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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Students spend lunch with police (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4493882a6497.html
Students at Hato Petera College got to share their lunch hour with the
police. The North Shore police community problem solving team organised a
sausage sizzle at the Northcote school last Wednesday to help students
fundraise for a trip to Sydney in July for World Youth Day...
Catholic clergy for Christchurch recruited abroad
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/4492648a6530.html
The Christchurch Catholic diocese is bringing in two priests from the
Philippines early next month, as well as one from India and a Latin-speaking
priest from the United States. Four young Vietnamese men will also be
sponsored to New Zealand, in the hope that they will qualify as priests in
future...
Community stalwart and local politician
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4492476a16897.html
Known affectionately as the "eyes and ears of Clyde", John Shand died
suddenly last week leaving a big gap in the community and local politics...
Visiting leader says time for church to acknowledge abuse
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/4492518a6530.html
Pope Benedict's apology to people who have been abused by clergy is an
opportunity for Catholic churches worldwide to take responsibility for
people abused under their care, a visiting expert says. United States
psychotherapist Mike Lew is in Christchurch to lead a weekend retreat with
the Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Trust (MSSAT)...
Time running out for charities
http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4489747a6430.html
With 10 weeks to go before the Charities Act takes full force, charitable
groups that have not registered best get on with the business or risk being
taxed as a business...
The "hidden" graveyard: KoroKoro Catholic cemetery (photo)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/62zqee
Few people driving past the piece of land with the large memorial at the
foot of Korokoro Hill know that it is actually a cemetery and therefore
sacred land ...
Gift for the grieving, by Kerre Woodham
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10505118
Although I was raised a Catholic, I don't have the gift of faith. I know
that term ``the gift of faith'' will set the teeth of non-believers on edge.
But having faith or belief really is a gift. I've seen dying men who are
believers and dying men who were empathetic atheists and, from my
experience, those who have some sort of faith have a much easier time of it
dying...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
Reflection: a peaceful garden (broadband and dial-up versions)
Sister Mary goes to a Japanese Peace Garden, and thinks about recent events
like the anniversary of the Wahine sinking, but why is she so happy?
Angel in the City
John 14:15-21: a reading and discussion with Dean Frank Nelson of St Paul's
Cathedral, Wellington and his colleague Irene.
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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 ...
The Early Church and the role of women ... Anzac Day, war and morality ..
Matt Maher's latest album ... Defining marriage, a North American view ...
The media and Pope Benedict .. The normalisation of sex shops
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MAGAZINES & NEWSLETTERS
Society of St vincent de Paul. April 2008 Newsletter
http://www.svdp.org.nz/index.php/current-news/
'Tui Motu Interislands' - an independent Catholic magazine. April 2008
http://www.tuimotu.org/
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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
The story behind the pope's meeting with sex abuse victims; Cardinal
O'Malley interview
Prior to Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States, some handlers
worried that the American media would impose the sexual abuse crisis as the
trip's dominant storyline. As it turns out, those fears were misplaced --
the media didn't impose the crisis upon the pope, he imposed it on us...
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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.
