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by SUSANNE REHDER MONTGOMERIE “Everything is interconnected” is the theme of the “Laudato Si’ Week” running from May 16-24, 2020. … Read More about Laudato Si’ Week: everything is interconnected
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The Church and the world have certainly been enduring terrible times in 2020. The Church has continued in faith, hope … Read More about Catholic press is an essential service
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Family Matters by Helen Luxford So how has everyone been keeping up their faith during the lockdown? It should be … Read More about Spirituality in a lockdown
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By NEIL VANEY Commentators are beginning to speculate on what our world will be like when the Covid-19 pandemic is … Read More about The Spiritual Legacy of Covid-19
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If I had read last summer a science fiction novel about a super bug that forced most of the world’s … Read More about An Easter message from NZ Catholic’s publisher
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by Fr JOHN O’CONNOR This week’s (March 28) pastoral letter of the New Zealand bishops invites the Catholics of Aotearoa … Read More about Maturity of faith during lockdown
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With the first cases of the novel coronavirus confirmed in New Zealand, authorities are responding in various ways. Among the … Read More about Self-isolation in our deserts of Lent
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by Mina Amso This is the day that we dreaded the most. We felt the pain of loss, we felt … Read More about Reflecting on March 15
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By NEIL VANEY Commentators are beginning to speculate on what our world will be like when the Covid-19 pandemic is over. What will the “new normal” look like? They agree that, although many would like all to return to the way life was before, that will not be the case. Such commentators are focusing on … Read More about The Spiritual Legacy of Covid-19
by Jeff Dillon “Making the elderly happy, that’s what counts.” That quote from St Jean Jugan, foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor, is of paramount importance at the Sacred Heart Home and Hospital at Brockville in Dunedin during the current Covid-19 pandemic. The facility went into a voluntary lockdown on March 22, a … Read More about Keeping rest home residents safe and happy
Catholic agencies and individuals around the country were busy working from home and providing still-open “essential services” supporting communities in need during the Level 4 Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown. Ingenuity was used at a time when essential Catholic spiritual work such as attending to the sick and dying was severely restricted by Level 4 rules. Fr … Read More about Catholic agencies continue to serve in NZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern remained firm on keeping the number of people gathering under ten, effectively barring public celebrations of weddings, tangihangas as well as public Masses. “You’ve heard me clearly outline them. This is only intended, we hope, to be a very, very, very short period that we are asking New Zealanders to unfortunately … Read More about PM firm on limits to gatherings
The 338 Catholic churches of Aotearoa New Zealand will be able to open their doors from Thursday for individuals to pray in private, but public Mass is not possible under the new restricted Alert Level 2. This is the message sent by the country’s six Catholic bishops in a letter to parishioners, priests and parish … Read More about Catholic churches to reopen doors, but public Mass not possible yet
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