Sunday, May 12, 2024

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Two NZ young Catholics off to Youth Ministry congress in Rome
Nick Wilson of Palmerston North and Jessica Jackman of Christchurch will represent young New Zealand Catholics at a youth ministry congress in Rome this month marking five years since Pope Francis published Christus Vivit ...



** Our special Jubilee 2025 web-page now has a PDF copy of the Holy Father's "Bull of Indiction" for the Jubilee, titled "Spes non confundit; Hope does not disappoint"", setting out the Holy Father's hopes for the Year. 

** Nick Wilson of Palmerston North and Jessica Jackman of Christchurch will represent young New Zealand Catholics in Rome at the International Congress on Youth Ministry, hosted by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life from 22 May to 26 May. 

** Pope Francis talks about faith, and faith's enemy, fear, in this article in today's CathNews NZ. 

** Sacred Heart College in Napier will host the O'Shea Shield secondary school competition between 17 Catholic secondary schools in the Wellington Archdiocese and Palmerston North Diocese on 17 and 18 May. 

** Celebrating the  124th Founder's Day of Holy Cross Seminary. Ka pai! (photos)

** Today's CathNews NZ has an article (with links) on the Church request for feedback regarding its role and response to the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care.

** "Go out to the whole world; proclaim the gospel to the whole creation." The National Liturgy Office has prayers, readings, homily suggestions and other materials for Ascension Sunday

** The special Jubilee Prayer for Jubilee Year 2025 has now also been translated into Tongan

** For the attention of priests, deacons and lay pastoral leaders: As part of the Year of Prayer called by the Holy Father in preparation for Jubilee 2025, the Vatican's Dicastery for Evangelization has prepared a prayer resource for Presbyters.

** The Catholic Enquiry Centre's Rebecca Taylor-Hunt has published a blog post and video from the Relics of the Saints Auckland tour, a wonderful coming together of the Eastern Catholic Churches of Oceania and the Catholic Church here in Aotearoa New Zealand

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 

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

The full content of issue 684, May 5 - 18, is free to read on NZC's home page (right-hand column - 'Symbol of Hope').

In the issue : Mercy Sisters mark 124 years in NZ ... New name sought for Christchurch cathedral ... Church recognises right to a good reputation ... Prioritising dates after marriage has strengthened relationships of many couples ... Editorial: Standing up and looking up to heaven ... Helen Luxford: Grace and dignity in times of horror ... Parish priest will  attend Vatican gathering (Fr Craig Butler) ...Twice as many marriage educators needed to boost marriage prep course.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Pupils love Italian experience
Michelle Paranihi (Year 13) and Arianna Waller (Year 12) travelled to Italy in September with teachers Mary Dinsdale and Rosalyn Williamson of Hato Paora College. A chance-in-a-lifetime experience gave two Turakina Maori Girls' College the opportunity to see the Pope in Vatican City and enjoy the hospitality of an Italian family.

Young innovators tackle period pain
Three Roncalli College pupils are hoping judges warm to a winning idea. The year 12 pupils had been pondering on what to produce as part of the Young Enterprise Scheme. Krishna Shah and Alexis Miller, both 16, — along with exchange student Oliwia Sobocinska — are set to produce leggings to help ease menstrual pain ...

Paedophile priest died - but church didn't tell survivors
A priest considered by survivors' groups to be one of New Zealand's most prolific paedophiles died without the Catholic Church telling his victims. Father Magnus 'Max' Murray died on January 9. But survivors of his abuse only learned of it informally last month via a casual conversation between the Bishop of Hamilton, Steven Lowe, and a survivor, Rob Donaldson ...

Hamilton kids hit the gullies
Waikato Times
It's not every day at school that you get to plant a tree in the middle of your classroom. That's what Daniel Ngyuen, a year five at Marian Catholic school, did this week. His class, room 12, has an outdoor classroom in the gully next to the school tied in with the Kids in Nature program run by Hamilton City Council ...

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ASCENSION SUNDAY (B) 


The Mass for Ascension Sunday 2024 is celebrated by Pa Peter Tipene at the Cathedral of St Patrick and St Joseph, Auckland. It can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb7jrJZSLuY&list=PLYVVDAh6gEBEevFHqzFhTBGvNlDH1C0_D&index=1

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). 


RNZ. Hymns on Sunday 12 May 2024 (audio and text). 
In honour of Mother's Day, todays hymns include 'Ka waiata ki a Maria' sung by the New Zealand Youth Choir, and 'Hail, Queen of Heav'n'


New Zealand Commentaries on the Readings for the Sundays of the Year: 

Homily Studio (podcast): Sunday 12 May 2024 
Join Kath Petrie & Colin MacLeod in conversation with Fr John O'Connor reflecting on the scriptures for the Feast of the Ascension.

Homily for the Ascension, by Fr Anthony Trenwith (podcast): 

Marist Laity NZ. Living The Word:  http://livingtheword.org.nz/
Feast of the Ascension Year B – Go Into The World

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


Joking Pope refers to prayers against him inside the Vatican
Almost anyone who's ever met Pope Francis in person has heard some version of his standard laugh line. It generally goes like this: When the visitor assures the pope that he or she is praying for him, the pontiff, with a twinkle in his eye, will ask a simple question: Pro, o contra? ...

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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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Sunday, May 5, 2024

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NZ Catholics and Lutherans designate Sixth Sunday of Easter as Festival of New Life
This coming Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 5 – has been designated by the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference and the New Zealand Lutheran Church as the "Festival of New Life", an occasion meant to signal hope and confidence in the move towards Christian unity. It is an initiative of the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue, highlighting baptism and its significance for Christian unity ...



** The May 2024 WelCom is out today and available in your church in the Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses. 

** St Peter's College in Palmerston North is celebrating its 50th Jubilee on Labour Weekend. 

** Pope Francis has written a letter to the 300 parish priests taking part in the international meeting "Parish Priests for the Synod" in Rome, saying that, regardless of how obvious it may seem, the Church couldn't go on without their love, faith and dedication

** Our Bishop of Palmerston North John Adams will be sharing his extensive experience as a parish priest in Christchurch at a Parish Renewal Conference being held in Sydney in August. Read all about it by clicking this article in Australia's Catholic Weekly. 

** The bishops are in Dunedin this week for one of their regular NZ Catholic Bishops Conference meetings. Here they are after Mass today, the Feast of St Joseph the Worker, in St Joseph's Cathedral. 

** Following the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care? Then please consider completing our anonymous evaluation form. Te Ropu Tautoko, the Church group coordinating Catholic engagement with the Royal Commission, seeks your thoughts on the Church's engagement with the Inquiry.

** On  the feast day of St. Joseph the Worker. The Catholic Enquiry Centre has this lovely story about him.

** The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity runs from Sunday May 12 to Sunday May 19. The Catholic Church has been taking part in this special Week for over 50 years. 

** In today's CathNews NZ, Christchurch columnist Mike Yardley  says Bishop Michael Gielen's announcement about the planned new Catholic cathedral is a welcome breath of fresh air: "

** This coming Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 5 – has been designated by the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference and the New Zealand Lutheran Church as the "Festival of New Life."  

** Kia orana! Cook Island Catholics celebrate the ordination of Father Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado from the Mission Society of the Philippines (MSP) as their new coadjutor bishop

** St Peter Chanel SM was murdered on the island of Futuna on 28 April 1841. He was beatified in 1889 and canonised in 1954. He is our patron saint. We celebrate his Feast Day on Monday 29 April. 

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 

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

The full content of issue 683, April 21 - May 4 is free to read on NZC's home page (right-hand column).

In the issue : 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 CATHOLIC WEEKLY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA

NZ bishop who led earthquake ruins to parish renewal to spearhead Sydney conference
When it comes to spearheading talks at this year's Parish Renewal Conference, who better than the man who watched his church reduced to rubble after the New Zealand earthquakes in 2011?  "I was standing next to our triple unreinforced brick church which suffered the biggest of the earthquakes. I watched it fall into the adjoining creek," recalls Bishop John Adams, a man who knows more than most about the true definition of parish renewal ...

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

'One of the greats': Sir Vincent O'Sullivan dies
Poet Sir Vincent O'Sullivan died yesterday in Dunedin, his son has confirmed. He was 86. His son, Dominic O'Sullivan, announced the death on his Facebook page. "Hei aitua hoki, kua hinga toku matua," he wrote. "I am profoundly sad to share that my father, Emeritus Professor Sir Vincent O'Sullivan, died in Dunedin late yesterday. I was present with his wife Helen."In the next day or two, Vince will travel to the Home of Compassion in Island Bay, where he will repose ahead of his Requiem Mass later in the week at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington ..."

St John's marks 100 years as parish
Connections among all people were celebrated in Alexandra earlier this month as a local church marked 100 years as a parish. About 130 people joined together for Mass at St John the Baptist Church on Sunday, April 21, to celebrate the centenary of the Alexandra parish.

Churches Project keeps Whanganui Camera Club members busy
Whanganui Camera Club is well into its Churches Project, with over 20 churches in the district now photographed. It's quite a challenge - there are over 60 places of worship in the Whanganui area and the club hopes to include most of these, aiming to document the exteriors and the inside details of all of them

Fallen servicemen honoured with board (text and video)
St Peter's College has held its first dawn Anzac service and unveiled an honours board remembering former pupils who died while serving their country.

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. Descendants of the original landowners of Hato Petera, the last boarding school of its kind in Auckland, moved in after the college was shut down in August.

Learning art and science of flight
A group of Dunedin school pupils soared into term 2. Pupils from Trinity Catholic College and St Joseph's Cathedral School gathered at Robin Hood Park yesterday morning to get a view of Dunedin from a hot-air balloon ...

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SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (B) - FESTIVAL OF NEW LIFE SUNDAY

Today's Mass is celebrated by Father Vincent Barboza at the parish of the Holy Family, Timaru. 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 for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, by Fr Anthony Trenwith (podcast): 

Marist Laity NZ. Living The Word:  http://livingtheword.org.nz/
6th Sunday of Easter Year B – Love One Another

Inspired Word: A video reading and commentary on the gospel of the day by John Teariki and Malia Vito-Tupai.
John 15:9-17   Jesus the real vine

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Pope to visit city of Romeo and Juliet with theme 'Justice and peace shall kiss'
In less than a month Pope Francis will make his second journey outside Rome of the year, visiting the Italian city of Verona, the setting of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," where he will participate in an event dedicated to promoting peace and meet with local clergy and youth ...

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New Zealand Catholic 
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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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Sunday, April 28, 2024

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New Christchurch Catholic cathedral will be built on Barbadoes St site
Christchurch's new Catholic cathedral will be built on Barbadoes Street, Bishop Michael Gielen announced in a pastoral letter to the Catholic community this weekend. In the letter, titled "Returning to Our Roots, Embracing Our Future", Bishop Gielen said the decision was reached after hearing from a range of key advisers and technical experts, as well as the responses to a survey of the wider community ...



** Thursday April 25 is Anzac Day, which commemorates New Zealanders killed in war and honours returned and serving servicemen and women. The National Liturgy Office has prayers and other resources for this special day.

** The new Catholic cathedral in Christchurch will be built on the Barbadoes Street site of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament destroyed in the 2011 earthquake, Bishop Michael Gielen has announced.

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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

Diocese to fund own insurance
Catholic churches in Otago and Southland have been forced to dump their insurance policies because of soaring premiums.
The Catholic Diocese of Dunedin, which was facing paying $240,000 in insurance premiums this year, is instead moving to self-insurance and building up a pool of money to put on stand-by in the event of a disaster damaging parish assets ...

Christchurch's new Catholic cathedral will be built on same site as last one
The Catholic Diocese of Christchurch has decided to build its new cathedral on the same site as its last one. The decision was announced in a pastoral letter to the city's Catholic community on Sunday. The original Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street was opened in 1905, but demolished in 2020 after suffering irreparable damage in the 2011 earthquakes ...

Catholic church delivers some overdue fresh air to a gloomy city,  by Mike Yardley
It's been a bruising April for many of Christchurch's iconic landmarks, venues and events, teetering under the weight of their own financial turmoil. The Arts Centre's management team continues to sound the threatening drumbeat of insolvency if the ratepayer doesn't rush to their rescue. In stark contrast to these trying times for so many high-profile entities, the Catholic Bishop of Christchurch's announcement on Sunday was a welcome breath of fresh air. Finally some new hope and humility, amid the climate of gloom ...

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FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (B) 

Today's Mass is celebrated by Father Anthony Trenwith at the parish of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Epsom, 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 28 April 2024 
Join Chris Duthie-Jung and Catherine Gibbs in conversation with Fr John O'Connor, reflecting on the scriptures for the Fifth Sunday of Easter.

Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, by Fr Anthony Trenwith (the celebrant of today's video Mass - see above) (podcast): 

Marist Laity NZ. Living The Word:  http://livingtheword.org.nz/
5th Sunday of Easter, Year B – Remain in Me

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


In Venice tomorrow, Pope will find a Church struggling against decline
As Pope Francis makes his way to Venice tomorrow, he'll not only be visiting one of the most fabled and romanticized cities in the world. He'll also be confronting one of the leading symbols of the statistical decline of Catholicism in its traditional heartland, in a spot once hailed by another pope as a "hunter's snare for vocations" ...

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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND


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New Zealand Catholic 
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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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Sunday, April 21, 2024

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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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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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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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Society of St Vincent de Paul NZ

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Sunday, April 14, 2024

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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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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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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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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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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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** In this latest video from the Catholic Enquiry Centre's "How do you pray?" series, Fr Kevin Mowbray SM -- the Parish Priest of St Mary of the Angels in central Wellington -- discusses how he prays, and how reading has had a marked influence on his prayer life. 

** Reminder: The landmark new Catholic bishops' teaching document Te Kahu o te Ora: A Consistent Ethic of Life has been reprinted, with paper copies available to schools, parishes, Church organisations and individuals for just $3 each. 

** Canon Law: what are my rights? Learn all about Canon Law with Msgr Dr Brendan Daly, Canon Law lecturer, Judicial Vicar for the Tribunal of the Catholic Church in New Zealand, and author of several Canon Law books ...

** In its Easter Special, CathNews NZ reports on Pope Francis -- rallying from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems -- leading some 30,000 people in Easter celebrations and making a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine ...

** As Fr John O'Çonnor of Food for Faith and the National Liturgy Office leaves for his sabbatical, he's launched his sabbatical Fifth Gospel project, inviting people to share their personal experience of God with him by email.  Later this year he will publish these reflections as a book ...

** Following the Easter Sunday Mass, Pope Francis delivered his Easter "Urbi et Orbi"message and blessing "To the City and the World," praying especially for the Holy Land, Ukraine, Myanmar, Syria, Lebanon, and Africa, as well as for victims of human trafficking, unborn children, and all experiencing hard times (video highlights)

** Pope presides over Easter Vigil in St Peter's Basilica (video)

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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 the issue : New Anglican deacon appointed as Sisters of Compassion Co-Chief Executive ... Dunedin eyes self-insurance as premiums soar ... Introducing first-year seminarians, 2024 ... Marist Superior General visits  New Zealand ... New chair for Council for Young People appointed ...  Editorial: Jesus' love for women ... Bishop Emeritus Peter Cullinane: Small family arguments - polarisations and pushback (part one) .... Easter Saturday theology offers new approach to trauma healing ... Helen Luxford: Taking children to Mass ... Catholic hospital chaplains meet for first-ever national hui ... NZ Police: no charges against Cardinal Dew ... Fr Chris Ryan MOL: 'Fresher eyes' needed for Church says missionary priest.

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'Happy-hearted' Fae's big milestone
Fae Robertson says her mum gave her ''a happy heart''. On the eve of her 80th birthday, and a month off retirement, the long-time Queenstowner — co-winner of a 'lifetime contribution award' in 2019 — tells Philip Chandler what her favourite community role's been, and why she's down to one eye ...

Former principal appointed to board
 A former principal of St Peter's College has been elected the head of the board of the Gore school which will remained in statutory management.
Limited statutory manager Nicola Hornsey confirmed John Hogue was appointed to the St Peter's College school board as one of the proprietor's representatives by the school's proprietor, the Dunedin Catholic Diocese.

Schools ask education minister to merge
Otago Daily Times 6 Apr 2024
Two Oamaru Catholic schools have asked the Minister of Education to be run out of one site by a single board. If approved, the request would see St Joseph's School shifted to a new school built at the St Kevin's College grounds.

School, churches, band embrace Easter
It was a time for reflection and a time for celebration. Waitaki marked Easter weekend with excitement for chocolate-loving children, ecumenical services for Oamaru's churches and a sunset ode to a mother with her favourite hymn ...

Pupils cooking for a cause
Convincing teenage boys to cook 150 cottage pies that they will not eat is no easy task. However, when St Vincent de Paul volunteer Vince Jones told John McGlashan College senior food technology pupils they would be cooking for the homeless and families in need, they were all in ...

Balance of power shifts at troubled Southland school
The latest review into the statutory intervention at St Peter's College in Gore reveals the board of trustees has made positive progress. However, it does not mention whether the strained relationship between principal Tara Quinney and the board members has improved ...

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SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (B) - DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

Today's Mass is celebrated by Monsignor David Tonks at St Joseph's Church, 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 7 April 2024 
Due to a recording hiccup with this week's Divine Mercy Sunday last year's reflection is posted for this Sunday. Join Rosalie Connors & Triona Doocey in conversation with John O'Connor reflecting on the scriptures for the Second Sunday of Easter.

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

Your Catholic Corner (podcast)
From Doubt to Belief: Divine Mercy and the Easter Message
Introduction: Julie South offers an enlightening exploration of Divine Mercy Sunday , a pivotal day in the Catholic faith dedicated to contemplating God's immense compassion and forgiveness ...

Marist Laity NZ. Living The Word:  http://livingtheword.org.nz/
2nd Sunday of Easter Year B – Peace Be With You

Inspired Word: A video reading and commentary on the gospel of the day by Sister Stephanie Kitching.
John 20:19-31  Jesus appears to his disciples

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Pope Francis renews call ceasefire in Gaza, prays for volunteers killed in conflict

Francis praises Benedict but chides Gänswein, calls Sarah 'bitter' in new book

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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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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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