Sunday, January 27, 2008

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Tradition steps aside for Waitangi Day
Manukau Courier
http://tinyurl.com/2ry73b
Centuries of religious tradition will be making way this year so South
Auckland Catholics can celebrate Waitangi Day. Bishop Patrick Dunn has
granted a request from priests of the south Auckland deanery that Ash
Wednesday be observed on February 7 this year instead of February 6 ...

Postwar poet with Catholic training (obituary)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4371089a24437.html
Victor O'Leary studied for the Roman Catholic priesthood at Highden and
Greenmeadows from 1945 to 1947. He started writing poetry at the seminary
and it was while he was at training college that he was instrumental in the
formation of the Glenco group which included writers such as James K Baxter
and Anton Vogt...

Auckland Museum Announces Cancellation of Vatican Exhibition
Press Release: Auckland Museum 24-01 00:49-2008
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0801/S00164.htm
Auckland Museum today cancelled its upcoming exhibition about the Vatican
after key artworks promised as part of the travelling exhibit were
withdrawn...

Meet the principal: Chris Rooney, Liston College (photo)
Western Leader
http://tinyurl.com/2qqucj
Chris grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with plans to work either in
journalism or human resources, but actually left to study in Manchester at
the height of the local troubles ...

Katikati produce market opens
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/2o6osv
A new initiaitve by the Katikati Catholic community will see a plant and
produce market for the town ...

Big crowd pumping with Parachute festival music (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikatotimes/4373828a6579.html
It was a scorcher as crowds flocked through the gates at Mystery Creek near
Hamilton yesterday for the Parachute Christian Music Festival. More than
21,000 registered for the four-day event, which will see 170 international
bands on nine stages. Organisers of the biggest Christian music festival
outside of the US are expecting this year's door sales to push attendance a
few thousand above last year's record 27,500...

Match made on heavenly website, by Katie Wylie
The Press 26 Jan 2008 Page: 11
Santa Maria and a pumpkin appear to have little in common. But David Breen
and Cathleen Drinnanâ€" who used the aliases Pumpkin4u and Santa Maria on an
internet dating site â€" found they were so compatible they became engaged.
The Christchurch couple met... [This article about the Catholic Matchmaker
service is not available on the newspaper's free Website, but can be read at
public libraries]

Wardrobe of kinship and ideology : Italian first holy communion dresses in
New Zealand, by Marissa Cassin
Context, Nov 2007/Mar 2008; n.14:p.25-29
The article examines how Roman Catholic traditions have been incorporated
into NZ culture through the medium of dress, focusing on one Italian
immigrant family’s collection of First Holy Communion dresses and how
wearing the dress connects the ’family memory’ of Italy with its adopted NZ
culture. 'Context:dress/fashion/textiles' is published by The New Zealand
Costume & Textile Section of the Auckland Museum Institute. To enquire about
getting a copy of the article, please write to: info@costumeandtextile.co.nz

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'THE FIFTEENTH STATION' - A monthly Catholic podcast

http://station15.libsyn.com/

In the programme of 14 January 2008 ... Pope Benedict's "state of the world"
address, the tragic but heroic passing of seminarian Jeremy Gray, Tony
Blair's conversion, 160 years of the Catholic Church in New Zealand and the
Pope's new ride.

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'BEING FRANK'

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/

Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...

** "I will make you make you fishers of men."
My flatmate (who is not a Christian or a Catholic) made a startling
discovery on Thursday night ... She discovered through a series of
sufferings that she has been going through over the last couple of months
that the human being must have a soul...

** “Every second I’m out of bed I’m burning precious calories�
Is it bad to want to look good?

** Just can’t help myself…
I’ve always had a rage about the disparity between the haves and the
have-nots, and it’s fair to say I haven’t always expressed this in the most
effective of ways. One of the offshoots of this has always been a generally
despising attitude towards the world of celebrity but a couple of
interesting things have happened lately that have caused me to rethink
this...

** Liturgist or Terrorist?
I heard a joke the other day which kinda ticked me off a bit… "What’s the
difference between a terrorist and a liturgist At least you can negotiate
with a terrorist…"

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

The Vatican in full-court ecumenical press
Today brings to a close the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and
I'm in Rome watching an all-star ecumenical cast mark the occasion. Although
there's been no historic breakthrough on the path to reunion, collectively
the week's events have offered a more hopeful counter-point to perceptions
of an ecumenical "big chill" ...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz/

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/

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

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EMPLOYMENT

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

[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]