NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
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Update on damage to Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (2 Mar 2011)
Expert advisors met with Catholic Bishop of Christchurch, Bishop Barry Jones, and diocesan personnel today to consider the badly damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament...
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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA
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Christchurch Earthquake - 22 February 2011
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3 News and TVNZ. London quake service in Westminster Cathedral:
3 News:
Video report [with a rare glimpse of the interior of London's Catholic cathedral]:
http://www.3news.co.nz/Kiwis-
Text report:
http://www.3news.co.nz/Kiwis-
TVNZ:
Video report:
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-
Text report:
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-
Radio NZ. Saturday Morning, with Kim Hill.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/
10:45 - Interview with Fr Charles Drennan, native Cantabrian, former speechwriter in the Vatican Secretariat of State, parish priest of St Anne's Woolston, Christchurch, Administrator of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (which was partially destroyed during the February earthquake) and Coadjutor Bishop-designate of Palmerston North diocese.
Brownlee takes hard line on damaged heritage buildings (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/
The Catholic Basilica is one of few Christchurch heritage buildings Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee would like to see resources go into rebuilding.
Asian Church responds to NZ quake
http://www.cathnewsindia.com/
Churches in Asia are calling for prayers and support as rescuers have officially given up hope of finding more survivors of New Zealand’s deadly earthquake.
Special Mass at strengthened cathedral
The New Zealand Herald
http://tinyurl.com/4gwxuao
Auckland CBD office workers flocked to the earthquake-strengthened Cathedral of St Patrick and St Joseph in Wyndham St at lunch time on Friday to attend a special Mass for the people of Christchurch.
Catholic cathedral dome to come down (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-
The dome of Christchurch's Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament will be removed amid fears it may topple.
Cathedral a sign of a city in ruin
http://www.catholicleader.com.
The director of a Christchurch Catholic group of young adults has told of his ongoing mission to distribute sausages and lollipops to traumatised adults and children in the earthquake-shattered city.
Quake touches hearts in the old country, by Dominic O'Connell
The Southland Times
http://tinyurl.com/48r79dg
A few days after arriving back in my home town of Christchurch from the United Kingdom a fortnight ago, I was wondering what all the fuss was about. big earthquake, 7.1 on the Richter scale, had struck in September but the city seemed in good shape.
Bells toll to remember quake dead
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/
Cathedral bells tolled around the country at 12.51pm to mark two minutes' silence in remembrance of those who died in Christchurch's earthquake exactly a week ago.
A poignant Sunday in quake-ravaged Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.christiancentury.
On the Sunday after an earthquake ravaged New Zealand's second-largest city, worshippers gathered outdoors, in unfamiliar churches and next to damaged buildings to reflect, pray, mourn and give thanks.
Candle lit in honour of victims (photo caption)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
The Vergeer brothers Marcel, 13, (left) and Andre, 11, of Fairfax, were two of dozens of western Southlanders lighting candles yesterday at St Joseph's Catholic church in Otautau to honour the many who died in the Christchurch earthquake.
Radio NZ (full text)
Staff and pupils from four Wellington colleges remembered the victims of the Christchurch earthquake at the McEvedy Shield athletics meeting at Newtown Park this afternoon. Two and half thousand spectators and four hundred athletes from Rongotai, St Pat's Town, St Pat's Silverstream and Wellington colleges marked the occasion. The principal of Rongotai College, Kevin Carter, says the New Zealanders of all ages have been affected by the tragedy.
Christchurch earthquake: Faithful flock to church services (photos; video)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/
Thousands of people in Christchurch as well as the rest of the country today paid their respects to those killed in Tuesday's devastating earthquake.
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In other news ...
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Memorial lies in carving (photo)
Taupo Times
http://tinyurl.com/45qrxmx
The family of Eoin Doran, a 21-year-old Irish tourist who drowned in the Waikato River in 2008, has gifted Taupo a memorial to their son.
Plimmerton artist holds charity auction for hospice (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
John Heijnen says he has given away more of his paintings then he's sold, but he is banking on the local community's generosity to raise money for a worthy cause later this month.
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News of the Schools
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Faith schools on the rise: Religious-based schools have seen a surge in demand.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/
Parents are rushing to enrol their children in religious-based education with one principal saying the Catholic brand is ``very hot'' at the moment.
John Paul College, Rotorua: Early starts among lengths swimmers go (photo)
http://www.rotoruadailypost.
Marian College, Christchurch: Schools to share space due to quake damage
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/
Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt: Thomson steps outside comfort zone (photo)
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/4vb9buk
Sacred Heart College, Auckland: Cup a possibility (photo)
Matamata Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/4go8hd2
St Brendan's School, Heretaunga, Upper Hutt: Empty piggies but big hearts (photo)
Upper Hutt Leader
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
St Patrick's college, Wellington: Wgtn Coll’s depth wins McEvedy (photos)
The Wellingtonian
http://tinyurl.com/4hge6cf
St Catherine’s and St Patrick’s Colleges, Wellington: Keeping art alive in the suburbs (photo)
The Wellingtonian
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
St Joseph's School, Upper Hutt: Radio NZ comforted Kiwis in Libya (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
St Mary’s Catholic School, Auckland: Ukulele class is the best (photo)
East and Bays Courier
http://tinyurl.com/4mdjwxq
St Patrick’s Catholic School, Taupo: Taupo hosts pupils (photo)
Taupo Times
http://tinyurl.com/4trsrv2
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'Don't be anxious'
Matthew 7: 21-27 - a reading and reflection with Sister Stephanie Kitching and Malia Vito-Tupai.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Healthcare? (a schoolgirl on the pill)
** “God is angry: we’ve made a false idol of this Brad Goodman.” (Middle East: the death of one man)
** Population control? (deaths by abortion of African American babies)
** A Breath of Fresh Air – all the way from Oxford (natural disasters in light of Christian teaching, and a pleasant surprise in the public library)
** The Rangiora Earthquake Express (getting supplies to Christchurch; photos)
** What are we listening to? (shocked at the latest Billboard Top 100)
** Social Beings (people need people)
See also Gavin Abraham's blog 'The Catholic Soapbox:
http://catholicsoapbox.com
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC - John L. Allen Jr
http://ncronline.org/blogs/
The Vatican beyond its worst days, and Rome beyond the Vatican
http://ncronline.org/blogs/
Popular culture is full of misconceptions about Rome, but here are two of the most persistent: That the Vatican is exclusively defined by its worst days, and that Catholic life in Rome is exclusively defined by the Vatican...
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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)
CatholicHerald.co.uk - Morning Catholic must-reads:
http://www.catholicherald.co.
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EVENTS
Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference: "Put out into the deep" (Lk 5:4)
Friday 4 March - Sunday 6 March 2011
Barrycourt Quality Hotel Conference Centre, 20 Gladstone Road, Parnell, Auckland, NZ
Details in 'NZ Catholic' December 19 - 24, p.9, at http://www.
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[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
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