Sunday, February 25, 2024


NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


** Jessica Jackman is the new director for Hearts Aflame Summer School, replacing Jemma Brunton, who has held the role for nine years ... 

** Contractors have started repair work on the roof of Sacred Heart Basilica in Timaru,  re-coppering the centre dome and the cupolas of the two bell towers, damaged in a hailstorm in November 2019. 

** Bishop John Adams says Roman Catholic thought most certainly has a place in the public square today. NZ Catholic reports on his homily at Te Kupenga Catholic Theological College's inaugural Mass for 2024,

** The Vatican's Dicastery for Evangelisation releases "Teach Us To Pray", a guide book on prayer for Christians, as the Church prepares to celebrate the 2025 Jubilee. 

** Bishop Steve asks us to pray for the soul of Fa'anana Efeso Collins, the MP and former Auckland Councillor who died after taking part in a charity run

** Watch on YouTube! Archbishop of Wellington Paul Martin, SM, Wairarapa parish Priest Fr Dennis Nacorda, and Auckland Vicar for Maori Manuel Beazley share their experiences of the Holy Father's Synod on Synodality in Rome last October

** The National Liturgy Office has readings, prayers, homily suggestions and other resources for the Second week of Lent online here ...

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LENT 2024 - 

Caritas Aotearoa's Lent Reflection Programme is here:

On the same page, Caritas'  Lent 2024 Resource Kit can accessed including: Notes for Speaking, Notes for Parish Newsletters, Liturgical Resources, 
Ideas for helping focus on the meaning of Lent, Prayers of the Faithful.

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 

Full text articles: https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2024/  

The full content of issue 678  February 11 - 24 is free to read on NZC's home page (right-hand column).

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Timaru's historic basilica getting new copper on domes
Copper has been shipped from Italy to replace Timaru's Sacred Heart Basilica domes damaged in a fierce hailstorm in 2019. Holy Family parish priest Father Christoper Friel said work had begun with scaffolding going up around the historical landmark, Catholic church ...

Warm and furry welcome (text and video)
A triple medal-winner in the World Swimming Chanpionships, Erika Fairweather was stunned by the "unexpected" reception from pupils from her former school, Trinity Catholic College, who greeted her with a moving kapa haka performance ...

Leaders aiming to serve pupils, staff, school community
The Courier is catching up with pupil leaders in secondary schools throughout South Canterbury. In this instalment by reporter Connor Haley, we have the school leaders from Roncalli College ...

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SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT (B)   

Today's Mass is celebrated by Pa Peter Tipene at the parish of St Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Avondale, Auckland. 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: 

Homily Studio (podcast): Sunday 25 February 2024 
Join John Kinder & Catherine Gibbs in conversation with John O'Connor, reflecting on the scriptures for the Second Sunday of Lent.

Homily for the First Sunday of Lent, by Fr Anthony Trenwith (podcast): 

Your Catholic Corner (podcast)
The Spirituality of Stillness: Genuflection, Prayer and Preparation
Why do Catholics kneel and cross themselves before they take a seat in church? Julie South answers this Listener Question of the Week. Through biblical passages from Genesis, Romans, and Mark, she unravels the themes of faith, sacrifice, and God's love, …

Marist Laity NZ. Living The Word:  https://livingtheword.org.nz/
2nd Sunday of Lent – This Is My Beloved Son

Inspired Word: A video reading and commentary on the gospel of the day by Rev. Canon Jenny Wilkens and Very Rev Frank Nelson at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
Mark 9:2-10 The transfiguration

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


Vatican, Ukraine church leaders reflect on two years of war
On the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the war it sparked, Church leaders on the ground and in the Vatican have lamented the ongoing human and social toll, and have called for peace and an end to the global arms trade ...

The keeper of the Vatican's secrets is retiring. Here's what he wants you to know
The Vatican has been trying for years to debunk the idea that its vaunted secret archives are all that secret: It has opened up the files of controversial World War II-era Pope Pius XII to scholars and changed the official name to remove the word "Secret" from its title. But a certain aura of myth and mystery has persisted — until now ...

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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'  

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. 

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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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