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'NZ CATHOLIC'
In issue No. 379, November 20 - December 3 2011: Timaru celebrates
centenary of its basilica ... Democracy needs virtue: JPII author ...
Caritas director steps down .. Abortion Supervisory Committee reminds
about conscience rights ... New missal for NZ delayed by printing
error ... Candidates quizzes at pre-election forum ... Denominations
can learn from each other ... Special feature: Political parties and
their policies ... Advertising feature: Catholic Discipleship College
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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA
Church insurance company leaving NZ
http://www.3news.co.nz/Church-insurance-company-leaving-NZ/tabid/423/articleID/233975/Default.aspx
The insurance company that was unable to continue insuring churches
following the Christchurch earthquake has announced it will be leaving
the New Zealand market. Ansvar Insurance Limited is planning a phased
withdrawal from the market due to the high cost of reinsurance.
God's Road (Photos)
http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/news/life-of-devotion-at-end-of-gods-road/1183501/
Jill Nicholas meets two of the women living within the cloistered
environs of the Tyburn Monastery.
Youth give Messiah new voice (photo)
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/news/youth-give-messiah-new-voice/1183403/
The world's most popular religious opera is performed in Wanganui next
month by local talent and aided by professional singers and musicians.
The oratorio is Handel's Messiah, best remembered for its thundering
and passionate Alleluia chorus. It's on in Wanganui on December 3 and
Taihape on December 4, directed by Palmerston North professional
musician and educator Roy Tankersley, who has been the director of
Wanganui's Schola Sacra choir since 2004.
A long road for Josie and the cross she bears (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/columnists/martin-van-beynen/6039300/A-long-road-for-Josie-and-the-cross-she-bears
My first thought when I saw Josie Olsen carrying a white cross on
State Highway 1 near Timaru was not "What have we here?". That, I
suspect, would have been the reaction of most motorists and truckies
thundering past her as she trudged, head down and cross over her
shoulder, on a stretch of green verge beside the road.
Also: Walker spreading the word
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/6015584/Walker-spreading-the-word
Rotorua Catholic landmark is taken down (photo)
http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/news/catholic-landmark-is-taken-down/1180224/
A Catholic landmark which has stood for more than 100 years in Rotorua
is being dismantled because it would cost too much to restore. Work
has already begun on removing the two-storey, six-bedroom St Michael's
Presbytery on Lake Rd.
Sad end to iconic buildings
http://www.starcanterbury.co.nz/news/sad-end-to-iconic-buildings/1180278/
Demolition is under way on two iconic North New Brighton buildings,
the Ozone Hotel and former Redemptorist monastery.
Tapu Misa: Spiritual leaders highlight the 'bullshit economics' that
business leaders decry
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10767482
John Key is right. This election is not about his intimate yet public
tea party tete-a-tete with John Banks, as educational as that would
have been for Act voters and Key's devoted public. What really matters
to people, as the PM kept grimly reciting last week, is the economy
and a bunch of other stuff he usually avoids discussing with the
peskier journos who haven't succumbed to his everyman charm.
Elderly need to be cared for, not killed
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/elderly-need-be-cared-not-killed/5/108333
The Nathaniel Centre - The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre - is
appalled at suggestions that legalising euthanasia could be a solution
to the increasing number of suicides amongst elderly New Zealanders.
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News of the Schools
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McAuley High School, Otahuhu: Hazel Tafa and youth mentor Margaret
Morgan (photo) http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10768085
St Joseph's, Queenstown: St Joseph's PTA keen to get Latta bac
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/187396/st-josephs-pta-keen-get-latta-bac
St Joseph's School, New Plymouth: Brakes on car jams (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/75qjy8e
St Mary's, Ellerslie: In the good books (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/east-bays-courier/6018846/In-the-good-books
St Mary's, Papakura: Pro chips in for young golfers (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/papakura-courier/6017399/Pro-chips-in-for-young-golfers
St Michael's, Taita: Music strikes the right note (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/76ndqen
St Peter's, Cambridge: Things they do (photo caption) http://tinyurl.com/7fbnz2k
Stella Maris, Silverdale: Stella Maris welcomes new principal (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/8y7mdxd
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
'Waiting': Mark 13:33-37, a reading and discussion with Sr Stephanie
Kitching and Sr Marcellin Wilson
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LIGHT OF THE WORLD - Otago Access Radio
http://www.accessradio.org/public/programme.php?uid=1218074856-834
Programmes in November:
27 – Bridging the gap between the deaf and those who can hear.
Programmes in December:
4 – The women saints of Advent; and Mary, Mother of the Redeemer.
11 – Drs Robert Walley and Donna Harrison talk about the work of
MaterCare International.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
** Accountability (Accountability and the sacrament of reconciliation)
** "Well, he framed me for armed robbery, but man, I'm aching for that
upper-class tax cut." (a link to a blog article on the changes to the
translation of the Mass)
** A request to all New Zealand priests ( ... to promote regular confession)
** It's not enough just to be a 'good person' (Fr Robert Barron on the
"wedge" between doctrine and ethics)
** Do what I say – while I give a special salute to Rome! (comment on
Bishop Colin Campbell's comments on the new missal translation)
See also Gavin Abraham's blog 'The Catholic Soapbox:
http://catholicsoapbox.com
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform'
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25
Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet'
http://www.cdd.org.nz/the-tablet
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires'
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_lighting_new_fires.html
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Good News and the News'
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_good_news.html
Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger'
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The
Nathaniel Report'
http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/?sid=5
St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East'
http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652
'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine.
http://www.tuimotu.org/articles
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen Jr
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Hard questions about Pope Benedict in Africa
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/hard-questions-about-pope-benedict-africa
Benedict XVI said he came to Benin, a country of eight million in West
Africa, to deliver a message of hope. Throughout the Nov. 18-20 trip,
he repeatedly invoked the image of Africa as a "spiritual lung" for
humanity, praising its deeply religious worldview and stressing that
the joy, resilience and traditional moral values of Africa are
precious gifts to the world. Spiritually speaking, Africa is a
superpower -- both the world's largest manufacturer and consumer of
religion. For a pope who has spent a lifetime lamenting the "death of
God" in Europe, Africa can't help but seem an oasis of vibrant faith.
Africans seemed to return the sentiment.
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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=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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Pompallier's People: The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Catholic-Church-in-Aotearoa-New-Zealand/149916141686808
Bishop Patrick Dunn
Details in http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick?sk=wall
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz?sk=wall
'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15
SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists
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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/author/luke/page/14/
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (video news of Pope Benedict)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on
the Website the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
Chief Executive, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' November 20 - December 3 2011 p.23, at
http://www.caritas.org.nz/take-action/work-volunteer-us and from Mike
Hurdle, MICAH Partners, tel. (04) 499 4749 ;
contact@micahpartners.co.nz
