Dear readers,
There will be one more 'News & Notes' this year, on Friday December 24.
God bless,
Mike Leon
'NZ CATHOLIC' - December 19 - 24, no. 356
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In this issue ... Pro-life doctors like court ruling ... St Pat's protection likely if rail loop proceeds ... Akld massgoers happy with new translation ... Vatican punctures pomposity and promotes plain prose for prelates .. Why we needed a new translation of the Mass ... Many treasures to enjoy on inaugural Catholic road retreat of Aotearoa ... Ratzinger onto abuse cases long ago, letters show .. Pontiff gives ideas to improve people's participation at Mass ... Franciscan highlights torture ... Christmas Mass times around NZ ... Advertising Features: Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference ... Monte Cecilia Housing Trust
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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CHRISTMAS 2010
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Happy Hispanic Christmas (photo)
The Leader, Nelson
http://tinyurl.com/28zdmeq
Nelson’s Hispanic community is getting together to celebrate Christmas on December 24 and if you speak Spanish then you’re invited to join them.
Families mix it
Hawkes Bay Today — A028 — 18 December 2010
Partridges, pear trees, barbecues and beers. Christmas Downunder has always been an incongruous mash of cultural traditions. Jolene Williams speaks to three Hawke's Bay families about their unique take on the Kiwi Christmas. [This article can be read via the public librarieis' Newztext service]
Billboard rejected as 'Christmas foolishness'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/4472472/Billboard-rejected-as-Christmas-foolishness
A billboard querying the almighty's existence has stirred up emotion from Hamilton religious leaders.
IN OTHER NEWS ...
NZ Aid rejects 60 applications
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10694918
Many applications to a fund for overseas aid projects were rejected because they were not good enough, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said today.
Caritas questions evidence for lack of accountability
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1012/S00205/caritas-questions-evidence-for-lack-of-accountability.htm
A text by any other name... (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/print/140917
Text, whether in books or on the internet, was written by a person or several people, but defining an author is not that easy, according to Dr Simone Celine Marshall. A medieval specialist in the English department at the University of Otago, she is curating "Faces of Authorship: Constructing the author in medieval and early modern books" in the de Beer Gallery in the University of Otago Central Library, which opens tomorrow.
Hit-and-run victim dies in Auckland
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/4459847/Woman-found-dead
A former Blenheim woman seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident in Auckland last year has died suddenly. Lynette Joy Kilmartin was found dead on Sunday. Her death has been referred to the coroner.
Former Marist brother jailed for sex assaults on boys
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/64414/former-marist-brother-jailed-for-sex-assaults-on-boys
A former Marist brother has been jailed for two years and six months for indecent assaults committed on boys while he was a teacher at a Catholic boarding school in Masterton. Bede Hampton, 62, had pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent assault.
Sex crime in 70s catches up with Marist
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/2b27o2n
Historic sex abuse victims refuse emotional harm payout
http://www.odt.co.nz/print/141236?page=0%2C0
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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
Aquinas College, Tauranga: Extra work pays for successful Aquinas (photo)
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/sport/news/extra-work-pays-for-successful-aquinas/3934159/
St Joseph’s, Matamata: Pupils run, jump and throw at athletics day (photo captions)
Matamata Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/2a4d5be
St Joseph's, Nelson: St Joseph's School spreads Christmas spirit (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/4459880/St-Josephs-School-spreads-Christmas-spirit
St Joseph's, Queenstown: Eminent visitors from Wellington (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/queenstown/140415/eminent-visitors-wellington
St Mary's, Blenheim: Moment of truth for two-year art project (photos)
The Marlborough Express
http://tinyurl.com/296dhox
St Patrick's, Masterton: St Patrick’s eco-wise (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/26mwj9d
Wairarapa News
St Paul’s, Christchurch: For whom the bell tolls: School's out after a trying year (photo)
The Press (Chch)
http://tinyurl.com/28ehaum
St Paul's, Christchurch: Primary schools finish for Christmas holidays (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4466153/Primary-schools-finish-for-Christmas-holidays
St Peter’s, Beckenham; St Patrick’s Greymouth: Pupils send hampers to the Coast (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4454569/Pupils-send-hampers-to-the-Coast
St Peter’s, Cambridge: Taine's T top of the lot (photo)
Cambridge edition
http://tinyurl.com/27sg3kf
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National Secondary School Athletics Championships
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Aquinas College, Tauranga: Joseph Miller (photo)
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/sport/news/millar-takes-out-national-sprint-double/3933883/
Francis Douglas M C: Champion Kyle saves his best for big stage (photo)
Taranaki Daily News
http://tinyurl.com/2atqtmh
John Paul College: Unlucky break halts quest for gold (photo)
http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/sport/news/unlucky-break-halts-quest-for-gold/3934165/
Sacred Heart and Baradene College, Auckland: College sport
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10694360
St Mary's College, Wellington: Discus champion quick to set herself new target
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/college-sport/4458111/Discus-champion-sets-new-target
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Quote of the day! ("It is necessary to recognize that this institution is Divine" - Francois de Lamy)
** “God bless those pagans.” (Atheists vs Catholics: get more intellectual or well known)
** New York, New York. (liturgical and other kinds of culture shock in the Big Apple)
** And for the next round: Hitchens vs. D’Souza (neo-Atheist vs. Christianity on YouTube)
** The Tyburn Tree (The Tyburn monastery and the Tyburn Martyrs)
** Neeson vs. Lewis (a comment by Liam Neeson on the character of Aslan)
** Pink?! (Gaudete Sunday, or Rose, or Pink Sunday)
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
http://station15.libsyn.com
** Station XV - Episode 39 - Happy Christmas 2010! (14 December 2010)
Wow - another year has just raced past. So, for the last show of the year, we talk about the Pike River mining disaster, the Pope's comments on condoms and AIDS, the arrival of the new Mass translation, the latest God debate featuring Tony Blair, and the shortage of exorcists?!? Follow us on twitter.com/station15 or facebook.com/station15 and have a wonderful Christmas!
** Catechiwi: The ministerial priesthood (9 December 2010)
In our final episode of 2010, Catechiwi welcomes back Bishop Patrick Dunn as he talks about a topic he literally wrote a book on: Priesthood. Bishop Dunn speaks about some of the theological aspects of the priesthood as well as offering some personal insights into his own vocation.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'A Great Season'
A reflection by Sr Mary Scanlan
'Difficult decisions'
Matthew 1: 18-24, a reading and commentary by Sr Stephanie Kitching.
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
On Wikileaks, face time with the pope, and Dolan
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/wikileaks-face-time-pope-and-dolan
One week ago today, behind-the-scenes alarm was percolating among American diplomats in Rome and in the Vatican, as word spread that the first major wave of “Wikileaks” revelations about U.S./Vatican relations would run the next morning. By midday Saturday, it became clear that this first round of leaks would be more a whimper than a bang...
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FACEBOOK
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Facebook:
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Twitter:
http://twitter.com/catholicnz
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
Icon Media
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Auckland/Icon-Media/126176587430993?v=wall
'The Fifteenth Station'
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Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
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SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists
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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
Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference: "Put out into the deep" (Lk 5:4)
Friday 4 March - Sunday 6 March 2011
Barrycourt Quality Hotel Conference Centre, 20 Gladstone Road, Parnell, Auckland, NZ
Details in 'NZ Catholic' December 19 - 24, p.9, at http://www.catholiccharismatic.org.nz/files/isao-conf-brochure-2010.pdf and from Conference Secretary, St Joseph's Centre, 1 Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna, Auckland 0622, NZ; tel: (09) 835 1396 (ask for Anil Baptist); fax: (09) 489 3021; e-mail: aucklandccr@gmail.com
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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 ]
Resource Development department, Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane, Australia (3 positions)
Gifts Manager, Catholic Education
Gifts Manager, Centacare
Annual Giving Manager
Details from Mr Mitch Witherington, Consultant at Global Philanthropic; e-mail: m.w@globalphilanthropic.com ; tel: +61 7 3211 2320 or +61 0421 043 282 and http://globalphilanthropic.com/subpage.php?p=116
Applications close 14 January 2011
There will be one more 'News & Notes' this year, on Friday December 24.
God bless,
Mike Leon
'NZ CATHOLIC' - December 19 - 24, no. 356
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In this issue ... Pro-life doctors like court ruling ... St Pat's protection likely if rail loop proceeds ... Akld massgoers happy with new translation ... Vatican punctures pomposity and promotes plain prose for prelates .. Why we needed a new translation of the Mass ... Many treasures to enjoy on inaugural Catholic road retreat of Aotearoa ... Ratzinger onto abuse cases long ago, letters show .. Pontiff gives ideas to improve people's participation at Mass ... Franciscan highlights torture ... Christmas Mass times around NZ ... Advertising Features: Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference ... Monte Cecilia Housing Trust
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
***************
CHRISTMAS 2010
***************
Happy Hispanic Christmas (photo)
The Leader, Nelson
http://tinyurl.com/28zdmeq
Nelson’s Hispanic community is getting together to celebrate Christmas on December 24 and if you speak Spanish then you’re invited to join them.
Families mix it
Hawkes Bay Today — A028 — 18 December 2010
Partridges, pear trees, barbecues and beers. Christmas Downunder has always been an incongruous mash of cultural traditions. Jolene Williams speaks to three Hawke's Bay families about their unique take on the Kiwi Christmas. [This article can be read via the public librarieis' Newztext service]
Billboard rejected as 'Christmas foolishness'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
A billboard querying the almighty's existence has stirred up emotion from Hamilton religious leaders.
IN OTHER NEWS ...
NZ Aid rejects 60 applications
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/
Many applications to a fund for overseas aid projects were rejected because they were not good enough, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said today.
Caritas questions evidence for lack of accountability
http://www.scoop.co.nz/
A text by any other name... (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/print/
Text, whether in books or on the internet, was written by a person or several people, but defining an author is not that easy, according to Dr Simone Celine Marshall. A medieval specialist in the English department at the University of Otago, she is curating "Faces of Authorship: Constructing the author in medieval and early modern books" in the de Beer Gallery in the University of Otago Central Library, which opens tomorrow.
Hit-and-run victim dies in Auckland
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
A former Blenheim woman seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident in Auckland last year has died suddenly. Lynette Joy Kilmartin was found dead on Sunday. Her death has been referred to the coroner.
Former Marist brother jailed for sex assaults on boys
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/
A former Marist brother has been jailed for two years and six months for indecent assaults committed on boys while he was a teacher at a Catholic boarding school in Masterton. Bede Hampton, 62, had pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent assault.
Sex crime in 70s catches up with Marist
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/2b27o2n
Historic sex abuse victims refuse emotional harm payout
http://www.odt.co.nz/print/
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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
Aquinas College, Tauranga: Extra work pays for successful Aquinas (photo)
http://www.bayofplentytimes.
St Joseph’s, Matamata: Pupils run, jump and throw at athletics day (photo captions)
Matamata Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/2a4d5be
St Joseph's, Nelson: St Joseph's School spreads Christmas spirit (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-
St Joseph's, Queenstown: Eminent visitors from Wellington (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-
St Mary's, Blenheim: Moment of truth for two-year art project (photos)
The Marlborough Express
http://tinyurl.com/296dhox
St Patrick's, Masterton: St Patrick’s eco-wise (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/26mwj9d
Wairarapa News
St Paul’s, Christchurch: For whom the bell tolls: School's out after a trying year (photo)
The Press (Chch)
http://tinyurl.com/28ehaum
St Paul's, Christchurch: Primary schools finish for Christmas holidays (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-
St Peter’s, Beckenham; St Patrick’s Greymouth: Pupils send hampers to the Coast (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-
St Peter’s, Cambridge: Taine's T top of the lot (photo)
Cambridge edition
http://tinyurl.com/27sg3kf
**************************
National Secondary School Athletics Championships
**************************
Aquinas College, Tauranga: Joseph Miller (photo)
http://www.bayofplentytimes.
Francis Douglas M C: Champion Kyle saves his best for big stage (photo)
Taranaki Daily News
http://tinyurl.com/2atqtmh
John Paul College: Unlucky break halts quest for gold (photo)
http://www.rotoruadailypost.
Sacred Heart and Baradene College, Auckland: College sport
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/
St Mary's College, Wellington: Discus champion quick to set herself new target
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
******************************
'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Quote of the day! ("It is necessary to recognize that this institution is Divine" - Francois de Lamy)
** “God bless those pagans.” (Atheists vs Catholics: get more intellectual or well known)
** New York, New York. (liturgical and other kinds of culture shock in the Big Apple)
** And for the next round: Hitchens vs. D’Souza (neo-Atheist vs. Christianity on YouTube)
** The Tyburn Tree (The Tyburn monastery and the Tyburn Martyrs)
** Neeson vs. Lewis (a comment by Liam Neeson on the character of Aslan)
** Pink?! (Gaudete Sunday, or Rose, or Pink Sunday)
******************************
NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
http://station15.libsyn.com
** Station XV - Episode 39 - Happy Christmas 2010! (14 December 2010)
Wow - another year has just raced past. So, for the last show of the year, we talk about the Pike River mining disaster, the Pope's comments on condoms and AIDS, the arrival of the new Mass translation, the latest God debate featuring Tony Blair, and the shortage of exorcists?!? Follow us on twitter.com/station15 or facebook.com/station15 and have a wonderful Christmas!
** Catechiwi: The ministerial priesthood (9 December 2010)
In our final episode of 2010, Catechiwi welcomes back Bishop Patrick Dunn as he talks about a topic he literally wrote a book on: Priesthood. Bishop Dunn speaks about some of the theological aspects of the priesthood as well as offering some personal insights into his own vocation.
******************************
INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'A Great Season'
A reflection by Sr Mary Scanlan
'Difficult decisions'
Matthew 1: 18-24, a reading and commentary by Sr Stephanie Kitching.
******************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/
On Wikileaks, face time with the pope, and Dolan
http://ncronline.org/blogs/
One week ago today, behind-the-scenes alarm was percolating among American diplomats in Rome and in the Vatican, as word spread that the first major wave of “Wikileaks” revelations about U.S./Vatican relations would run the next morning. By midday Saturday, it became clear that this first round of leaks would be more a whimper than a bang...
******************************
Pompallier's People: The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/catholicnz
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
Icon Media
http://www.facebook.com/pages/
'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/
Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/
SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/
******************************
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)
******************************
EVENTS
Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference: "Put out into the deep" (Lk 5:4)
Friday 4 March - Sunday 6 March 2011
Barrycourt Quality Hotel Conference Centre, 20 Gladstone Road, Parnell, Auckland, NZ
Details in 'NZ Catholic' December 19 - 24, p.9, at http://www.
******************************
EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
Resource Development department, Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane, Australia (3 positions)
Gifts Manager, Catholic Education
Gifts Manager, Centacare
Annual Giving Manager
Details from Mr Mitch Witherington, Consultant at Global Philanthropic; e-mail: m.w@globalphilanthropic.com ; tel: +61 7 3211 2320 or +61 0421 043 282 and http://globalphilanthropic.
Applications close 14 January 2011
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