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NEWS & NOTES - 22 March 2009 - Fourth Sunday in Lent
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'WEL-COM' - A newspaper for the Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses
http://www.welcom.org.nz
News
Good Sams restore St Joseph ... Palestinian supporters 'barred' ... New understandings of the Treaty of Waitangi
World News
Columns
Editorial: bushfires bring us to Eucharist ... The year of Paul - the pastoral letters. Kieran Fenn FMS ... Archbishop's column: Letter from Lyon. Archbishop John Dew
Schools
Ss Peter and Paul's tops wearable arts ... Marist St Pat's takes the prized Swindale ... Viard barbershop excels in pan-Pacific contest
Features
Hope for Treaty peoples ... A prayer of faith, hope and love for the victims of the Australian fires ... Preachers waiting at the banquet of Holy Wisdom
Wellington
Labyrinth reopens at Hutt Hospital ... Newtown People's Market a regular ... 160th anniversary of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Palmerston North
Talking to young people about seeing God everywhere ... Cullinane College leaders ... Recession doublespeak. Bishop Peter Cullinane
Reflection on the Sunday readings for the Sunday in Lent Year B
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Stations of the land : poems and images linking a railway journey to the devotional discipline of the Stations of the Cross (reviews), by Rev. Stuart Flinn and Msgr Tim Hannigan
Music in the Air : Song & Spirituality, Win/Spr 2008; n.26:p.16-18
A list of libraries which hold this periodical can be found at:
http://innz.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=570090
Groups walking for the planet (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/45069/groups-walking-planet
In the first co-operative campaign in more than a decade, churches throughout the South Island are mobilising to express their commitment to the environment.
Legal option after bullying
Girl suffered for months
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/2280966/Legal-option-after-bullying/
A family is considering legal action against St Mary's College in Wellington after a girl was bullied for so long that she lost 12 kilograms, spent three weeks in hospital and had to move to another school.
Diamond day for Paeroa couple (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/cj272s
Bernard and Joyce Creed have celebrated 60 years of marriage.
Students learn to help others
The Marlborough Express | 17 Mar 2009 Page 10
Service to others does not always come easily, but St Joseph’s School pupils are learning its value early. The children last Tuesday gave some of the produce they grew in the school’s organic garden to the owner of Gustos restaurant, Gareth McGlynn,...
Throw your hands in the air (photo caption)
Taieri Herald
http://tinyurl.com/creoaj
150 young Catholics gathered at Mosgiel's Holy Cross Centre for the Christ-fest youth gathering.
Choose your own challenge (photo)
High Country Herald
http://tinyurl.com/d73d4z
South Canterbury primary schools are introducing new homework initiatives in a bid for better results outside the clasroom. Timaru's Sacred Heart Primary School has joined the trend.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Gangster turned priest **
Part two of John Pridmore's story.
** We are loved **
A reading and discussion of John 3:14-21 with Kathryn Mciver and Fr Thige O'Leary at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS - http://station15.libsyn.com
'The Fifteenth Station' -
Sun, 15 March 2009
Station XV - Episode 19 - More popular than Obama?In this episode, we discuss one New Zealand bishop's response to the proposed 'three strikes' law, we talk about the terrible situation surrounding some excommunications in Brazil, we look at Pelosi and the Pope, we take a look at the events in South Brisbane; and is President Obama more popular than Jesus Christ?!?
'Familia'
1 March 2009 - Episode 6
This month’s edition of the Familia Podcast explores the following questions: - Why is there such a big divorce rate for couples who have sex before marriage? - Why do men represent Christ in a marriage when we are all meant to represent Christ in the world? - What is guilt and is it healthy? - Should someone with a serious medical condition take the Pill? - Aren’t NFP and contraception the exact same thing? - What is responsible family planning? - How candid should an unmarried couple be about sexual issues?
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
New and Improved (the spiritual life and the limits of technology) ... “Wait, I’m no missionary! I don’t even believe in Jebus!” (Aids and condoms) ... What a Man! (the Feast of St Joseph, Pope Benedict's name-day) ... Apostolicam Actuositem, I mean Actuositatem… (quotes from the Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity) ... What’s up with that?! (Canadian Lent collection money for pro-abortion groups in Mexico) ... Lost Tradition (a new Website on lost Catholic practices) ... Rosemary McLeod needs a reality check (a reply to an article by RM on compassion towards children)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Benedict in Cameroon a tale of two trips
By the time this column appears, Pope Benedict XVI will have left Cameroon for Angola, beginning the second leg of his March 17-23 maiden voyage to Africa. I don't think I've ever covered a papal trip where the gap between internal and external perceptions has been as vast as over these three days.
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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 ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
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NEWS & NOTES - 15 March 2009 - Third Sunday in Lent
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Joy Cowley to share views on spirituality (photo)
Wairarapa News
http://tinyurl.com/ajl6tt
Author, poet and orator Joy Cowley is coming to speak at St Luke's Church, Masterton, to give an insight into her views on spirituality.
Shone in public service (photo)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/b2kfbn
Margaret Cosgrove, private secretary to Roger Douglas, had an unusual break that set her up for a career in the public service.
Expert to speak on Palestine and peace (photo)
Whangarei Leader
http://tinyurl.com/c3xocv
Is peace possible in Palestine? This question will be explored with a free talk in Whangarei. The event has been arranged by peace and social justice group Pax Christi, with the help of Trade Aid, Whangarei.
Call for coordinated response to recession
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2154762/Call-for-coordinated-response-to-recession
Church leaders and the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services are calling for more coordination of responses to the growing recession, across all sectors. The council and churches have included the idea of a quarterly national forum in a paper they have sent to Prime Minister John Key.
St Paul’s College farewells principal
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/auckland-city-harbour-news/2248529/St-Paul-s-College-farewells-principal
After 30 years at St Paul’s College, principal Denys Marra is stepping down. He was officially farewelled at a service last week and although he’s looking forward to having time to play touch rugby with his 12 grandchildren, he says he’ll miss the students.
Caritas seeks openness and answers in review of NZ overseas aid
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0903/S00108.htm
Catholic social justice and overseas aid agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has asked Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully to open up his review of New Zealand’s overseas aid to public scrutiny, and to keep a strong focus on poverty elimination. In an open letter to the Minister, Caritas said a “review behind closed doors, with an unknown timeframe, and limited public comment as to its nature and purpose” did not match the party’s pre-election policy statement for a bipartisan foreign policy belonging to the public.
Man swapped as baby springs surprise on mum
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/45977/man-swapped-baby-springs-surprise-mum
Helen Churchman received a "terrific" 88th birthday present yesterday. Fred George, a son she did not know she had until five years ago, flew from Boston in the United States to pay a surprise visit.
Sister Loyola is the queen of all green
Bay of Plenty Times — A05 — 14 March 2009
She's New Zealand's Gardener of the Year and a sister of the Catholic church but at 86, Loyola Galvin could just as easily be crowned the nation's queen of the community garden. The sprightly nun was in Tauranga this week to give a Sustainable Backyards presentation on organic community gardening and her award-winning efforts to encourage novice gardeners...
Sex fears see school reject vaccine
Bay of Plenty Times — A05 — 12 March 2009
A controversial vaccine which protects young women against cervical cancer is being rolled out at Tauranga schools this week _ but one high school has declined the offer because of concerns it could encourage students to be sexually promiscuous.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Gangster turned priest **
John Pridmore ( http://www.johnpridmore.com ) tells his story. (This appears to be part one of a longer interview - ml)
** Making changes in ourselves **
Ash Wednesday and Lent at St Catherine's College
** Money isn't everything **
A reading and discussion of John 2:13-25 with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Judy Wigglesworth at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Don’t Just Sit There… (confronting today's secular and anti-religious society) ... With a loaded gun (abortions and embryonic stem cells in the news) ... The Study of Jesus (on taking a course in Christology) ... Three strikes and you’re…? (on sentencing violent offenders) ... Mindful violence (on reacting to injustice and evil) ... The Kreutzer (a play with a positive lesson on marriage)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Five reasons the papal trip to Africa is important
Whenever there’s big papal news in the air, my phone usually rings off the hook from media outlets in various parts of the globe. If the phone isn’t ringing, therefore, it’s a fairly reliable sign that the pope is currently flying below radar. On the cusp of Pope Benedict XVI’s maiden voyage to Africa, visiting Cameroon and Angola March 17-23, the silence from my phone is deafening...
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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 ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
NEWS & NOTES - 15 March 2009 - Third Sunday in Lent
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Joy Cowley to share views on spirituality (photo)
Wairarapa News
http://tinyurl.com/ajl6tt
Author, poet and orator Joy Cowley is coming to speak at St Luke's Church, Masterton, to give an insight into her views on spirituality.
Shone in public service (photo)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/b2kfbn
Margaret Cosgrove, private secretary to Roger Douglas, had an unusual break that set her up for a career in the public service.
Expert to speak on Palestine and peace (photo)
Whangarei Leader
http://tinyurl.com/c3xocv
Is peace possible in Palestine? This question will be explored with a free talk in Whangarei. The event has been arranged by peace and social justice group Pax Christi, with the help of Trade Aid, Whangarei.
Call for coordinated response to recession
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2154762/Call-for-coordinated-response-to-recession
Church leaders and the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services are calling for more coordination of responses to the growing recession, across all sectors. The council and churches have included the idea of a quarterly national forum in a paper they have sent to Prime Minister John Key.
St Paul’s College farewells principal
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/auckland-city-harbour-news/2248529/St-Paul-s-College-farewells-principal
After 30 years at St Paul’s College, principal Denys Marra is stepping down. He was officially farewelled at a service last week and although he’s looking forward to having time to play touch rugby with his 12 grandchildren, he says he’ll miss the students.
Caritas seeks openness and answers in review of NZ overseas aid
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0903/S00108.htm
Catholic social justice and overseas aid agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has asked Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully to open up his review of New Zealand’s overseas aid to public scrutiny, and to keep a strong focus on poverty elimination. In an open letter to the Minister, Caritas said a “review behind closed doors, with an unknown timeframe, and limited public comment as to its nature and purpose” did not match the party’s pre-election policy statement for a bipartisan foreign policy belonging to the public.
Man swapped as baby springs surprise on mum
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/45977/man-swapped-baby-springs-surprise-mum
Helen Churchman received a "terrific" 88th birthday present yesterday. Fred George, a son she did not know she had until five years ago, flew from Boston in the United States to pay a surprise visit.
Sister Loyola is the queen of all green
Bay of Plenty Times — A05 — 14 March 2009
She's New Zealand's Gardener of the Year and a sister of the Catholic church but at 86, Loyola Galvin could just as easily be crowned the nation's queen of the community garden. The sprightly nun was in Tauranga this week to give a Sustainable Backyards presentation on organic community gardening and her award-winning efforts to encourage novice gardeners...
Sex fears see school reject vaccine
Bay of Plenty Times — A05 — 12 March 2009
A controversial vaccine which protects young women against cervical cancer is being rolled out at Tauranga schools this week _ but one high school has declined the offer because of concerns it could encourage students to be sexually promiscuous.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Gangster turned priest **
John Pridmore ( http://www.johnpridmore.com ) tells his story. (This appears to be part one of a longer interview - ml)
** Making changes in ourselves **
Ash Wednesday and Lent at St Catherine's College
** Money isn't everything **
A reading and discussion of John 2:13-25 with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Judy Wigglesworth at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Don’t Just Sit There… (confronting today's secular and anti-religious society) ... With a loaded gun (abortions and embryonic stem cells in the news) ... The Study of Jesus (on taking a course in Christology) ... Three strikes and you’re…? (on sentencing violent offenders) ... Mindful violence (on reacting to injustice and evil) ... The Kreutzer (a play with a positive lesson on marriage)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Five reasons the papal trip to Africa is important
Whenever there’s big papal news in the air, my phone usually rings off the hook from media outlets in various parts of the globe. If the phone isn’t ringing, therefore, it’s a fairly reliable sign that the pope is currently flying below radar. On the cusp of Pope Benedict XVI’s maiden voyage to Africa, visiting Cameroon and Angola March 17-23, the silence from my phone is deafening...
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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 ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
Sunday, March 8, 2009
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NEWS & NOTES - 8 March 2009 - Second Sunday in Lent
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'NZ CATHOLIC' No. 311 March 8 - 21 2009
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Nine candidates boost seminary roll ... Faith guides Joseph's work with at-risk youth ... NZ missionary priest's courage inspires yopung Kiwi ... Sister from Northland helping to change children's lives in the Phillippines ... Advertising Feature: De Paul House Family Support
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Teaching the basics (photos)
The Invercargill Eye
http://tinyurl.com/d7rz6r
Free cooking classes for parents and caregivers being run by Catholic Social Services and Verdon College are a vital service, the woman running the classes says.
Catholic Mom Takes on Social Networking
Creates Kid-Friendly Yoursphere.com
http://www.zenit.org/article-25282?l=english
Mary Kay Hoal, an American Catholic mother, has established Yoursphere - http://www.yoursphere.com -, a social networking site for children and teenagers of school age, that is monitored to prevent cyberbullying and to keep out adults who use networking sites to develop inappropriate relationships with children and teens. It aims to create a positive space online where children can share their interests, such as sports, academics, gaming, fashion and music, while interacting with friends who really are their peers (anonymity is not permitted). Future plans include opening Yoursphere communities in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Cathedral reeling over approval for 46-storey tower
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10560374
The Catholic Church is reeling after plans for Auckland's tallest new apartment tower were granted planning approval. In the midst of one of the country's worst real-estate downturns, developer Gary Groves' Sanctuary Group got consent for his new Saffron tower, a 46-storey Albert St block of units next to the Catholic cathedral in the CBD.
Challenge accepted (photo)
Cambridge Edition
http://tinyurl.com/arxq4v
There wil be a lot of extra-sporty children occupying four of our schools following the recent Mayoral Cycle Challenge.
Care Centre Opens (photo)
Ruapehu Press
http://tinyurl.com/cnkhxq
Mayor Sue Morris and Sister Paula Cronin cut the ribbon at the new community care centre in Taumarunui's old Tuku St. hockey pavilion.
Final Service Planned (photo)
Queenstown Mirror
http://tinyurl.com/bqqlug
After 143 years, the curtain is about to fall on a visible Catholic presence in Naseby.
Mat, 5, takes on the world (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/2000057/Mat-5-takes-on-the-world/
Competing against 1.8 million kids worldwide for the title of best Mathlete was child's play for St James Catholic School pupil Mat Marlow.
Day of prayer sends 'wave' around the globe
Matmata Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/cw4ya7
A service to mark World Day of Prayer will be held this Friday at All Saints Church. This year's service has been prepared by the World Day of Prayer Committee of Papua New Guinea ...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Understanding the Law **
Sister Stephanie Kitching chats to Nicky Darlow about her experiences aa a community law centre worker, pupils' rights advisor, and consultant to community groups
** Transfiguration **
A reading and discussion of Mark 9:2-10 and the painting 'The Transfiguration' by Wellington artist Michael Smithers, with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Dr Ellie Sanderson at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
The Kreutzer (a play with themes of love, marriage, men and woman) ... Tolerance (tolerance as a tool of intolerance) ... “It’s a boy… and what a boy!” (designer babies) Heroic Suicide? (current movies) .. Lucienne Sallé (a laywoman in the Vatican) ... Preach it brother! (Archbishop Charles Chaput on Catholic faith and public policy in America.
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org./blogs/all-things-catholic
Benedict perfects the Q&A format
Ironically enough, forty years ago Joseph Ratzinger insisted that the dialogue is not really a legitimate Christian literary form. In his 1969 book 'Das neue Volk Gottes', the future pope observed that there’s no equivalent in Christian writing to the great dialogues of Plato, arguing that’s because, at its core, Christianity is not about dialogue with the world but rather kerygma, proclamation...
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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 ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
NEWS & NOTES - 8 March 2009 - Second Sunday in Lent
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'NZ CATHOLIC' No. 311 March 8 - 21 2009
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Nine candidates boost seminary roll ... Faith guides Joseph's work with at-risk youth ... NZ missionary priest's courage inspires yopung Kiwi ... Sister from Northland helping to change children's lives in the Phillippines ... Advertising Feature: De Paul House Family Support
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Teaching the basics (photos)
The Invercargill Eye
http://tinyurl.com/d7rz6r
Free cooking classes for parents and caregivers being run by Catholic Social Services and Verdon College are a vital service, the woman running the classes says.
Catholic Mom Takes on Social Networking
Creates Kid-Friendly Yoursphere.com
http://www.zenit.org/article-25282?l=english
Mary Kay Hoal, an American Catholic mother, has established Yoursphere - http://www.yoursphere.com -, a social networking site for children and teenagers of school age, that is monitored to prevent cyberbullying and to keep out adults who use networking sites to develop inappropriate relationships with children and teens. It aims to create a positive space online where children can share their interests, such as sports, academics, gaming, fashion and music, while interacting with friends who really are their peers (anonymity is not permitted). Future plans include opening Yoursphere communities in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Cathedral reeling over approval for 46-storey tower
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10560374
The Catholic Church is reeling after plans for Auckland's tallest new apartment tower were granted planning approval. In the midst of one of the country's worst real-estate downturns, developer Gary Groves' Sanctuary Group got consent for his new Saffron tower, a 46-storey Albert St block of units next to the Catholic cathedral in the CBD.
Challenge accepted (photo)
Cambridge Edition
http://tinyurl.com/arxq4v
There wil be a lot of extra-sporty children occupying four of our schools following the recent Mayoral Cycle Challenge.
Care Centre Opens (photo)
Ruapehu Press
http://tinyurl.com/cnkhxq
Mayor Sue Morris and Sister Paula Cronin cut the ribbon at the new community care centre in Taumarunui's old Tuku St. hockey pavilion.
Final Service Planned (photo)
Queenstown Mirror
http://tinyurl.com/bqqlug
After 143 years, the curtain is about to fall on a visible Catholic presence in Naseby.
Mat, 5, takes on the world (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/2000057/Mat-5-takes-on-the-world/
Competing against 1.8 million kids worldwide for the title of best Mathlete was child's play for St James Catholic School pupil Mat Marlow.
Day of prayer sends 'wave' around the globe
Matmata Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/cw4ya7
A service to mark World Day of Prayer will be held this Friday at All Saints Church. This year's service has been prepared by the World Day of Prayer Committee of Papua New Guinea ...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Understanding the Law **
Sister Stephanie Kitching chats to Nicky Darlow about her experiences aa a community law centre worker, pupils' rights advisor, and consultant to community groups
** Transfiguration **
A reading and discussion of Mark 9:2-10 and the painting 'The Transfiguration' by Wellington artist Michael Smithers, with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Dr Ellie Sanderson at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
*******************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
The Kreutzer (a play with themes of love, marriage, men and woman) ... Tolerance (tolerance as a tool of intolerance) ... “It’s a boy… and what a boy!” (designer babies) Heroic Suicide? (current movies) .. Lucienne Sallé (a laywoman in the Vatican) ... Preach it brother! (Archbishop Charles Chaput on Catholic faith and public policy in America.
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org./blogs/all-things-catholic
Benedict perfects the Q&A format
Ironically enough, forty years ago Joseph Ratzinger insisted that the dialogue is not really a legitimate Christian literary form. In his 1969 book 'Das neue Volk Gottes', the future pope observed that there’s no equivalent in Christian writing to the great dialogues of Plato, arguing that’s because, at its core, Christianity is not about dialogue with the world but rather kerygma, proclamation...
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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 ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
Sunday, March 1, 2009
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NEWS & NOTES - 1 March 2009 - First Sunday in Lent
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LENT 2009: 'Our Responsibility for Others'
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand - http://www.caritas.org.nz
The Caritas theme for the Lent Appeal 2009, beginning on 25 February, was inspired by Pope Benedict's 2007 encyclical 'Spe Salvi', where he writes, "Love of God leads to participation in the justice and generosity of God towards others. ... the love of God is revealed in responsibility for others."
Our Lent poster features children and young people from Papua New Guinea partner Mercy Works. Lent Resources have been sent to schools and parishes. More information and resources available for download....
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 310 Feb 22 - March 7 2009
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In the current issue: Catholic school says 'no' to cervical cancer jab ... Kiwi bishops plead with minister to respect frozen human embryos ... Making the rich list: Some abortion consultants cream it ... Religious orders for women seen as drifting to southern hemisphere ... Christchurch couple represent New Zealand at Sixth World Encounter of Families ... Advertising Feature: Caritas: the Lent Appeal 2009
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Time to quit chocolate and think of others
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10558520
From today devout Christian New Zealanders will be in tune with victims of the tough economic environment as they give up luxuries for 40 days and nights. Today, Ash Wednesday, is the start of Lent, a time of abstinence before Easter. Christian believers traditionally forgo luxuries or home comforts _ such as alcohol or chocolate _ before Easter Sunday, which this year falls on April 12.
Last service for Catholic church (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/central-otago/45408/last-service-catholic-church
One last hoorah is being planned for Naseby's Catholic church, which will be decommissioned on March 8. The church, which opened in 1906, was sold by the Dunedin Diocese to a Naseby builder through a tendering process last month.
"Together We Can" message from Church Leaders
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0902/S00333.htm
In a meeting held today at the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) in Wellington, Church Leaders of the Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian and Salvation Army Churches expressed confidence that their combined social services and Church networks can be mobilised effectively to respond to the recession.
Sportsman laid to rest (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/northland/4860759a23016.html
One of the grand old men of North Harbour bowls, Pat Robertson, has died after a brief illness aged 77.
Donation to help dyslexic kids (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/af9fgr
A $9,735 gift from the Catholic Women's League to the Dyslexia Foundation will be used to help New Zealand's estimated 70,000 dyslexic school children.
A international day of prayer
The Leader Richmond-Waimea
http://tinyurl.com/av6wwd
People from more than 170 countries and many different traditions will join in World Day of Prayer services on Friday March 6.
Birthday bash at Baradene (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4858544a6497.html
In its 100th year of educating girls, one of Auckland's oldest schools deserves a bit of a celebration. Baradene College of the Sacred Heart has a whole calendar of centennial events lined up to mark the occasion.
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MAORI TV - http://www.maoritelevision.com
1 March
Lost in Translation – Sunday March 1 at 8.30 PM
Mike King hits the road to find out about the Treaty of Waitangi, who signed and who didn&'t, and to talk to descendants who shed new light on events in 1840. Tonight: It&'s called the Manukau-Kawhia Sheet, because it was the version of the Treaty signed in these places, but there is a question mark over where the signings occurred. King tries to get to the bottom of this and explores the possibilities. From the old mission station at Orua Bay, King takes a water taxi to the place Ngati Whatua believe it took place. This episode looks closely at a prominent Catholic bishop of the time – Pompallier – an influential man some say may have discouraged some chiefs from signing.
4 March
E Koha o Whaea Irihapeti (NZ Documentary) - Wednesday March 4 At 8.30 Pm
A documentary profiling Sister Elizabeth, the last in line of the Bishop Pompallier ‘Sisters of Mercy' who, as a gift to her hometown of Pawarenga, organises an Easter celebration in the community hall. The sister has set up a display of their family trees, going back to the time of the early missionaries, and her hope is to give the people something many have lost – the connections with one another, and their whakapapa. But how will they react, and will her efforts give her the acceptance of her community?
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** New home, new beginning **
Sister Mary, on learning to live alone for the first time.
** Change, and be saved **
A reading and discusssion of Mark 1: 12-15 with Fr Thige O'Leary at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Kids, We know we are your parents, but figure this stuff out for yourself (sex education in the UK) ... “Why aren’t we ascending into Heaven? Oh, right - the sins.” (Who has the better chance of going to heaven?) ... Waiting for the Silence to End (on radical feminism) ... Le Mercredi des Cendres (appreciating Lent in Moslem Africa) ... You’re fired! (the saga of St Mary's parish, South Brisbane) ... Legacy (a major youth event in Auckland)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org./blogs/all-things-catholic
Social ministers long for unified Catholic voice
I spent part of this week at what is arguably the most courageous annual event in Washington, D.C. -- or the most quixotic, depending upon your point of view. It’s the “Social Ministry Gathering” sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, which brings together more than 500 Catholic leaders for a week of issue seminars and knocking on doors on Capitol Hill.
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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
Wellington Eucharistic Convention - 2009
http://www.divinenet.org.nz/Convention.html
Sunday 1st March 2009
St Patrick's College Auditorium, Silverstream, Upper Hutt
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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 ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
St Patrick's College, Silverstream. St Patrick's College, Wellington.
College Chaplain
http://www.stream.school.nz ... http://www.stpats.school.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2, in 'NZ Catholic' Feb 22 - March 7 2009 p.22, and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's College, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz Applications close 1 March 2009.
NEWS & NOTES - 1 March 2009 - First Sunday in Lent
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LENT 2009: 'Our Responsibility for Others'
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand - http://www.caritas.org.nz
The Caritas theme for the Lent Appeal 2009, beginning on 25 February, was inspired by Pope Benedict's 2007 encyclical 'Spe Salvi', where he writes, "Love of God leads to participation in the justice and generosity of God towards others. ... the love of God is revealed in responsibility for others."
Our Lent poster features children and young people from Papua New Guinea partner Mercy Works. Lent Resources have been sent to schools and parishes. More information and resources available for download....
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 310 Feb 22 - March 7 2009
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In the current issue: Catholic school says 'no' to cervical cancer jab ... Kiwi bishops plead with minister to respect frozen human embryos ... Making the rich list: Some abortion consultants cream it ... Religious orders for women seen as drifting to southern hemisphere ... Christchurch couple represent New Zealand at Sixth World Encounter of Families ... Advertising Feature: Caritas: the Lent Appeal 2009
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Time to quit chocolate and think of others
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10558520
From today devout Christian New Zealanders will be in tune with victims of the tough economic environment as they give up luxuries for 40 days and nights. Today, Ash Wednesday, is the start of Lent, a time of abstinence before Easter. Christian believers traditionally forgo luxuries or home comforts _ such as alcohol or chocolate _ before Easter Sunday, which this year falls on April 12.
Last service for Catholic church (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/central-otago/45408/last-service-catholic-church
One last hoorah is being planned for Naseby's Catholic church, which will be decommissioned on March 8. The church, which opened in 1906, was sold by the Dunedin Diocese to a Naseby builder through a tendering process last month.
"Together We Can" message from Church Leaders
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0902/S00333.htm
In a meeting held today at the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) in Wellington, Church Leaders of the Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian and Salvation Army Churches expressed confidence that their combined social services and Church networks can be mobilised effectively to respond to the recession.
Sportsman laid to rest (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/northland/4860759a23016.html
One of the grand old men of North Harbour bowls, Pat Robertson, has died after a brief illness aged 77.
Donation to help dyslexic kids (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/af9fgr
A $9,735 gift from the Catholic Women's League to the Dyslexia Foundation will be used to help New Zealand's estimated 70,000 dyslexic school children.
A international day of prayer
The Leader Richmond-Waimea
http://tinyurl.com/av6wwd
People from more than 170 countries and many different traditions will join in World Day of Prayer services on Friday March 6.
Birthday bash at Baradene (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4858544a6497.html
In its 100th year of educating girls, one of Auckland's oldest schools deserves a bit of a celebration. Baradene College of the Sacred Heart has a whole calendar of centennial events lined up to mark the occasion.
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MAORI TV - http://www.maoritelevision.com
1 March
Lost in Translation – Sunday March 1 at 8.30 PM
Mike King hits the road to find out about the Treaty of Waitangi, who signed and who didn&'t, and to talk to descendants who shed new light on events in 1840. Tonight: It&'s called the Manukau-Kawhia Sheet, because it was the version of the Treaty signed in these places, but there is a question mark over where the signings occurred. King tries to get to the bottom of this and explores the possibilities. From the old mission station at Orua Bay, King takes a water taxi to the place Ngati Whatua believe it took place. This episode looks closely at a prominent Catholic bishop of the time – Pompallier – an influential man some say may have discouraged some chiefs from signing.
4 March
E Koha o Whaea Irihapeti (NZ Documentary) - Wednesday March 4 At 8.30 Pm
A documentary profiling Sister Elizabeth, the last in line of the Bishop Pompallier ‘Sisters of Mercy' who, as a gift to her hometown of Pawarenga, organises an Easter celebration in the community hall. The sister has set up a display of their family trees, going back to the time of the early missionaries, and her hope is to give the people something many have lost – the connections with one another, and their whakapapa. But how will they react, and will her efforts give her the acceptance of her community?
*********************************************
INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** New home, new beginning **
Sister Mary, on learning to live alone for the first time.
** Change, and be saved **
A reading and discusssion of Mark 1: 12-15 with Fr Thige O'Leary at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
*******************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Kids, We know we are your parents, but figure this stuff out for yourself (sex education in the UK) ... “Why aren’t we ascending into Heaven? Oh, right - the sins.” (Who has the better chance of going to heaven?) ... Waiting for the Silence to End (on radical feminism) ... Le Mercredi des Cendres (appreciating Lent in Moslem Africa) ... You’re fired! (the saga of St Mary's parish, South Brisbane) ... Legacy (a major youth event in Auckland)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org./blogs/all-things-catholic
Social ministers long for unified Catholic voice
I spent part of this week at what is arguably the most courageous annual event in Washington, D.C. -- or the most quixotic, depending upon your point of view. It’s the “Social Ministry Gathering” sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, which brings together more than 500 Catholic leaders for a week of issue seminars and knocking on doors on Capitol Hill.
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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
Wellington Eucharistic Convention - 2009
http://www.divinenet.org.nz/Convention.html
Sunday 1st March 2009
St Patrick's College Auditorium, Silverstream, Upper Hutt
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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 ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
St Patrick's College, Silverstream. St Patrick's College, Wellington.
College Chaplain
http://www.stream.school.nz ... http://www.stpats.school.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2, in 'NZ Catholic' Feb 22 - March 7 2009 p.22, and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's College, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz Applications close 1 March 2009.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
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NEWS & NOTES - 22 February 2009
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Lions club house tour takes on new theme (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/central-otago/43243/lions-club-house-tour-takes-new-theme
Time to look at values, say churches
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10557926
Church leaders say the economic crisis is an opportunity for New Zealanders to turn away from greed and give more time to their families.
Church Leaders Meeting to Discuss Social Impacts of Recession
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0902/S00235.htm
The leaders of the Anglican, Baptist, Catholic. Methodist, Presbyterian and Salvation Army Churches are meeting with the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) and the Council's Maori advisors to discuss the local social impacts of the global economic crisis.
Catholic school proposal damned
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4851983a6570.html
The Catholic Church has been accused of being arrogant and callous in proposing to build a new school in a rural area in the Wakatipu Basin.
Church finds no support for campus
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4849749a6570.html
A rural school campus is needed to ease space for the over-burdened St Joseph's School in Queenstown, the Catholic Church says.
That's my man (photo)
Rodney Times
http://tinyurl.com/bw8d2a
Fifty years ago, Josie Cox saw Michael Foy walking up Queens Street one day and told family members: "see that man over there, I'm going to marry him" - and she did.
Church for sale by tender (photo)
Central Canterbury News
http://tinyurl.com/c682rl
Coalgate's historic St Teresa's Church is expected to be sold for relocation on February 24...
Hokitika extends warm hand to priest (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4850733a6013.html
It has been a baptism of fire for Hokitika's new parish priest, Father Francis Joseph. Joseph, from India, is one of several priests brought in from overseas to make up for a shortfall in New Zealand clergy in the Catholic Church.
May God go with you (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4848769a6000.html
The San Antonio may have retired from commercial fishing, but the boat - once used to pluck Wahine survivors to safety - was still one of the first in line for a blessing.
[The folowing story is not available on the newspaper's free Website. It can be read at the public library, and via the libraries' free Newztext service for borrowers]
Teens find fellowship and fun in churches
Bay Of Plenty Times — The Young Christians — A07 — 21 February 2009
Many teenagers enjoy legitimate sub-cultures with like-minded friends centred around anything from surfing to cars. One significant sub-culture that young people in the Western Bay belong to is that of the church, as Paul Charman found...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** The One Who Saves **
A reading and discusssion of Mark 2 1-12 with Fr Thige O'Leary at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
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THE FIFTEENTH STATION - New Zealand Catholic Podcasts
http://station15.libsyn.com
** Station XV - Sun, 15 February 2009 **
Episode 18 - Better late than never
In this episode, we take a look at the artistic actions of Fr Gerard Burns, the lifting of the excommunication of some of the Society of Saint Pius X's bishops and the fact that one of them doesn't believe the Holocaust happened, we talk about some missing abortion stats (you won't believe that one!), Obama and the Mexico City policy, and a nurse that got in trouble for offering to pray for a patient!
** Familia - Episode 5 - Sun, 1 February 2009 **
This month’s edition of the Familia Podcast features an exclusive interview with Dr. Tracey Rowland, the Dean and Associate Professor of Political Philosophy and Continental Theology at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne. She is the author of a new book called 'Ratzinger’s Faith, the Theology of Pope Benedict XVI'. In this interview she discusses the history, Papcy and theological concerns of Pope Benedict XVI, exploring important issues such as liturgy, post-Vatican II dissent and his approach to Islam. If you want to know about Pope Benedict XVI then this is a must-listen edition of the Familia Podcast!
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Catholic Triumphalism ... "Ah, you’ll do fine..." (on the child-parents in Britain) ... I couldn’t have said it better (Pope Benedict on the Holocaust) ... Not to be morbid, but make sure I have a Requiem (on making sure you have a Catholic funeral) ... Not sure what to make of this one (a homosexual civil union cermony in Erskine College Chapel) ... Collar and…something (dress code for New Zealand priests) ... Got that loving feeling? (What is love?)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Bioethics message lost in Vatican's "credibility gap"
How bad is the Vatican's image problem right now? Consider that recent weeks have seen CEOs taking corporate jets to ask for government bailouts; the governor of Illinois was tossed out of office in a bribery scandal, and his last-minute appointment to the U.S. Senate may not be far behind; three Obama nominees have embarrassed the administration by withdrawing under a cloud; Japan's finance minister quit after reportedly being soused at a G-7 meeting; the world's best baseball player has been caught taking steroids, and the world's best swimmer caught smoking a bong.
Yet even in that sorry context, Monday's New York Times saw fit to devote a lead article to the pope's communications woes. Managing to stand out amid this PR carnage is, in a perverse sense, a rather remarkable accomplishment ...
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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
Wellington Eucharistic Convention - 2009
http://www.divinenet.org.nz/Convention.html
Sunday 1st March 2009
St Patrick's College Auditorium, Silverstream, Upper Hutt
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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 ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
St Patrick's College, Silverstream. College Chaplain
http://www.stream.school.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2 and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's college, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz Applications close 1 March 2009.
NEWS & NOTES - 22 February 2009
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Lions club house tour takes on new theme (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/central-otago/43243/lions-club-house-tour-takes-new-theme
A firehouse, a courthouse and St John's Catholic school - all long since retired from their original purpose - will feature in the Cromwell Lake Dunstan Lions Club's Past to Present House and Building Tour later this month...
Time to look at values, say churches
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10557926
Church leaders say the economic crisis is an opportunity for New Zealanders to turn away from greed and give more time to their families.
Church Leaders Meeting to Discuss Social Impacts of Recession
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0902/S00235.htm
The leaders of the Anglican, Baptist, Catholic. Methodist, Presbyterian and Salvation Army Churches are meeting with the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) and the Council's Maori advisors to discuss the local social impacts of the global economic crisis.
Catholic school proposal damned
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4851983a6570.html
The Catholic Church has been accused of being arrogant and callous in proposing to build a new school in a rural area in the Wakatipu Basin.
Church finds no support for campus
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4849749a6570.html
A rural school campus is needed to ease space for the over-burdened St Joseph's School in Queenstown, the Catholic Church says.
That's my man (photo)
Rodney Times
http://tinyurl.com/bw8d2a
Fifty years ago, Josie Cox saw Michael Foy walking up Queens Street one day and told family members: "see that man over there, I'm going to marry him" - and she did.
Church for sale by tender (photo)
Central Canterbury News
http://tinyurl.com/c682rl
Coalgate's historic St Teresa's Church is expected to be sold for relocation on February 24...
Hokitika extends warm hand to priest (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4850733a6013.html
It has been a baptism of fire for Hokitika's new parish priest, Father Francis Joseph. Joseph, from India, is one of several priests brought in from overseas to make up for a shortfall in New Zealand clergy in the Catholic Church.
May God go with you (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4848769a6000.html
The San Antonio may have retired from commercial fishing, but the boat - once used to pluck Wahine survivors to safety - was still one of the first in line for a blessing.
[The folowing story is not available on the newspaper's free Website. It can be read at the public library, and via the libraries' free Newztext service for borrowers]
Teens find fellowship and fun in churches
Bay Of Plenty Times — The Young Christians — A07 — 21 February 2009
Many teenagers enjoy legitimate sub-cultures with like-minded friends centred around anything from surfing to cars. One significant sub-culture that young people in the Western Bay belong to is that of the church, as Paul Charman found...
*********************************************
INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** The One Who Saves **
A reading and discusssion of Mark 2 1-12 with Fr Thige O'Leary at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
*******************************************
THE FIFTEENTH STATION - New Zealand Catholic Podcasts
http://station15.libsyn.com
** Station XV - Sun, 15 February 2009 **
Episode 18 - Better late than never
In this episode, we take a look at the artistic actions of Fr Gerard Burns, the lifting of the excommunication of some of the Society of Saint Pius X's bishops and the fact that one of them doesn't believe the Holocaust happened, we talk about some missing abortion stats (you won't believe that one!), Obama and the Mexico City policy, and a nurse that got in trouble for offering to pray for a patient!
** Familia - Episode 5 - Sun, 1 February 2009 **
This month’s edition of the Familia Podcast features an exclusive interview with Dr. Tracey Rowland, the Dean and Associate Professor of Political Philosophy and Continental Theology at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne. She is the author of a new book called 'Ratzinger’s Faith, the Theology of Pope Benedict XVI'. In this interview she discusses the history, Papcy and theological concerns of Pope Benedict XVI, exploring important issues such as liturgy, post-Vatican II dissent and his approach to Islam. If you want to know about Pope Benedict XVI then this is a must-listen edition of the Familia Podcast!
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Catholic Triumphalism ... "Ah, you’ll do fine..." (on the child-parents in Britain) ... I couldn’t have said it better (Pope Benedict on the Holocaust) ... Not to be morbid, but make sure I have a Requiem (on making sure you have a Catholic funeral) ... Not sure what to make of this one (a homosexual civil union cermony in Erskine College Chapel) ... Collar and…something (dress code for New Zealand priests) ... Got that loving feeling? (What is love?)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Bioethics message lost in Vatican's "credibility gap"
How bad is the Vatican's image problem right now? Consider that recent weeks have seen CEOs taking corporate jets to ask for government bailouts; the governor of Illinois was tossed out of office in a bribery scandal, and his last-minute appointment to the U.S. Senate may not be far behind; three Obama nominees have embarrassed the administration by withdrawing under a cloud; Japan's finance minister quit after reportedly being soused at a G-7 meeting; the world's best baseball player has been caught taking steroids, and the world's best swimmer caught smoking a bong.
Yet even in that sorry context, Monday's New York Times saw fit to devote a lead article to the pope's communications woes. Managing to stand out amid this PR carnage is, in a perverse sense, a rather remarkable accomplishment ...
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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
Wellington Eucharistic Convention - 2009
http://www.divinenet.org.nz/Convention.html
Sunday 1st March 2009
St Patrick's College Auditorium, Silverstream, Upper Hutt
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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 ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
St Patrick's College, Silverstream. College Chaplain
http://www.stream.school.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2 and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's college, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz Applications close 1 March 2009.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
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NEWS & NOTES - 15 February 2009
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'WEL-COM' - The newspaper of the Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses
http://www.welcom.org.nz
**News**
A call from a Gaza pulpit for Middle East peace ... Wellington protests war in Gaza ... Christians' 'die-in' for Gaza
**World News**
**Columns**
Archbishop John Dew: Letter from Lyon ... Cecily McNeill: Welcoming the stranger (editorial) ... Kieran Fenn FMS: Romans - more reflections on Paul
**Schools**
Hutt school tops wearable arts ... Marist St Pat's takes the prized Swindale after eight tries ... Viard barbershop excels in pan Pacific contest
**Features**
A Sister speaks of her 40 years teaching in the Israeli-occupied territories ... Preachers at the banquet of Holy Wisdom ... Social justice awareness builds communities of hope
**Wellington**
The cathedral 160 years ago ... Sister John Bosco Fraser RSM RIP ... Sr Jean-Marie McErlane RIP
**Palmerston North**
The building-up church in Feilding ... Bishop Peter Cullinane: All called through baptism to a royal priesthood ... The heart is a good place to start youth catechetics
**Reflect**
Veronica Lawson RSM : Reflection on the Readings for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
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Kids dig deep for fire victims (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4847115a6554.html
A class of New Plymouth school kids has rallied together to raise almost $600 for the victims of Australia's raging bushfires...
True Spirit (photo)
Nor-West News
http://tinyurl.com/ao9msf
In true community spirit, St Patrick's Catholic parishioners, assisted by friends, family and the local community, spent their anniversary weekend on a home makeover for the Bjerga family of Waimauku ...
Priest welcomed to new parish
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4844612a22402.html
He’s spent a lifetime working with people from different cultures. But the congregation at the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic church will be a fresh challenge for new parish priest Father Bernard Dennehy, 68.
Future uncertain for Catholic presbytery (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/north-otago/43123/future-uncertain-catholic-presbytery
The future of the historic St Patrick's Basilica presbytery in Reed St is being reviewed by Oamaru's Catholic parish as it faces a large outlay to upgrade and maintain the building.
Caritas Calls for More Support for those in Greatest Need
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0902/S00139.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand says the Government’s transitional relief package for people made redundant is an admission that the welfare “safety net” is no longer adequate for many New Zealanders in their time of need. The Catholic social justice agency made the comment in a submission on the Government’s 2009 Budget Policy Statement.
Good samaritans bring broken St Joseph back to life
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/4844542a6008.html
The goodwill and skills of two Marlborough tradesmen have restored a sacred statue at Kaikoura's St Joseph's School that was damaged last month by "mindless vandals".
Catholic brother's appeal against jail turned down
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/local/5319498/catholic-brothers-appeal-jail-turned/
A Catholic brother jailed last year for sexually abusing boys has had his appeal against his sentence turned down...
[The folowing stories are not available on the newspapers' free Websites. They can be read at the public library and via the libraries' free online 'Newztext'service.]
Time for class act
Hawkes Bay Today — — 11 February 2009
David Lamont, the new principal of St Joseph's School in Dannevirke, may have come to teaching late in life but he sees his previous work experience as an asset in his latest role...
Many happy returns for market
Bay of Plenty Times — — 10 February 2009
Katikati Plant and Produce market has its first birthday on Friday and hopes to keep on living for many more years. Katikati residents Pauline van Rijen and Janette Sarchett used the market as another way of fundraising for the new St Pius X Catholic Church and Parish Community Centre...
Church is moving on up
Bay of Plenty Times — — 10 February 2009
The construction of a new church and parish facility that aims to reach out to the community will satisfy a 12-year dream for the people behind its creation. Work started on Katikati's new St Pius X Catholic Church and Parish Community Centre in late October ...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Opportunity for the Taking: Year 10 students at St Mary's College, Wellington, on how it is being back at school after the summer break.
** Asking for Help: a reading and discussion of Mark 1:40-45 with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Jenny Wilkens at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Got that loving feeling? (What is love anyway?) ... Marriage, What Happened? (Declining marriage rates in the UK) ... No, what I said was: "He sleeps with the fishes" (on the need for humankind to commit self-destructive acts) ... Hard Times (on the controversy over the SSPX) ... The tri-criterion for discernment ... Can sinful men do good things? (Father Marcial and the Legionaries of Christ)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
The current predicament of European Catholicism
I was in Ireland this week, delivering the inaugural lecture sponsored by the Irish Catholic newspaper on Wednesday night in Dublin. The subject was, "Christianity and Europe: Pope Benedict's vision and the question of European integration" ...
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
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
Legacy: "Witness the Spirit"
21 - 22 February 2009
Tahaki Reserve, 250 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland
World Youth Day follow-up for ages 16-35
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 307 Dec. 21 - Jan 24 2008 p.8, and from Jo van Kempen, tel: (09) 360 3023; (027) 249 1448
Legacy '09 - "A free WYD follow-up event"
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 February 2009
Beaumont Centre, 98 Beaumont St;, Auckland City.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Feb. 8 - 21 2009 p.14, and from Jo: tel. (09) 360 3023
Wellington Eucharistic Convention - 2009
http://www.divinenet.org.nz/Convention.html
Sunday 1st March 2009
St Patrick's College Auditorium, Silverstream, Upper Hutt
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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 ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
Secondary Schools' Advisor, Catholic Education Centre, Archdiocese of Wellington
http://www.wcec.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan 25 -Feb 7 2009 p.23, and from John Butterfield, General Manager, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937, Wellington; tel: (04) 496 1788; e-mail: j.butterfield@wn.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 16 February 2009
St Patrick's College, Silverstream. College Chaplain
http://www.stream.school.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2 and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's college, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz
Applications close 1 March 2009.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
News & Notes - 8 February 2009
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 309, Feb. 8 - 21 2009
Fighting Fat (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10555475
This time last year, Anna's family ate takeaways every second day. Anna (not her real name), who was then 15 and in year 11 at McAuley High School in
Otahuhu, weighed 138kg...
Bishop seeks alternative to collar (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/eveningstandard/4838848a6502.html
Palmerston North Bishop Peter Cullinane is spearheading a national campaign to a get a new symbol to identify Catholic clergy.
Money still needed for church upgrade (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4836558a6497.html
Work is well under way to strengthen St Michael’s Catholic Church in Remuera, a landmark church built during the Depression. But $200,000 is still
needed.
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Just A Normal Guy (Jesus back home) ... “Uh, this is very sad news, and it wouldnt’ve never happened if the wedding would’ve been inside the church with God (on the wedding of a younger brother) ... The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? (on thinking about death) ... Instant community…just add water (Catholic life in the Moslem world) ... Stuff, things, you know what I’m talking about bro! (why some religious orders flourish) ... Dressing up (on what to wear at Mass) ... Why are you not deluded? (looking at the basic foundations of our faith)
EMPLOYMENT
'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 309, Feb. 8 - 21 2009
In the current issue: SSPX priests in NZ thankful for Holy
Father's 'generosity' ... 24 traineee deacons still in programme ...
Liturgy Office head appointed ... School funding concerns new St Peter's principal ... Parachuite landing for Catholics .. Mission sister to lead new youth office ... 'Spare' human embryos need protection, says bioethics centre
Liturgy Office head appointed ... School funding concerns new St Peter's principal ... Parachuite landing for Catholics .. Mission sister to lead new youth office ... 'Spare' human embryos need protection, says bioethics centre
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Fighting Fat (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10555475
This time last year, Anna's family ate takeaways every second day. Anna (not her real name), who was then 15 and in year 11 at McAuley High School in
Otahuhu, weighed 138kg...
Bishop seeks alternative to collar (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/eveningstandard/4838848a6502.html
Palmerston North Bishop Peter Cullinane is spearheading a national campaign to a get a new symbol to identify Catholic clergy.
Money still needed for church upgrade (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4836558a6497.html
Work is well under way to strengthen St Michael’s Catholic Church in Remuera, a landmark church built during the Depression. But $200,000 is still
needed.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Parachute Spectacular: Vox pops from the Parachute Music Festival at Mystery Creek.
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New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Just A Normal Guy (Jesus back home) ... “Uh, this is very sad news, and it wouldnt’ve never happened if the wedding would’ve been inside the church with God (on the wedding of a younger brother) ... The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? (on thinking about death) ... Instant community…just add water (Catholic life in the Moslem world) ... Stuff, things, you know what I’m talking about bro! (why some religious orders flourish) ... Dressing up (on what to wear at Mass) ... Why are you not deluded? (looking at the basic foundations of our faith)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
Transparency: The watchword in the Catholic world this week Within the past seven days, three major stories on the Catholic news beat have raised eyebrows, stirred discussion, and generated diverse reactions both inside the church and out ...
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EVENTS
Legacy: "Witness the Spirit"
21 - 22 February 2009
Tahaki Reserve, 250 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland
World Youth Day follow-up for ages 16-35
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 307 Dec. 21 - Jan 24 2008 p.8, and from Jo van
Kempen, tel: (09) 360 3023; (027) 249 1448
Tahaki Reserve, 250 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland
World Youth Day follow-up for ages 16-35
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 307 Dec. 21 - Jan 24 2008 p.8, and from Jo van
Kempen, tel: (09) 360 3023; (027) 249 1448
Legacy '09 - "A free WYD follow-up event"
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 February 2009
Beaumont Centre, 98 Beaumont St;, Auckland City.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Feb. 8 - 21 2009 p.14, and from Jo: tel. (09) 360
3023
Beaumont Centre, 98 Beaumont St;, Auckland City.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Feb. 8 - 21 2009 p.14, and from Jo: tel. (09) 360
3023
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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 ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
Secondary Schools' Advisor, Catholic Education Centre, Archdiocese of
Wellington
http://www.wcec.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan 25 -Feb 7 2009 p.23, and from John Butterfield, General Manager, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937,
Wellington; tel: (04) 496 1788; e-mail: j.butterfield@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 16 February 2009
http://www.wcec.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan 25 -Feb 7 2009 p.23, and from John Butterfield, General Manager, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937,
Wellington; tel: (04) 496 1788; e-mail: j.butterfield@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 16 February 2009
St Patrick's College, Silverstream. College Chaplain
http://www.stream.school.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2 and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's college, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz Applications close 1 March 2009.
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2 and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's college, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz Applications close 1 March 2009.
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