Sunday, June 16, 2013

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'NZ CATHOLIC' - June 16 - 29 No. 417


In the current issue: Call to change patriarchal Church ... Kiwi Redemptorist to be new bishop of American Samoa ... Sounds Catholic wins NZ radio industry award ... Good Shepherd College 2013 graduation celebrated in Auckland ... Many issues with Church due to 'disconnects' ... A tribute to a natural family planning pioneer ... Year of Faith: Attitudes of faith ... Advertising feature: Priestly and Religious Vocations (7 pages)

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

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Kiwi churchman to meet Pope (photo)
An Archbishop of New Zealand, David Moxon, will have his first audience with Pope Francis today at the Vatican City, Rome. Archbishop David Moxon, the worldwide Anglican Communion's newly appointed ambassador to the Catholic Church in Rome, will join the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, in the meeting this evening (NZ time).

Soup kitchen 'legend' farewelled (photo)
Sister Felix Breen had a heart of gold, worked tirelessly and would put herself out in so many ways in the service of others. But woe betide the trouble-maker at Wellington's Sussex St and later Buckle St soup kitchens.

Churchman extradited on sex charges
A judge has granted the extradition of former Catholic brother Bernard McGrath to Australia to face hundreds of sex charges.

Willing pastor hard to find
Same-sex weddings declined
Finding a venue may be the biggest wedding planning hurdle for same sex couples planning to tie the knot in an Upper Hutt church.

Catholic league celebrates 75 years of helping (full text)
Piako Post
Members of the Morrinsville Catholic Women's League are celebrating its 75th jubilee today. With around 100 new and old members from St Joseph's Catholic Church in Morrinsville attending, president Sophia Barker said everyone was welcome to come along and join the celebrations. Mrs Barker said the day would be about celebrating the league's commitment to helping the community and people overseas through church missions. It would also be about thanking members who volunteer and help fundraise for those who needed help, she said.

Leaky boats and jet airliners
Wairarapa News
Last August I wrote a column about how, back in 1980, I employed a Vietnamese couple in my meat retailing business. Hoa and My Van Nguyen were boat people and had a nine-month-old daughter named Dyung when they arrived in Masterton. Last week, Hoa and My came to visit. We were, of course, delighted to see them. They had decided to come back and catch up with those people who had helped them as refugees and it was an emotional time for us all.

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News of the schools
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Campion College, Gisborne: Campion set to fly over cuckoo's nest once again http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article/?id=32832

Pompallier Catholic College, Whangarei: Second birthday could be her last (photo) http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/news/second-birthday-could-be-her-last/1908823/

Pompallier School, Kaitaia: Hundreds flock to New Image http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/news/hundreds-flock-to-new-
image/1905899/

St Bede's College, Christchurch: St Bede's still unbeaten after victory http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/8774997/St-Bedes-still-unbeaten-after-victory

St John's College, Hamilton: St John's College defeat HBHS 3rd XV http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/school-sport/8772841/St-Johns-College-defeat-HBHS-3rd-XV

St Patrick's College, Silversteeam: St Pat's Silverstream beat Wellington College http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/college-sport/8787460/St-Pats-Silverstream-beat-Wellington-College

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INSPIRATIONAL TV


Grace
Luke 7:36-8:3 - a reading and commentary.

Plus: Outreach, with Sister Mary Scanlon

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS

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SOUNDS CATHOLIC - Christchurch Catholic Radio
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June 2 2013
Highlights of Father Romanus Cessario's talk at the Burnside Parish and his visit to Kolbe House, our University Chaplaincy;   
two priests reflect on the Year of Faith; an interview with Fr Pat Brees sm, recently appointed to Addington parish.


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LIGHT OF THE WORLD - Otago Catholic Access Radio
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2013-06-09  - Our spiritual life, personally and in the world: 1. An interview with Dan Burke, a journalist with EWTN; 2. Msgr John Kennedy answers a question about living as a Christian in a secular world
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs


** How can the Church use technology better? (a short list of innovations so far)

** How do you recognise a good priest? (Pope Francis's Chrism Mass homily)

** Spare a tear? ("The greatest crisis of the Priesthood in the history of the Church")

** Packing Up for a New Home (faith: the view from the floor of a new house)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC - John L. Allen Jr


Politics and Christians in the Holy Land

Given that the Vatican "gay lobby" story was back in the air this week, it may be hard for some to fathom that anything else is cooking on the church beat. Yet there is real news out there, including this: A new threat has emerged to the Christian community in the Gaza Strip ...

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS

'NZ Catholic' is a national newspaper published by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland. http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz 

Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'. http://proudtobecatholic.org.nz/news-events/kete-korero/

Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com'  http://www.welcom.org.nz

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 

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/?sid=5


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

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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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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EMPLOYMENT

[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on the Website of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]

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