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NEWS & NOTES - 1 November 2009 - ALL SAINTS

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

St Luke E-Conference (October 30, 2009)

Another free half-day E-Conference will be held on Wednesday 4 November, following the success of the St Paul E-Conference held earlier this year. The E-Conference will mark the Year of St Luke with the theme “Come to the Table”. It will take place from 12.30-5.30pm New Zealand time and will be streamed live from Sydney...

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NZ CATHOLIC - No. 328 - November 1-14 2009

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In the current issue ... Anglicans have mixed response to papal invite ... Advertisement ruling reflects Catholic complaints .. Theologians differ on call to priesthood ... Lower Hutt introduces karanga on Sundays ... Disabled woman journeys from anti-life athiest to pro-life Catholic ... Irish priest enjoyoing swap to NZ ... Cardinal's candour confounds curia ... Advertisiing feature: Catholic Caring Foundation

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Unholy rip-off (photo)
Sunday News
http://tinyurl.com/yf6zs9n
Gerard Maychurch allegedly gambled away donations given to him by parishioners for medical expenses.

Society sends gifts to Polish children
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/76338/society-sends-gifts-polish-children
When Dunedin City Councillor John Bezett visits an orphanage in Poland this month, he will take with him some very special gifts from Dunedin. [About Fr Matthew Devereux LC: http://de.vocation.com/content-apx.htm ]

Refugee reunion (photo)
Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/yh5e7ow
Polish refugee children who came to New Zealand on November 1 1944 will commemorate their arrival and life in New Zealand at the Wellington Overseas Terminal this weekend.

Pace of life increasing at McMurdo (photos)
http://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/travel/77934/pace-life-increasing-mcmurdo
A report by Queenstown priest Fr Tony Harrison, who is working as a chaplain at McMurdo Station, Ross Island, the Antarctic, together with Mark Smith from the U.S. Air National Guard...

'Common ground' on Pope's move
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10605568
A revelation by Pope Benedict XVI that he will allow married Anglican priests to convert to being Catholic ministers is unlikely to cause much of a stir in New Zealand, high-ranking Anglican and Catholic clergy say.

Caritas breaks $250,000 barrier in tsunami appeal
http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/caritas-breaks-quarter-million-in-tsunami-appeal/
Four weeks after the devastating tsunami that killed almost 200 hundred people in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has received more than $250,000 in a generous response from New Zealanders giving to the relief effort.

Raising Pacific funds: College helping tsunami victims (photo)
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/ygveh5g
Catholic Cathedral College students had plenty of personal reasons to raise money for the Pacific killer tsunami and Philippines typhoon relief mission on campus last Thursday.

Indoor bowling club is turning 50
Upper Hutt Leader
http://tinyurl.com/yjyuog9
St Catherine's indoor bowling club celebraters its 50th anniversary tonight with a dinner and prizegiving [The New Zealand Catholic Indoor Bowls
Federation: http://abowler.homestead.com/index.html ]

`Choice' life has strong local ties
The Daily Post (Rotorua) — A003 — 30 October 2009
You don't get much more Rotorua than Ngapuia Kennedy. If there's such a thing as a Rotorua pure-bred, we venture to say Ngapuia Kennedy is that person. Born in an Ohinemutu whare 82 years ago, she's never lived more than a handful of kilometres from the CBD. Add to that her Morrison maiden name and that ``pure-bred'' tag seems irrefutable.

Blasphemy doesn't fly, by Alice Neville
Herald on Sunday A023 — 01 November 2009
A billboard playing on the crucifixion of Christ has prompted a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The ad for Air New Zealand's grabaseat website, up in Auckland's Newmarket, features a picture of Christchurch cathedral with a crucifix and the words: ``Fares to Christchurch that won't crucify you.''

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RADIO NEW ZEALAND. 'NINE TO NOON'
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/20091028

Catherine Ryan interviews Sister Catherine Cowley, the former investment banker turned nun, who predicted the banking crash

Sister Catherine is a Religious of the Assumption, a lecturer in Christian ethics at Heythrop College, the University of London, and a former wealth management advisor. Her thesis 'The Application of Catholic Social Teaching to Business Ethics with particular reference to the Finance Sector' was the basis for her 2006 book, 'The Value of Money - Ethics and the World of Finance'.

The first half of the interview traces Sister Catherine's departure from, and return to, the Catholic Church. She explains what vows of poverty, chastity and obedience mean in the twenty-first century, then talks about how she came to write her book.

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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net

**Making vows**
Sister Stephanie Kitching interviews Sr Anna Burrows who has just made her first vows as a Sister of Mercy.

** "Rejoice and be glad" **
The Beatitudes illustrated, chanted by the Russian Orthodox monks of Valaam Monastery, Karelia, Russia.

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'BEING FRANK' - http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...

Stealing the First Fruits (Brian Tamaki and the Destiny Church) ... When in Rome… (a visit to the Eternal city) ... one knows they are busy when… ('Law & Order' episode outrages pro-abortion groups) ... Wow! (Anglican Personal Ordinariate) ... Break before you break (work-life balance) ... The good fight is a battle (St Damien de Veuster of Molokai)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.

http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic

The next generation of Catholic leaders
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/next-generation-catholic-leaders

Despite the ennui of too much time in airports and hotel rooms, I usually try to accept whenever I'm invited to give a talk someplace. That's partly because I get paid, but there's also a less mercenary motive. Like a stand-up comic, I've learned that there's simply no substitute for a live audience. It hard-wires me into what real people are thinking -- what stirs their curiosity, what their hopes and fears are, what leaves them cold or makes their blood boil.

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

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

http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)

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EMPLOYMENT

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

[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]