News & Notes - 19 February 2012

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

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

Interfaith Forum to focus on spiritual identity in a secular society (17 Feb 2012)
'Spiritual Identity in a Secular Society' is the theme for the ninth annual National Interfaith Forum taking place in Hamilton this weekend 18-19 February ...

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'WEL-COM'

http://www.welcom.org.nz

* News *

Caritas Jerusalem head to visit for Lent: Claudette Habesch, Caritas' Lent speaker (15 February 2012 ) ... Calendars a hit with prisoners (15 February 2012 ) ... Year of jubilee for Mission Sisters (15 February 2012 )

* Columns *

Ss Cyril and Methodius, patron saints of Europe: Ninth century brothers' anniversary, by Mgr John Broadbent (February 14) ... Mary for today - the battle for a renewed Mariology, by Kieran Fenn fms ... Editorial: Caring for all the nation's children, by Cecily McNeill

* Features *

Building a firm foundation of God-focused spirituality (15 February 2012 ) ... Discovering the road to inner freedom (15 February 2012 ) ... Edwina Gateley - the two halves of life (15 February 2012 )

* Wellington *

Young Catholic leaders can do anything: The YCL leadership team (15 February 2012 ) ... Gap year students reflect on the Marist Challenge: Another graduation from Challenge 2000's gap programme, by Cecily McNeill (11 November 2011 )

* Palmerston North *

Christchurch people made of sterner stuff: A southern man visits old haunts, by Fr Kevin Neal (15 February 2012 ) ... New training for young Catholic leaders: Year 12 students in PN immersed in leadership for the first time (15 February 2012 ) ... 50 years of priestly service: Bishop Peter Cullinane celebrates his jubilee of priesthood, by Cecily McNeill (3 February 2012 )

* Reflect *

First Sunday in Lent Year B: Mark 1:12-15, by Veronica Lawson rsm (16 February 2012 )

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Safety checks for churches
The Timaru Herald
http://tinyurl.com/78ttyg2
Detailed engineer reports will be made on several Catholic churches in the region. Catholic Diocese of Christchurch financial administrator Paddy Beban said all the diocese's 50 churches had level one and two assessments done after September.

Cathedral repair bill intimidating
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/6439957/Cathedral-repair-bill-intimidating
It would take 60 stonemasons three years to rebuild the Catholic Cathedral in Christchurch and the wages bill could be up to $40 million.

Wellington's cathedral communities to observe quake anniversary
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/wellingtons-cathedral-communities-observe-quake-anniversary/5/115193
This coming Wednesday Wellington's Anglican and Catholic cathedral communities will gather to remember and pray for those who died, were injured or suffered loss in the Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011.

Michele Hewitson Interview: Rosanne Meo (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10786228
For fear of looking like a fool, I didn't dare tell Rosanne Meo, who one feels would not gladly suffer foolishness, that I was amazed to see that she'd been made a Dame in the New Year Honours list: I thought she'd been one for years.

Oak planting to mark school centenary (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/198233/oak-planting-mark-school-centenary
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow - at least, former Teschemakers' Catholic girls' boarding school pupil Willie Campbell hopes so. She has an oak tree grown from an acorn from the oaks at Teschemakers, just south of Oamaru, which will be planted in the former school grounds to mark the centenary of the school's opening.

Scriptures say the world will end (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/midweek/6416312/Scriptures-say-the-world-will-end
Father Craig Butler of St Joseph's Parish in New Plymouth does not believe the world will end as predicted but believes the world will end some day. "It's in the scriptures," he says. "But we don't know when that will be."

Damages claims key to Hibernian funds recovery
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/6426085/Damages-claims-key-to-Hibernian-funds-recovery
Depositors in the fraud-hit Hibernian Credit Union face losing around two-thirds of their investment unless liquidators pursue damages claims, possibly through the courts.

Artworks shows bring community together (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/culture/your-southland/6415337/Artworks-shows-bring-community-together
Undaunted by the forced closure of their town's century-old brick town hall, Otautau artists and craftspeople gathered for a three-church quilt and flower extravaganza at the weekend.

Family copes with loss in small steps
Life without an amazing wife and mother (photos)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/6412339/Family-copes-with-loss-in-small-steps
Brett Chambers had the perfect life. Overachieving children, dream home, successful career and his childhood sweetheart and "unbelievably awesome" wife, Helen. That was until the magnitude-6.3 earthquake last February shattered everything.

Immigrants boost Catholic parishes
http://www.ashburtonguardian.co.nz/news/todays-news/6628-immigrants-boost-catholic-parishes.html
As many mainstream churches are counting their flock of faithful in dwindling numbers, Ashburton's Catholic parishes are counting theirs in new faces.

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News of the Schools
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Garin College, Nelson: New year marks change for schools
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/communities/6431536/New-year-marks-change-for-schools

Hato Petera College, Auckland: School welcomes its new principal (photo)
North Shore Times
http://tinyurl.com/7q858dp

Kavanagh College, dunedin: Rowing: Dunedin school pair reach two finals (photos)
http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rowing/198056/rowing-dunedin-school-pair-reach-two-finals

Sacred Heart College, Auckland: Cup reminder of magical time (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10785601

St Joseph's, Kaikoura: Teacher comes home to St Joseph's (photo)
Kaikoura Star
http://tinyurl.com/7v2l8rs

St Patrick's, Invercargill: St Patrick's takes history class to museum (photo caption)
The Southland Times
http://tinyurl.com/7qrqzd7

St Patrick's College Silverstream: Restorative justice goes to school
Schools take different approach to punishment (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/6439977/Restorative-justice-goes-to-school

St Patrick's College, Wellington: Artificial turf for St Pat's?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/the-wellingtonian/6423481/Artificial-turf-for-St-Pats

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'A man called Mark': Mark 1:12-15, a reading and commentary with John Teariki and Malia Vito-Tupai

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS

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THE FIFTEENTH STATION
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http://station15.co.nz

Station XV: Episode 53 — New legislation, new brothel (?) new partnership (February 15, 2012)

The panel this month analyses the contentious provisions in President Obama's health care legislation requiring Catholic hospitals and institutions to provide health insurance covering contraception and sterilisation procedures*, efforts by Auckland businessmen to open a 15-storey brothel in the central city and the Pope's concerning admission that Christianity risks oblivion. But, in the good news of the month, Station 15/Icon Media has become an affiliate of the international Catholic podcasting network, SQPN. We're really excited to be part of the SQPN stable, an extension of the great relationship we've had with Father Roderick Vonhogen over the past three years or so.

* This episode was recorded before President Obama's announcement of changes to the health care legislation in response to the bishops Church's concerns

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LIGHT OF THE WORLD - Otago Catholic Access Radio
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http://www.accessradio.org/public/programme.php?uid=1218074856-834

2012-02-12 – Anticipating St Valentine's Day, a dating guide for Catholic women with Amy Bonnocorso; Jim Beckman explains a new approach to youth ministry; Dr Eugene Gan looks at the media.

[Choose the "Click to download" link. The sound quality of the other one is terrible - ml]

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** Anointing of the… Anybody? (Who may receive the Anointing of the Sick?)

** Obama and Humanae Vitae

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS

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

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' http://www.cdd.org.nz/the-tablet

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_lighting_new_fires.html

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Good News and the News' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_good_news.html

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

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

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

'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/articles

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen Jr

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

Five questions about the Vatican's leaks scandal
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/five-questions-about-vaticans-leaks-scandal

In the run-up to a consistory, Rome takes on the atmosphere of a college reunion. Church people from all over turn up, making it hard to walk down the street without bumping into someone you know. That's been the case this week, ahead of Saturday's consistory in which Pope Benedict XVI will create 22 new cardinals, including Americans Timothy Dolan and Edwin O'Brien ...

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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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FACEBOOK

Pompallier's People: The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Catholic-Church-in-Aotearoa-New-Zealand/149916141686808

Bishop Patrick Dunn
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick?sk=wall

Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz?sk=wall

SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists

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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD

http://cathnews.co.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/author/luke/page/14/

http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/

http://www.romereports.com (video)

http://www.youtube.com/vatican (video news of Pope Benedict)

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EMPLOYMENT

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

** Leader of Adult Faith Formation – Catholic Diocese of Auckland **
Details on http://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/leader-of-adult-faith-formation-catholic-diocese-of-auckland/ and from: Leader, Parish & Pastoral Services Group,
Catholic Diocese of Auckland, Private Bag 47904, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144 Tel:360 3004; email: patl@cda.org.nz Applications close February 15th, 2012

** Young Adults Coordinator, Catholic Diocese of Christchurch **
Details on http://www.cyt.org.nz/?sid=1415 , in 'NZ Catholic' January 29 - February 11 2012 p.22, and from: Chris Lysaght, Catholic Youth Team Director, P O Box 4544 Christchurch. Tel (03) 353 0705 Email: clysaght@chch.catholic.org.nz Applications close 17th February 2012

** Communications Advisor, NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2012 p.16, on http://www.catholic.org.nz/_uploads/_ckpg/files/Communications%20Advisor%20ad.pdf and from Mike Hurdle, MICAH Partners, tel (04) 499 4749; e-mail contact@micahpartners.co.nz Applications close 17 February 2012.

News & Notes - 12 February 2012

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NZ CATHOLIC

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In issue no. 384, February 12-25 2012: Healing on agenda in Rome ... 10,000 celebrate Sinulog ... Judger Spiller ordained to diaconate in Hamilton ... Faith guides engineer's good works ... A legacy of loving care in the Pacific ... 50 years after Vatican II, debate continues ... The phenomenon and mystery of stigmata ... Jackie tells of the ache of singleness ... Wanaka's new church scoops award ... Advertising feature: Caritas - The Lent Appeal 2012

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Peter Pomare enjoying life after surgery (photo)
http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/news/peter-enjoying-life-after-surgery/1268765/
Since returning to Rotorua after controversial brain surgery Peter Pomare has been enjoying quality time with his family.

Married for 65 years - good reason to celebrate (photo)
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/news/married-for-65-years-its-good-reason-to-celebrate/1268566/
Wanganui couple Tom and Nola Wright's eyes are always smiling, and 65 years of married life gives the devoted couple something to smile about. Yesterday they were on a spoil with good friends and their daughter at the Brick House where they celebrated the couple's wedding anniversary.

Church morphing into new cinema (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/wanaka/197403/church-morphing-new-cinema
Renovations to Wanaka's former Catholic church in Brownston St have begun as the owners of Cinema Paradiso prepare to begin a gradual relocation process to the building.

No quake insurance for Catholic church (photo)
http://www.ashburtonguardian.co.nz/news/todays-news/6551-no-quake-insurance-for-catholic-church.html
Ashburton's only category one historic building would cost $6.5 million to rebuild if it fell down in an earthquake, but there would be no insurance. Parishioners at the Church of the Holy Name and other Mid Canterbury Catholic churches are only just learning their buildings are not covered for earthquakes.

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News of the Schools
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Hato Petera College, Auckland: School takes on Japanese role (photo)
North Shore times
http://tinyurl.com/6q68x3r

Marian College, Christchurch: Girls' schools back in action
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/7w9ee4s

Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt: Blessings on school's hall for all (photo)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/6mxjapq

St Mary's, Blenheim: St Mary's reunion of students from Form 2 in 1982 (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/6371115/St-Marys-pupils-roll-back-years

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

Reach out: Mark 1:40-45, a reading and commentary by Sister Stephanie Kitching.

Also: Reflect - Beginnings of Life, with Sister Mary Scanlan

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LIGHT OF THE WORLD - Otago Catholic Access Radio

http://www.accessradio.org/public/programme.php?uid=1218074856-834

2012-02-5 – Brennan Pursell talks about his book History in His Hands: A Christian Narrative of the West.

[Choose the "Click to download" link. The sound quality of the other one is terrible - ml]

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** Comfort in a time of desolation (A homily by Fr Peter Cornwell)

** "The Servant Model"; We deserve better (the order of distributing communion)

** Vive Dickens! (On the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth)

** How are the schools, really?

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS

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

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' http://www.cdd.org.nz/the-tablet

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_lighting_new_fires.html

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Good News and the News' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_good_news.html

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

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

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

'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/articles

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen Jr

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

The Vatican gets religion on fighting abuse
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/vatican-gets-religion-fighting-abuse

I've been covering the "Toward Healing and Renewal" symposium this week, a major international summit on the sexual abuse crisis organized by Rome's Jesuit-run Gregorian University and co-sponsored by several Vatican departments. It brought together roughly 100 bishops and religious superiors from around the world ahead of a May deadline from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for bishops' conferences to submit their anti-abuse policies for review. I've been filing stories along the way, and I won't rehash that material here. Instead, I'll lay out the big picture to emerge from the summit, which I would express this way: The Vatican has gotten religion on the sexual abuse crisis...

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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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FACEBOOK

Pompallier's People: The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Catholic-Church-in-Aotearoa-New-Zealand/149916141686808

Bishop Patrick Dunn
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick?sk=wall

Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz?sk=wall

SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists

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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD

http://cathnews.co.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/author/luke/page/14/

http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/

http://www.romereports.com (video)

http://www.youtube.com/vatican (video news of Pope Benedict)

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EMPLOYMENT

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

** Leader of Adult Faith Formation – Catholic Diocese of Auckland **
Details on http://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/leader-of-adult-faith-formation-catholic-diocese-of-auckland/ and from: Leader, Parish & Pastoral Services Group,
Catholic Diocese of Auckland, Private Bag 47904, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144 Tel:360 3004; email: patl@cda.org.nz Applications close February 15th, 2012

** Young Adults Coordinator, Catholic Diocese of Christchurch **
Details on http://www.cyt.org.nz/?sid=1415 , in 'NZ Catholic' January 29 - February 11 2012 p.22, and from: Chris Lysaght, Catholic Youth Team Director, P O Box 4544 Christchurch. Tel (03) 353 0705 Email: clysaght@chch.catholic.org.nz Applications close 17th February 2012

** Communications Advisor, NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2012 p.16, on http://www.catholic.org.nz/_uploads/_ckpg/files/Communications%20Advisor%20ad.pdf and from Mike Hurdle, MICAH Partners, tel (04) 499 4749; e-mail contact@micahpartners.co.nz Applications close 17 February 2012.

News & Notes - 5 February 2012

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In No. 383 January 29 - February 11 2012: Aussie rector for NZ seminary .. Spy-base priest relocates to Solomon Islands ... Abortion consultant drop noted ... Anniversary Mass celebrated at Motukaraka ... PN bishop celebrates his fiftieth jubilee ... Catholics urged to 'get in the fight' ... Australia set to debate same-sex 'marriage' ... Bringing more hope to Papua New Guinea ... Annual summer camp turns 20 ... NZ Bishops in Rome (three pages)

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Man's legs damaged in ladder mishap
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10783377
A Waiheke Island man was checking the levels of a water tank on the roof of St Peter's Catholic Church in Oneroa when the ladder he was on somehow collapsed, twisting his legs and trapping them between the rungs.

Strong interest in centenary
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/196632/strong-interest-centenary
Seventy former pupils of the Catholic boarding school Teschemakers have registered for the centenary reunion in March, and organisers expect more.

Lack of priests hits parishes
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/6364739/Lack-of-priests-hits-parishes
The number of Catholic parishes in Canterbury and the West Coast has halved because the diocese has fewer priests.

Catholic school funds used for prostitutes
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10783150
A man who paid for prostitutes using almost $130,000 stolen from the Catholic secondary school he worked at has been jailed after his family refused to agree to home detention. David Don, 44, took $126,728.01 over the five years he was employed as executive officer at St Patrick's College in Wellington.

Head of Caritas Jerusalem to visit to NZ
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/head-caritas-jerusalem-visit-nz/5/113853

Claudette Habesch, Secretary General of Caritas Jerusalem for the last 25 years, is visiting New Zealand in late February/March as a guest of Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand for its annual Lent Appeal. Catholics in New Zealand are invited to pray for peace in the Holy Land this Lent, while hearing firsthand about efforts to bring healing and hope to a land where Christ continues to suffer.

Itinerant cathedral thief jailed
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/6356977/Itinerant-cathedral-thief-jailed
A man has been jailed for stealing items from earthquake-damaged buildings, including taking chalices from the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.

Life membership for life of service (photo)
High Country Herald
http://tinyurl.com/76oqfjb
Kath Wills, QSM, has been awarded a life membership of the Justices of the Peace South Canterbury Association, having been appointed in 1989.

Marian College finds new home (photo)
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/6syh8gw
After five months of planning, Marian College will reopen in a new home next week – its second temporary move in less than a year.

Police to teach drivers' lesson about schools (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/6353236/Police-to-teach-drivers-lesson-about-schools/
Palmerston North parents and schools are keen to see police patrol roads outside schools as they launch a campaign targeting speeding drivers.

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

Purpose: Being Jesus
Mark 1:29-39, a reading and commentary by Sister Stephanie Kitching.

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS

** The Bishop Reflects **

Lyndsay Freer in conversation with Bishop Pat Dunn

Episode 2: Lyndsay and Bishop Pat discuss Waitangi Day.
http://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/the-bishop-reflects-episode-2/

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** Funny or serious? (What to do if a bug gets into the chalice?)

** Candlemas (A day for religious to re-emphasise their vows)

** Tintin and Real Boys

** A 'new' Rector (introducing Monsignor Peter Jeffrey)

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS

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

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' http://www.cdd.org.nz/the-tablet

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_lighting_new_fires.html

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Good News and the News' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_good_news.html

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

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

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

'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/articles

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen Jr

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

A make-or-break moment on sex abuse and more Vatican news
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/make-or-break-moment-sex-abuse-and-more-vatican-news

In a polarized world, it was probably inevitable that opinion on the Catholic sex abuse crisis, like pretty much everything else, would crystallize into two opposing blocs... Yet there is also a third constituency ... Composed mostly of Catholic insiders, these are people who grasp the church's failures and who regard recovery very much as a work in progress, but who also believe the church has made important strides and could become a social pacesetter in anti-abuse efforts. Next week in Rome, this "Get Something Done" camp may finally have its day in the sun...

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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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FACEBOOK

Pompallier's People: The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Catholic-Church-in-Aotearoa-New-Zealand/149916141686808

Bishop Patrick Dunn
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick?sk=wall

Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz?sk=wall

SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists

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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD

http://cathnews.co.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/author/luke/page/14/

http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/

http://www.romereports.com (video)

http://www.youtube.com/vatican (video news of Pope Benedict)

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EMPLOYMENT

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

** Leader of Adult Faith Formation – Catholic Diocese of Auckland **
Details on http://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/leader-of-adult-faith-formation-catholic-diocese-of-auckland/ and from: Leader, Parish & Pastoral Services Group,
Catholic Diocese of Auckland, Private Bag 47904, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144 Tel:360 3004; email: patl@cda.org.nz Applications close on February 15th, 2012

** Young Adults Coordinator, Catholic Diocese of Christchurch **
Details on http://www.cyt.org.nz/?sid=1415 , in 'NZ Catholic' January 29 - February 11 2012 p.22, and from: Chris Lysaght, Catholic Youth Team Director, P O Box 4544 Christchurch. Tel (03) 353 0705 Email: clysaght@chch.catholic.org.nz Applications close 17th February 2012

News & Notes - 29 January 2012

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Exhibit reflects high emotions (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/6vwtt3z
An exhibition originally destined for the Christ Church Cathedral will adorn Geraldine's Mcatamney Gallery over the coming months. The art consists of 14 panels, mirroring the stations in the religious rite of the catholic church.

Small classes help children to settle
http://tinyurl.com/7nmyjmm
Shayne Kidd has only been principal of St Patrick's Catholic School for one term but already he can tell that the ''school on the hill'' has something different to offer.

St Joseph's principal put on indefinite leave
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/6321578/St-Josephs-principal-put-on-indefinite-leave
The principal of St Joseph's Catholic School in Hamilton is on indefinite leave as a stoush over school management comes to a head just a week before the new school year.

Ballarat teens help in city recovery
http://www.starcanterbury.co.nz/news/ballarat-teens-help-recovery/1251959/
Instead of hitting the beaches back home, four Victorian schoolies have come to Christchurch to help with earthquake recovery. They've been accompanied by four adults including a Catholic chaplain.

Churches now uninsured
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/6308171/Churches-now-uninsured
Timaru's Presbyterian and Catholic churches are without earthquake insurance. The Catholic church has been told no earthquake coverage is available, while the Presbyterian church is hopeful of a solution.

Pacific Islands Forum urged to address health disparities
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1201/S00449/pacific-islands-forum-urged-to-address-health-disparities.htm
The head of Australia's largest network of non-government health services will this week call on the Pacific Islands Forum to work on an international basis to address the major factors that contribute to people's prospects of a healthy life. Martin Laverty, the chief executive of Catholic Health Australia, which has 75 hospitals and 550 aged care service providers in its network, will make the call on Friday at the New Zealand Bioethics Conference hosted by the University of Otago.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** What does it profit a man to attend four Hearts Aflames, but suffer the loss of his soul?" (Faith support for young people is crucial)

** "That's OK. I'll just push the button for the stimulator — I mean, elevator." (Infidelity: a survey)

** "Don't worry. We won a dental plan in the strike of '88." (The Occupy camp in Aotea Square)

** How does one hate Religion, and love Jesus? (The latest craze video on YouTube)

** Congratulations Hearts Aflame

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS

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

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' http://www.cdd.org.nz/the-tablet

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_lighting_new_fires.html

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Good News and the News' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_good_news.html

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

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

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

'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/articles

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen Jr

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

Thoughts on America's new whistle-blowing nuncio
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/thoughts-americas-new-whistle-blowing-nuncio

We already knew that Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, named by Pope Benedict XVI in October as his new nuncio, or ambassador, to the United States, seriously rocked the boat in his brief but tumultuous run as the No. 2 official in the government of the Vatican city-state from 2009 to 2011. What we didn't know until this week, however, was just how vigorously Viganò had campaigned to be allowed to finish the financial house-cleaning he started. As it turns out, the pope's new man in Washington is something of a whistle-blower...

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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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FACEBOOK

Pompallier's People: The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Catholic-Church-in-Aotearoa-New-Zealand/149916141686808

Bishop Patrick Dunn
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick?sk=wall

Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz?sk=wall

SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists

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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD

http://cathnews.co.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/author/luke/page/14/

http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/

http://www.romereports.com (video)

http://www.youtube.com/vatican (video news of Pope Benedict)

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PARACHUTE MUSIC FESTIVAL

Parachute Festival 2012, Mystery Creek Events Centre, 27 - 30 January 2012.
http://www.parachutemusic.com/events

Family groups are eligible for "Pay what you can" family passes.

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EMPLOYMENT

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

News & Notes - 22 January 2012

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

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

New Caritas Director Appointed (photo) (20 Jan 2012)
The new Director for the Catholic social justice agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand begins work on 24 January. Julianne Hickey has a background in organisational and business management, including government policy advice and implementation. She has spent the last 14 years as a consultant with UK-based, global consulting company PA Consulting, delivering projects across the health, social care, criminal justice and community sectors...

New Rector for Holy Cross Seminary (photo) (18 Jan 2012)
Monsignor Peter Jeffrey from Australia has been appointed as the new Rector for Holy Cross Seminary in Auckland. The appointment, made by the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in December 2011, has been formally announced and the decree of appointment has been issued...

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

$10m bill for school's temporary home
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/6muegq2

Spotlight on Waimate churches (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/73w89cd
St Patrick's Basilica is to be the first subject in an examination of Waimate's heritage churches.

Roses bloomed large for loyal bankman, Catholic and rosarian (photos)
Manawatu Standard
http://tinyurl.com/77vltc9
Roses were large in the life of Gerard Williams. His parents, Charles and Winifred, grew excellent roses, and Gerard was caught by their passion. Fortunately so, for he became one of the driving forces behind the internationally known Hamilton Gardens. His name is firmly linked to the Rogers Rose Garden.

Churches at heart of old-time Howick (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/82knu3u
At either end of Picton St lie two of New Zealand's oldest parishes, which helped to form Howick as it's known today. Half of those were Anglicans, the other half Catholics escaping the perils of the Irish potato famine.

Principals assess school rolls
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/6272884/Principals-assess-school-rolls

Voices raised against city brothel
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/commercial-property/news/article.cfm?c_id=28&objectid=10779609
Church and heritage campaigners are urging the Auckland Council to reject plans for New Zealand's first high-rise brothel complex.

See also: Is the heart of our city to be the country's largest red light district?
http://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/proposed-brothel-in-heart-of-the-city/

Spy base protester says sorry
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/6280822/Spy-base-protester-says-sorry
One of the Waihopai Three will return to Blenheim this weekend for a planned protest at the government spy base in the Waihopai Valley and he plans to say sorry for the trouble caused. Teacher Adrian Leason will be one of the speakers at the protest, and he said one of the reasons for being there was to apologise to police and anyone else affected by the actions of the trio.

Ballarat schoolies group chooses Christchurch aid (photo)
http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/local/news/general/ballarat-schoolies-group-chooses-christchurch-aid/2423263.aspx
Two Ballarat boys, among others, have gone off to Christchurch, New Zealand, to experience schoolies with a difference.

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THE FIFTEENTH STATION

http://station15.co.nz

Episode 52 — Pope speaks to NZ bishops…and the world (January 16, 2012)

In the first episode of 2012, the panel chats about Pope Benedict's speech to bishops from New Zealand and the Pacific, his speech to the dozens of ambassadors to the Vatican and the surging Catholic candidate for the Republican presidential candidate. We also talk about the "head-hunting" of an Australian priest to be the new rector of the New Zealand diocesan seminary. For some additional reading, there's a link to a piece on former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. And for some additional listening, there's an ABC Radio interview with Msgr Peter Jeffrey.

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LIGHT OF THE WORLD - Otago Catholic Access Radio

http://www.accessradio.org/public/programme.php?uid=1218074856-834

2012-01-15 – An episode of EWTN's 'The Journey Home': Dan Burke, a convert from Judaism.

[Choose the "Click to download" link. The sound quality of the other one is terrible - ml]

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** Good news from Holy Cross Seminary (The seminary is pretty much full.)

** "Facts are meaningless, you can use facts to prove anything that's remotely true!" (Questioning "kooky" ideas)

** What's new NeoCat? (A "Neo-Catechumenal Rite"?")

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS

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

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' http://www.cdd.org.nz/the-tablet

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_lighting_new_fires.html

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Good News and the News' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_good_news.html

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

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

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

'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/articles

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen Jr

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

Finding the "new" in Vatican news
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/finding-new-vatican-news

It's my birthday today, so I guess that means I can cry if I want to. Although I'm not exactly weeping, I do find myself grousing a bit about the way recent Vatican stories have played in most news coverage. It's Journalism 101 that to count as "news," something is supposed to be previously unknown, out of the ordinary, or not widely familiar -- i.e., "new." Yet on two recent storylines out of Rome, we've seen some remarkably "dog bites man" coverage while either playing down or missing what was new...

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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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FACEBOOK

Pompallier's People: The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Catholic-Church-in-Aotearoa-New-Zealand/149916141686808

Bishop Patrick Dunn
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick?sk=wall

Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz?sk=wall

SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists

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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD

http://cathnews.co.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/author/luke/page/14/

http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/

http://www.romereports.com (video)

http://www.youtube.com/vatican (video news of Pope Benedict)

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PARACHUTE MUSIC FESTIVAL

Parachute Festival 2012, Mystery Creek Events Centre, 27 - 30 January 2012.
http://www.parachutemusic.com/events

Family groups are eligible for "Pay what you can" family passes.

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EMPLOYMENT

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

News & Notes - 15 January 2012

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Farewell to man of service (photo)
Obituary of Britt Brewer, Morrinsville
Part one: http://tinyurl.com/7zst5pk
Part two: http://tinyurl.com/6lvh9yf

Rose garden stalwart to be missed
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/life-style/people/6257119/Rose-garden-stalwart-to-be-missed
Roses were large in the life of Gerard Williams [of Hamilton]. His parents, Charles and Winifred, grew excellent roses, and Gerard became caught by their passion. Fortunately so, for he became one of the driving forces behind the internationally known Hamilton Gardens. His name is firmly linked to the Rogers Rose Garden.

Quake-Hit New Zealanders Raise P51,000 To Help Typhoon Sendong Victims
http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/41548-Quake-Hit-New-Zealanders-Raise-P51,000-To-Help-Typhoon-Sendong-Victims.html
The people of New Zealand who recently had their share of deadly earthquakes have come together to help victims of Typhoon Sendong which left thousands of deaths, destruction and displacement of people in affected areas in Mindanao. Parishioners at the St. Joseph's Catholic Church located in Takapuna, Auckland raised some P51,000 and sent the money to the Kapatirang Claretiano Inc. (KCI), a Security and Exchange Commission-registered foundation undertaking relief and education projects in Mindanao.

Top students attain equal levels of achievement in 2011 (photos)
Cambridge Edition
http://tinyurl.com/7oz4q5g
Top honours at St Peter's Catholic School's 2011 year 8 prizegiving were awarded jointly to Kelsey O'brien and Thomas Radakin.

The dead tell tales: Eugene O'connor 1893-1972 (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/76fydfb
Waikato times
In 1972, the parishioners of Frankton Parish packed into St Columba's Church in Rifle Range Rd for the funeral of their former parish priest, Father Eugene O'connor. Also in attendance were 70 fellow priests, a demonstration of the great respect held for him.

An 'iron woman' at heart (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/features/6240057/An-iron-woman-at-heart/
January 21 is a date with a ring around it on Carmel Spencer's calendar. That is the day the newly appointed Nga Tawa Diocesan School principal will compete in Wanaka's Ironman competition. She's doing the half Ironman; a 90-kilometre bike ride, a 21km run, and a 1.9km swim in the lake.
Motueka mum recalls victim's love of life (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6235663/Motueka-mum-recalls-victims-love-of-life
Diana Cox's mother recalls her as someone who was never afraid of a challenge. Mrs Cox, 63, died in a hot air balloon accident in Carterton on Saturday along with her husband Howard Cox, 71.

Surprise over low Christian school enrolments
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/193807/surprise-over-low-christian-school-enrolments
Misconceptions about a Queenstown Christian school and the condition of its building may have stymied its enrolment growth in the Wakatipu basin, where other schools' rolls are fit to burst, the principal says.

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LIGHT OF THE WORLD - Otago Catholic Access Radio

http://www.accessradio.org/public/programme.php?uid=1218074856-834

2012-01-08 – Ray Guarendi – "Raising good kids: back to basics"

[Choose the "Click to download" link. The sound quality of the other one is terrible - ml]

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** Holiday reading

** 10 Amazing Catholics of 2011

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS

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

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' http://www.cdd.org.nz/the-tablet

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_lighting_new_fires.html

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Good News and the News' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_good_news.html

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

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

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

'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/articles

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen Jr

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

Five myths about anti-Christian persecution
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/five-myths-about-anti-christian-persecution

In his annual address to diplomats Monday, Pope Benedict XVI highlighted religious freedom with emphasis on persecuted Christians around the world. This week, a delegation of Catholic bishops from Europe and the States tried to shine a spotlight on one small chapter of this global story: the Gaza Strip, where 2,500 Christians live amid an overwhelmingly Muslim population of 1.5 million. English Bishop William Kenney told the Christians of Gaza, "You are not forgotten." It's a lovely sentiment ... One wonders, however, how much reality there is behind Kenney's claim...

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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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FACEBOOK

Pompallier's People: The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Catholic-Church-in-Aotearoa-New-Zealand/149916141686808

Bishop Patrick Dunn
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick?sk=wall

Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz?sk=wall

SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists

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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD

http://cathnews.co.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/author/luke/page/14/

http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/

http://www.romereports.com (video)

http://www.youtube.com/vatican (video news of Pope Benedict)

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EMPLOYMENT

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

News and Notes - 8 January 2012

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Dad's fury at principal's 'disgusting' email
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/news/dads-fury-at-principals-disgusting-email/1230778/
A Wanganui father has laid a complaint with the board of trustees at St Mary's School, saying an email he received from the school's principal was "disgusting". The father, who cannot be identified to protect his son, is demanding an investigation after a flurry of emails surrounding his ex-wife's attempts to have the boy moved from St Marcellin School to St Mary's.

New Zealand appointment for Goulburn Murray priest (audio file; photo)
http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2012/01/05/3402580.htm?site=goulburnmurray
The Goulburn Murray region will lose one of its leading figures, when Monsignor Peter Jeffrey departs from St Brendan's Catholic Church in Shepparton for New Zealand at the end of the month. Monsignor Jeffrey, who has also worked in Euroa, Wodonga and Beechworth, has been appointed Director of New Zealand's National Catholic Seminary. He spoke to Matt Dowling about his new challenge and his past 16 years in Shepparton...

Advocate starts by building links (photo)
The Marlborough Express
http://tinyurl.com/6ubwqxf
Training for the priesthood in Fiji gave Pacific health advocate Lasike Kula lifetime skills he is putting to good use in Marlborough.

Beauty inside wood a different inspiration (photo)
Taranaki Daily News
http://tinyurl.com/7a7xzxe
She's published 60 novels and picture books, piloted Tiger Moths and raised four children so it's hardly surprising acclaimed children's writer Joy Cowley has acquired yet another skill – woodworking.

New year baby a bonus (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/6210113/New-year-baby-a-bonus
Oliver Isaac Wells waited an extra 10 days to make his entrance into the world especially for the new year.

QSM for advocate of child-focussed learning
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/6203901/QSM-for-advocate-of-child-focussed-learning
"Ninety per cent of the good things in life are still available to me." So says Paul Ferris, the founding principal of Kavanagh College, who retired in July 2010 after 20 years in Dunedin and a successful battle against an aggressive cancer. Today he is being awarded a Queen's Services Medal for services to education.

Former Children's Commissioner honoured: Paul Leslie Ferris, Dunedin, Services to education (photos)
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/otago/192823/former-childrens-commissioner-honoured?page=0%2C2http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/otago/192823/former-childrens-commissioner-honoured?page=0%2C2
Upon receiving a QSM for services to education, Kavanagh College former principal Paul Ferris said the real reward was making a difference to young teenager's lives.

Hotere's seductive artworks 'feed the soul'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/new-year-honours-2011/6203615/Hoteres-seductive-artworks-feed-the-soul
He was born in a humble raupo whare and rode to school on horseback. Now he has joined the exclusive ranks of the greatest living New Zealanders. Artist Ralph Hotere, 80, has been made a Member of the Order of New Zealand in the New Year honours. Only 20 people can be members of the ONZ at any time.

Hawke's Bay boy, 4, run down by car
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10775412
A four-year-old boy is in a stable condition after being knocked down by a churchgoer's car on Christmas Eve.

With tremors shaking Christchurch, Christmas Mass forced outdoors
http://www.smh.com.au/world/with-tremors-shaking-christchurch-christmas-mass-forced-outdoors-20111225-1p9ef.html
Aftershocks have continued to rock Christchurch through Christmas, with no sign of the tremors easing for the festive season.

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS

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** Station XV **

Episode 51 — Happy news, smiling Pope, Happy Christmas (December 16, 2011)

http://station15.co.nz

In this month's episode of The 15th Station, the two-man panel of James and Gavin connects from each side of the Tasman Sea to discuss some of the big stories of the past month. The New Zealand bishops are in Rome for their ad limina visit, there's talk of a full diocesan seminary in Auckland and we reflect on what Catholic News Service has found to be the biggest stories of 2011. There's also time to chat about a complicated situation in New South Wales about admission protocols for a Catholic school in New South Wales, but we finish with a story that even brought a smile to the Pope's face. On behalf of the team that makes The 15th Station possible, we wish you all a Happy and Holy Christmas and best wishes for a great 2011 — with more Station 15 podcasts as your New Year's Resolution.

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** The Bishop Reflects **

http://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/Bishops/tabid/3348/language/en-NZ/Default.aspx

Lyndsay Freer in conversation with the Bishop Pat Dunn

Episode 1: The New Zealand Bishops' ad-limina visit to Rome.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** An American Pope? (Archbishop Timothy Dolan)

** "I… am never more myself than when I do" (read more this year)

** Vestal morons and Star Wars (Star Wars and Vatican II?)

** Using the name 'Catholic'

See also Gavin Abraham's blog 'The Catholic Soapbox: http://catholicsoapbox.com

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS

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

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' http://www.cdd.org.nz/the-tablet

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_lighting_new_fires.html

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Good News and the News' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_good_news.html

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

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

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

'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/articles

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen Jr

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

O'Malley on the sex abuse crisis: 'It's not behind us'
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/omalley-sex-abuse-crisis-its-not-behind-us

Although you won't find it on any liturgical calendar, Friday marks a monumental milestone for the Catholic church in the United States. It was exactly a decade ago, on Jan. 6, 2002, that the first Boston Globe article appeared on a serial predator and former priest named John Geoghan, triggering what we now know as the "sexual abuse crisis." Within a year, Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston resigned in disgrace... The man tapped to clean up the mess Law left behind -- a humble, self-effacing Capuchin Franciscan named Sean O'Malley -- was already a veteran drawn from the frontlines of the crisis, well before the term even existed ...

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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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FACEBOOK

Pompallier's People: The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Catholic-Church-in-Aotearoa-New-Zealand/149916141686808

Bishop Patrick Dunn
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick?sk=wall

Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz?sk=wall

SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists

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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD

http://cathnews.co.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/author/luke/page/14/

http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/

http://www.romereports.com (video)

http://www.youtube.com/vatican (video news of Pope Benedict)

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EVENTS

'Hearts Aflame' 2012 - Friday 6th to Sunday 15th January, Nga Tawa College, Marton
Details on http://www.heartsaflame.org.nz

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EMPLOYMENT

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

Catholic Diocese of Auckland. Leader of Adult Faith Formation
http://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' December 25 2011 - January 28 2012 p.23 and from Leader, Parish and Pastoral SErvices Group, Private Bag 47904, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144; tel: (09) 360 3004; e-mail: patl@cda.org.nz Applications close 15 February 2012