NZ Catholic: May 17 - 30, 2020 1 The national Catholic newspaper May 17 - 30, 2020 • No. 589 NZ bishops react Quiet celebration to level 2 of 40 years gathering rules 3 as bishop 5 Vaccine ethics Issues in Covid-19 vaccine development – pg 4 www.nzcatholic.org.nz 2 NZ News NZ Catholic: May 17 - 30, 2020 INSIDE THIS ISSUE New leader for NZ Josephites by MICHAEL OTTO Sr Moya Campbell, RSJ, told an Australian p14 Catholic newspaper a couple of months ago that coming to this country in a new role as regional leader for the Sisters of St Joseph in New Zealand would be a “bit of a change”. That, in hindsight, Laudato Si’ has proven to be some- Week thing of an understate- ment. Hope in time of Sr Campbell left her coronavirus role as vicar for reli- p16 gious in Brisbane arch- diocese and travelled to Auckland on March 17 on one of the last flights out of Brisbane to Auckland. There were very few people on that flight Sr Moya Campbell, RSJ, next to a painting depicting St Mary of the Cross MacKillop and and, when Sr Campbell Fr Julian Tenison Woods, co-founders of the Sisters of St Joseph. arrived at Mission Bay, she went immediately into self-isolation for a “This time has been good for the Regional Lead- fortnight. ership Team as we have been able to get ourselves “At the end of that two weeks, Aotearoa New organised and [have] done some reflection on our Zealand was also into lockdown, so I haven’t been roles. Again, all of this has been on Teams; Staff free since arriving!” she said. here at the Office have also had weekly meetings p6 Shutdown’s silver lining The welcome — from a distance — from her on Teams. I’ve realised what’s happening today is fellow Josephites at the site was “wonderful”. what is important.” Sr Campbell — who hails originally from Miles Asked by NZ Catholic what St Mary of the Cross p8 Public Masses resuming in Italy in Queensland — said the enforced isolation “had MacKillop would have made of the current situ- its difficulties in getting to know people and the ation, Sr Campbell said: “I can’t speak for Mary p10 Book for Catholic singles staff here at Mission Bay”. MacKillop, but she would have been first to be in But she enjoyed the silence and her own com- a bubble and looking after her sisters. I can imag- pany, and the many phone calls and emails of ine that Mary would probably have rolled up her p12 Bible for NZ Police welcome she received. sleeves and helped where she could.” “Walks along Tamaki Drive were a welcome Sr Campbell was vicar for religious in Brisbane relief. Understanding the significance of the pan- archdiocese for nearly six years, an article in Bris- A woman models a small bottle la- demic for the health of the people in our world, bane’s The Catholic Leader noted. On the front cover: helped [me] bear the isolation. I was also very well She said in the article that it had been a wonder- belled “Vaccine COVID-19” in this illustration photo on cared for by the sisters and staff here. One of the ful and challenging experience working to support April 10, 2020. (CNS photo/Dado Ruvic, Reuters) lessons for me of the enforced isolation was that Brisbane’s religious in the clergy support office in I had to live for the day and live in the present.” the archdiocese. In alert level 3, she is part of the “bubble” of “You don’t realise until you become part of it the sisters at Mission Bay, and this has seen “more how many people work behind the scenes to keep sharing with them”. the whole Catholic community going,” she said. At Mission Bay, the sisters are all vulnerable The article, posted to the newspaper’s website people, Sr Campbell said, “so they have been very on March 6, stated that one of her aims as vicar Pompallier Diocesan Centre, 30 New Street, Ponsonby, careful to stay in their bubble”. for religious had been to unite Brisbane archdio- Auckland. P.O. Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144. “They’ve had Mass on the TV each day and other cese’s spiritual directors into one group and, in activities to help fill in the time. There have been the process of achieving that, she was surprised Phone: (09) 360-3067 or (09) 378-4380. no complaints.” to discover there were 81 spiritual directors there Email: [email protected] All Josephite sisters in New Zealand have been in total. Website: www.nzcatholic.org.nz encouraged to “enter fully into this time of isola- The spiritual directors’ group had met several Publisher: Bishop Patrick Dunn tion”. times by the time Sr Campbell left her Brisbane Editor: Michael Otto Journalist: Rowena Orejana Sr Campbell herself has certainly done this, role, and she said it had been brilliant to see them Marketing and Administration: Claudia Cachay learning to use Zoom, Skype for Business, Micro- all together. Design & Advertising: Anne Rose soft Teams and Facetime. She had also enjoyed her time as a spiritual Advertising enquiries contact: “Last week,” she told NZ Catholic on April 30, director herself; it had been a privilege to “move [email protected] “I used all four for various meetings.” with people in their lives”, the article stated. NZ Catholic is published fortnightly. Subscriptions: One year, $73; two years, $135. Overseas airmail extra. The contents of NZ Catholic are copyright and permission to reprint must be obtained in advance. ISSN 1174-0086 Aid agencies pen open letter to PM Member Australasian Religious Press Association and by NZ CATHOLIC staff also rely on? This is the reality for more than Australasian Catholic Press Association 900,000 people in Cox’s Bazaar refugee camp in Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand and 13 other Bangladesh,” the letter stated. leading New Zealand international aid agencies “It is for these people that we ask your Gov- have written an open letter to the Prime Minister ernment to respond immediately to the unprec- requesting immediate help for people in crisis and edented global coronavirus crisis by doing the St Dominic’s emergency situations throughout the world who following: are also threatened by the coronavirus pandemic. • Provide $NZ25million in immediate, addi- Catholic College The letter, which was also addressed to the Dep- tional humanitarian funding as part of an emer- Founded by the Dominican Sisters uty Prime Minister and to the Minister of Finance, gency coronavirus response to boost life-saving Catholic School For Girls Years 7-13 warned that the coronavirus is anticipated to exact assistance for people already living in the world’s a catastrophic human toll in developing countries. worst crisis and emergency situations. • See regular updates on our college website A projected death toll of at least 40 million • Advocate for the cancellation of all external under COVID19 latest update. people if interventions are not made, predicted debt payments due to be made in 2020 by devel- • Follow our student leaders on Instagram: by Imperial College, was cited. oping country governments. St Doms2020. It was noted that people living in refugee camps • Protect and maintain existing commitments (for example, in Iraq and Syria) and in squatter to aid and climate finance.” • Hard fought inter-house online competition. camps (for example, outside Port Moresby in Papua The letter praised the Government’s response • School resumes for all students Monday 18 May. New Guinea) are living in close quarters and have to the pandemic in New Zealand, but also stated: little or no access to running water close by, or to “The coronavirus has spread to every corner of the • We continue to pray for families affected by the soap at a time when handwashing is a major way globe, but so can our compassion. We request that pandemic in any way. to help prevent the spread of the virus. New Zealand contribute to the collective pandemic “What would it be like . at a single tap in your response: no one is safe until we are all safe, and www.stdoms.ac.nz part of the refugee camp, that 250 other people New Zealand is in a position to help.” NZ Catholic: May 17 - 30, 2020 COVID-19 3 Churches open but no public Masses under new level 2 by NZ CATHOLIC staff 20 and churches were closed five The bishops said the limit of 10 time to deepen their spiritual life days later as New Zealand was locked would allow churches to reopen from and re-evaluate their daily lives as Catholic churches in Aotearoa down in response to the Covid-19 Thursday, May 14, for individuals individuals and families.” New Zealand were able to open their pandemic. to visit for such activities as private Many Catholics and members of doors from Thursday, May 14, for The bishops met on the morning prayer and the Sacrament of Recon- other denominations took to social individuals to pray in private, but of May 12 via Zoom video confer- ciliation. All official health and safety media to express strong disappoint- public Masses are not possible under ence and concluded that the limit requirements must be met for this. ment in the Government’s decision to the new restricted Alert Level 2. of 10 people was too restrictive to The letter from the bishops noted backtrack from the proposed limit of This was the message sent by the allow even a limited resumption of that “we are not advocating Eucharis- 100 at gatherings to a mere 10.