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NEWS & NOTES - 22 March 2009 - Fourth Sunday in Lent
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'WEL-COM' - A newspaper for the Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses
http://www.welcom.org.nz
News
Good Sams restore St Joseph ... Palestinian supporters 'barred' ... New understandings of the Treaty of Waitangi
World News
Columns
Editorial: bushfires bring us to Eucharist ... The year of Paul - the pastoral letters. Kieran Fenn FMS ... Archbishop's column: Letter from Lyon. Archbishop John Dew
Schools
Ss Peter and Paul's tops wearable arts ... Marist St Pat's takes the prized Swindale ... Viard barbershop excels in pan-Pacific contest
Features
Hope for Treaty peoples ... A prayer of faith, hope and love for the victims of the Australian fires ... Preachers waiting at the banquet of Holy Wisdom
Wellington
Labyrinth reopens at Hutt Hospital ... Newtown People's Market a regular ... 160th anniversary of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Palmerston North
Talking to young people about seeing God everywhere ... Cullinane College leaders ... Recession doublespeak. Bishop Peter Cullinane
Reflection on the Sunday readings for the Sunday in Lent Year B
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Stations of the land : poems and images linking a railway journey to the devotional discipline of the Stations of the Cross (reviews), by Rev. Stuart Flinn and Msgr Tim Hannigan
Music in the Air : Song & Spirituality, Win/Spr 2008; n.26:p.16-18
A list of libraries which hold this periodical can be found at:
http://innz.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=570090
Groups walking for the planet (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/45069/groups-walking-planet
In the first co-operative campaign in more than a decade, churches throughout the South Island are mobilising to express their commitment to the environment.
Legal option after bullying
Girl suffered for months
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/2280966/Legal-option-after-bullying/
A family is considering legal action against St Mary's College in Wellington after a girl was bullied for so long that she lost 12 kilograms, spent three weeks in hospital and had to move to another school.
Diamond day for Paeroa couple (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/cj272s
Bernard and Joyce Creed have celebrated 60 years of marriage.
Students learn to help others
The Marlborough Express | 17 Mar 2009 Page 10
Service to others does not always come easily, but St Joseph’s School pupils are learning its value early. The children last Tuesday gave some of the produce they grew in the school’s organic garden to the owner of Gustos restaurant, Gareth McGlynn,...
Throw your hands in the air (photo caption)
Taieri Herald
http://tinyurl.com/creoaj
150 young Catholics gathered at Mosgiel's Holy Cross Centre for the Christ-fest youth gathering.
Choose your own challenge (photo)
High Country Herald
http://tinyurl.com/d73d4z
South Canterbury primary schools are introducing new homework initiatives in a bid for better results outside the clasroom. Timaru's Sacred Heart Primary School has joined the trend.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Gangster turned priest **
Part two of John Pridmore's story.
** We are loved **
A reading and discussion of John 3:14-21 with Kathryn Mciver and Fr Thige O'Leary at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS - http://station15.libsyn.com
'The Fifteenth Station' -
Sun, 15 March 2009
Station XV - Episode 19 - More popular than Obama?In this episode, we discuss one New Zealand bishop's response to the proposed 'three strikes' law, we talk about the terrible situation surrounding some excommunications in Brazil, we look at Pelosi and the Pope, we take a look at the events in South Brisbane; and is President Obama more popular than Jesus Christ?!?
'Familia'
1 March 2009 - Episode 6
This month’s edition of the Familia Podcast explores the following questions: - Why is there such a big divorce rate for couples who have sex before marriage? - Why do men represent Christ in a marriage when we are all meant to represent Christ in the world? - What is guilt and is it healthy? - Should someone with a serious medical condition take the Pill? - Aren’t NFP and contraception the exact same thing? - What is responsible family planning? - How candid should an unmarried couple be about sexual issues?
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
New and Improved (the spiritual life and the limits of technology) ... “Wait, I’m no missionary! I don’t even believe in Jebus!” (Aids and condoms) ... What a Man! (the Feast of St Joseph, Pope Benedict's name-day) ... Apostolicam Actuositem, I mean Actuositatem… (quotes from the Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity) ... What’s up with that?! (Canadian Lent collection money for pro-abortion groups in Mexico) ... Lost Tradition (a new Website on lost Catholic practices) ... Rosemary McLeod needs a reality check (a reply to an article by RM on compassion towards children)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Benedict in Cameroon a tale of two trips
By the time this column appears, Pope Benedict XVI will have left Cameroon for Angola, beginning the second leg of his March 17-23 maiden voyage to Africa. I don't think I've ever covered a papal trip where the gap between internal and external perceptions has been as vast as over these three days.
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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 ]
