sized city near Italy's Tyrrhenian coast has offered a timely reminder that, in all honesty, Catholicism at its best has been in the welcoming business all along ...

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EMPLOYMENT 
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Youth Ministry Officer, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
Details on:
Applications close on 6 November 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 ...


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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

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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NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference

Catholic Discovery NZ (Catholic Enquiry Centre)

'NZ Catholic' newspaper

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

Catholic Theological College

Holy Cross Seminary

Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ

Society of St Vincent de Paul NZ

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