Feast of the Assumption – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:30:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.5 Pope prays for exploited women, Mary’s intercession on feast of Assumption https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/08/16/pope-prays-exploited-women-marys-intercession-feast-assumption/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/08/16/pope-prays-exploited-women-marys-intercession-feast-assumption/#respond Mon, 15 Aug 2016 23:32:57 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=13432 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Celebrating the feast of the Assumption just three days after visiting a group of young women rescued from the sex trade, Pope Francis prayed for all exploited women and girls.“The Lord bows down to the lowly in order to raise them up as is proclaimed in the Magnificat,” Mary’s hymn of

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/08/16/pope-prays-exploited-women-marys-intercession-feast-assumption/feed/ 0 Patronal feast transferred https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/08/04/patronal-feast-transferred/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/08/04/patronal-feast-transferred/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2015 22:00:57 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=11172 by PETER GRACE The patronal feast of Catholics in New Zealand will be transferred to Sunday this year and in 2016. The Feast of the Assumption falls on August 15. However, this year it will be celebrated on August 16, and next year on August 14. The secretary of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference,

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/08/04/patronal-feast-transferred/feed/ 1 All French Catholics asked to pray for the nation https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2012/08/10/all-french-catholics-asked-to-pray-for-the-nation/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2012/08/10/all-french-catholics-asked-to-pray-for-the-nation/#respond Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:54:34 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=4540 PARIS (CNA) — Leaders of the Catholic Church in France have asked all Catholic dioceses to unite in prayer for the country’s future and common good on the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. One of the catalysts for the request is the Prime Minister’s June announcement that the Socialist government would institute

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One of the catalysts for the request is the Prime Minister’s June announcement that the Socialist government would institute “homosexual marriage” and allow same-sex couples to adopt children, fulfilling a campaign promise by President Francois Hollande.
Msgr Bernard Podvin, the French Catholic bishops’ conference spokesman, said on July 30 that social and economic crises made it “essential to raise awareness” and ask for guidance regarding “our personal and collective decisions”.
Intended to be offered in all French churches on August 15, the prayers are to seek wisdom for legislators and governing authorities, relief from effects of the European economic crisis, and the strengthening of marriage and family life.
The national prayer is in keeping with a French Catholic tradition dating back to the 17th century, to pray specifically for the nation on the solemnity of the Assumption.
The prayer written by the French bishops also mentions “those who have been elected recently to legislate and govern”. Hollande was elected president of France in May, while in mid-June the Socialist National Party gained a majority in the country’s parliament for the first time in a decade.
French Catholics are being asked by the bishops to pray that politicians’ “sense of society’s common good” would outweigh other concerns, and that they would “have the strength of follow the directions of their conscience”.
Parishes are also being requested to pray for families, that they would receive society’s support and that “the commitment of spouses to each other and their children” would be “a sign of faithfulness to love”.
The prayer’s final intention is focused on children and youth.

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