Sunday, October 21, 2018

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Bishops set the record straight on Royal Commission (1 October 2018)

The New Zealand Catholic Bishops are seeking to set the record straight in response to recent reporting that the Church is backing away from actively seeking inclusion in the Government's Inquiry ...

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS 

$3.8m job starts on precious 130-year-old inner-city Catholic residence (photos)
A $3.8 million job has begun to restore and upgrade a protected 130-year-old home, said by heritage architects to be Auckland inner-city's oldest continually-occupied residence. Fences have gone up around St Patrick's Presbytery on the corner of Hobson St and Wyndham St, alongside St Patrick's Cathedral.

Catholic bishop delays Christchurch cathedral decision, puts building projects on hold (photos)
Catholic Bishop Paul Martin is still considering what to do with the earthquake-damaged Christchurch Basilica.
A decision on the future of the earthquake-damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch has been delayed to March or April, rather the end of this year as originally planned.

More voices call for wider inquiry (text, photos, video)
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull and Catholic Bishop Michael Dooley have added their voices to fresh calls for an expanded Royal Commission that includes faith-based victims of sexual abuse. The calls came as about 30 survivors, supporters and representatives from the Catholic Diocese of Dunedin - including Bishop Dooley - gathered on the steps of St Joseph's Cathedral yesterday.

Former Catholic brother says he shouldn't have to face historical child sex charges due to his age
A former Catholic brother charged with indecently assaulting a girl and two boys has applied to avoid a trial due to his age. Kevin Healy, 80, who was known as 'Brother Gordon', appeared in Napier District Court on Monday. He is accused of indecently assaulting a 12-year-old girl in 1977 and three charges of indecently assaulting two boys under the age of 16 in 1976.

Priest speaks out, criticises Catholic Church's handling of historic sexual abuse allegations (photo)
A Central Otago priest has broken his silence by criticising the Catholic Church's handling of historic sexual abuse allegations. Alexandra parish priest Fr Vaughan Leslie said the church's response, within New Zealand and overseas, had helped fuel the "abuse crisis" now engulfing the church.

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Could Papamoa soon have its own Catholic school?
The Catholic Diocese of Hamilton wants to build a Catholic primary school in Papamoa. The diocese applied for funding from the Crown to build the state integrated school on the undeveloped land at the intersection of Golden Sands Drive and The Boulevard.

Aquinas College: Young intruders spark lockdown of Aquinas College in Tauranga 

Kavanagh College: Teens heading north for a spell (photo)

Kavanagh College: Emotions high amid calls for name change (photo)

McAuley High School principal hires employment lawyer as school waits for ministry decision (photo)

McAuley High School: Ministry may step in at McAuley High School this week (photos)

St Bede's College's: No report by Catholic college into abuse claims (photo)

St Patrick's College, Silverstream: Police investigating former Catholic priest

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INSPIRED WORD 

Mark 10:35-45 The request of James and John

A reading and commentary with Rev. Canon Jenny Wilkens and Rev. Alister Hendery at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.

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


** Bishops press for abuse scandals, women and more to be in final text

As a monthlong summit of bishops in Rome enters its final week, the latest round of reports from small working groups organized by language released on Saturday suggests a growing impatience to get practical. Topics the groups want addressed range from clerical sexual abuse scandals and justice for women in the Church, to migration, the environment, human trafficking and more.

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Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com'  http://www.welcom.org.nz

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. School News Update  http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/ 

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz


'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide - http://livingtheword.org.nz

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Sunday, October 14, 2018

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Catholic Bishops mark Respect Life Sunday with a letter to parishes (13 October 2018)

The New Zealand Catholic Bishops are marking Respect Life Sunday, 14 October, with a message to its Catholic community on the preciousness and fragility of life. In their letter, they express their awareness of the pain and grief felt by those who have gone through the experience of either being unable to have a child or dealing with the death of a child...

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$3.9 million budget for Sacred Heart Basilica project (text, photos, video)
Timaru parish has raised $1 million towards strengthening Sacred Heart Basilica, but more is still needed.

History: Memory boxes: Sisters of St Joseph Catholic Convent and Chapel, Willoughby Street, Thames (photo)
The Catholic parish of Thames was founded on October 18, 1867, by Father Nivard Jourdan at the behest of Bishop Pompallier. Father Jourdan established two schools to serve Catholics drawn to the Thames goldfield and these were run by the Sisters of Mercy from 1874. 

Former Kavanagh pupils add to renaming calls (text, photo, video interview)
Former pupils at Dunedin's Kavanagh College are joining calls for the Catholic school's name to be changed in the wake of recent revelations about historic sexual abuse within the Dunedin diocese.

Church attacked for silence (photo)
The head of the University of Otago's theological centre has launched a blistering attack on the Catholic Church and the Bishop of Dunedin, saying their response to historic sexual abuse is "a failure of the church's moral leadership".

Climate change aid 'not reaching those who need it most'
Money aimed at combatting climate change is not reaching the Pacific's poorest and most vulnerable, a development agency says. Representatives from the Catholic aid agency Caritas gathered in Wellington to share stories of how climate change affected their countries, describing themselves as the canaries in the coal mine.

Catholic church damaged in break in
The Press
Police are investigating a break in at a Catholic church in Greymouth. 

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Hato Petera College: Maori land occupiers forced to leave beleaguered Auckland school 
Protesters living at an old Maori Catholic boarding school have been ordered by the High Court to leave the school grounds.

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Catholic Church seeks order to evict Maori protesters from Hato Petera College in Northcote (text, video)

Sacred Heart Girls College: Award for Hamilton teen boss (photo) 

St Columba's, Hamilton: Principal found not guilty of giving senior staffer an illegal $11K pay rise (photo) 

St James', Palmerston North: Marking milestone (photo) 
Manawatu Guardian 

St Mary's, Otorohanga: 'Cynical vandalism': Windows smashed at multiple Waikato schools (photos) 

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INSPIRED WORD 

Mark 10:17-30 "What must I do to inherit eternal life?"

A reading and commentary with Rev. Canon Jenny Wilkens and Rev. Alister Hendery at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.

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** Romero an icon of pope's dream of a 'poor Church for the poor'
At a 2007 meeting of the Latin American bishops in Aparecida, Brazil - where then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio would play an instrumental role that would later serve as a catalyst for his election to the papacy - he's said to have remarked that "Oscar Romero is saint and a martyr, and if I became pope I would canonize him." Now, just over a decade later, Pope Francis will do just that on Sunday...

** Face abuse 'head-on,' don't 'run and hide' synod youth say
According to a young American who participated in a meeting earlier this year in Rome ahead of the Oct. 3-28 Synod of Bishops, the gathering is a chance to confront the clerical sexual abuse crisis "head-on" but also to show that the Church is more than that. "That's not to downplay what we're facing, it's to say that this is the moment to not run and hide, but to face it upfront, and to have conversations about how to articulate the faith to the generation that is questioning, especially because of this," said Katie Prejean McGrady, a Catholic speaker, writer and podcaster...

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Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. School News Update  http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/ 

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz


'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide - http://livingtheword.org.nz

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Sunday, October 7, 2018

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 


In issue no. 550, October 7 - 20 2018: Call for radical reshaping of Church governance ... Tap and go fundraiser for new church ... Catholics invited to retrace Aubert's steps ... Editorial: The better angels of our nature ... New courses for faith leaders ... Randy Raus (Life Teen): Launching the next generation of saints ... Access and acceptance needed in parishes ... Maori Bible goes digital ... Primary students proclaim the Word in competition 

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Abuse victims say priests' prayers and fasting hypocritical and missing point (text, video interview with Msgr Gerry Burns)
Priests in the Wellington region are praying and fasting today to atone for clerical sexual abuse, but victims say the theological approach misses the point and demonstrates the Church is not listening to victims.

Communities respond to abuse: Dunedin opted for 'prayer and penance'
There are no immediate plans for the Catholic Diocese of Dunedin to follow in Wellington's footsteps by asking priests to fast to atone for historic sexual abuse by clergy.

NZ Catholic Church withholds findings on sex abuse claims
RNZ
The Catholic Church has withheld its findings about a child sex abuse accusation for months from the man who laid the complaint.

Caritas calls for climate action to prioritise the poor
A development agency says climate finance needs to be made available to the Pacific's poor and vulnerable. Julianne Hickey, from the Catholic agency Caritas, said while money to help countries adapt to climate change is increasingly available, it's not getting beyond large institutions and governments.

Our People: Ray Bloomfield (photo)
Rotorua Hospital's street savvy chaplain who's become all things to all people across the denominational divide.

Mother Aubert honoured with memorial plaque (photo)
One of the most remarkable women in New Zealand history, Suzanne Aubert, was honoured in a ceremony at the Pukeahu War Memorial today, on the 92nd anniversary of her funeral. Mother Aubert, as she was known, was a nun, social worker and herbalist who founded New Zealand's only indigenous order, the Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion, more commonly known as Sisters of Compassion.

The Catholic Hierarchy is letting its people down, by Amy Brooke                                                                 
What are the implications for us when gradually, all over New Zealand, the doors of Catholic churches are being closed, except at specific Mass times?  

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Kavanagh College: Ace on ice (photo)
Kavanagh College claimed the boys and girls titles at the New Zealand secondary school curling championships in Dunedin over the weekend.

St John's College: Hamilton's Finn Lally secures three-pointer to win basketball final for St John's (photo)

St Peter's College book spot in First XV national final with slick set piece try
St Peter's College have advanced to this year's National First XV Championship final after grinding out an 8-7 win against Hamilton Boys' High School this afternoon.

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INSPIRED WORD 

Mark 10:2-16 Jesus teaches about divorce

A reading and commentary with Sister Stephanie Kitching rsm.

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


Synod youth say scandals haven't taken away their faith
As a month-long Synod of Bishops in Rome got underway this week, one natural question is whether the young people gathering here can still take the Catholic Church seriously, given the numerous scandals that have plagued its public image in the run-up.

Pope orders 'thorough study' of Vatican archives on McCarrick
Pope Francis has ordered that an investigation by the Archdiocese of New York into sex abuse allegations against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick be combined with a "thorough study of the entire documentation present in the archives of the dicasteries and offices of the Holy See" in order to ascertain "all the relevant facts, to place them in their historical context and to evaluate them objectively."

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Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. School News Update  http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/ 

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz


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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide - http://livingtheword.org.nz

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EMPLOYMENT 

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Sunday, September 30, 2018

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Hamilton Bishop to attend Global Synod on Young People (28 Sep 2018)

This week, Bishop Steve Lowe, the Bishop of Hamilton, will leave for Rome to attend the 2018 Synod of Bishops which this year is focused on young people. This Synod is the next step of almost two years of collaborative work from throughout the global Catholic Church ...

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Dr Tony Foley, farewell long-serving Napier GP (photo)
Former long-serving Napier family doctor and health care leader Dr Tony Foley died peacefully at the age of 92 at St Joseph's Home, Auckland on September 11.

The Catholic Church needs to reform – and celibacy is a good place to start
The NZ Listener October 6, 2018 
To judge whether any enterprise is succeeding or failing, you look at the numbers. For the Catholic Church, here's a recent set: Pope Francis visited Ireland, one of Catholicism's oldest and staunchest "markets", in August and drew fewer than 200,000 to his Dublin rally. In 1979, the papal service at the same park drew more than a million people...

Whangarei folk put their blood on the line (photo)
The Blood Service comes to town about every three months and as well as the ''casuals'' has always had a large number of committed regulars. The Catholic Women's League volunteers are always on hand to dish out the coffee, tea and biscuits to help top up the donors after their good deed.

Priest's sexual abuse at Upper Hutt school admitted: It's 'criminal' (photos)
The Marist Fathers has admitted a priest who led one of its top secondary schools sexually abused children. But decades on they will not release the file on Francis Durning, rector of St Patrick's College in Silverstream, Upper Hutt, in the 1950s.

Former Catholic school teacher referred to police over Dunedin abuse (photo)
A former Catholic school teacher who admitted the historic abuse of then-Dunedin boy Peter Boock is now the subject of a police complaint from two sources. Boock and the Education Council yesterday confirmed to ODT Insight they had both referred a complaint relating to Robin Pettit to police.

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Kavanagh College: Dunedin school adds agribusiness to curriculum (photo) 

Kavanagh College: Fairweather not fazed by age battle (photo) 

St Mary's College, Auckland: Chelsea Jade performs 'Perfect Stranger' with the St Mary's School Choir (photos, text and audio) 

St Mary's, Rotorua: Rotorua schools, businesses and groups don colour galore for Loud Shirt Day (photo, video) 

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INSPIRED WORD 

Mark 9:38-48 Whoever is not against us is for us

A reading and commentary with Christine Paterson and Fr James Lyons.

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


Cupich, Chaput joust over working document for Synod of Bishops

Ahead of next week's start to the much-anticipated month-long gathering of bishops in Rome, two American delegates have already preempted the debate by publishing an exchange on the guiding document for the meetings ...

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Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com'  http://www.welcom.org.nz

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. School News Update  http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/ 

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz


'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide - http://livingtheword.org.nz

Marist Messenger. Daily Reflections https://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/category/features/

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Sunday, September 23, 2018

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In issue no. 549, Sept 23 - Oct 6 2018: Hamilton bishop hosts Mass videos ... Caritas typhoon appeal launched ... Successful priests' assembly had sad tinge ... Chch city church building projects halted ... Rates hits for Auckland church properties ... Changing pew-dwellers into missionary disciples ... Editorial: Liturgical responses to the abuse crisis ... Four decades of Marriage Encounter in NZ celebrated ... Fr Merv McGettigan looks back on 0 years of service ... Dunedin course gives men confidence to be good dads ... Young adults get away to God on Banks Peninsula ... St Peter's college wins national 1st XV rugby title.

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Bishop says Catholic church should consider naming abusers
A Catholic bishop says the Church could consider releasing the names of clergy who abuse children, even if they don't go through the courts. Bishop Paul Martin has released a file on predator priest Cornelius O'Brien to one of his victims, a Christchurch man now in his 50s.

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Abuser priest should not have been thanked - Bishop (audio)

Abuse survivor urges openness - photo
The Press

Priest carried out 'litany of offending against young boys' - report (photos}

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Business-faith study offered
Sound business management skills and spiritual thought are not ideas that necessarily go together automatically. However, the University of Otago's department of religion and theology and its business school are joining forces to fill a gap in the market, creating two new postgraduate qualifications in faith-based leadership and management.

362 submissions on Leaf project (illustration)
Nearly 60% of submissions on a proposal to build a contemporary building next to Arrowtown's St Patrick's Catholic Church favour the project.

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Catholic education in big demand
The first new Catholic high school to be built in Auckland in 30 years is to be officially opened this weekend. Demand for places at the new school in East Auckland showed no sign of slowing in the week leading up to its official opening by the Prime Minister on Sunday.

Hato Petera College: Catholic church applies for court order to trespass protesters from Hato Petera College (photos) 

Hato Petera College: Maori Catholic school Hato Petera College closes (photo) 

Kavanagh College to consider change 
A fresh call to change the name of Kavanagh College is to be considered by the school's board of trustees, as pressure mounts over the role played by Dunedin's former Catholic bishop.

Sacred Heart Girls' College: Bry Kopu and Emma Kingi hope people get behind Runway for a Reason. (photo) 

St Bede's College: Catholic diocese awaits Education Council investigation into retired St Bede's teacher (video, photos) 

St Kevin's College: Schoolboy basketballers shine at tourney (photo) 

St Kevin's girl strikes gold (photo) 

St Kevin's girls soar to victory (photo) 

St Mary's College, Wellington: Schoolgirl Dhys Faleafaga has big dreams - and a Black Ferns contract (photo) 

St Thomas More, Tauranga: Schools' dreams coming true with competition win (photos) Bay News 

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INSPIRED WORD 

Mark 9:30-37 Jesus speaks again about his death

A reading and commentary by Rev. Ellie Sanderson and Rev. Judith Wigglesworth at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington..

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Vatican signs potentially historic deal with China on bishops
Capping months of speculation, the Vatican announced Saturday that it has signed a "provisional agreement" with the People's Republic of China about the appointment of bishops, officially recognizing eight prelates named by the Chinese government...

Visiting Mary in Lithuania, Pope prays for 'mercy not judgment'
There was no way upon entering Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, for Pope Francis not to pay homage to the Lady of the Town. It was a late addition to the schedule for the pontiff's visit to the Baltic States, but one that just couldn't be missed...

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Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com'  http://www.welcom.org.nz

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. School News Update  http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/ 

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz


'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

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MAX18NZ National Catholic men's event 
28- 30 Sept 2018    
Kings College       
Otahuhu, Auckland     

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Spiritual Programme Manager, Our Lady's Home of Compassion, Island Bay, Wellington
Details in NZ Catholic September 9 - 22 2018 p.9 and from info@compassion.org.nz
Applications close 27 September 2018.

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Sunday, September 16, 2018

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How to be intentional disciples (video: part two)
https://www.facebook.com/catholicdiscovery.nz/videos/244095802955014/

We continue our conversation with Cardinal John Dew and discuss how he wants us to be intentional disciples. He also talks about Pope Francis' teachings on dignity and humanity. 

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Jubilarians' Mass for four at St Mary's Church in Whanganui (photo)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=12124644
Father Harry Costello was ordained 60 years ago, at the age of 25. He and three others will have their decades of service celebrated in a Jubilarians' Mass at St Mary's Church in Whanganui at 5pm on September 18.

Kiwi victims of Catholic paedophile priest still sought - photo
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12124454
Lawyers acting for a victim of one of Australia's worst paedophile Catholic priests believe there are likely to be more young girls affected by his actions living in New Zealand. Father Denis McAlinden was one of two priests at the centre of NSW's special commission of inquiry into child abuse allegations in the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.

Former head girl Nicola Young farewells Wellington's Erskine College  (video)
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/106807776/former-head-girl-nicola-young-farewells-wellingtons-erskine-college
Former head girl of Wellington's Erskine College, Nicola Young, finds the memories of an extraordinary education and strange rituals come flooding back as she revisits the old chapel and school rooms which have lain empty for years.

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Descendants of original landowners demand Hato Petera College be returned (photos) 
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/106903089/descendants-of-original-landowners-demand-hato-ptera-college-be-returned

Roncalli College goes red and white for Japanese fundraiser 
https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/107095077/Roncalli-College-goes-red-and-white-for-Japanese-fundraiser

Call for St Bede's College rector to resign after teacher who confessed sex abuse continued working - photo, videos) 
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/107042771/call-for-st-bedes-college-rector-to-resign-after-teacher-who-confessed-sex-abuse-continued-working

St Kevin's College: Long hours worth it for light work (photo) 
http://www.oamarumail.co.nz/community/long-hours-worth-it-for-light-work/

St Kevin's College: Marksmen shooting for success (photo) 
https://www.oamarumail.co.nz/sport/marksmen-shooting-for-success/

Rotorua's St Michael's Catholic School blessed as police probe Lynace Parakuka's murder 
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503438&objectid=12122620

Niko Jones helps St Peter's overturn deficit to win national schools rugby title 
https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/106928848/Niko-Jones-helps-St-Peters-overturn-deficit-to-win-national-schools-rugby-title

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INSPIRED WORD 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW3-dG1A3neGPJ041T9vjVw  (Under: Created playlists)

Mark 8:27-35 Peter's declaration about Jesus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcez46rICM8&index=14&list=PLeDNiKpHSQBA_qNMtrSSx3hhIWttBjBJz

A reading and commentary by Sister Stephanie Kitching.

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STATION XV


Episode 131 — Convention, Confession, Confusion and Consternation (16 September 2018)
It's a fairly heavy — and sombre — episode of The 15th Station this month, as Anna, James and Gavin survey the fairly challenging landscape for Catholics in most parts of the world, as the sexual abuse crisis continues to loom large over this era and this papacy. Pope Francis has called a meeting of the presidents of bishops' conferences, while the Church in Australia has responded to the forensic examination it (and other institutions) received during the Royal Commission. In New Zealand, voices are being raised to defeat euthanasia legislation and there are new stats about annulments — but what do they mean? And, in the Czech Republic, what do spooky, ghostly figures in a Catholic church mean?

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

http://cruxnow.com

Why Francis's child protection summit may be highest-stakes gamble of his papacy
https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2018/09/13/why-franciss-child-protection-summit-may-be-highest-stakes-gamble-of-his-papacy/

Wednesday's big Vatican story was clearly the announcement that Pope Francis has summoned all the presidents of national conferences of Catholic bishops from around the world, more than 100 prelates in all, to Rome Feb. 21-24 for a session on "the protection of minors". The February meeting has "not business as usual" written all over it. It's rare for the Vatican to summon all the presidents of the world's bishops' conferences for any reason, and it's the first time ever the Vatican has convened such a cross-section of senior leadership to talk about the abuse crisis...

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS 

'NZ Catholic' is a national newspaper published by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland. http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz 

Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'. https://issuu.com/search?q=%22kete+korero%22

Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com'  http://www.welcom.org.nz

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. School News Update  http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/ 

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East' https://www.columban.org.au/media-and-publications/the-far-east-magazine/archive/

'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide - http://livingtheword.org.nz

Marist Messenger. Daily Reflections https://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/category/features/

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FACEBOOK

The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Catholic-Church-in-Aotearoa-New-Zealand/149916141686808

'NZ Catholic' newspaper
https://www.facebook.com/pages/NZ-Catholic/262886647205656

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
https://www.facebook.com/caritasaotearoa/timeline

Holy Cross Seminary
https://www.facebook.com/HolyCrossNZ

Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ
https://www.facebook.com/Marists

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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD

http://cathnews.co.nz/category/new-zealand/

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.cruxnow.com

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/?s=morning+catholic+must-reads

http://www.lastampa.it/vaticaninsider/eng

https://www.youtube.com/user/romereports/videos?sort=dd&flow=grid&view=0 (video)

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EVENTS

MAX18NZ National Catholic men's event 
28- 30 Sept 2018    
Kings College       
Otahuhu, Auckland     

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EMPLOYMENT 

Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on the Website of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz

Vacancies in the Catholic Overseas Volunteer programme, contact: volunteers@caritas.org.nz 

Job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of Auckland: http://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/category/vacancies/

Spiritual Programme Manager, Our Lady's Home of Compassion, Island Bay, Wellington
https://compassion.org.nz/locations/our-ladys-home-of-compassion/
Details in NZ Catholic September 9 - 22 2018 p.9 and from info@compassion.org.nz
Applications close 27 September 2018.

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Sunday, September 9, 2018

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SOCIAL JUSTICE WEEK, 9-15 September 2018

Every year the Catholic bishops of New Zealand set aside a week in September to invite us to reflect and take action on a current social justice issue. This year the focus is on disability and participation. Further information and resources for parishes and schools are at https://caritas.org.nz/parishes/social-justice-week

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Kiwi Bishops express solidarity with Pope Francis (7 Sep 2018)
Today, the New Zealand Catholic Bishops wrote to Pope Francis to encourage and support the Holy Father ...

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 


In issue no. 548 September 9 - 22 2018: Irish told of Wellington lay pastoral leaders ... Secondary principals focus on papal document ... Evangelising beyond the sacristy ... Guest editorial: Honesty in End of Life Choice Bill debates ... Involving God in our significant life decisions ... Helen Luxford: Being grateful ... Catholic 1st XVs take out premierships ... Feature: Social Justice Week: Disability and Participation (2 pages) ... Feature: Lighting New Fires: News of New Zealand Catholic school (2 pages)

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS 

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Scale of abuse, suffering revealed (photos)
A summary of a recent series of articles in the Otago Daily Times

Teacher stayed working even after admitting abuse photo)
Peter Boock's abuser did not wear a white collar. But the response by a Catholic school has highlighted what still needs to change to protect children, Mr Boock believes.

A man who could not stand government bureaucracy, Robert Murdoch, who has died aged 76, was held in the highest regard by his working colleagues, business leaders and even government minister, despite his abiding dislike of bureaucracy.

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News of the Schools
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Sacred Heart College, Napier: Hawke's Bay crash victim Ava Powell, 18, remembered as 'much-loved' friend, student

St John the Evangelist, Otara: The next generation of whitewater kayaking (photo)

St Mary's, Milton: South Otago school in lockdown after chemical spill sparks major emergency service response

St Michael's, Rotorua: Young mother found dead on school grounds
Friends and family have paid tribute to Lynace Parakuka – a "beautiful woman taken so young and early" – after her body was found on the grounds of St Michael's Catholic School. 

St Peter's College book spot in First XV national final with slick set piece try (text, video)

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INSPIRED WORD 

Mark 7:31-37 Jesus heals a deaf-mute

A reading and commentary with Fr Barry Scannell SM.

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


Sean Bean TV series 'Broken' featured during Eucharistic Congress in Liverpool

'Broken', a 6-part 2017 BBC drama looking at priesthood is at its heart about the Eucharist, according to the lapsed Catholic writer who brought Broken - starring Sean Bean, best known for HBO's Game of Thrones - to television last year. "Everyone thinks this was about a broken society, a broken system; it's not. It's about a broken body," said Jimmy McGovern ...

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS 

'NZ Catholic' is a national newspaper published by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland. http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz 

Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'. https://issuu.com/search?q=%22kete+korero%22

Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com'  http://www.welcom.org.nz

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. School News Update  http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/ 

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz


'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide - http://livingtheword.org.nz

Marist Messenger. Daily Reflections https://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/category/features/

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FACEBOOK

The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand

'NZ Catholic' newspaper

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

Holy Cross Seminary

Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ

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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD







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EVENTS

MAX18NZ National Catholic men's event 
28- 30 Sept 2018    
Kings College       
Otahuhu, Auckland     

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EMPLOYMENT 

Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on the Website of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz

Vacancies in the Catholic Overseas Volunteer programme, contact: volunteers@caritas.org.nz 

Job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of Auckland: http://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/category/vacancies/

Spiritual Programme Manager, Our Lady's Home of Compassion, Island Bay, Wellington
Details in NZ Catholic September 9 - 22 2018 p.9 and from info@compassion.org.nz
Applications close 27 September 2018.

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