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From time to time the Ordinary will make Policy (Particular Law) affecting the Military Ordinariate. This Policy May be viewed on the Left.

The Items below while not particular Law, are very important pieces of 'corporate knowledge'.

Financial Support of the Ordinariate:

	Support for the Military Ordinariate has traditionally come about by way of donations made by serving Chaplains.
	In order to meet future possible requirements of the Ordinariate it is asked that RF Donate $500 pa and TF donate $100
	Any Donations can be addressed to the Military Ordinariate Vicar General, whose address is on the Contacts Page.

Length of Tenure for chaplains:

The matter of Tenure depends both on the local Ordinary and the regulations pertaining to Service Requirements as promulgated by NZDF.

The Following are the present Offers of Service terms
Regular Force: Navy 5 Years, Army 3 Years, Airforce 9 Years,
Part Time Service: TF Army 3 years, Naval Volunteer Reserve, 3 years, Officiating Chaplains 3 Years.

"I should as soon think of fighting without my artillery as without my chaplains"
Lord Montgomery in All Saints Cathedral Hall, Cairo (WW2)
Quoted in "Chaplains: Official History of NZ in WW2" by Rev M Underhill et al 1950
Click Here to Read the Official NZ History of Chaplains in WW2

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