'NZ CATHOLIC' - Issue no. 346, August 1- 14 2010
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
In this issue ... Timeline set for bringing in new Mass translation .. CWL wants better pay and better work hours for parents ... Abortionist quitting ASC welcomed ... Pro-life promoter seeks super city mayoralty ... Catholic schools top ranked ... Liturgist explains changes to Mass ... Sir Anand's Catholic light filtered through a vice-regal canopy ... Visiting German professor a big fan of Pope Benedict ... Advertising Feature: Pilgrimages
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Funeral held for motorway couple
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/
A woman who shared a birthday with her uncle had the sad task of farewelling him and her aunty at their funeral in Tuakau yesterday. St Andrew's Catholic Church in Tuakau was full for the funerals of Ewen Charles Donaldson, 87, and his wife Dulce Maria, aged in her 60s.
Hundreds turn out to farewell Walter (photo)
Franklin County News
http://tinyurl.com/27v94fe
Pukekohe lost one of its favourite sons last week with the passing of much-respected community man Walter Stembridge.
Parishioners unlikely to get money back after rip-off (photo)
http://www.3news.co.nz/
An Auckland man who ripped off parishioners from his church has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison. Gerard Marychurch took more than $265,000 from churchgoers at St Francis's Catholic Church in Pt Chevalier.
Popular Sound of Music show opens (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
Otamatea Repertory Theatre's major musical production The Sound of Music opens soon for an eight-show season.
Arrowtown to celebrate saint
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-
Australia may claim Blessed Mary MacKillop as its first saint, but she is just as eligible to be Arrowtown's first saint, Fr Tony Harrison says.
'Right to die' can all too quickly feel like a duty for the sick and the elderly, by John Kleinsman
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/2dvxnrz
The debate about euthanasia, or more accurately ''physician-assisted suicide' - let's not dress it up by using soft language like ''death with dignity' - has reared its head again. We are told that there should be a legal right for certain persons (specifically doctors) to be able to kill someone when that is what the individual wants. This claim to the right to assisted suicide, which comes out of a deep-seated fear of the dying process, will have farreaching effects on the elderly and the sick.
Courting disaster
The Sunday Star Times, 16 May 2010
Part one: http://tinyurl.com/22kd3wa
Part two: http://tinyurl.com/2byfwun
Too many ignore the warning signs until way after the vows have been exchanged. Which men should women avoid marrying, what are the red flags and what would an 80-year-old Catholic priest know anyway, asks Bonnie Sumner. [An interview with Father Pat Connor, the author of 'Whom Not to Marry: Time-Tested Advice From a Higher Authority.]
Stairway to heaven / by Jolene Williams
Metro May 2010 n.343: p.88-92
Jolene Williams visits the Holy Cross Seminary, Ponsonby, and meets some of the resident seminarians. She observes the daily routine, speaks to the men about their calling and commitment. The article touches on the numbers of adherents to Catholicism and the supply of trained priests in various regions worldwide. [This issue of Metro is available in public libraries]
Planting the seed of life-long learning (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/print/
In the first of our series of interviews with each member of the St Joseph's board, the second-term chairman tells James Beech the importance of life-long learning, why the proposed Speargrass Flat Rd campus will be praised in the future and that New Zealand part finances its future with sausage sizzles. The North Auckland-born and raised planning and survey companies director has lived in the Wakatipu since 1994. The public Catholic Integrated School has 148 pupils in years 0 to 8.
St Joseph's rising to challenges (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-
In the second year of her role as principal of St Joseph's School, Queenstown, principal and board of trustees member Trisch Inder tells James Beech that keeping up with classroom technology is one of the biggest challenges facing the school.
Schools play swap the leaders as Kelly made head of Verdon
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
The interschool relationship between Verdon College in Invercargill and Oamaru Catholic secondary school St Kevin's College extends beyond sporting exchanges - it includes the leadership of both schools.
School principal molested students
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
Suspended Hato Paora College principal Elvis Dobson Shepherd has been found guilty of sexually abusing students at an Auckland school in the early 1990s.
Mandarin goes down well with school kids
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
Learning Chinese might not be easy but it sure is worth the effort. That's what children from the Holy Cross Catholic school in Henderson are saying.
Change in culture a winner for students
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
Suspensions and expulsions have nose-dived at a Christchurch boys' school following a five-year focus on culture change. In 2006 St Thomas of Canterbury College replaced its pastoral care behaviour management system with a restorative justice programme.
Agency's Monte Cecilia School Decision Saddens
http://www.scoop.co.nz/
The decision by the Auckland Transition Agency (ATA) to confirm the decision of Auckland City Council to purchase the land currently occupied by Monte Cecilia School from the Catholic Diocese is profoundly disappointing say those councillors who have consistently opposed the school's eviction.
Treaty foundation for goodwill, by Sam Murphy, Year 13, Kavanagh College (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/
The Treaty of Waitangi is always my favourite topic at school, and looking back, I'm glad that James Busby had the foresight to have it signed so early in the year...
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Lord, open our eyes! (spiritual discernment the Ignatian way)
** Joy (on the importance of a good attitude)
** How do you pray?
** An indelible mark (on being asked to become a godparent)
** Vocations vs Vampires (the Twilight phenomenon; paths in the spiritual/supernatural life)
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm http://livingtheword.org.nz
Reflect - Veronica Lawson rsm http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=
Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/
A Kenyan lesson in faith, politics, and the Christian future
http://ncronline.org/blogs/
Next Wednesday, Kenyans head to the polls to vote on a new national constitution. Seen through a religious lens, the interesting point about Wednesday's vote is that the Constitution appears set to pass despite overwhelming opposition from Kenya's Christian leaders. There may be an important lesson to be culled from that about the Christian future, especially the intersection of faith and politics...
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Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
'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/
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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 ]
