Sunday, January 18, 2009



FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

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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...

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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!

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'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") ...

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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."

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.romereports.com (video)

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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

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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 ]





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