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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
'Poverty in an Affluent Society'
A statement for Social Justice Week, September 2008
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00303.htm
The New Zealand Catholic bishops have reaffirmed their commitment to stand
with New Zealanders in need, in a statement prepared for Social Justice Week
2008. The bishops express concern that, despite the increased social
spending of the last decade, the benefits of economic growth have not been
shared by all, and that living standards have not improved for the poorest
New Zealanders.
Social Justice Week is celebrated in the Catholic Church from 14-20
September, with a focus this year on poverty in an affluent society.
Catholic social justice agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is this week
distributing resources to Catholic parishes, primary schools and youth
groups to assist Catholics to examine how well we are looking after the most
vulnerable members of our community.
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Missing youth delegates work on New Zealand farms
http://www.theindiancatholic.com/report.asp?nid=10967
New Delhi -- Church officials say the young Indians who went missing in New
Zealand before the recent World Youth Day (WYD) program in Australia are all
Catholics and are now working on farms there...
Papal presence: 'receiving the power (photo)
The Horowhenua Mail
http://tinyurl.com/5p3um5
World Youth Day, the six-day gathering of Catholic youth in Sydney this
month, was attended by about 40 young people from Kapiti and Horowhenua and
their adult leaders ...
Youth Day experience remembered for life (photos)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/5b3hbb
It has been more than a week since Tony and Luke Courtenay returned from
World Youth Day celebrations, but the Whitianga father and son are still
buzzing about a trip that almost didn't happen ...
World Youth Day, Sydney Australia (photo)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/6hc779
Nineteen students from St Bernard's College, Lower Hutt have returned from
the trip of a lifetime to the World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia ...
Double jubilee for church, priest (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/alexandra/15929/double-jubilee-church-priest
More than 300 people turned out to celebrate a double golden jubilee at St
John the Baptist Catholic Church in Alexandra on Sunday. A jubilee Mass was
held to celebrate the 50th jubilee of the church and of the ordination of Fr
Mervyn McGettigan...
Priest rubbishes welfare system
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10524008
An American theologian who advised US President George W. Bush on welfare
reform is in New Zealand with an uncompromising message - that welfare leads
to "moral decay".
Father Robert Sirico, a Catholic priest who heads a Michigan think-tank to
integrate Christianity with free-market principles, spent the weekend at a
retreat organised by Auckland's Maxim Institute.
Jail for ex-head of Catholic School
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/1972103
The former head of a Catholic school in Christchurch has been sent to jail
for sexually abusing former pupils. Rodger Moloney, 73, was extradited from
Australia to face the charges which date back decades...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'Samoa Calling'
Coffee Break: Marist Brother Chris Maney, recently returned from Samoa, in
conversation with Sr Stephanie
'Miracles'
Angels in the City: a reading and discussion of Matthew 14:13-21 with Fr
David Kennearly and Suzanne O'Rourke.
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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 ...
Benefits of getting out of the comfort zone ... Brother Chris Mannion FMS รข€"
RIP ... Man-made global warming is simply a theory ... Call for ideas for
strategies on how to make the legacy of WYD tangible and worthwhile ... A
Church full of sinners ..
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PERIODICALS AND NEWSLETTERS
Society of Mary, NZ Province. 'Marist Messenger', August 2008
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' - July 2008
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resourcesubpages/lighting-new-fires.html
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform - the Diocesan Newsletter' - June
2008
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25
The Nathaniel Centre - The NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel
Report' - issue twenty-four, 30 May 2008
http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/?sid=5
Tui Motu InterIslands, an independent Catholic magazine - July 2008
http://www.tuimotu.org
Society of Eucharistic Adoration. Newsletter - June 2008
http://www.divinenet.org.nz/adoration.html
Society of St Vincent de Paul. Newsletter - Winter 2008
http://svdp.org.nz/index.php/news/winter-2008-newsletter-available-for-download/
St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East' - July 2008
http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Benedict's vacation spot is significant in his history
Pope Benedict XVI is on vacation from July 28 to Aug. 11, passing his summer
break in an Alpine town in northern Italy known as Bressanone by Italians
and Brixen by German-speakers. Benedict is a guest of the local seminary,
lodging in an apartment known colloquially as "the bishop's room." It's a
setting where this pope clearly feels at home...
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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 ]
Archdiocese of Wellington. Adviser in Youth and Young Adult Ministry
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=16
Details in 'Wel-com' July 2008 p.2 and from Lorraine McArthur, Director,
Archdiocesan Pastoral Services, tel. (04) 4961706; e-mail:
lmcarthur@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 8 August 2008.
Senior journalist / Sub-editor, 'NZ Catholic'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' July 27-Aug 9 2008 p.2, and from the Managing
Editor, Gavin Abraham, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144; e-mail:
editor@nzcatholic.org.nz Applications close 13 August 2008.
