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NEWS & NOTES - 17 May 2009
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 316 - May 17 - 30 2009
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In this issue: Bishops keeping a close eye on swine flu status .. 78 schools say no to Gardasil ... Children's book gives birds-eye view of Pope Benedict's daily routine ... View from the trenches: a personal reflection, by Joy Cowley ... NZ children will learn of Maori girl's inspiring faith ... Advertising feature: Legal services
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Rush to bring Gina's brother to Wanganui
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3797930&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
All the stops have been pulled out to bring cancer sufferer Gina Forrest's brother from the Philippines to her bedside in Wanganui next week.
Catholic church opens in Katikati (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/plgend
A special mass was held last sunday to celebrate the opening of the new St Pius X Catholic Church and Parish community Centre in Beach Rd., Katikati.
Waitara church is significant
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/2416167/Waitara-church-is-significant
It may not be an ancient cathedral, but St Joseph's church in Waitara could soon have similar status. The Nelson St building is being considered by New Plymouth District Council for addition to the district plan as a category A historic building, meaning it will have the highest possible protection. [To see the church in Google Street View, open: http://maps.google.co.nz ; enter: 17 Nelson Street, Waitara; click the small photograph over 'Street View'; when the view opens, move three clicks right-wards]
Other schools want the winning recipe (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/2413239/Taranaki-speakers-take-the-cake/
There's something special giving Taranaki students the gift of the gab. The recipe has been demanded by schools from Napier to Wellington but Bayley Roylance, 17, of Sacred Heart Girls' College and George Grainger, 15, of Francis Douglas Memorial College are staying mum.
Colleges pool talents (photo)
Hamilton Press
http://tinyurl.com/oy6pny
Hamilton's Catholic secondary schools have combined to stage a right-rollicking outer space adventure, in a combined production of Return to the Forbidden Planet.
Still room at St Joseph's (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/feilding-herald/2412106/Still-room-at-St-Josephs
Feilding's St Joseph's School, an integrated Catholic school, is promoting the idea that it has room on its roll for non-Catholic children.
Divine intervention (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/features/2407419/Divine-intervention
He was the kind of man you'd pass in the street without a second glance a good, solid, salt-of-the-earth type who'd always been able to support his family with his skills. Now he sits slumped in a chair in a church office, looking down at his clenched workingman's hands. The events of the last few weeks have stripped him of pride.
Public Asked To Comment On The Future Of Cemeteries
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/public-asked-comment-future-cemeteries/5/13996
As Christchurch continues to grow and we become more multi-cultural, the future development of cemeteries and methods of burial is shifting into focus.
Pupils come first, says new head
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/kaikoura/2407146/Pupils-come-first-says-new-head
Mary Gray is no stranger to St Joseph's School, Blenheim, having taught there since 2004. But now she is taking on an entirely different role, having recently been appointed principal of the 82-pupil Catholic primary school.
Tougher times see churches increase attendance
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/2406010/Tougher-times-see-churches-increase-attendance
Church flocks are growing as people search for a deeper meaning during the recession.
Church to be a beacon (illustration)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/2401921/Church-to-be-a-beacon
A European-style Catholic church in the heart of Te Atatu is taking shape thanks to the Croatian Cultural Society.
One step from heaven
New Zealand Herald — H003 — 16 May 2009
There aren't too many developers who can say the successful sale of their latest luxurious clifftop creation features in the prayers of 20 nuns. Award-winning builder-developers Nigel and Jackie Benton built this palatial new masonry home with panoramic sea views on land subdivided off the grounds of the neighbouring Catholic rest home. The Marian Rest Home is a small facility within spacious grounds, catering for elderly Catholic nuns and laywomen.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Speaking out **
The O'Shea Shield public speaking competition for Catholic secondary schools was hosted this year by St Mary's College, Wellington.
** Giving your life for a friend **
A reading and discussion of John 15:9-17 with Suzanne O'Rourke and Fr David Kennerley at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
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NZ CATHOLIC PODCASTS
http://station15.libsyn.com
** Station XV ** - Episode 21
Holy Father's Holy Land holiday?
In this month's episode, we cover the Holy Father's trip to the Holy Land, the Swine Flu restrictions on reception of Communion, the anti-Catholic media bias, offering women who seek abortions the opportunity to view the ultrasound, and Our Lady appearing in a...coffee stain?
** Familia ** - Episode 8
In this month's edition of the Familia Podcast we explore the following questions: 1. What are the 'original experiences of man'? 2. Why did God create people with homosexual desires? 3. How can you counsel people who are pregnant and worried to keep their babies without moralizing? 4. How do you deal with friends who are sleeping together - how do we love them without condoning their actions? 5. When we give our lives to Christ do we really have to cease to exist as an individual?
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'BEING FRANK' - http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Catholics and sport ... "They fed us gruel, they forced us to make wallets for export, and one of the campers was eaten by a bear!" (lessons from an American summer camp) ... Shameless plug (introducing a new women's forum) ... No fullstops on a family pilgrimage (report from Dakar) ... The Holy Father in the Holy Land ... Good Shepherds (on Good Shepherd Sunday)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
'The most demanding high-wire act of his papacy'
Jerusalem -- After the most demanding high-wire act of his papacy, a grueling week that saw the 82-year-old pontiff deliver 28 speeches while shuttling among Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, it seems terribly simplistic to offer a report card, but here we go nonetheless: Give Benedict XVI an A for effort, and a B for execution...
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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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EVENTS
NZ Catholic Tennis Wind-up
Renouf Tennis Centre, Brooklyn Road, Wellington
Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31 2009 (Queen's Birthday weekend)
Details and registration at: http://www.nzcatholictennis.org.nz , in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.15 and from Brian Kennedy, briken@xtra.co.nz tel: (04) 479 9153; 027 675 8844
Knights of the Southern Cross. Pauline Year Writing Competition
Topic: Why is Saint Paul important? What does Saint Paul say to me?
$1,000 in total prizes divided between three age categories. Details in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.17 Closing date: 6 June 2009
'Be the Change': NZ Catholic Education Convention
29 - 31 July Wellington Convention Centre
Full details and registration: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed09
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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 ]
Reasearch and Advocacy Officer, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand (part-time)
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 315, May 3 - 16, 2009 p. 26, in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.14, and from Claire Beaumont, tel: (04) 496 1742; e-mail: claire@caritas.org.nz Applications close 22 May 2009.
