FROM THE SECULAR PRESS ************************** NZ Church Leaders’ statement on Gaza http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0901/S00074.htm The leaders of New Zealand churches are deeply concerned about the dire situation in Gaza and support the call for an immediate ceasefire in the region ... Caritas Pledges $50,000 for Gaza http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/caritasnz/12317376919.htm Catholic humanitarian agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged an initial $50,000 to the Caritas response in Gaza... Caritas pleased with donor response to Burma (Myanmar) appeal http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/CJAL-7NCQMT?OpenDocument New Zealanders have so far given about $130,000 to the Burma/Myanmar cyclone appeal run by Catholic aid agency Caritas, and donations continue to flow in. Father Tony takes the reigns (photo) Queenstown Mirror http://tinyurl.com/79qhsh Since Fr Martin Flannery was relocated to Invercargill, St Joseph's Catholic parish has been without a permanent parish priest. But the wait is now over. North Island school lures principal http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/4818449a6523.html The new school year is upon us, which means change for a number of Kaikoura schools, and St Joseph's School is no exception. After four years as principal, Dave Lamont is leaving town for his new job in Dannevirke. Lucky ticket? (photo) Queenstown Mirror http://tinyurl.com/7zhepn Business was brisk for those on duty at the Roxburgh Catholic parish book sale on Friday morning ... Priest escapes protest rebuke (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4816350a6000.html Father Gerard Burns appears to have escaped censure for smearing an Israeli memorial with blood and paint and has not ruled out attending another pro-Palestine protest today... New location, same job title for principal http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/4817160a6523.html No change of job title is required when St Joseph's School principal David Lamont moves north from Kaikoura this month... Despised 'monks' generated unholy uproar Northern Advocate â€" â€" 13 January 2009 As Bishop Jean-Baptiste Pompallier and his Marist brothers produced 40,000 books in eight years, the missionaries strove to avoid "monks" at all cost. A "monk" was a printing term used to describe ink splotches transferred to type, resulting in unsightly smudges on the printed page... ************************************ NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCAST http://station15.libsyn.com ** Catechiwi ** January 2009: Three's Company Persons? Substances? Essences? How do we describe the three members of the Holy Trinity? In this month's episode, our triumvirate of Fr Merv Duffy, NZ Catholic's Gavin Abraham and the plush surrounds of Rendition Studios combine for a look at the Catholic understanding of the Trinity. Happy New Year! ************************************ 'BEING FRANK' http://www.beingfrank.co.nz New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ... Ecology + Human Dignity = Outrage (an article by Michael Cook on MercatorNet) ... Disguised as a novice (four days in a novitiate in Africa) ... Survivor Liturgy Island - Part Three ("Eight Catholics. Two teams. One Island. Ten days of dubious liturgy") ... ******************************** ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr. http://ncrcafe.org/node/507 Four historical forces reshaping Catholic-Jewish relations Recently I was on the PBS "Religion and Ethics Newsweekly" show, along with E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Kim Lawton of PBS, looking ahead to the big religion stories of 2009. At the end, host Bob Abernethy asked each of us to flag a "sleeper question" in '09 that we hadn't yet discussed. I went last, and my response was "Christian/Jewish relations." ******************************** WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH http://www.cathcom.org.nz http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz http://www.romereports.com (video) ******************************** EVENTS Parachute Music Festival Mystery Creek, Hamilton. January 23 to 26 2009 http://websites.parachutemusic.com/festival/2009/ Legacy: "Witness the Spirit" 21 - 22 February 2009 Tahaki Reserve, 250 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland World Youth Day follow-up for ages 16-35 Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 307 Dec. 21 - Jan 24 2008 p.8, and from Jo van Kempen, tel: (09) 360 3023; (027) 249 1448 ******************************** EMPLOYMENT [Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]

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