NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.catholic.org.nz/
Winning WYD t-shirt design (8 Feb 2011)
The NZCBC Office for Young People has released the winning design of the World Youth Day 2011 national t-shirt competition. It will appear on the official t-shirt to be worn by all Aotearoa New Zealand pilgrims travelling to Madrid in August for World Youth Day...
Delargey Award Presentations (7 Feb 2011)
The first of three 2010 Delargey Award presentations will take place this weekend in Wellington. The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference and its Office for Young People announced the recipients of the 2010 Delargey Awards in December of last year...
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 359, Feb. 13-26 2011
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In this issue ... Ministry bungle chops aid projects ... NZ involved in removing bar to Catholic monarchs ... A sing-a-long on the road to Medjugorje .. A natural disaster or God's work? .. New translation of the Mass superior in many ways ... Reconciling with God in the dark ... Maligned pope was a WWII hero ... Pain felt in NZ Iraqi community ... Advertising Feature: Immigration Advice
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Property's potential excites new owners (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/
The "very proud" new owners of the historic Teschemakers former Catholic girl's boarding school are "blown away" by their purchase.
English to Kingsview: keep being special (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
State integrated schools should retain their unique special character and "focus on their differences, not their sameness", Deputy Prime Minister Bill English said in Queenstown yesterday.
A fierce legal advocate (obituary: photos)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
Sandra Moran, an employment and defamation law specialist dubbed "the iron dolly" by court reporters, was born into a family of Lebanese immigrants in Wellington. Her parents Peter, a prominent clothing trade retailer and middleman, and Mary were both the children of 19th-century Lebanese immigrants to New Zealand from Becharre, Mt Lebanon.
Children cherished at church (photo)
Kaikoura Star
http://tinyurl.com/4j8hp8n
The first recipient in the Wellington Archdiocese of a prestigious award from the Catholic Church says she is "quite shocked but pleased" her efforts have been acknowledged. Sinead Ford, 14, said she had been nominated for the Tu Kahikatea Awards some months ago by the parish council of the Sacred Heart Church but had no idea about it until she was told she was to be awarded.
Movies, weather... and a little spiritual cleansing
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/
Catholics can now turn to their iPhone or iPad to help unburden themselves of their sins. A US company has released "Confession: A Roman Catholic app" which for $2.58 guides Catholics through the sacrament and provides a "personalised examination of conscience for each user".
Erebus victim's daughter off south (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
The daughter of a New Plymouth builder killed in the Mt Erebus crash says she feels doubly blessed that she has been chosen to fly to Antarctica next week, and will also deliver a reading at the Scott Base memorial.
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News of the Schools
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Francis Douglas Memorial College, New Plymouth: 'Pint-sized' entrant wins junior title
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
John Paul College, Rotorua: Excited pupils get a special lift to school (photo)
http://www.rotoruadailypost.
Pompallier Catholic College, Whangarei: School mourns popular student (photo)
http://www.northernadvocate.
Pompallier Catholic College, Whangarei: Teen killed on his 17th birthday (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/
Roncalli College, Timaru: Fans' good fortune (photo caption)
Timaru Herald
http://tinyurl.com/4okpsy2
Rosmini College, Auckland: Rosmini stands by NCEA (photo)
North Shore Times
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
Sacred Heart College, Auckland: Heart beats for rugby (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
St Bede’s College, Christchurch: Joint club, school role excites coach
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-
St Joseph’s Catholic School, Picton: Fired up to learn (photo caption)
The Marlborough Express
http://tinyurl.com/4sf8wnq
St Joseph’s School, Rangiora: School fair to raise money for playground (photo)
Northern Outlook
http://tinyurl.com/4zxq26w
St Mary's School, Palmerston North: Kids arriving two by two by four (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
St Patrick's School, Taupo: Tuesday trekkers back on track (photo caption)
Taupo Times
http://tinyurl.com/4vpyhdt
St Peter's College, Palmerston North: They're coming to take us away, away (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/4o785sc
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'Making Peace'
Matthew 5: 17-37 - a reading and reflection with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Canon Jenny Wilkens at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Sorry, your excuses (and abuses) do not cut the liturgical mustard (liturgical changes to the Mass)
** And now… a Confessional you can hold in your hand
** Is it a disaster waiting to happen? (It’s Rugby World Cup year)
** Judging the pontiff on his papal performance (how do we think the Pope is going?)
** [Happy] Waitangi Day [?]
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/
In America's religious marketplace, the real Catholic problem is new sales
http://ncronline.org/blogs/
Try as we might to remind ourselves that the Catholic church isn't Microsoft and that quantitative measures of success or failure don't always correspond to the logic of the Gospel, most of us take that lesson to heart only selectively. The most powerful recent instance of that temptation has been Catholic reaction to the 2008 "Religious Landscape Survey" from the Pew Forum, which documented a remarkable fluidity in religious affiliation in America -- almost half of American adults have either switched religions or dropped their ties to religion altogether...
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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/
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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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.
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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 ]
* Pastoral Ministry to the Catholic Deaf Community, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Feb. 13-26 2011 p.22 and from Michael Beaumont, Pompallier Centre, tel: (09) 360 3051; fax: (09) 376 2829; e-mail: michaelb@cda.org.nz Applications close 11 March 2011
* 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' Feb. 13-26 2011 p.8 and from Pat Lythe, Pastoral Office, tel: (09) 360 3004; e-mail: patl@cda.org.nz Applications close 23 Feb. 2011.
* Lasallian Youth Minister, Francis Douglas Memorial College
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2011 p.21, and on http://www.fdmc.school.nz Applications close (tomorrow) 14 February 2011.
* Lay Pastoral Leader, Hutt Valley Pastoral Area, Archdiocese of Wellington
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2011 p.9, and from The General Manager, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937, Wellington. E-mail: p.bayliss@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 25 February 2011
