Sunday, April 14, 2024

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Bishops create special webpage for Jubilee 2025 – Pilgrims of Hope
The NZ Catholic Bishops Conference has created a special online page of resources for parishes and individuals to use as we walk together towards Jubilee 2025–Pilgrims of Hope ...

Vatican publishes Declaration affirming human dignity
The Vatican's top doctrinal office has published a new Declaration on the theme of human dignity, addressing a range contemporary moral and social issues. The new document, Declaration Dignitas Infinita, on Human Dignity, is in the format of a Declaration from the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith ...



** NZ Catholic has an article introducing the six young men who've entered the Holy Cross Seminary this year, double the number of first year seminarians of the past few years. 

** The Catholic Enquiry Centre has a lovely reflection for this Third Sunday of Easter ...

** April's WelCom newspaper has a two-page spread of articles updating us on what's happening locally as we count down to October's second session of the Holy Father's Synod on Synodality in Rome. 

** Embark on a journey of spiritual and intellectual growth. Enrolment opens soon for the semester starting in July at Te Kupenga-Catholic Theological College. 

** The Fifth Gospel Project:  Fr John O'Connor's Food For Faith forum is collecting and collating for publication stories of personal experience of God

** Bishop Steve blesses a new sculpture of Mother Mary Cecilia Maher (founder of the Sisters of Mercy in NZ) at St Patrick's Cathedral in Auckland, and relates some interesting history.

** The bishops have created a special online page of resources for parishes, schools and individuals to use as we walk together towards Jubilee 2025–Pilgrims of Hope.

** Vatican News has an article on the "Declaration Dignitas Infinita, on Human Dignity" published overnight by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. 

** The Vatican's top doctrinal office has tonight published a new Declaration on the theme of human dignity, addressing a range contemporary moral and social issues. Titled "Declaration Dignitas Infinita, on Human Dignity

** The National Liturgy Office has readings, prayers and art for the the feast of the Annunciation of the Lord.

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 

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

The full content of issue 681, Mar. 24- April 6 is free to read on NZC's home page (right-hand column).

In issue 682, April 7 - 20, 2024 : Relics of 11 saints to visit Auckland ...Sacred Heart Cathedral to open in June ...American scholar: Book of Job points to Christ as Redeemer (Dr Israel  McGrew) ...Editorial: Need a favour? Pray .... Bishop Peter Cullinane: Small family arguments part II. Intrusions ... From doubter to devotee: atheist's remarkable conversion to Catholicism ... Helen Luxford: New beginnings ... Controversial Divine Mercy advert on bus not hurting anybody says advertiser ...Carmel College preserves and rededicates a rare 19th century homestead.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Lots for pupils to learn about other cultures
Learning about each other's cultures has brought a Dunedin primary school back together after Covid-19. St Joseph's Cathedral School spent term one learning about the school community's many different cultures. Yesterday, to celebrate the end of their learning unit "Our Place", the school hosted a performance evening and a "world cafe" showcasing a dance and food from the cultures the pupils learnt about ...

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THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER (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 14 April 2024 
Join Kate Kearins, David Moxon and Colin MacLeod reflecting on the scriptures for the Third Sunday of Easter

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

Your Catholic Corner (podcast)
50 Days of Transformation: The Extended Celebration of Easter Explained
Join Julie South on "Your Catholic Corner" as she looks into the connections between the Acts of the Apostles, the First Epistle of John, and the Gospel of Luke for this Third Sunday of Easter in Year B.

Marist Laity NZ. Living The Word:  http://livingtheword.org.nz/
3rd Sunday of Easter Year B – Why Are You Troubled?

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.
Luke 24:35-48 Jesus appears to his disciples

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


Pope Francis to visit Asia and Oceania in September
Pope Francis will visit three countries in Asia and one in Oceania, according to a Vatican statement released on Friday. He travels first to Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, where he will land on September 3 and leave September 6. He will then travel to Papua New Guinea, visiting on September 6-9. From September 9-11 he will be in Timor-Leste, before ending his Asia trip in Singapore ...

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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: 

Vacancies at Caritas Aotearoa: 

Job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of ...


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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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