Sunday, August 11, 2024

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


** May God guide Chris Ward in his work as he starts his role as Director at Catholic Social Services for the Archdiocese of Wellington

** Pope Francis has written a letter on the role of literature in formation. Pope Francis aims to encourage "a renewed love for reading" as literature broadens our human sensitivity and leads to greater spiritual openness ...

** Bishop John Adams addressed 500 Catholics in Sydney at their Parish Renewal Conference on Saturday. He shared practical advice for fostering spiritual growth and community engagement. 

** The Palmerston North Diocese recently celebrated Bishop Owen Dolan's life and ministry as he reached a remarkable 70 years of priestly service.

** Some exciting news out of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch this evening: There is a name for the new cathedral.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Name revealed for new Christchurch cathedral
Bishop Michael Gielen has announced the name of the city's new Catholic cathedral. The new building is currently being built on the Barbadoes Street site of the original Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The older cathedral opened in 1905 but was demolished in 2020 after irreparable damage in the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. The replacement will be called the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament - Te Hahi Matua o te Hakarameta Tapu Rawa.

Whanganui's St Anne's church leased to preschool as church faces financial pressure
A Whanganui priest says it was "a difficult choice" to lease out St Anne's Catholic Church in Whanganui East to Montessori Preschool. Fr Craig Butler, who has been at the Whanganui parish for 18 months, said sustaining all of the parish buildings came at a high cost and they wanted to be honest about their current financial situation.

Fancy a church conversion? Tuapeka's tiny church is cheap and comes with a hops garden
The tiny town of Tuapeka, about an hour and a half out of Dunedin, is home to the southernmost heritage hops garden in the world, grown by Jones. The hops garden is located at the tiny St Augustine's Church, a 106-year-old de-consecrated Catholic church on Tuapeka Mouth Rd, which belongs to Jones and his Kiwi wife, Vicki Yarker-Jones, a nurse educator ...

Community vows to take care of 'stranded nuns'
The Press 7 Aug 2024
https://pressreader.com/article/28158665588A group of Canterbury women who have taken private vows of poverty will continue to be looked after by supporters, as the Sons of The Most Holy Redeemer try to overturn the Christchurch bishop's decision to oust their order from the diocese ...

Community future for iconic church
The Local -  Mt Victoria  5 Aug 2024
The new owners of St Gerard's Church and Monastery said the earthquake-prone heritage-listed building would be seismically strengthened "in coming months". St Gerard's Limited purchased the 115-year-old Mt Victoria monastery that towers over Oriental Bay last March for less than $5 million ...

Home of Compassion Crèche
Sweated pay rates and dirty, dangerous workplaces were not the only problems faced by female Victorian- and Edwardian-era shop and factory workers. Prevailing mores stigmatised those mainly widowed or deserted women whose work took them away from their children during the day. Childcare - where it could be found - was expensive, as Mother Mary Joseph Aubert knew ...

NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

Chief Ombudsman rebukes Auckland's St Peter's College, Christchurch's Cashmere High School
New Zealand's top watchdog has named and shamed two schools for refusing to apologise to students, saying he's concerned some schools are failing to act fairly and he could raise the matters with the Prime Minister.

St Peter's College gets behind school's first Olympian
Two St Peter's College pupils wanted to do something to wish the school's first Olympian, Tori Peeters, luck. Year 12 Ava Wiegersma and year 8 Olivia Sanson teamed up and painted a banner to show support for Peeters ...

Wet weather fails to deter determined running duo
Former American college runner Hannah Miller was back in Invercargill recently to train her cousin Millie McFadzien and visit family. McFadzien, 15, has been selected in the New Zealand team to contest the Australian Schools Cross Country Championships at the Yarra Glen Racecourse in what will be her first time racing over 5km ...

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NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (B) 


Today's Mass is celebrated by Monsignor David Tonks at St Joseph's parish, Takapuna, 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 11 August 2024
Join Kate Kearins, Lucienne Hensel and Catherine Gibbs in conversation reflecting on the scriptures for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Your Catholic Corner (podcast)
From Despair to Divine Intervention: A Journey with Elijah and Jesus
What do you do when you feel like you've got nothing left to give ... when your tank is empty yet you still need to carry on...? This! is what today's episode is all about! Get ready to uncover the profound connections between the scriptures of 1 Kings, Ephesians, and the Gospel of John?

Marist Laity NZ. Living The Word
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Get up and eat

Inspired Word: A video reading and commentary on the gospel of the day by Christine Paterson and Fr James Lyons..
John 6:41-51   Jesus the bread of life

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


Vatican loosens stance on food, water for patients in vegetative state
This week the Vatican's Academy for Life issued a new text on a series of bioethical issues, including the provision of food and hydration for patients in a vegetative state, which marks a modest departure from the Vatican's previously held position on the issue ...

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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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