Sunday, March 31, 2024

NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


2024 NZ Catholic Directory print edition available now (27 Mar 2024)
The 2024 print edition of the New Zealand Catholic Directory has been published and is being distributed now through diocesan offices, parishes and to people who pre-ordered a copy ..



** Alleluia! He is risen!  The National Liturgy Office has an online page of the Scripture Readings for Mass today and much more:

** Alleluia Christ is Risen! We celebrate Easter known as the Pasch in the Latin and Greek Christian traditions – a name which derives from the Hebrew Day of Passover. Sunday of the Resurrection celebrations are rich in symbolism. The National Liturgy Office has an online page of the Scripture Readings for Mass during the day and much more, including information about the Paschal candle

** Archbishop Paul Martin SM shares a video message as we begin our days of Easter Triduum.

** The National Liturgy Office prayers, hymns, reflections and other resources for the Triduum are here:

** Bishop Steve featured in a One News report tonight about a proposal to allow all shops to open on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, two of the last 3 1/2 days they must remain closed ...

** The 2024 print edition of the New Zealand Catholic Directory has been published and is being distributed now through diocesan offices, parishes and to people who pre-ordered a copy. T

** An update on progress with the final report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Abuse in Care. 

** Pope Francis has sent a message to young people around the world on the fifth anniversary of the publication of his  apostolic exhortation #ChristusVivit: "I 

** Food for Faith blogger Fr John O'Connor of Christchurch will soon begin a sabbatical where he will work on ways to present the Catholic faith in a new, relevant, digestible and attractive way. 

** A reminder that the bishops are asking everyone in our parishes to support the Caritas Lent Appeal. The appeal is the most important fundraising event by which Caritas helps the vulnerable communities it works with across the Pacific and beyond. 

** Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand --  the Catholic Bishops' agency for justice, peace and development and part of a global federation -- is seeking an experienced Executive Assistant (EA) to support the Chief Executive. 

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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 680, Mar. 10-23 is free to read on NZC's home page (right-hand column).

In issue 681, March 24-April 6: New Anglican deacon appointed as Sisters of Compassion Co-Chief Executive ... Dunedin eyes self-insurance as premiums soar ... Introducing first-year seminarians, 2024 ... Marist Superior General visits  New Zealand ... New chair for Council for Young People appointed ...  Editorial: Jesus' love for women ... Bishop Emeritus Peter Cullinane: Small family arguments - polarisations and pushback (part one) .... Easter Saturday theology offers new approach to trauma healing ... Helen Luxford: Taking children to Mass ... Catholic hospital chaplains meet for first-ever national hui ... NZ Police: no charges against Cardinal Dew ... Fr Chris Ryan MOL: 'Fresher eyes' needed for Church says missionary priest.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

EASTER 2024

Auckland church leaders' Easter message: It's time for those with power to help those without
In his sermon at this year's Waitangi Day dawn karakia, Dr Alistair Reese said love needed to be "cross-shaped". He was calling for the powerful to sacrifice their own interests for the sake of the powerless ...

A message of hope for a broken world
An Easter message by Peter Carrell, the Anglican Bishop of Christchurch and Michael Gielen the Catholic Bishop of Christchurch.

Good Friday Walks of the Cross
Hundreds took to the streets around Otago and Southland yesterday to walk in Jesus Christ's sandals, by carrying a large wooden cross around their respective communities (photos and video)

Stratford church members mark Easter period with ecumenical cross walk
Members of Stratford's churches joined together on Friday, March 29, for an interdenominational procession around the town. In Stratford, the walk, known as the Way of the Cross, begins at a different church each year

Crosses to bear
New Zealand Listener 25 Mar 2024
This article is behind a paywall. It can be read online via the PressReader service provided by the public libraries.
[This is the remarkable story of a set of the Stations of the Cross, created by the artist Joanna Margaret Paul for the church of St Mary, Star of the Sea in Dunedin's Port Chalmers, which are only visible on special occasions due to their controversial history]

In other news ...

Easter death of Thames' Father Norris keenly felt
[From the archives of a local newspaper, the Thames Advertiser, this is a reprint of the obituary of Fr James Norris who served parishes in the Thames Valley of the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand in the 1870s. His funeral "was the largest ever witnessed in Auckland". It offers a glimpse of Catholic life in New Zealand in the colonial era]

Deadline looms for Catholic Cathedral survey
Catholic parishioners in Christchurch are being urged to complete a survey about the future site of a new cathedral in the city, before a deadline on Thursday. More than a thousand people have already made their preferences known and the city's Catholic Bishop, Michael Gielen, is urging others to fill in the online form prior to March 28.

120-year-old Catholic church in Otautau for sale and removal
A church built in 1904 has come on the market for sale and relocation. The St Joseph's Catholic Church in Otautau in Southland has ornate ceilings and window frames made of native Rimu wood, and stained glass windows. It was built by Otautau local Joseph Swap in 1904 and officially opened on March 9, 1905.

St Peter's making progress, LSM says
St Peter's College is taking steps to redress issues identified by limited statutory manager Nicola Hornsey. The school has been under limited statutory management since April last year ...

Teen's love for nature takes him places
A Nelson teenager's passion for nature is taking him to new heights. Garin College student Nate Wilbourne will spend his last two years of school in Germany, after being awarded an international scholarship designed to support students "driven to make the world better" ...

Northland's Te Paki breaks his own national swimming record in 100m backstroke
Thirteen-year-old Te Paki is Northland's latest swimming sensation after he broke his own national record at the age group championships in the male 100m backstroke this month. The Pompallier Catholic College student clocked 1.00.66ms in the swimming finals of the Auckland Age Group competition on March 17.

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EASTER SUNDAY  (B)   

Today's Mass is celebrated by Bishop Stephen Lowe at St Joseph's Church, Grey Lynn, 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). 


RNZ. Hymns on Sunday 31 March 2024 (audio and text). 
Celebrate Easter Sunday with favourite Easter hymns, including Jesus Christ is risen today, Thine be the glory, and the New Zealand Easter hymn Christ is alive!

New Zealand Commentaries on the Readings for the Sundays of the Year: 

Homily for Easter Sunday, by Fr Anthony Trenwith (podcast): 

Your Catholic Corner (podcast)
Easter Sunday - the Day that Transformed the World
Dive into the heart of Easter with "Your Catholic Corner," where host Julie South unravels the profound messages within Easter Sunday's scriptures.

Marist Laity NZ. Living The Word:  http://livingtheword.org.nz/
Easter Sunday Year B – He Saw and He Believed

Inspired Word: A video reading and commentary on the gospel of the day by Fr James Lyons and Christine Paterson.
John 20:1-9  The empty tomb

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


Resilient Pope says empty tomb means hope amid life's anguish
Despite having skipped a key Holy Week event the night before due to concerns over lingering symptoms of bronchitis, Pope Francis presided over an Easter vigil Mass Saturday night, insisting that the empty tomb signifying Jesus' resurrection from the dead gives hope amid life's suffering and disappointments ...

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EMPLOYMENT 
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Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand.  Executive Assistant (EA) to support the Chief Executive. Wellington Central.
Details at:

Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on the Website of the Education Gazette: 

Job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of ...


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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND


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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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Catholic Discovery NZ (Catholic Enquiry Centre)

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