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The Ascension of the Lord

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

Discriminatory public domain option is "no solution" say Catholic Bishops (May 5, 2010)
New Zealand's Catholic Bishops say the government's preferred option for resolving ownership of the foreshore and seabed duplicates the discrimination of the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act...

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Oceania Bishops Conference - Archbishop John Dew elected president
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=21289
Archbishop John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington in New Zealand was elected yesterday as President of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania.

Opportunity realised (photo)
The Marlborough Express
http://tinyurl.com/2ekx3mb
People helping each other towards a common goal without expecting a financial reward keeps a community strong. That was the belief of Mick Murphy, a Blenheim man who tried to personally live by such a maxim.

Third Vinnies store (photo)
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/23sxzaj
An innovative Christchurch charity has been so successful it opened a third store last Saturday.

St Pat's place of true beauty (photos)
High Country Community Herald
http://tinyurl.com/2djqjbm
A peek inside one of the amazing places of Christian worship in Waimate - St Patrick's Catholic Church.

The power of Mass in slow motion (photo)
North Taranaki Midweek
http://tinyurl.com/25kle99
The Roman Catholic diocese of Palmerston North is holding a series of seminars in New Plymouth over the coming months called 'The Mass in Slow Motion'.

St Dominic's marks 50th year (photos)
Western Leader
http://tinyurl.com/2cruvbv
Sheila Sekula will mark her half century of involvement with St Dominic's parish when it celebrates its golden jubilee over Queen's Birthday weekend.

It's about improving lives, says Don (photo)
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/local/news/community-gem-its-about-improving-lives-says-don/3913840/
For more than 25 years, Don Brebner has put the needs of others before his own. He volunteers 30 to 50 hours each week at one of the many community organisations he is involved with, giving his time generously to those in need.

School selling roses
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/features/gardening-lifestyle/3696596/School-selling-roses
The work of a respected Catholic school identity is to live on in gardens around New Plymouth. Brother Oliver lived and worked at Francis Douglas Memorial College for 27 years before retiring last year.

Lyrical winner (photo)
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/2dr3a3m
The 2010 Caritas Aotearoa national Singout 4 Justice competition chose St Bede's College student Rahul George's 'Society's Tale' as the clear winner.

Touch-screens in schools
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/3679622/Touch-screens-in-schools
Pupils at Christchurch Catholic school Our Lady of the Assumption have been stretching, touching and dragging for the sake of education. Trialing one of the latest innovations in educational hardware, the pupils at the small school in Hoon Hay were playing around with the Smart Table, an interactive, multitouch system from Canadian company Smart, which also makes interactive whiteboards.

Proud day at new school (photo)
http://www.times.co.nz/cms/front_page_feature/2010/05/printer_proud_day_at_new_school.php
More than 200 children and staff at Sancta Maria Catholic Primary School, Botany, celebrated the opening on Friday.

Centre's opening a historic occasion for church (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/3676843/Centres-opening-a-historic-occasion-for-church
After 10 years of planning, a new $1.3 million centre for St Mary's Parish and St Joseph's School in Nelson was opened on Saturday.

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

** Retirement Community **
A reflection on May, the Trinity, and community as friendship, by Sister Mary Scanlan who lives in a retirement village.

** Ascension **
Luke 24: 46-53 : a reading and discussion with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Judith Wigglesworth at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** Big word of the week - Utilitarianism! (Utilitarianism and the theology of the body)
** "Under the sea, There'll be no accusations (there's more out there waiting to be discovered)
** Hey Hey, it's the Month of May! (Mary and St Therese of Lisieux)
** Out with the old.in with the new.au revoir (another blogger moves on)
** When the bough breaks (Legion of Christ / Regnum Christie: towards a concrete decision/direction for the movement)
** Home Time? (motherhood and having it all)

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* NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm
http://livingtheword.org.nz

Reflect - Veronica Lawson RSM
http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394

Daily Reflections (right-hand column)
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

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

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

O'Malley on the crisis, the visitation of women's orders, and Fatima
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/omalley-crisis-visitation-womens-orders-and-fatima

Few Catholic bishops anywhere in the world have spent more time coping with the fallout from the sexual abuse crisis - pastoral, political, legal, and spiritual - than Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston. O'Malley sat down with NCR on May 13 in Fatima, Portugal, where he's participating in the visit of Pope Benedict XVI. He discussed the pope's comments on the crisis en route to Portugal - insisting that the real problem is not attacks from the outside, but the reality of sin within the church - and other matters...

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FACEBOOK

Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick

Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz

'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15

Hato Hohepa / St Joseph's Maori Girls' College
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Napier/Hato-Hohepa/101194467580?v=info

Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://ko-kr.facebook.com/pages/Youth-for-Family-and-Life-YFL-New-Zealand/292888828797

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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 ]

Faith Formation Co-ordinator, Catholic Education Centre, Archdiocese of Wellington
http://www.wcec.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' May 2010, p.9, 'NZ Catholic' 'NZ Catholic' May 9 - 22 2010 p.23, and from The Director, Catholic Education Centre, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6140. Tel: (04) 496 1718; email: wcec@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 28 May 2010