Sunday, April 21, 2024

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Whanganui's Fr Craig Butler to attend pre-Synod gathering of priests in Rome
Whanganui Parish Priest Fr Craig Butler will represent Catholic priests of Aotearoa New Zealand at a gathering of 300 priests from around the world at the Vatican this month as part of the countdown to October's second session of the Synod on Synodality ...



** The latest issue of the Holy Cross Seminary Newsletter is out now.

** Delargey Awards 2024: The NZ Catholic Bishops Conference is seeking nominations for the 2024 Delargey Awards, which recognise significant and outstanding contributions made in the field of Catholic ministry with young people in Aotearoa New Zealand.

** This Sunday --  Good Shepherd Sunday -- is the Day of Prayer for Vocations, with next week National Vocations Awareness Week.

** Sunday 21 April is Good Shepherd Sunday, a day when we pray for our seminarians and for priestly vocations.  Bishop Steve is inviting those who are able to make a donation towards the formation costs of our seven Auckland seminarians. 

** Enjoy this vibrant  St Vincent de Paul  Commissioning Mass album from the Diocese of Christchurch (photos)

** Our prison chaplains do important but usually unseen work.  Here are Tira Tuhaha Prison Chaplaincy Aotearoa New Zealand chaplains – including our Catholic Chaplains  -- having a training day today at Pompallier Diocesan Centre in Auckland.

** The World Day of Prayer for Vocations falls on the Fourth Sunday in Easter time: Good Shepherd Sunday, this coming Sunday, 21 April.

** The next lecture in Te Kupenga-Catholic Theological College's Taste of Theology series is on Tuesday 7 May 2024 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm via Zoom. Experience Biblical Studies lecturer Fr Kevin Waldie SM "Celebrating our Christian identity, life and mission rooted in the word of God"

** Congratulations Fr Craig Butler, Whanganui Parish Priest, who will represent the Catholic priests of Aotearoa New Zealand at a gathering of 300 priests from around the world at the Vatican  from 28 April to 2 May

** Caritas is holding an emergency appeal to help its work with the victims of the 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the Wewak diocese of Papua New Guinea on March 24. 

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 

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

The full content of issue 682, April 7 - 20 is free to read on NZC's home page (right-hand column).

In issue 683, April 21 - May 4, 2024 : Caritas criticises electric car Road User Charges ... Congregational Leaders Conference alarmed by current government discourse on Maori language and treaty ... Teams of safeguarding reviewers appointed (National Office for Professional Standards) ....Call to reduce upward pressure on state-integrated school attendance dues ... Keynote speakers at 2024 Education Convention .... Editorial: Feeling at home in Christian 'ethos' ... Photo feature: Easter observed in some smaller parishes ... Helen Luxford: The mystery of suffering: why do bad things happen to good people ... Michael Otto: Seeing the scorched earth of Hiroshima ... Walking the distance - in solidarity with Gaza (Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage).

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Charity's good deeds paying off for the community and its volunteers
A charity with a 116-year legacy in New Plymouth has never been busier, and is making a difference to not only the lives of the people it helps, but to those dishing out the kindness too. The St Vincent de Paul Society in New Zealand was founded in 1867, with the aim to help anyone in need ...

Young scientists off to London
It is up and atom to London for a group of young Timaru scientists from Roncalli College as they fundraise to attend the 65th London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF). Only 20 pupils from New Zealand were accepted to take part in the forum, which begins on July 24 ...

Survivor of abuse calls for 'meaningful' Catholic Church apology
A Pasifika survivor of abuse in a faith-based institution in New Zealand is calling for a proper, "meaningful", in person apology from the Catholic Church to happen through formal redress. Moeapulu Frances Tagaloa, suffered sexual and emotional abuse by a Marist Brother during the 1970s and has waited 22 years for an apology ...

Abuse survivors celebrate 'validating' name change
The Press 15 Apr 2024
For the men who survived "evil" sexual and physical abuse in a boys' home in Christchurch, last week was the first time authority figures gave them a reason to smile. The reserve and street named after Marylands School is being renamed Validation, in recognition of the decades it took for abuse survivors to be believed ...

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FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (B) - GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY

Today's Mass is celebrated by Monsignor Bernard Kiely at the parish of the Good Shephers, Mt Eden, 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 21 April 2024 
Today's Homily Studio is a repeat from this Sunday twelve months ago. So, once again, join Triona Doocey and Jason McTague in conversation with Merv Duffy reflecting on the scriptures for the Fourth Sunday in Eastertide, Good Shepherd Sunday.

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

Your Catholic Corner (podcast)
The Cornerstone, The Shepherd, The Father - Life Altering Revelations…
Unlock the meaning behind Jesus as the rejected cornerstone, the nurturing Shepherd who lays down His life for us, and God's profound love calling us adopted children. Join Julie at the intersection of biblical truth and Catholic faith.

Marist Laity NZ. Living The Word:  http://livingtheword.org.nz/
4th Sunday of Easter Year B – The Good Shepherd

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.
John 10:11-18  The parable of the shepherd

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STATION XV (podcast)


Episode 193 — Pope to Papua (New Guinea), Paris, Patrick (16 April 2024)

Pope Francis' first trip to the Oceania region headlines this month's episode, as the Pontiff prepares to visit Papua New Guinea, as well as East Timor, Indonesia and Singapore on the longest trip of his pontificate. It's also been a long time coming for a new document on human dignity, in which the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith tackles some major social issues. In France, the number of adults becoming Catholic has been surging. What might be the cause? Are they showing courage? That's what Pope Francis is calling Christians to exhibit. And we're sure the Holy Father doesn't want people stealing anything. Join Anna, Cam, Don, Gavin and James for this unpredictable journey through the Catholic world.

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


As IMF and World Bank meet, Catholic agency warns of deeper debt crisis
As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank hold their Spring meeting, a leading Catholic international aid group says the world is sinking "deeper into a global sovereign debt crisis" ...

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

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Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'. 

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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. 
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'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. 

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