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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Success on Catholic Matchmaker New Zealand
http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=27427
Catholic Matchmaker New Zealand has its first success story. “Cathie and
David� have announced their engagement in the Christchurch Press last month,
and plan an April Wedding...
Fifty years together (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/ytfhnu
Anne Sayegh says she and husband Des are a good match because she likes to
cook and he likes to eat. The couple, who are celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary, met at an engagement party ...
Bill Sharpe-Dunn, 1936-2007. Educator and historian who looked to God
(photo)
The Sydney Morning Herald http://tinyurl.com/2bnsd6
Bill Sharpe-Dunn, known to his many friends as "Sharpie", was a teacher,
amateur historian, expert on all matters ecclesiastical, a missionary and
pioneer educator, a Catholic Weekly book reviewer and a yarn spinner
extraordinaire. He was a delightful companion on all occasions, despite
years with diabetes and other illnesses...
Anglican Church say enough is enough
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080119/3/3ngo.html
Anglican Church leaders are lobbying hard against allowing more shops to
open on Easter Sunday, arguing that "enough is enough where the continued
intrusion of the market into our lives is concerned"...
Human Rights Commission. Review shows busy year for interfaith activities
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00118.htm
A section of the 2007 Race Relations Report will be released at an
Interfaith workshop hosted by Auckland City this Saturday. The review of
interfaith activities reveals a busy and significant year for cooperation
and dialogue for the country’s religious communities...
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper.
Some recent topics:
** 'Pampered pets' or, Food for thought (19 Jan)
** 'How open are we'. On attending a Tridentine Mass (17 Jan)
** 'Sad yet?' On seeing the movie 'Molokai' (16 Jan)
** 'Blessed are the humble'. Ed Hillary (14 January)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Archbishop Niederauer on cathedral ministries; Allen on church
communication; Update on La Sapienza spat
I was in Saint Augustine, Fla., this week, speaking at a national Cathedral
Ministry Conference. For American Catholics, Saint Augustine is, in a sense,
where it all began; it was here on Sept. 8, 1565, that a Spanish missionary
priest celebrated the first Mass in what would eventually become the United
States...
Also: 'New Jesuit leader a progressive shaped by Asia' .... 'Navarro-Valls
on the pope, science, and La Sapienza' ... 'After protest from scientists,
pope to skip university visit' ... 'The pope, modern science, and a canary
in the coal mine' ... 'Ratzinger's 1990 remarks on Galileo'.
Regular readers of John Allen's column may be interested to read a review of
'Head and Heart: American Christianities', a new survey of the American
religious landscape: http://tinyurl.com/24vkwq
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]
