Sunday, March 29, 2009

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NEWS & NOTES - 29 March 2009 - 5th Sunday in Lent

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

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Caritas Seeks To Be Heard On Overseas Aid Policy
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0903/S00311.htm
Catholic development agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is participating in Friday's multi-party summit on the future direction of New Zealand's overseas aid policy.

Years of St Dom's remembered (photo)
Feilding Herald
http://tinyurl.com/cdbfz9
Nearly 40 former pupils of St Dominic's School were among the crowd that gathered on Saturday for the Feilding launch of a book which has been in the making for about four years.

Church curtains set on fire
Kapiti Observer
http://tinyurl.com/d2td7e
St Patrick's Church, Paraparaumu, came within minutes of burning down on Monday after someone set fire to curtains inside.

Young Catholics celebrate their faith (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/47609/young-catholics-celebrate-their-faith
Last year's World Youth Day, an event that brought the Pope and many thousands of young people to Sydney had an echo in Mosgiel on Saturday.

Top students eye future (photo)
Whangarei Leader
http://tinyurl.com/d5aqbl
Pompallier Catholic College's head prefect could be the next New Zealand top cop if all goes as planned.

Indoor bowls back (photo)
Kapiti Observer
http://tinyurl.com/cz6jm9
St Patrick's Indoor Bowling Club celebrated its 50th year as a club last season, enjoying great successes.

Gardeners share common ground
Horowhenua Mail
http://tinyurl.com/cdvv7o
Sister Loyola Galvin, a Catholic nun in her 80s, and landscape gardener Ben Hoyle, 31, will both be guest speakers at the Kapiti coast sustainable Home and Garden Show.

Little School enjoys huge support from its wider community (photo)
http://www.localmedia.co.nz/petoneherald/stories/ph250309/ph250309-NEWS-%20san%20antonio%20+pic%20352%20subbed%20medium.txt.htm
The Petone Herald
Named in honour of Saint Antony of Padua, the patron saint of fishermen and sailors, the school was founded by the fledgling Italian community at Eastbourne in 1936. Today, with a school roll sitting at just 21, the school maintains the close-knit community feel on which it was originally built.

Diamond day for Paeroa couple (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/cj272s
Bernard and Joyce Creed have celebrated 60 years of marriage.

ING investments freeze leads to investigation
http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/ing-investments-freeze-leads-investigation-2579235
The Commerce Commission is investigating ING and its co-owner the ANZ Bank, after 8000 New Zealanders had their investments frozen. One is New Zealander Dennis Catchpool, who had a big responsibility to invest nearly half a million dollars on behalf of the Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea.


** The Catholic Church, Abortion and Aids ***

Pope's condom-ban won't stop spread of Aids
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/Default.aspx?s=3&s1=2&id=10432

Editorial: The flat earth church
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/csq8vd

Letters to the editor
The Dominion Post 26/03/2009
http://tinyurl.com/c8sukc

Vile attack on Pope (letter to the editor)
The Press, 25 Mar 2009, Edition 2, Page 12.

Pope puts education ahead of condoms
Hawkes Bay Today — A06 — 25 March 2009

Pope no aid to sufferers
Northern Advocate — 6 — 25 March 2009

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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net

** We must die to live **
A reading and discussion of John 12:20-33 with Kathryn Mciver and Fr Thige O'Leary at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.

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

New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...

How do we reduce teenage pregnancy? Advertise abortions on television! (a UK proposal to allow abortion and condom advertising on prime time television)

"‘No TV and No Beer Make Homer something something" (Lent: It’s not that I haven’t tried – I really have!)

Raise the Alarm (on President Obama's visit to Notre Dame University)

Injustice on my doorstep, hope in the Eucharist (a Liberian refugee in West Africa)

Tora, tora, tora!!! (reaction to the reactions to Pope Benedict on Aids)

Q&A from South Brisbane (Fr Peter Kennedy and St.Mary’s Church)

What difference does a piece of paper make? (the quality of marital and nonmarital relationships)

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

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

Liberation theology African style

After the pope ended his Africa swing on Monday, my wife and I remained in Cameroon for most of this week, pondering the impact of the trip and taking stock of the African church. The experience reinforced an impression I’ve long had, and here it is in a sound-bite: What African Catholicism has to offer the global church is liberation theology without the hang-up over ecclesiastical authority.

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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 ]