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NEWS & NOTES - 15 February 2009

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'WEL-COM' - The newspaper of the Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses

http://www.welcom.org.nz

**News**
A call from a Gaza pulpit for Middle East peace ... Wellington protests war in Gaza ... Christians' 'die-in' for Gaza

**World News**

**Columns**
Archbishop John Dew: Letter from Lyon ... Cecily McNeill: Welcoming the stranger (editorial) ... Kieran Fenn FMS: Romans - more reflections on Paul

**Schools**
Hutt school tops wearable arts ... Marist St Pat's takes the prized Swindale after eight tries ... Viard barbershop excels in pan Pacific contest

**Features**
A Sister speaks of her 40 years teaching in the Israeli-occupied territories ... Preachers at the banquet of Holy Wisdom ... Social justice awareness builds communities of hope

**Wellington**
The cathedral 160 years ago ... Sister John Bosco Fraser RSM RIP ... Sr Jean-Marie McErlane RIP

**Palmerston North**
The building-up church in Feilding ... Bishop Peter Cullinane: All called through baptism to a royal priesthood ... The heart is a good place to start youth catechetics

**Reflect**
Veronica Lawson RSM : Reflection on the Readings for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

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Kids dig deep for fire victims (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4847115a6554.html
A class of New Plymouth school kids has rallied together to raise almost $600 for the victims of Australia's raging bushfires...

True Spirit (photo)
Nor-West News
http://tinyurl.com/ao9msf
In true community spirit, St Patrick's Catholic parishioners, assisted by friends, family and the local community, spent their anniversary weekend on a home makeover for the Bjerga family of Waimauku ...

Priest welcomed to new parish
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4844612a22402.html
He’s spent a lifetime working with people from different cultures. But the congregation at the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic church will be a fresh challenge for new parish priest Father Bernard Dennehy, 68.

Future uncertain for Catholic presbytery (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/north-otago/43123/future-uncertain-catholic-presbytery
The future of the historic St Patrick's Basilica presbytery in Reed St is being reviewed by Oamaru's Catholic parish as it faces a large outlay to upgrade and maintain the building.

Caritas Calls for More Support for those in Greatest Need
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0902/S00139.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand says the Government’s transitional relief package for people made redundant is an admission that the welfare “safety net” is no longer adequate for many New Zealanders in their time of need. The Catholic social justice agency made the comment in a submission on the Government’s 2009 Budget Policy Statement.

Good samaritans bring broken St Joseph back to life
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/4844542a6008.html
The goodwill and skills of two Marlborough tradesmen have restored a sacred statue at Kaikoura's St Joseph's School that was damaged last month by "mindless vandals".

Catholic brother's appeal against jail turned down
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/local/5319498/catholic-brothers-appeal-jail-turned/
A Catholic brother jailed last year for sexually abusing boys has had his appeal against his sentence turned down...


[The folowing stories are not available on the newspapers' free Websites. They can be read at the public library and via the libraries' free online 'Newztext'service.]

Time for class act
Hawkes Bay Today — — 11 February 2009
David Lamont, the new principal of St Joseph's School in Dannevirke, may have come to teaching late in life but he sees his previous work experience as an asset in his latest role...

Many happy returns for market
Bay of Plenty Times — — 10 February 2009
Katikati Plant and Produce market has its first birthday on Friday and hopes to keep on living for many more years. Katikati residents Pauline van Rijen and Janette Sarchett used the market as another way of fundraising for the new St Pius X Catholic Church and Parish Community Centre...

Church is moving on up
Bay of Plenty Times — — 10 February 2009
The construction of a new church and parish facility that aims to reach out to the community will satisfy a 12-year dream for the people behind its creation. Work started on Katikati's new St Pius X Catholic Church and Parish Community Centre in late October ...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net

** Opportunity for the Taking: Year 10 students at St Mary's College, Wellington, on how it is being back at school after the summer break.

** Asking for Help: a reading and discussion of Mark 1:40-45 with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Jenny Wilkens at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.

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'BEING FRANK'

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...

Got that loving feeling? (What is love anyway?) ... Marriage, What Happened? (Declining marriage rates in the UK) ... No, what I said was: "He sleeps with the fishes" (on the need for humankind to commit self-destructive acts) ... Hard Times (on the controversy over the SSPX) ... The tri-criterion for discernment ... Can sinful men do good things? (Father Marcial and the Legionaries of Christ)

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

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

The current predicament of European Catholicism
I was in Ireland this week, delivering the inaugural lecture sponsored by the Irish Catholic newspaper on Wednesday night in Dublin. The subject was, "Christianity and Europe: Pope Benedict's vision and the question of European integration" ...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.romereports.com (video)

http://www.youtube.com/vatican
(news of Pope Benedict - video)

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EVENTS

Legacy: "Witness the Spirit"
21 - 22 February 2009
Tahaki Reserve, 250 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland
World Youth Day follow-up for ages 16-35
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 307 Dec. 21 - Jan 24 2008 p.8, and from Jo van Kempen, tel: (09) 360 3023; (027) 249 1448

Legacy '09 - "A free WYD follow-up event"
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 February 2009
Beaumont Centre, 98 Beaumont St;, Auckland City.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Feb. 8 - 21 2009 p.14, and from Jo: tel. (09) 360 3023

Wellington Eucharistic Convention - 2009
http://www.divinenet.org.nz/Convention.html
Sunday 1st March 2009
St Patrick's College Auditorium, Silverstream, Upper Hutt

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EMPLOYMENT

[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]

[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]

Secondary Schools' Advisor, Catholic Education Centre, Archdiocese of Wellington
http://www.wcec.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan 25 -Feb 7 2009 p.23, and from John Butterfield, General Manager, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937, Wellington; tel: (04) 496 1788; e-mail: j.butterfield@wn.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 16 February 2009

St Patrick's College, Silverstream. College Chaplain
http://www.stream.school.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2 and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's college, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz
Applications close 1 March 2009.