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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 305 Nov. 30 - Dec. 13 2008
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Feature articles in the current issue:'God 'drew back veil' at WYD for a
glimpse of the future' ... 'Highlights of Hamilton's cathedral' (photos) ...
Advertising feature: Weddings
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
School farewelled at `mourning' tea (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4776388a19753.html
St Joseph's School in Lyttelton is closing its gates because of a dwindling
roll and a shortage of Catholic pupils...
Old Church serves up winning treat
Hawkes Bay Today â€" â€" A09 â€" 28 November 2008
Renovating the historic St Mary's Catholic Church in Meeanee was all about
being sympathetic to the heritage of the building, which held category 2
status with the Historic Places Trust.
Principal heads new challenge (photo)
Newslink
http://tinyurl.com/6y65yk
When St Peter's College principal Martin Chamberlain farewells the school at
the end of the year, he will be severing a link of more than 35 years ...
Cathedral a finalist
Central Leader
http://tinyurl.com/6hlxsv
St Patrick's Cathedral has been announced as a finalist in the country's
most prestigious engineering awards ...
School heading in the right direction according to ERO
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/58cocu
The Education Review Office recently released reports on St Joseph's
Catholic School in Te Aroha and Springdale School ...
Christ comes to Titirangi
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/christ-comes-titirangi-38298
For the past three months Richard Lewer has been the artist in residence at
the McCahon House in Titirangi. Now two of the bodies of work he completed
have gone on show at the Oedipus Rex Gallery. He has produced a set of 14
Stations of the Cross and The Weather Series â€" Ninety Nights in Titirangi
consisting of 90 small paintings of the weather map at midnight for the
three months of the residency... [Related link: Oedipus Rex Gallery. Richard
Lewer exhibition, with photos of some of the Stations:
http://www.orexgallery.co.nz/artist_pages/Lewer%20show08.htm ]
New $4m cathedral has parish pumped
Waikato Times | 22 Nov 2008 | | | Released: 1d. 10h. ago | Page: 47
You can't drive past without turning your head, saying ‘‘wow’’, and
admiring
Hamilton’s latest landmark, the very visible Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin
Mary in Grey St. It occupies such a public site, one of the city’s few
elevated spaces, and now a...
Overseas post excites Barbara (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/64db9g
Taupo Times
While Taupo teachers look forward to a well-earned break, St Patrick's
Catholic School's Barbara Knewstubb will head to Libya next month ...
Exam time at Pompallier (photo)
Whangarei Leader
http://tinyurl.com/6gab2e
Some cheered, some skipped and some looked like they were going to prison,
but one by one more than 70 Pompallier Catholic college students were called
into the school hall ...
Churches struggling (ONE News - text and video)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/2329262
According to the census, more than half of New Zealanders consider
themselves Christians. So why are so many churches struggling?
Kiwi seeks compo over alleged abuse by Aussie priest
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4771397a12.html
A New Zealand woman is launching a compensation claim against a diocese in
New South Wales for alleged sexual abuse by the late Father Denis
McAlinden...
When printers had balls and monks were a problem
Russell Review, 2009; p.55-57
Visits the only surviving pioneer printery in NZ, located in the Catholic
mission in Russell. Reports on the fascinating jargon used by the printers
to describe aspects of the wooden hand press process. [About Russell Review:
http://www.russellnz.co.nz ]
Where the heart is
Heritage New Zealand, Spr 2008; n.110:p.38-39
Features the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Reefton, a recent addition to the
NZ Historic Places Trust register. Speaks to Father Phil King-Turner about
the building’s history, design, and subsequent refurbishments. [Heritage New
Zealand: http://www.historic.org.nz/publications/hpt_magazine.html ]
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'Stay awake!'
A reading and discussion of Matthew 13:33-37 with Suzanne O'Rourke and Fr
David Kennerley at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand. Some current topics ...
What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you ... “Well, maybe if
he had better arch support, they wouldn’t have caught him� (Is our world
God’s
Sim City?) ... So I read another book… (trying to quit smoking) ... Mission
team’s little ‘fiats’ (Connect Mission Project in Vanuatu) ... The effect
of
various effects on the effectiveness of the President (even more about the
US election) ... Beware Greeks bearing gifts (Fr Tony Dunn SM's essay on the
Manichean spirit) ... Liturgy (how do we regard the Mass?)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Benedict on interreligious dialogue: How religions talk with each other
Any literary scholar will tell you that the key to interpreting a text is
identifying its genre. It’s a point clearly applicable to news this week
that Pope Benedict XVI has said that “interreligious dialogue, in the strict
sense of the term, is not possible� -- a statement which, at face value,
would seem to undercut 50 years of official dialogues with other faiths
sponsored by the Catholic church, not to mention the theological vision of
Nostrae Aetate, the document of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) on
relations with non-Christian religions...
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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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EVENTS
'Hearts Aflame' Catholic Summer School
9-18 January 2008
St Bede's College, Christchurch
Details:
http://www.heartsaflame.org.nz/HA2009/tabid/1348/Default.aspx
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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 ]
