Sunday, March 8, 2009

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NEWS & NOTES - 8 March 2009 - Second Sunday in Lent

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'NZ CATHOLIC' No. 311 March 8 - 21 2009

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

Nine candidates boost seminary roll ... Faith guides Joseph's work with at-risk youth ... NZ missionary priest's courage inspires yopung Kiwi ... Sister from Northland helping to change children's lives in the Phillippines ... Advertising Feature: De Paul House Family Support

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

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Teaching the basics (photos)
The Invercargill Eye
http://tinyurl.com/d7rz6r
Free cooking classes for parents and caregivers being run by Catholic Social Services and Verdon College are a vital service, the woman running the classes says.


Catholic Mom Takes on Social Networking
Creates Kid-Friendly Yoursphere.com
http://www.zenit.org/article-25282?l=english
Mary Kay Hoal, an American Catholic mother, has established Yoursphere - http://www.yoursphere.com -, a social networking site for children and teenagers of school age, that is monitored to prevent cyberbullying and to keep out adults who use networking sites to develop inappropriate relationships with children and teens. It aims to create a positive space online where children can share their interests, such as sports, academics, gaming, fashion and music, while interacting with friends who really are their peers (anonymity is not permitted). Future plans include opening Yoursphere communities in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.


Cathedral reeling over approval for 46-storey tower
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10560374
The Catholic Church is reeling after plans for Auckland's tallest new apartment tower were granted planning approval. In the midst of one of the country's worst real-estate downturns, developer Gary Groves' Sanctuary Group got consent for his new Saffron tower, a 46-storey Albert St block of units next to the Catholic cathedral in the CBD.

Challenge accepted (photo)
Cambridge Edition
http://tinyurl.com/arxq4v
There wil be a lot of extra-sporty children occupying four of our schools following the recent Mayoral Cycle Challenge.

Care Centre Opens (photo)
Ruapehu Press
http://tinyurl.com/cnkhxq
Mayor Sue Morris and Sister Paula Cronin cut the ribbon at the new community care centre in Taumarunui's old Tuku St. hockey pavilion.

Final Service Planned (photo)
Queenstown Mirror
http://tinyurl.com/bqqlug
After 143 years, the curtain is about to fall on a visible Catholic presence in Naseby.

Mat, 5, takes on the world (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/2000057/Mat-5-takes-on-the-world/
Competing against 1.8 million kids worldwide for the title of best Mathlete was child's play for St James Catholic School pupil Mat Marlow.

Day of prayer sends 'wave' around the globe
Matmata Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/cw4ya7
A service to mark World Day of Prayer will be held this Friday at All Saints Church. This year's service has been prepared by the World Day of Prayer Committee of Papua New Guinea ...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net

** Understanding the Law **

Sister Stephanie Kitching chats to Nicky Darlow about her experiences aa a community law centre worker, pupils' rights advisor, and consultant to community groups

** Transfiguration **
A reading and discussion of Mark 9:2-10 and the painting 'The Transfiguration' by Wellington artist Michael Smithers, with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Dr Ellie Sanderson at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.

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'BEING FRANK'

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...

The Kreutzer (a play with themes of love, marriage, men and woman) ... Tolerance (tolerance as a tool of intolerance) ... “It’s a boy… and what a boy!” (designer babies) Heroic Suicide? (current movies) .. Lucienne SallĂ© (a laywoman in the Vatican) ... Preach it brother! (Archbishop Charles Chaput on Catholic faith and public policy in America.

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

http://ncronline.org./blogs/all-things-catholic

Benedict perfects the Q&A format

Ironically enough, forty years ago Joseph Ratzinger insisted that the dialogue is not really a legitimate Christian literary form. In his 1969 book 'Das neue Volk Gottes', the future pope observed that there’s no equivalent in Christian writing to the great dialogues of Plato, arguing that’s because, at its core, Christianity is not about dialogue with the world but rather kerygma, proclamation...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

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

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

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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 ]