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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Donation, thanks from priests (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/4486460a6563.html
The 170 Catholic priests from the South Island gathered in Blenheim this
week for their national assembly have come bearing gifts for the community
in the form of a donation to the Crossroads (Marlborough) Trust...
Special farewell (photo)
Queenstown Mirror
http://tinyurl.com/4puwv6
The children and staff of St Joseph's School, Queenstown gave Father Martin
Flannery a special farewell last Thursday ...
Charity tax changes approved
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425823/1721460
The government has given the go-ahead to tax changes designed to make
charitable giving of money and volunteers' time easier...
Brother faces sex charges
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/4481743a24035.html
Brother Rodger Moloney, 73, will face trial on 30 charges of historic sexual
abuse against boys, dating back to the 1970s...
Polar faith
Antarctica reveals 'a God who takes care of us' (photo)
http://www.thelutheran.org/article/article.cfm?article_id=7077&id=1
Growing up in Makoti, N.D., Judy Markwardt Goldsberry looked out her window
to the beauty of the flat prairie and acres of wheat. Every October to
February since 1991, she has left her North Dakota landscape to operate
heavy equipment in Antarcticaâ€"at Williams Field, McMurdo Station and the
South Pole...
Walking wins breakfast (photos)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/6zftws
Dedication to 'Feet First' ideals earned the twenty one pupils of
Eastbourne's tiny San Antonio School a free breakfast last Friday ...
Last rites performed in mid-Mass medical drama
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4481306a10.html
A doctor answering an emergency call to a Hawera church service on Sunday
discovered it was his mother-in-law who had collapsed and the priest had
already performed the last rites...
Latin mass held for traditionalists
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4478525a6010.html
A Latin mass was held in Timaru last night for a dozen of people who believe
the Catholic faith lost its way the 1960s with changes to doctrine,
including not holding the mass in Latin...
[The following story is not available on the newspaper's free Website]
Essential Bedean, by David McCarthy (obituary)
The Press 19 Apr 2008 Page: 57
When Alaster McDonald entered the portals of St Bede’s College for the first
time as an 11-year-old in 1941, the school’s motto, Fide et Opereâ€" faith and
good worksâ€" must have made a deep impression. McDonald discharged his
responsibility to both...
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
Pope Benedict expresses deep shame for clergy sexual abuse (16 Apr 2008)
Pope Benedict arrived in Washington for his first papal visit to the United
States in the afternoon of 15th April (Washington time). On arrival he was
greeted at the steps of his special Alitalia aircraft by President and Mrs
George W Bush and their daughter Jenna â€" an honour the President has never
given to another head of state...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
Our place: Your local Filipinos
Dondi travels to Wanganui to visit the brand new Catholic community of
Filipinos there. Why have they banded together, and why don't they just
mingle with the native-born New Zealand Catholics ...? [A dial-up version
can be viewed in Internet Explorer only]
Angel in the City: At the font
Chris Skinner and Regina are at the baptismal font in St Mary of the Angels.
The Reading is Jn 14:1-12 ("I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life ...")
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'THE FIFTEENTH STATION' - A monthly New Zealand Catholic podcast
http://station15.libsyn.com/
In the programme for 15 April 2008 ...
'The Baptism seen around the world'
We talk about the very public baptism of Magdi Allam by the Pope, the
possible launch of a pro-life political party in New Zealand, the sad story
of Archbishop Ncube, Easter trading and the Pope's new ride from New York
City!
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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 ...
** Let’s all be sex positive! ("in a nutshell, sex positive attitudes are
those that actively encourage “healthy� attitudes towards sexual
experimentation...)
** “And once again tithing is 10% off the top. Please people, don’t force us
to audit.�
** In memory (prayers for the students who drowned)
** What colour are your glasses? (A little latin is good for the soul)
** It’s the Olympics - let’s all look the other way shall we?
** Popearazzi (Pope Benedict and the news media)
** Hail Mary full of GRACE (don’t think you have messed up so much it’s not
worth being Catholic any longer)
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EVENTS
World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz/
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Daily news and updates of Pope Benedict's visit to America.
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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/ ]
Property Asset Manager, Auckland Diocese
http://www.administrationaucklandcatholic.org.nz/Property/tabid/871/Default.aspx
Details in 'NZ Catholic' April 6 - 19, 2008 p.23, on
http://jobs.search4.co.nz/job/view/2jn34z/search/ao/auckland/real-estate/
and from David Randall, Pompallier Diocesan Centre, tel: (09) 360 3031;
e-mail: davidr@cda.org.nz Applications close 21 April 2008
Part-time Experienced Counsellor, Catholic Social Services, Wellington
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=153
Details in 'Wel-com' April 2008 p.17 and from The director, Catholic social
Services, PO Box 9408, Wellington 6141. Applications close 24 April 2008.
