FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Time left used to help others (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10677768
37-year-old Tracy Whiston is battling motor neurone disease (MND), which has no known cure. She may only have a handful of years to live. But the Auckland woman is using the time she has left to help others with the disease. Tracy has set up a trust to raise money for families affected by the debilitating disease and has inspired a wave of fundraising efforts at St Mary's Catholic School in Ellerslie.

Temporary home prepared for pupils (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4190335/Temporary-home-prepared-for-pupils
Workers have started preparing classrooms at Christchurch's Catholic Cathedral College for St Paul's School pupils, who will start classes on the site on October 11.

Legendary Queenstown hostess dies (photo
The Southland Times
http://tinyurl.com/2dsvvl3
Iris O'connell, who died at the age of 101 in Dunedin this month, was Queenstown's queen of hospitality in her heyday.

`Breathtakingly beautiful' gardens (photo)
The Marlborough Express
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/community-papers/4175052/Breathtakingly-beautiful-gardens
Rambling spring gardens and winding paths revealing hidden glades, are part of the magic and intrigue of the Seddon Combined Churches Garden Tour.

Pacific tsunami one year on
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/pacific-tsunami-one-year-caritas-rebuilds-tonga-and-samoa/5/65264
One year on from the Pacific tsunami that claimed almost 200 lives, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has allocated the half-a-million dollars New Zealanders donated to its tsunami appeal, primarily to housing projects across Samoa and Tonga.

Pious Catholic met an early grave
Western Leader
http://tinyurl.com/23lt4t9
An article about the Lonergan family grave at Waikumete

Karl du Fresne: We don’t need to wait for our leaders to supply bread and circuses
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/2ak97kt
Karl du Fresne on Pope Benedict's visit to Britain

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MARY MACKILLOP

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Sainthood changes church to St Mary's (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-otago/128498/sainthood-changes-church-st-marys
Balclutha's Catholic parishioners are gearing up to celebrate the legacy of soon-to-be-saint Mary MacKillop, helper of disadvantaged families in rural communities more than 100 years ago.

Paedophile priest bad news for nun
Waikato Times
http://tinyurl.com/26thp8a
The order of nuns co-founded by Mary MacKillop agrees that Australia’s first saint was excommunicated by the Catholic Church for exposing a paedophile priest.

Links to woman of faith revealed
The Daily Post — A006 — 30 September 2010
An article about Mary MacKillop in Rotorua. The full text can be read via the public libraries 'Newztext' service.

By the same author (Gertrude McGowan RSJ) 'Rotorua Pilgrimage: Mary McKillop in Rotorua (photos)
http://www.marymackillop.org.au/_uploads/rsfil/00014.pdf

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NEW WEBSITE

Funeral Mass Planner Guide
http://www.catholicfunerals.co.nz/httpdocs/index.cfm
This website has been approved by the Wellington Archdiocese and contains their policy on the Order of Christian Burials.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** What’s Wrong With The Church? (and what to do about it, by Fr Dwight Longernecker)
** “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” (on alien life and evolution)
** Contemplation in Silence
** What Remains? (making a mark in an age of transience)
** A prophetic utterance? (Have we altered the faith in its liturgy? )
** Social Justice Week came and went…

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'Being the steward'
Jenny O'Brien on the stewardship of creation

'Servant' - Luke 17:5-10, a reading and discussion with Rev Alison Camplin and Canon Jenny Wilkens at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.

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MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS

Marist Messenger - October 2010
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

NZ Catholic Education Office newsletter
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resourcesubpages/lighting-new-fires.html
'Lighting New Fires' and Catholic Schools' Supplement - August 2010
'Good News and the News' - July 2010

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch newsletter 'Inform' - August 2010
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

Marist Brothers' Marist Family News - June 2010
http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Marist%20Family%20News.htm

The Nathaniel Centre - The NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report - Issue thirty-one, 19 August 2010

Tui Motu InterIslands - September 2010
http://www.tuimotu.org/articles

Society of St Vincent de Paul. News
http://www.svdp.org.nz/index.php/current-news/

St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East' - September 2010
http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652

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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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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.

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

Two weeks' worth of hope
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/two-weeks-worth-hope

When I'm on the lecture circuit, one of the most common questions I get is this: "Where do you see hope in the church?" Implicit, of course, is the assumption that hope is hard to find. The premise is understandable, because the case for despair is often depressingly easy to make. Yet I also can't help feeling that one has to be almost deliberately blind not to see signs of hope everywhere, if you but look around...

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FACEBOOK

Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick

Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz

'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15

Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-For-Family-and-Life-CFC-YFL/113115662062621

SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
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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EMPLOYMENT

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

Education Officer, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' October 2010 p.19, and from http://www.bigsplash.co.nz , job reference 293192 Applications close 12 October 2010.

Principal organist and deputy director of music, St Mary of the Angels, Wellington
http://www.smoa.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' October 2010 p.17 and from the Parish Secretary, St Mary of the Angels, 17 Boulcott Street, Wellington 6011. E-mail: smoaoffice@xtra.co.nz ; tel: 04 473 8074

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

http://www.catholic.org.nz/news/fx-list-articles.cfm?ctype=MRART&loadref=50

Nominations open for Delargey Awards 2010 (24 Sep 2010)

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 Delargey Awards, which recognise significant and outstanding contributions to Catholic youth ministry in Aotearoa New Zealand...

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In issue 350 Sept 25 - Oct 9 2010 ... People's new Mass parts get approval ... Four prizes and a special mention for 'NZ Catholic' ... MaKillop events planned trhought New ZealandCarmelites repair was timely ... Hundreds brave storm for St Pio relics ... NZ Catholic women invited to world meet ... Four-fingered pianist thrills Kiwi students ... The Holy Father in Britain (3 pages of text and photos) .. Advertising Features: The Catholic Caring Foundation ... Mary McKillop and her legacy today (2 pages)

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

Radio NZ. 'Saturday Morning', with Kim Hill (audio)
Sister Sheila O'Toole: Vietnam nun
The most decorated New Zealander in relation to Vietnam, who went to Saigon during the Vietnam War, was held hostage in a POW camp, and was one of the last people to depart from the US Embassy in 1975.

Part one: 11 September 2010 11:10
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/20100911

Part two: 18 September 2010 11:05
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/20100918

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The media and Pope Benedict's visit to Britain: two local views

Rosemary Mcleod: Religious tolerance should be seen but not heard
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/opinion/4158656/Religious-tolerance-should-be-seen-but-not-heard

Courtney-Jane Lambert: The Pope, Pedobear and Twitter
http://www.3news.co.nz/Technology/OnlineMostly/tabid/1406/articleID/177105/Default.aspx

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News of the schools

Chess kids head to national contest (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/3anrrbp
The Rodney Times
(second story) It was back to school for fathers at Stella Maris Catholic School's annual dad's day event.

St Joseph's School, Hawera (2-page feature)
The South Taranaki Star
http://tinyurl.com/28477ne

Kid's view: St Joseph's Catholic School
Hamilton Press
http://tinyurl.com/27d2ayu
Gifts lighten the load for children and teachers (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/canterbury-earthquake/4148123/Gifts-lighten-the-load-for-children-and-teachers
Pupils from an earthquake- destroyed Christchurch school have returned to temporary classrooms, chattering friends and care packages. About 200 St Paul's School pupils were back in class for the first time since the September 4 quake wrecked their Dallington school.

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In other news ...

Mass result of timely visit
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/queenstown/128152/mass-result-timely-visit
It seems a divine hand may have intervened to give Queenstown's thriving Brazilian population the chance to attend a monthly Catholic Mass in the world's fifth most spoken language - Portuguese.

Becoming Portuguese-speaking: St Joseph’s Church (photo)
http://www.scene.co.nz/church-service-in-portugese/279843a1.page

Chaplain proud of jail time
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/4153011/Chaplain-proud-of-jail-time
Brother Osmund Macnamara walked out of the Invercargill Prison, a free man. The retiring prison chaplain has completed his 13-year stint and said he was a better man now than when he first went in, and he felt others left behind were happier, too.

Welfare discussed at meetings
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/127644/welfare-discussed-meetings
Personal stories were shared and collective community reflection and political analysis were provided at welfare information meetings in Dunedin this week.

Social security is for the good of all: Caritas submission to Welfare Working Group
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1009/S00293/social-security-is-for-the-good-of-all.htm

Euthanasia debate reflects dominance of individual
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23347
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, writes John Kleinsman, director of the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre.


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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** Who holds the trump card? (Bishops and bishops' conferences)
** “How did the country lose its way, Mel? ... (are there any Catholic celebrities?)
** Stop hating on the Popes (... with particular reference to Pius XII)
** Mortality and Carpe Diem (the importance of all the small moments in life)
** Qu’ran honoured at California Cathedral
** Powerfully pointless protesting (protesting the Pope)
** Get real (C.S Lewis's classic 'The Screwtape Letters' on Broadway)

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'Earthquake'
Sr Mary Scanlan on stewardship and the Canterbury earthquake

'The rich' - Luke 16:19-31, a reading and discussion with Rev. Dr Raymond Pelley and Canon Jenny Wilkens at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS

http://station15.libsyn.com


Station XV - Episode 36 - Sun, 19 September 2010 : Feeling the Earth move under our feet

In this episode we talk about the large earthquake in Christchurch, changing the age for First Holy Communion, Pope Benedict meeting with an Anglican clergywoman, the fate of the Teschemakers altar, and a story of generosity... to the tune of $50,000! Follow us at facebook.com/station15 or twitter.com/station15.


Catechiwi - Mon, 13 September 2010 : Five proofs for the existence of God

As the western world sees an increase in the number of people claiming to be atheists or at least have no religion, this month's episode of Catechiwi looks at St Thomas Aquinas's five proofs for the existence of God. Auckland-based priest Fr Peter Fitzsimons explains the Quinque Viae and he and host Gavin Abraham also discuss the seemingly growing phenomenon of atheism.


Familia - Episode 18 - Wed, 1 September 2010

In this edition of Familia we explore the following questions...

- Does a contraceptive act of sexual intercourse fulfill the Canon Law requirements for Consummation?

- How far is too far when talking about physical intimacy before marriage?

- What is ‘custody of the eyes’, and why is it so important?

- Is it normal to feel like a real ogre when disciplining my kids and can you offer any tips in this area?

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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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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.

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

Pope’s visit, week’s stories show divisions, rays of hope
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/pope%E2%80%99s-visit-week%E2%80%99s-stories-show-divisions-rays-hope

Three important stories washed across the Catholic radar screen this week, each with something to say about where things stand vis-à-vis the church in the early 21st century. Taken together, these three developments confirm that the Catholic church is beset by important challenges, both from within and without, but also suggest that it may possess some surprising residual strength...

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FACEBOOK

Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick

Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz

'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15

Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-For-Family-and-Life-CFC-YFL/113115662062621

SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
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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EMPLOYMENT

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

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

News and media releases now at www.catholic.org.nz/news (September 14, 2010)

The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (NZCBC) has a new website online now at www.catholic.org.nz The website, The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand - Te Hahi Katorika ki Aotearoa, has a national-level focus, encouraging diocesan websites to remain the natural homes for local content...

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

School gala family affair (photo)
Manawatu Standard
http://tinyurl.com/23f2q86
Tomorrow’s 52nd annual St James Catholic School gala will be extra special for one Manawatu family, with three generations joining in the celebrations.

Rezoning endorsed
Central Leader
http://tinyurl.com/28p75a5
The fight to stop the transfer of Monte Cecilia School to a different site has suffered another setback.

Landmark likely to be closed for a year
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/canterbury-earthquake/4141625/Landmark-likely-to-be-closed-for-a-year
Christchurch's Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is likely to be closed for up to a year because of earthquake damage.

McCaw visit lifts spirits (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4129182/McCaw-visit-lifts-spirits
An All Black visit brought a little light relief to children at a school forced to move because of Canterbury's earthquake. About 60 students and parents were treated to a meeting with All Black captain Richie McCaw at St Paul's School, in Dallington, yesterday.

St Patrick's Catholic School had its first father and son breakfast last week (photos)
Taupo Times
http://tinyurl.com/28jqdag

Jail for sex-abusing ex-principal
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/4134353/Jail-for-sex-abusing-ex-principal
Former Hato Paora principal Elvis Dobson Shepherd has been imprisoned for more than eight years for sexually abusing students at an Auckland school, yet he is still proclaiming his innocence.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** The Pope speaks and Britain listens…
** “Now, the kilt was only for day-to-day wear. In battle, we donned a full-length ball gown ... (on the media coverage of Pope Benedict's visit)
** The Church is alive and well, just look at these religious… (Oprah Winfrey's interview with a community of nuns)
** Britain Needs the Pope
** Mediator Dei, Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Synod of Pistoia and Jansenism
** Painting a target on my head? (on reconciling theology to science in relation to earthquakes)
** Living antonyms (consecration counteracting violation)

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'A different friendship' - Luke 16:1-13, a reading and discussion with Stephen Ready and Malia Vito-Tupai.

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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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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.

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

Benedict in Britain: We get it, we've got it, let's share it
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/benedict-britain-we-get-it-weve-got-it-lets-share-it

Pope Benedict XVI is midway through his trip to the United Kingdom, and so far reaction has been all over the map, from wild enthusiasm among devotees, to overt hostility among determined protestors, to benign indifference in a broad swath of secular society. Of course, the pope always evokes a range of opinions, but they’re rarely on full public view as they are here...

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FACEBOOK

Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick

Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz

'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15

Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-For-Family-and-Life-CFC-YFL/113115662062621

SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
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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EMPLOYMENT

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

Dear readers,

Thank you for your '"get well" messages, and for your patience.

Here is a list of news items of Catholic interest from the local press. I hope and expect that 'News and Notes' will be back to normal from next week.

God bless,
Mike Leon


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After the earthquake
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St Paul’s pupils to move to temporary site (St Paul’s in Dallington )
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=GUI1VD4BYHE6&linkid=da5a1b1c-8d3b-43f5-a6b5-3fb8b59f088c&pdaffid=Z6M6dSqlqx7EHmWpDJNZ5w%3d%3d


Christchurch quake survivors head to church
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4097781/Christchurch-quake-survivors-head-to-church


Chch kids get a taste of Timaru
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/4105867/Chch-kids-get-a-taste-of-Timaru/


215 quake claims from Timaru
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/4105860/215-quake-claims-from-Timaru

Church due to be strengthened (The Church of the Holy Innocents, Mt Peel)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/4102418/Church-due-to-be-strengthened


Scoop News
Caritas pledges $10,000 toward Christchurch quake
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1009/S00153/caritas-pledges-10000-toward-christchurch-quake.htm


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Priest ministered far and wide (Christchurch priest Father Miles O’Malley)
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=T2CGQVF2GLX&linkid=dab139fa-e711-400c-927d-88659f2a92e2&pdaffid=Z6M6dSqlqx7EHmWpDJNZ5w%3d%3d

St Mary's pioneers focus of new book (St Mary's college, Wellington)
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=VMTI73TMW9T7&linkid=113054d2-2670-4600-bfa9-54b8d82f984f&pdaffid=Z6M6dSqlqx7EHmWpDJNZ5w%3d%3d

Rise In Sickness Benefits Resulted From Policy-induced High Unemployment
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/rise-sickness-benefits-resulted-policy-induced-high-unemployment/5/62720

Monte Cecilia Plan Changes Rammed Through
Press Release: City Vision 10-9-2010 11:54
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/monte-cecilia-plan-changes-rammed-through/5/62615

Waitaki MP says voting on bill to extend Easter trading will be close
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/4105817/Waitaki-MP-says-voting-on-bill-to-extend-Easter-trading-will-be-close

Caritas supports clergy in opposing Easter Trading
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1009/S00200/caritas-supports-clergy-in-opposing-easter-trading.htm

Dear readers,

I'm sorry to say I haven't been able to compile a newsletter for this weekend due to illness.

I hope and expect to be back to normal some time next week. The next 'News & Notes' will include the news items that should have been sent this weekend.

Thank you for your patience, and God bless.

Mike Leon

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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 348 - Aug. 29 - Sept 11 2010

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In the current issue: First Communion before the age of seven proposed ... NZ won't hit target for its overseas aid ... Prison ministries highlighted ... Plans for Oamaru altar spark protests ... Schools reminded to be clear on donations ... Sacred Hearet old boys reunite in UK .. Feminist speaks out against the sexualisation of children ... Psychologist gives insight into how parents are spoiling their kids ... 530 teens pack out conference for Jesus ... Advertising features: Catholic Discipleship College ... Catholic Publications and Bookshops

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

Radio New Zealand documentaries

Mary MacKillop
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/documentaries/marymackillop

A look at New Zealand aspects of the life of Mary McKillop - the Melbourne woman who co founded the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart) and is to become Australia's first Saint later this year.

Specola Vaticana (photos)
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/documentaries/specola

In 2009, spoken features producer Justin Gregory traveled to Europe with the winners of the Royal Society of New Zealand's Big Science Adventure. An annual competition for secondary school students, this year it challenged teams around the country to make a five minute DVD on astronomy and revolutions in our thinking. The winning team - Timaru Boys High students Ryan Ammar, Matthew Keelty and Adam Simpson, as well as their teacher Tony Bunting - won a three week trip to visit observatories, science institutes and museums in Britain and Italy. Easily the most memorable was the Specola Vaticana, or the Vatican Observatory. Located in Castel Gandolfo in the hills above Rome, it's one of the oldest observatories in the world. Formerly located in the Pope's summer palace, the observatory has just moved down the road to a new location, where astronomer, meteoriticist (and Jesuit) Brother Guy Consalmagno was waiting to conduct the tour.

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Time to say bye to Lucas (photos)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10669628
Lucas Ward is dressed in his Spiderman suit and his family are preparing to say their final goodbyes to the little boy.

Dictatorship of relativism
Taranaki Daily News
http://tinyurl.com/24r83fb
[The Catholic Church has lost doctrinal credibility lately, but when it comes to preservation of Western culture and values, the Pope is right on the money, in the opinion of John De Bueger]

Anger over $30m project leads to political action
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10668876
The furore over the plan to shift Monte Cecilia Catholic School and Liston retirement village has resulted in the formation of a new political group.

Restored mansion for sale (photos)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/22rtmkw
Balgownie House, a Naenae landmark, is back on the market. For much of the twentieth century the house was owned by the Catholic Church which at various times used it for an orphanage, a refuge for unmarried mothers, and a Marist Brothers' retreat.

Slice of Life: U3A chapter meeting, Pukekohe War Memorial Town Hall (photo)
Franklin County News
http://tinyurl.com/2emuykd
Includes a short item about Sister Clare Turner who returned to New Zealand this year after 15 years in Kenya.

Power and passion lift the spirits (photos)
Part one: http://tinyurl.com/2b7gmxc
Part two: http://tinyurl.com/2cqaaoz
New Zealand Herald
Peter Atkins, retired Bishop of Waiapu, is overawed by a once-in-a-lifetime experience at Oberammergau

Auckland: The Lord's song in a strange land (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10666743
"No tradition has remained so strong in New Zealand as the religious one. Churches swarm there." André Siegfried, a French writer, made this observation at the end of the 19th century. The religious imprint on Auckland at this time was seen in churches, a synagogue, schools, orphanages and the support of charitable work.

Consider the significance of the altar to the Dominican sisters
http://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/opinion/122313/consider-significance-altar-dominican-sisters
The controversy about the proposed removal of the altar from Teschemakers to its proposed new home in Holy Name Church raises a number of intriguing questions.

Two services to be held for Filipino woman killed in crash
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/4049069/Two-services-to-be-held-for-Filipino-woman-killed-in-crash
Dual services will be held today to mark the life of 35-year-old Susan Villones who died in Dunedin Hospital four days after a two-car collision near Otautau last Saturday.

Classroom fightback
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10669607
A school teacher who was deregistered for incompetency has had the decision overturned in court. But a senior educator is calling for law changes to allow the Teachers Council to suspend teachers while they are under investigation Glenda Charman resigned from the $1000-a-year Stella Maris Catholic Primary School in Silverdale last year after competency issues were raised.

Rhythm and pews (photo caption)
Taranaki Daily News
http://tinyurl.com/26po9gk
The pews sounded more like the Horn of Africa as about 100 children from St Pius X School took part in the session, led by Auckland instructor Mark Wilson from the Rhythm Interactive entertainment company.

Many changes seen in long service to school (photo)
Franklin County News
http://tinyurl.com/2amypdt
Between them, Jeannette Irwin and Fleur de Farias have more than 50 years' involvement in education, have seen St Joseph's School change principals four times and have watched the school go from four rooms to 17.

Family really is what its all about (photo)
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/27zhuza
The concept of family goes right through Porirua's Holy Family School, and it's a family that reflects what must be one of the most multicultural communities in New Zealand.

Kick-starting hall upgrade (photo)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/2d362cw
Book sales and fairs are a biy old hat, but a community footwear sale - that's different! Naenae's St Bernardette's Parish is looking to kick-start the next phase of its hall upgrade at the 'Best Foot Forward' Shoe Sale on Saturday,

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** The anniversary of the birth of an inspirational woman (Mother Teresa)
** ... Bart Simpson has somehow managed to sneak his bedroom into my house." (paying attention to crimke)
** Padre Pio (on attending the mass at the St Patrick's Cathedral for Padre Pio)
** The Recurring Themes in Life (on perseverance)
** Teschemakers, the altar and a few good men (photo)
** Heritage (a visit to the Maritime Museum in Auckland and a lesson on faith)
** Like having your socks on in the shower (a visit to a Baptist Church)

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'Move Higher' - Luke 14:1,7-24, a reading and discussion with Simon McLellan and Violet Kudzotsa

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NEW INTERNET SERVICE

'Catholic Pages' - http://www.catholicpages.co.nz - is the Website of an online directory of organisations and companies which will later appear in print form. Non-profit organisations advertise FREE.

Further details from Paul, info@catholicpages.co.nz

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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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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.

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

'Attack on Ratzinger': Italian book assesses Benedict's papacy
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/attack-ratzinger-italian-book-assesses-benedicts-papacy
Friends and foes alike of Pope Benedict XVI concur that he's got an image problem. Where they place the blame for it may differ, but the fact itself seems clear: From a PR point of view, this is a pontificate defined by its train wrecks. Cataloguing those train wrecks is the burden of a valuable new book by two of the best Italian vaticanisti: Andrea Tornielli and Paolo Rodari. Their work is titled Attacco a Ratzinger: Accuse e scandali, profezie e complotti ("Attack on Ratzinger: Accusations and Scandals, Prophecies and Plots"), published in Italian by Piemme...

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FACEBOOK

Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick

Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz

'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15

Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-For-Family-and-Life-CFC-YFL/113115662062621

SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
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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EMPLOYMENT

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

Prison Chaplain, Catholic Diocese of Christchurch
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=1203
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 347 August 15-28 2010 p.23, and from Donna Malone, Cathedral House, Christchurch. tel: (03) 366 9869; e-mail: dmalone@chch.catholic.org.nz Applications close 30 August 2010.

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Dear Readers,

This is the best I can do today, due to a heavy cold. Back to normal next week.

Cheers and God bless,
Mike Leon


FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Hip Hop Brotherhood (photo)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/29xrpha
Lower Hutt's St Bernard's College is a rugby and league kind of school, but a crew from the college won the regional hip-hop competition on August 8.

An election win for MacKillop (photo)
http://north-shore-times.whereilive.com.au/news/story/an-election-win-for-mackillop/
It's the providence of God that it's an election year, Sisters of St Joseph say. With Mary MacKillop's costly canonisation looming in October, it came as a blessing when Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott both pledged $1.5 million to the sisters during the election campaign.

Environmental passion takes teens to Japan
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/24bq96x
Two Wellington teenagers have pipped more than 60 other Kiwis for the chance to travel to Japan on a youth exchange programme. Jeremy Kelly, 17, of Bishop Viard College, and Jill Campbell, 16, of Wellington Girls' College, are among 75 successful pupils from East-Asian, Australian and New Zealand high schools.

High school rolls in city overflowing
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch/4026713/High-school-rolls-in-city-overflowing
Half of Christchurch's state secondary schools are bursting at the seams, an internal Ministry of Education report shows. Of the city's 28 secondary schools, 14, including four state-integrated schools, are oversubscribed.

Interviews with members of the Board of Trustees of St Joseph's School, Queenstown

Promoting a balanced approach (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/queenstown/121675/promoting-balanced-approach
St Joseph's School board of trustees parent representative James Lynch tells James Beech that the Government's efforts to implement National Standards means it will have to provide more support and funding for schools.

Teaching family values important (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/queenstown/121264/teaching-family-values-important
The proposed Speargrass Flat Rd campus would allow for the growth of Catholic education in the Arrowtown area, St Joseph's School board of trustees proprietor's representative Fr Tony Harrison tells James Beech.

Aim to build on natural learning tendencies (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/120811/aim-build-natural-learning-tendencies
St Joseph's School board of trustees parent representative Pauline Copland is concerned science, technology and the arts will have less focus in the future of national education.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/inspired-word/

'Not Anticipating' - Luke 13:22-30

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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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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.

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

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FACEBOOK

Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick

Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz

'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15

Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-For-Family-and-Life-CFC-YFL/113115662062621

SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
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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EMPLOYMENT

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

Principal Organist and Deputy Director of Music, St Mary of the Angels, Wellington
http://www.stmaryoftheangels.wellington.net.nz
Details from the Parish Secretary, St Mary of the Angels, 17 Boulcott Street, Wellington

Senior Catholic Prison Chaplain
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 347 August 15-28 2010 p.23, and from Anne Dickinson, NZCBC Office, PO Box 1937, Wellington; tel. (04) 496 1747; e-mail: adickinson@nzcbc.org.nz Applications close 26 August 2010

Prison Chaplain, Catholic Diocese of Christchurch
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=1203
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 347 August 15-28 2010 p.23, and from Donna Malone, Cathedral House, Christchurch. tel: (03) 366 9869; e-mail: dmalone@chch.catholic.org.nz Applications close 30 August 2010.