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'WEL-COM' - A Catholic newspaper for the Wellington and Palmerston North
dioceses

http://www.welcom.org.nz

News
Abortion takes an unexpected toll, many women agree ... Retreat team booked
out for '09 ... Drop in inequality good, but plight of the poorest unclear
...

World News

Columns
Editorial: immorality in financial crash ... Archbishop's column: WYD sparks
priestly contemplation ... Kieran Fenn FMS: Paul to the Corinthians: Get the
body right ...

Schools
Sacred Heart Lower Hutt stands in tribute to long-time DRS ... Masterton
principal sixth in the world ... Silverstream Vinnies

Features
Poverty in an affluent society ... World Youth Day a mixed bag with a
positive challenge ... Pilgrims reflect on the WYD experience

Wellington
The cathedral 160 years ago ... Sister John Bosco Fraser RSM RIP ... God
gave us a gift in Sr Jean-Marie McErlane

Palmerston North
The legacy of World Youth Day ... Valuable lessons for relationships in
ferry travel ... World Youth Day a community experience: Palmerston North
pilgrims reflect

Reflect
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A: Matthew 22:15-21

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

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

Catholic Matchmaker website: a safe place for Catholics to meet Catholics
(22 October 2008)
Catholic Matchmaker New Zealand made a ground-breaking announcement to the
media in August 2007. They became the first Catholic matchmaker site to
receive official support from the Catholic Church. Archbishop John Dew of
Wellington, followed by the other Catholic Bishops in New Zealand, gave
permission to promote Catholic Matchmaker in their dioceses. Some Australian
bishops have also given permission to promote this service...

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

No pain, no gain (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4738843a6554.html
There were screams of pain - but it was all in a good cause as Hamilton's
Sacred Heart Girls' College held a CanTeen fundraiser yesterday.

Community-minded nun top gardener
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=146729
Eighty-six-year-old Sister Loyola Galvin from the Sisters of Compassion has
been named New Zealand Gardener of the Year...

Radio NZ. 'Saturday Morning' with Kim Hill. Interview with Sister Loyola
Galvin, the 86 year-old organiser of community gardening, who has been named
national NZ Gardener of the Year 2008.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/sat/2008/10/25/sister_loyola_galvin_the_\
gardening_nun

$18m in capital funding for Sancta Maria College
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0810/S00444.htm
Education Minister Chris Carter announced today at the opening of the brand
new St Anne teaching block at Sancta Maria College, that the Government has
agreed to contribute $18.888 million in capital funding toward the cost of
the building. Sancta Maria School is a year 7 to 13 Catholic state
integrated school in Flat Bush, Manukau.

Totally devoted . . .
The Timaru Herald | 25 Oct 2008 | Page: 21
Applying makeup, choosing what to wear, surfing the channels on television â€"
normal everyday activities for most New Zealanders. Two Temuka women,
however, are getting used to undertaking these tasks after years of banning
them from their...

Feature slideshow
The Timaru Herald | 25 Oct 2008 | Page: 3
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/0a25383.html?source=nav
A new audio slideshow is now on the Timaru Herald website in relation to
today’s feature (page 21) on two Temuka Catholic sisters. The slideshow
includes photos of the St Josephs’ convent and Sister Lorraine Gaines
speaking about her life. [On Sunday morning, 26 October 2008, this slideshow
had still not appeared on the newspaper's audio slideshow Web page - ML]

Ceremonial start to church
Bay of Plenty Times â€" â€" K06 â€" 21 October 2008
The weather was kind, the parishioners were present and so the first sod of
the new St Pius Catholic Church and Community Centre in Beach Rd was
ceremonially turned on Sunday, October 5...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'Wealthy in Family and Friends'
Sister Mary Scanlon talks to Pat Hutchison - mother, widow, artist,
archivist and gardener - about faith and aging.

'Love Deeply'
A reading and discussion of Matthew 22:34-40 with Father Thige O'Leary and
Kathryn McIver at St Mary of the angels, Wellington.

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'BEING FRANK'

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand. Some current topics ...

Emotional Rollercoaster (emotion in worship) ... It’s all in the delivery
(politics and the election) ... Revelation, self-communication and coffee
(on being enrolled in Good Shepherd College’s distance learning theology
programme) ... "Render unto Caesar" (on a favourite Gospel reading) ... "I
mean the Bare Necessities, Or Mother Nature’s recipes ..." (perhaps you’re
more worthwhile than you think)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Serious Catholics wind up 'politically homeless' in America
On the lecture circuit I've been repeatedly asked for a take on the
election, and so this week I'll summarize what I typically say in terms of
three points to ponder about seeing the race through Catholic eyes -- points
which, at least from where I sit, have not yet attracted the consideration
they merit...

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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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EVENTS

Catholic Men's Residential Retreat Weekend
Teapot Valley Christian Camp, Brightwater, Nelson.
5.30pm Friday 31 October - 3pm Sunday 2 November 2008
Details in 'Welcom' October 2008 p.19 and from George tel (03) 547 4649;
Bernard tel (03) 5465 1811

'Winter Sun: Unpacking World Youth Day'
The 2008 'NZ Catholic' lecture with Archbishop Mark Colerdige of Canberra
and Goulburn
** Auckland: Monday Nov. 17, St Beenedict's Chruch Newton, 7.30 pm.
** Wellington: Tuesday Nov. 18, St Joseph's Church, Mt Victoria, 7.30pm.
** Christchurch: Wednesday Nov. 19, Villa Maria College, Upper Riccarton,
7.30pm.
Admission: Adults: $10; college students (with ID) $5.

'Hearts Aflame' Catholic Summer School
9-18 January 2008
St Bede's College, Christchurch
Details:
http://www.heartsaflame.org.nz/HA2009/tabid/1348/Default.aspx

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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 ]

NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference. Communications Advisor
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 302, October 19 - November 1 2008 p.23 and
from Mike Hurdle at Micah Partners, PO Box 499, Wellington; tel: 04 499
4749; mobile: 021 552 929; fax: 04 499 7375; email:
contact@micahpartners.co.nz Applications close 27 October 2008

Diocesan Liturgy Educator. Palmerston North Diocese.
http://www.pn.catholic.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' October 2008 p.13, at
http://www.pn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=208 , in 'NZ Catholic' issue 302, October
19 - November 1 2008 p.22, and from Mark Richards, Diocese of Palmerston
North, Private Bag 11012, Palmerston North , tel. 06 350-3823