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Resources for prayer at home put on liturgy office website

Rowena Orejana — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 23:33:54 +0000

The National Liturgy Office has put links to Masses around the world on their website as well as livestreams of daily celebration of morning Mass from different dioceses across New Zealand after the Government prohibited public gatherings to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19.

National Liturgy Office acting director Fr John O’Connor told NZ Catholic there are already resources on their website that people can use to pray with at home, whether on their own or with others.

“We have links to Mass celebrated in other places, other parts of the world, just to give people a variety,” he said.

He said this will include Pope Francis’ Masses, but added that because of the time difference, the Pope’s Mass would be late for Sunday.

Fr O’Connor recently released as extract from the statement of the Apostolic Penitentiary on what to do when you cannot receive the sacraments because of quarantine.

Earlier, he issued guidelines for Mass practices, which included the distribution of communion by hand, not distributing from the chalice, avoiding shaking hands at the sign of peace as well as removing holy water from fonts.

These practices are voluntary at Mass, anyway, he said.

The website’s link: http://www.nlo.org.nz/news-and-events/media-releases/celebrate-mass-online/

Fr O’Connor also said Magnificat, an American online and app prayer resource, has made access to their site free for the time of the pandemic.

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Q&A with National Liturgy Office acting director

NZ Catholic Staff — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 20:30:39 +0000

Last month, the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference appointed Fr John O’Connor
of Christchurch diocese as acting director of the National Liturgy Office. Fr O’Connor agreed
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Liturgy Office restructure possible

Rowena Orejana — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 20:30:08 +0000

The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference is reviewing the possibility of restructuring the National Liturgy Office. NZCBC president Bishop Patrick Dunn said the bishops are finding it hard to find a right candidate to fill the position of director vacated by Louise Campbell in October, 2018. “We realised that we actually need to train up

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Liturgy office work brought rewards and challenges

Rowena Orejana — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 23:46:58 +0000

National Liturgy Office director Louise Campbell called on the faithful to “trust the liturgy of the Church” as she retired from office in September. “Liturgy is not just a book, a text, a prayer. The liturgy is Christ present and active among the beloved of God, bringing us to fullness of life and mission in the Church,” she told NZ Catholic.

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Music does indeed cost

NZ Catholic Staff — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 03:46:29 +0000

by Louise Campbell

The heading “Music costs” was given to a letter published in NZ Catholic (June 26, 2016). It is a fact that “music costs” and it is a wise parish whose finance committee includes “music” as a budget item. However the reason that “music costs” is much more wide-ranging than the single and possibly least expensive item of a music budget; payment of an annual licensing fee for the right to copy music, project melody lines and words or create handouts for a celebration of worship. echo $variable;

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Limits foreseen on photos in church

Michael Otto — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 01:57:27 +0000

by MICHAEL OTTO Guidelines for when and where photos can be taken of children, including in church services, are likely for dioceses in New Zealand. The director of the National Office for Professional Standards in New Zealand, Bill Kilgallon, said many dioceses around the world have such policies. Indeed, most organisations working with children do,

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