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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Plenty of fun had at Light Party (photos)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/68na4g
Thre was lots of fun and plenty of lollies and treats on offer at the
Whitianga Light Party on October 31. The aim was to keep children safe and
offer a fun alternative to Halloween ...
New life for city's cathedral
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikatotimes/4752126a6579.html
After a week of final touches to finish the multi-million dollar renovation
of Hamilton's Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Father Frank Eggleton
can't wait for the celebrations to begin tomorrow...
St Pat's vows to fight
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4752250a22398.html
Staff at Auckland's St Patrick’s Cathedral say they won’t surrender to a
skyscraper threatening their patch. The cathedral opposed a neighbouring
apartment development on Albert St earlier this year because a carparking
entrance on St Patrick’s Square would ruin the "oasis of peace"...
School locked-down as armed police hunt wanted man
http://tinyurl.com/6gncax
Students at St Patricks College in Silverstream were in lock-down mode this
morning as armed police hunted a wanted man nearby in Lower Hutt...
A memorable school holiday (photo)
North Waikato News
http://tinyurl.com/5cwmee
In an opportunity of a lifetime, four St Anthony's Catholic School students
became immersed in their faith with the highlight coming within reaching
distance of Pope Benedict XVI when they visited Rome ...
Growth in God's hands
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/marlboroughexpress/4751091a19821.html
Arms are raised towards the heavens, people are talking in tongues. Soulful
modern music is played by a band and sung by a small but enthusiastic
congregation. It is Saturday night at Marlborough Lines Stadium and
Blenheim's City Church are in da House to worship. While the number of Kiwis
regularly attending church in New Zealand is declining local church leaders
say Marlborough is bucking the trend and the spirit is alive and well. Is it
really? LUCY JOHNSTON reports.
Franklin hit by businesswoman's tragic death (photo)
Franklin County News
http://tinyurl.com/6pszuo
Franklin has lost one of its most well-loved businesswomen, Doreen
Pennington
Chaplaincy celebrated
Manawatu Standard | 3 Nov 2008 | Page: 4
The Palmerston North Hospital chapel hosted a thanksgiving service on
Saturday celebrating 60 years of hospital chaplaincy. While many patients
over the decades have received support and visits from their own churches,
there has been a role since 1948...
Candidates stake claim to votes
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/Default.aspx?s=3&s1=2&id=6805
Not surprisingly, National Party MP Anne Tolley and Labour list MP Moana
Mackey had very different takes on the past nine years under a Labour-led
government at a public election meeting last night hosted by the Social
Justice Committees of Holy Trinity Anglican and St Mary's Catholic
parishes...
Christians protest at `decline in family values' (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelsonmail/4748495a6007.html
A silent march up Nelson's Trafalgar St, followed by a silent vigil at the
Church Steps, marked a Christian group's protest against what its leaders
say are eroded family values in New Zealand...
Kiwi's Spanish pilgrimage (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/6nlqvo
Thames traveller Robin Plummer addressed a Whitianga Friends of the Library
meeting last week to tell of his latest travels on the 1000-year-old
Pilgrim's Way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain ...
In Brief
Northern Advocate p.2 â€" 07 November 2008
Dargaville's St Joseph's School _ formerly known as St Joseph's Convent
School _ celebrated its centennial celebrations on Labour weekend with past
pupils, staff and parents coming from far and wide...
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WORLD UNION OF CATHOLIC WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS
Asia-Pacific Catholic women seek empowerment
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=9970
Catholic women's organisations in the Asia-Pacific will focus their energies
on empowerment for women, a regional conference in Seoul has decided...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'Choose wisely'
A reading and discussion of Matthew 25:1-13 with Very Revd Frank Nelson,
Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington and two cathedral choristers, Garth
and Jill.
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand. Some current topics ...
Professional Ambition (Christianity and professional ambition) ... "Ach,
back to the loch with you Nessie" (online matchmaking) ... Pseudo-Messiahs
and the US Election (on the definition of Antichrist) ... As you love
yourself (on a disturbing lack of loving oneself) ...
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
An open letter to President-elect Barack Obama
For the record, nobody from the Obama transition team has solicited my
advice about relations with the Vatican, and I would frankly be surprised if
the question were yet on their radar screen. Others, however, are already
speculating about how things might shake out; on Wednesday, for example,
Reuters moved a story predicting a "tricky" relationship between Rome and
the Obama White House because of the abortion issue. As a thought exercise,
I decided to pen an open letter to the president-elect about U.S.-Vatican
ties over the next four years...
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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
'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 ]
Catholic Discipleship College, Takapuna, Auckland. Residential Leaders (Male
and Female)
http://www.cdc.ac.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 303, November 2 - 15, 2008 p.27, at:
http://www.cdc.ac.nz/NewsEvents/tabid/1003/language/en-GB/Default.aspx
and from Fr Neil Vaney sm, Principal, CDC, tel: (09) 489-8197; e-mail:
fr.neil@cdc.ac.nz
'NZ Catholic' newspaper. Parish presenters.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 303, November 2 - 15, 2008 p.23, and from
Dennis Augustine, Promotions and Advertising Manager, NZ Catholic, PO Box
147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144; tel: (09) 360-3049; e-mail:
advertising@nzcatholic.org.nz
