Sunday, January 30, 2011

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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 358, Jan. 30 - Feb. 12 2011

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In the current issue ...

Proposed teen pregnancy ideas opposed ... Catholic athletes successful at school championships ... Young sister works, prays to protect life ... CDF on condom comments ... From violence to a refuge pioneer (part two) ... Welfare Working Group report: comprehensive alternative welfare report challenges ideology (2 pages) ... Catholics and the Nazis: religion's role in the movement before WWII ... Young Catholics dwell on Jesus' identity at annual summer camp

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

No decision on chapel altar despite mediation
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/4580806/No-decision-on-chapel-altar-despite-mediation
Despite a meeting between the two parties in the Teschemakers chapel altar stoush there is still no resolution.

Birth, death, marriage - his daily bread (photo)
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/4d9awue
Birth, death, marriage, and confession are all part of daily life for Father Barry Scannell. "The moments are always there," the St Mary of the Angels priest says.

Vision of heaven, by Mike Crean
Heritage New Zealand, Sum 2010; n.119:p.53
A brief history of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch. Recalls the author’s 1950s schoolboy memory of fainting there during the annual ’Catechism Week’.

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News of the Schools
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Garin College, Nelson: Connecting universities with the next generation of Kiwi scientists (photo)
The Leader Richmond-Waimea
http://tinyurl.com/4brnoad

Garin college, Nelson: Students early for school, by a week (photo)
The Nelson Mail — News — 25 Jan 2011
Http://tinyurl.com/4rv8twd

St Francis School, Thames: St Francis School ERO report
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/4kwupv2

St Francis Xavier School, Whangarei: $5.6m gym project wins big support (photo)
http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/local/news/56m-gym-project-wins-big-support/3938673/

St Patrick's College, Silverstream: Shortage warning as teaching stars leave NZ (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/4580578/Shortage-warning-as-teaching-stars-leave-NZ

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'From the Mount'
Matthew 5:1-12 - a reading and reflection by Sr Stephanie Kitching

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** “The Church needs to…” (Questions for thought)

** “I’m not a bad guy… So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I’m going to hell?”

** Watching what we watch (being selective about movies)

** The Divine Office and probably more nonsense about the ‘Spirit of Vatican II’

** Mary helping unite Christianity and Islam (Mary from the point of view of Islam)

** Lunchtime conversations (matters of faith over lunch)

** Action for life… (NZ's March for Life movement)

See also Gavin Abraham's blog 'The Catholic Soapbox:
http://catholicsoapbox.com

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC - John L. Allen Jr

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

Inductions on money, religious freedom, and polarization
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/inductions-money-religious-freedom-and-polarization

Any logician worth his or her salt will confirm that deduction, moving from the general to the specific, is a much stronger form of argument than induction, which works the other way around. The problem with drawing broad conclusions from specific cases is that a counter-example may be lurking just around the corner. Even so, I’m going to try my hand at some induction this week, teasing out broad implications from three specific storylines percolating around the Catholic world...

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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 ]

* Assistant, Parish Pastoral Support Group, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
* Executive Secretary, Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Bishop of Auckland
Details in 'NZ Catholic'' Jan. 30 - Feb. 12 2011 p.22 and from Pat Lythe, Pastoral Office, tel: (09) 360 3004; e-mail: patl@cda.org.nz Applications close 23 Feb. 2011.


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