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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
Support World Mission Sunday 23 October to help people enduring poverty, violence and oppression
The country's Catholic bishops are urging all parishioners to support the work of Missio Aotearoa as we celebrate World Mission Sunday on 23 October ...
Br Peter Bray bringing a Kiwi Holy Land message from Bethlehem to NZ
Bethlehem University Vice-Chancellor, Taranaki-raised Br Peter Bray FSC, will give public talks about Palestine when he visits Aotearoa New Zealand early next year, but meanwhile, he is making videos on the subject for a Kiwi audience ...
Our Ocean Home FCBCO November online preparatory event
The Federation of the Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania is holding an online Preparatory Event in November for the FCBCO's February Suva general assembly ...
Royal Commission on Abuse in Care faith-based institutions response hearing
Catholic witnesses were heard on Monday 17 October at the "responses of faith institutions to abuse and neglect in their care" hearing of the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care. The Catholic hearing was part of a block of hearings related to faith organisations held from 13 to 21 October ...
** Holy Land greetings from Bethlehem University Vice-Chancellor, Taranaki's own Brother Peter Bray FSC. Br Peter will give public talks about Palestine when he visits Aotearoa New Zealand early next year ...
** Ka pai Hato Paora College for this article on celebrating your 75th jubilee ...
** The Catholic Church in Aotearoa NZ has presented its closing statement to the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care ...
** Sunday 23 October is World Mission Sunday in the Catholic Church worldwide, and we are asking everyone to donate to Missio Aotearoa, which represents the Pontifical Mission Societies in New Zealand with generating spiritual, material and financial support for those working in mission and Third World territories.
** The Federation of the Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania is holding an online Preparatory Event in November for the FCBCO's February Suva general assembly.
** The Synod of Bishops' meetings in the Vatican — originally scheduled to be held in October 2023 — will now also take place in October 2024, as part of the same Synod but held in two sessions ...
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WORLD MISSION SUNDAY 23 October 2022
World Mission Sunday is held in every Catholic community world-wide. Missio is the public-facing name of the Pontifical Mission Societies, the Catholic Church's official charity for overseas mission. Missio Aotearoa represents the Pontifical Mission Societies in New Zealand.
Missio Aotearoa's aim is to promote awareness of the mission of the Catholic Church – to present the good news of Jesus Christ to all peoples, and to generate spiritual, material and financial support for those working in mission and Third World territories.
The NZ Bishops' letter for World Mission Sunday:
Resources by the National Liturgy Office for World Mission Sunday:
Donations page:
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS.
Royal Commission On Abuse In Care: Faith-Based Institutions
Abuse in Care Inquiry: Catholic Church Cardinal reiterates apology for clergy abuse
The Cardinal of the New Zealand Catholic Church has reiterated an apology he made earlier this year for abuse by clergy. On Monday he went a step further, acknowledging it's not just about forgiveness ...
Bishop admits to recommending priest who groomed teenager for teaching job
A Catholic bishop has admitted recommending a priest who had been sacked for grooming a teenage girl be given a teaching job at a Catholic school. Retired Auckland bishop Pat Dunn says that in 2021 he supported ex-priest Sosefo Sateki Raass for a teaching job because he was a "talented man"...
St Patrick's College Silverstream 'abuser' portraits stay on walls of school's 'hall of fame'
St Patrick's College Silverstream says "natural justice" stopped them removing the portrait of an alleged sexual offender from its walls – a claim which has outraged sexual abuse survivors and campaigners. School officials appeared at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into State and Religious Care on Monday to answer for its horrific record of sexual abuse.
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Dr Rocío Figueroa Alvear: The Catholic Church needs deep renewal if its abuse apologies are to mean anything
Opinion: The crisis of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church is not just about perpetrators and victims. It's not a case of a few bad apples preying on the vulnerable.
Clergy Child Sex Abuse Survivors Harmed Again By Catholic Church Professional Standards Office
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) in Aotearoa New Zealand is again calling on Catholic Church leaders to audit their National Office for Professional Standards. That Office is responsible for complaints of sexual abuse perpetrated by clergy and religious. This follows an unrequited call to Pope Francis which asked him to compel the New Zealand Catholic bishops and congregational leaders to audit their National Office for Professional Standards.
From monks to bunks: distinctive 114-year-old monastery could be turned into a hotel
A Wellington developer is looking to buy St Gerard's church and monastery, which sits high above Oriental Bay and is one of Wellington's most distinctive buildings, to turn into a hotel. Richard Burrell has confirmed that he has the landmark buildings under contract pending due diligence into what is needed to strengthen them against earthquakes.
Obituary: Polish refugee Zdzislaw 'Eric' Lepionka went on to help resettle others
Three years after Zdzislaw Lepionka was born, eastern Poland became a war zone. The Soviet Union invaded from the east and Nazi Germany from the west in 1939. Zdzislaw and his brothers were chosen out of 40,000 children to come to New Zealand after an invitation from prime minister Peter Fraser ...
NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
Hato Paora College old boys remember the glory years at 75th jubilee
Generations of former students have gathered to reminisce about their time at a celebrated school. Hato Paora College north of Feilding is celebrating its 75th jubilee this weekend and events started on Friday with a powhiri welcoming visitors, including many old boys.
St Mary's Catholic School student Brooklyn Johns recognised for creative problem solving
Brooklyn Johns, 11, from St Mary's Catholic School was thrilled to be recognised with a highly commended title in a competition for his creative problem solving. His entry Brooklyn's Nighttime Heroes secured the title and a prize of Samsung tech in Samsung's Solve For Tomorrow 2022 competition.
Youth To Take Centre Stage As IWG's World Conference Comes To NZ
Now in her final year of high school at St Mary's College in Wellington, New Zealand, 17-year-old Maia Mariner has achieved her goal of acquiring and distributing nearly 10,000 pairs of shoes, establishing a network that spans New Zealand and Australia ... [IWG = The International Working Group on Women & Sport]
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THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (C) - WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
Today's Mass, concelebrated by Fr Bernard Espiritu, the director of the Church's mission societies in New Zealand, and Monsignor David Tonks in the parish of St Joseph's, Takapuna, Auckland, can be viewed at:
Sunday Mass is also broadcast on Shine TV (Freeview channel 25) at 2 pm and live streamed at:
New Zealand Commentaries on the Sunday Readings:
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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin
Renewal of Vatican-China deal hailed as part of a long-term strategy
Two top-ranking Vatican officials have praised the renewal of the Vatican's agreement with China on the appointment of bishops, admitting there are challenges, but saying it is a down-payment on a freer exercise of faith for Chinese Catholics in the future ...
Vatican's academy for life stirs fresh controversy with new member
On Oct. 15, the Vatican and the Pontifical Academy for Life announced 14 new ordinary members, including Professor Mariana Mazzucato, an economist with dual Italian-US citizenship who teaches in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London. Almost immediately when the names were released, debate erupted over the appointment of Mazzucato, who has been unshy about her atheism and support of abortion ...
'Forgive me, father': Vatican seminar looks at why people avoid confession
Every year, for more than three decades, the Vatican tribunal dealing with matters of conscience has offered a course to help priests in their "ministry of mercy" as confessors. Msgr. Krzysztof Nykiel, regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary gave a Top 10 rundown of the most common "good" reasons people give for not going to confession, followed by a faith-based response to each objection ...
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EMPLOYMENT
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NCRS RE Curriculum Resource Developer (Year 12)
We are seeking an experienced, creative and theologically knowledgeable RE teacher to design, write and create quality educational resources to support the new Catholic RE Curriculum – To Tatou Whakapono Our Faith – for Year 12 in Catholic colleges. The successful applicant will have significant experience of teaching RE at senior secondary level. This is a full-time – 1-year fixed term for 2023, possible secondment position ... Applications close 4 November 2022
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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Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'.
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform'
Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. Pastoral Newsletter
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires'
St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East'
Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger'
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul NZ.
'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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