Sunday, February 10, 2008

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

http://www.cathcom.org.nz/

Bioethics Centre critical of Nitschke's comments (5 February 2008)
The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre - The Nathaniel Centre - is deeply
distressed at the comments of Dr Philip Nitschke as reported in The Sunday
Star Times...

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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ - MEDIA RELEASES

http://www.caritas.org.nz/

Caution needed on Biofuels Bill (07/02/08)
Caritas Opposes New Easter Trading Proposals (05/02/2008)
Budget Should Address Poverty (04/02/2008)

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Our Lady of Lourdes turning fifty (photos)
The Horowhenua Mail
http://tinyurl.com/2k8wuf
For fifty years she has tood on the hill above Paraparaumu - an inspiration
toCatholics, a beacon to fishermaen anda llandmark that says "home" to
Kapiti travellers.

Strumming at St Mark's with guitar-playing priest (photo)
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/28aw3k
A Catholic priest with a guitar might not be everyone's idea of
entertainment, but anyone remotely familiar with Chris Skinner, song writer
and recording artist, will tell you he is not be missed...

A 'wonderful life' (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4390502a26562.html
Two days of cheerful celebrations were needed to cater for all those wishing
to mark the 100th birthday of former Southlander Sister Mary Dominic in
Dunedin last month...

'Serene' mayoress rolled up sleeves to help (photo)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/2z9a3y
another chapter in Lower Hutt's history has closed with the death in
auckland on 27 January of Lady June Kennedy-Good, Mayoress between 1970-1986
...

Death of Irish priest felt widely (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4388617a22402.html
The sudden death of former Henderson Parish priest Father Matthias Murphy is
being mourned throughout the west...

Gisborne memories part of her history (photo)
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/Default.aspx?s=3&s1=2&id=a43f63fe15064924bed2a9f\
7594f1a4d

A conversation with 89-year-old Eileen Lynch uncovers pockets of Gisborne's
history she has recorded with thoughtful detail for years about her Catholic
childhood during the Depression...

School sex abuse trial called off
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10491269
A historic sex abuse trial scheduled to begin in the High Court at
Christchurch yesterday has been granted a permanent stay because of the four
years it has taken to get before a jury...

Judge calls halt to sex trial
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4391907a10.html

Group calls for boycott of plate at Mass
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4393120a11.html

[The following stories are not available on the newspapers' free Websites.
They can be read at the public library.]

`Dr Death' ideas stun groups
The Nelson Mail â€" News â€" 5 Feb 2008 â€" Page 3
Euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke has been accused of having an appalling
lack of understanding of the needs of the terminally ill, as well as people
who suffer from depression.

Students Sydney-bound
The Timaru Herald 8 Feb 2008 Page: 11
A group of South Canterbury students will travel to Sydney in July to take
part in World Youth Day celebrations, with a huge raffle being sold to raise
money for the trip. World Youth Day is a large Catholic event which happens
every four years ...

Lives Of Note
The Dominion Post 7 Feb 2008 Page: 17
Mavis Paul, educator and nun. Mavis Paul, 80, known as Sister Mary Germaine,
was a cherished member of the Sisters of Mercy for almost 60 years. For 13
years she was a teacher and later principal of St Catherine’s College at
Kilbirnie...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/

Giving up chocolate
At St Mary of the Angels, Wellington, Father Thige O'Leary reads the gospel
reading for the first Sunday of Lent, and discusses with Catherine what Lent
means to her ...

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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 ...

Feminist theology is sooooo 1970s!
I’ve often said on this blog that, although I’m a new feminist, I refuse to
align myself with feminist theologians. However, I haven’t really had a
chance to explain exactly why. Since there have been a few comments of late
that lump the two schools of thought together, I thought that now would be
the time to explain myself...

Fitting into our world
Something about being with different people strengthens who you really are.
And what you really believe. I pondered this as I sat in the Ash Wednesday
service at St Patrick’s (and St Joseph’s) Cathedral last night. It was a
“joint effort� between the Anglican and Catholic communities, led by the
Anglican Archbishop and the Catholic Bishop of Auckland...

Ashes and all…
... what is Lent if you just give up coffee? There are so many resources out
there on the Internet that provide daily prayer guidance through Lent, so we
can do something a bit more than normal and realize the period of the Church’s
season that we are entering into. Some of my favourites over time have been
...

Another knock at the door…
A few people have asked me to post something on the Mormons, so as a follow
up to my post on the Jehovah Witness cult from late last year, so today’s
post is another fictional dialogue...

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Synod of Bishops on the Bible already causing ferment; Good Friday prayer
revised
Though it's still eight months away, next October's Synod of Bishops on the
Bible is already causing ferment. The gathering will be the 22nd synod since
Pope Paul VI created it in September 1965 as a means of giving bishops a
voice in governance of the universal church (though it will be just the 12th
"ordinary" synod). It is keenly anticipated for at least three reasons ...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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