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Bishop’s headstone unveiled

Rowena Orejana — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 00:16:30 +0000

Christchurch diocesan administrator Fr Rick Loughnan blessed the headstone on the late Bishop Barry Jones’s grave on February 12, one day before the late bishop’s one year anniversary. Bishop Jones died after months of ill health having suffered several strokes. After Fr Loughnan welcomed members of the diocese to the unveiling service at Bromley Cemetery,

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New Vietnamese deacons ordained

Kathleen Casey — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:00:19 +0000

by KATHLEEN CASEY It was a glorious ceremony as three young Vietnamese men were ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Barry Jones on June 27 at St Mary’s pro-cathedral. Concelebrants included Emeritus Bishop Basil Meeking, Msgr Brendan Daly and Fr Simon Eccleton. Fr Dong Cao, the uncle of Deacon Tien Cao, was also present. In

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Catholics and Anglicans meet at Mercy Spirituality Centre

Michael Otto — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:07:10 +0000

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In his recent pilgrimage to South Korea, Pope Francis reminded the Church that the first step to authentic ecumenical and interreligious dialogue
is self-identity. Avoiding the temptation to relativity, superficiality and easy answers, we must recognise and articulate the living faith that
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Diocese wants beautiful churches to rise

Rowena Orejana — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:09:09 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA Beautiful traditional churches are expected in Christchurch as the diocese gears towards rebuilding next year some churches destroyed by the 2011 earthquake. Bishop’s Pastoral Office director Mike Stopforth said the diocese is preparing for a number of churches to be built. “We’ve got three churches currently active being planned. We have another

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Chch bishops’ PA has loved her job

Kathleen Casey — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:00:07 +0000

by KATHLEEN CASEY
Serious travel is in Angela Woolstencroft’s retirement plans, but she is unambiguous about out how much she has loved her job as bishop’s PA in Christchurch for the past 14 years.echo $variable;

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Catholics speak of being hurt by Church teaching

Rowena Orejana — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 20:14:22 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA
WELLINGTON — New Zealand Catholics unable to live up to the Church’s teaching on remarriage,
divorce, cohabitation, contraception and same-sex unions felt “a strong sense of exclusion and hurt”, a survey conducted by the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference has shown.echo $variable;

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New FCBCO President

Michael Otto — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 00:00:38 +0000

by Bishop Patrick Dunn The Federation of Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania have elected Archbishop John Ribat of Port Moresby as president of their federation, and the vice president is Bishop Robert McGuckin of Toowoomba. The next assembly will be in Papua New Guinea in 2018. The Wellington archdiocese hosted the 80-plus bishops of the Federation

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Oceania’s Catholic bishops to gather in capital

Rowena Orejana — Thu, 08 May 2014 22:26:09 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA
WELLINGTON — About 80 bishops from Australia, New Zealand, Papua
New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and other nations in the Pacific will come to Wellington for a five-day assembly of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO) from May 12 to may 16, 2014.

2010 FCBCO held in Sydney

“The assembly of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of
Oceania is a unique time of prayer, fellowship, reflection and discussion on topics which concern all of us. It is a valuable opportunity for collegial support for one another as bishops,” said
Wellington Archbishop John Dew, president of both the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference and FCBCO.
The assembly, which is held every four years, will allow Catholic bishops from across the region to discuss issues and challenges facing the Church in Oceania.
“Within Oceania, there are many small and isolated countries as well as small and isolated dioceses both with limited material or human resources and together we are better able to face the challenges in our region,” Archbishop Dew said.
The assembly will begin with a powhiri and opening Mass in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart on May 12.
The Oceania bishops will be visiting the Home of Compassion where they will learn more about Suzanne Aubert and the work of the Sisters of Compassion in the wider community.
Archbishop Dew said another Mass will be held at St Patrick’s College, Kilbirnie. Students from all the colleges in the archdiocese will represent their
school communities.
It is 20 years since this Assembly was held in New Zealand when the inaugural Assembly was held in 1994 in Auckland, but it is a first for the Archdiocese of Wellington.
“Through these liturgical celebrations and interactions they will see something of the life of the Church here in New Zealand,” he said.
The bishops will also hold close meetings where they will discuss the development of “young people with Catholic hearts and minds, faith amid secularity and living not for ourselves but for others”.
“The theme throughout will be evangelisation in the spirit of Pope Francis and no doubt much of the spirit of these formal and informal conversations will come from the Holy Father’s inspiring exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel,” said Archbishop Dew.
The bishops are also expected to discuss the results of the survey on family life ahead of the synod in Rome in October.
Archbishop Dew’s term will end with this assembly.
“It has been a pleasure to serve in this role and to spend time with the bishops of this vast region of Oceania. I have been privileged to represent the federation as president at two synods, one on the Eastern Churches and more recently on the New Evangelisation,”
he said.
Palmerston North Bishop Charles Drennan and Dunedin Bishop Colin
Campbell will be representing New Zealand in the FCBCO council for the next four years.

Programme:

Plenary Sessions will cover the following;

· Australian Immigration Policy and Detention Centres. Bishop Eugene Hurley with input from Archbishop Douglas Young and CBC PNG&SI representatives about the Manus Island centre, information from Bishop Mea about Nauru Island centre.

· Pastoral Planning and Earthquakes. Bishop Barry Jones and Mr Mike Stopforth, Director of the Pastoral Office, Diocese of Christchurch

· Reading the Signs of the Fiji Times: Archbishop Peter Loy Chong of Suva

· Conference Responses to the Preparatory Document for the III Extraordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. Representatives from each Conference.

There are also three workshops:

· Developing young people with Catholic hearts and minds

Mrs Rachel Pitcaithly is Ministry Team Coordinator at St Bede’s College in Christchurch, which caters for young men aged between 13 and 18 years. Rachel has introduced innovative and very effective ways of helping the students to pray and to practise their faith, including using Catholic practices such as the Rosary and Benediction. This workshop will look at how young men can develop habits of prayer and service at a very formative time of their lives.

· Faith amid secularity

Dr Chris Duthie-Jung is the Director of the National Centre for Religious Studies, which is part of the Catholic Institute of Aotearoa New Zealand. In Western countries the Generation Y age group (born 1981-1995) is largely absent from Catholic parish life and their Catholic identity seems increasingly tenuous. This workshop will consider recent research into the Catholic identity of a sample of young adult Catholic New Zealanders, and how it affects their participation in the life of the Church.

· Living no longer for ourselves but for others

Father Mark Chamberlain is the parish priest of Holy Name Parish in Dunedin. He is a member of the ecumenical chaplaincy team at Otago University, a hospital chaplain, spiritual director and psychotherapist. He integrates these ministries through reflection and the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius. In this workshop he will reflect on how our parish communities, and especially the Sunday Mass, can be formative for our young people in deepening their relationship with Jesus and desire to serve others.

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Christchurch puts diaconate on hold

Michael Otto — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000

CHRISTCHURCH Despite interest in and little opposition to the establishment of the permanent diaconate in Christchurch diocese, Bishop Barry Jones has put the matter on hold. Last year, Bishop Jones consulted priests, parish and pastoral area councils on the possibility of introducing permanent deacons, following approaches from men who wanted to be considered for the

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Chapel off limits to lay group

Michael Otto — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000

CHRISTCHURCH Bishop Barry Jones of Christchurch has stopped a group pressing for equality in the Church from holding an Advent liturgy in the Marian College chapel. The group, Catholics: Knowing Our Place, was formed in 1994 as Catholic Women: Knowing Our Place after Pope John Paul IIs apostolic letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, which affirmed that the

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