Sunday, March 2, 2008

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS


New priest at age 76 (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/387vou
Rev Vince Smith, a former Hikutaia man, has become an ordained Roman
Catholic priest at the age of 76 ...

Sisters of Nazareth's mortgages irk abuse claimants
http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4421084a24035.html
Financial loans a Catholic order of nuns has granted to abuse complainants,
secured over their homes, have been questioned as "unethical" and
"inappropriate" by a victims' advocate group...

Nothing prepares us for finality of death, by John Roughan
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10495358
Mum sat on the edge of the bed while the last of the doctors, an overbearing
anaesthetist, outlined what would happen.
"Do you have any questions?" he finished. "No", she replied, "I think I'm in
the hands of experts." And they wheeled her away...

Site safety net for Parachute
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikatotimes/4419286a6415.html
A contract that will lock the Parachute Christian music festival into
Mystery Creek Events Centre for another five years is yet to be signed by
both parties...

Blogger targets 'political' editing of Wikipedia in Beehive
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10495206
A person at Parliament is making too many "political" alterations to New
Zealand entries in the open-access internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia, says
media commentator Russell Brown of Auckland. The IP address used for the
June 2007 alterations - to remove information about the deputy Opposition
leader Bill English's moral beliefs and family - is assigned to the New
Zealand Parliament, Brown said...

Hands clasped as world prays
South Waikato News
http://tinyurl.com/39zrkq
The annual World Day of Prayer service for the needs of the world will be
celebrated in the Waikato on Friday, March 7. Both Tokoroa and Putaruru
will be part of the 300 services held in New Zealand on this day ...

[The following stories are not avaialable on the newspapers' free Websites,
but can be read at public libraries]

Meeting with order disappoints
The Press 23 Feb 2008 Page: 11
Hart Cox, a former Christchurch farmer shot in 1966 by a teen who ran away
from a Catholic residential school, has finally met with the order that ran
the institution. The Cox family has waited 41 years to meet the St John of
God Order ...

St James celebrates
Manawatu Standard 29 Feb 2008 Page: 5 (no link)
Palmerston North's St James’ Catholic School is celebrating its 50th
Jubilee, with events being held from today through until Sunday. Past and
present students and staff will be attending a dinner, mass, and various
events over the weekend...

A rich history
Manawatu Standard 29 Feb 2008 Page: 29 (no link)
St Patrick’s Parish was established in Palmerston North in 1875. But it was
not until 1877 that the first church was built in Broad Street (now known as
Broadway Avenue). The Catholic community’s first school was established in
the church building ...

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MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS

Marist Messenger - March 2008
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/

Society of St Vincent de Paul News - February 2008
http://www.svdp.org.nz/index.php/current-news/

St. Columban's Missionary Society magazine 'The Far East' - Jan.-Feb. 2008
http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652

Tui Motu InterIslands - Feb. 2008
http://www.tuimotu.org/

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/

What to make of a miracle?
From Wellington's Anglican Cathedral, a discussion about one of the most
famous miracles in the Bible ... which tells of a blind man's sight being
restored.

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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 ...

- WYD
- Can you smell the fear? (Referendum on the anti-smacking law)
- I still believe the children are our future (Cardinal Pell's Mass at St
Patrick's cathedral)
Communism would probably be more just? but it doesn’t work…

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

In much of the global south, especially in places where a majority of the
population is Catholic, the "job description" of a Catholic bishop often
includes acting as a "tribune" in the original sense -- meaning a
representative and a voice for the country's people, as opposed to its
government and ruling class. This week brought a classic case in point, in
the form of a visit to Washington, D.C., by Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval
of Bolivia...

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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/ ]