KIWICATH NEWS & NOTES

A weekly snapshot of Catholic life in New Zealand

2 May 2010

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Te Waiora wins Hui Aranga kapahaka competition (full text)
Waatea News http://www.waatea603am.co.nz
Maori Catholics had a busy Easter with more than 5000 people turning out to the 58th Hui Aranga at Te Aute College in the Hawkes Bay. The annual event involves religious debate, sports, kapa haka and choral singing. Master of ceremonies Soli Hemara from Ngapuhi says the cultural performance were of a particularly high standard, with Feilding's Te Waiora taking out the overall prize. Soli Hemara says it's take the judged six years to come to terms with Te Waiora's unique style of kapa haka, which includes extremely theatrical elements.

Radio New Zealand. 'Sunday Morning'. Tiago Thorlby - Slavery for Biofuels
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/20100502
Padre Tiago Thorlby is a Scots priest who has worked with landless people, homesteaders and sugarcane workers in Brazil for 25 years. He's part of the ecumenical church organisation, The Pastoral Land Commission, and is based in Pernambuco, north-east Brazil. He talks to Chris Laidlaw about the impact of biofuel production on human rights, food security and the environment.

'Privileged' to work at the Vatican (photo)
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/2g932s4
Monsignor Charles Drennan has returned from a seven-year stint at the Vatican working closely with the Pope. The former Christ's College pupil tells Beck Eleven about readjusting to Christchurch life.

Selfless mum to hundreds (photos)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/3638877/Selfless-mum-to-hundreds
In a marriage that spanned 45 years, Marie and Frank Heffernan brought up five children and 15 grandchildren. But the number of people who called Mrs Heffernan mum was in the hundreds. "She was a mum to everyone, the true meaning of the word mother," says her son Adrian Heffernan. Mrs Heffernan died recently after a short battle with cancer, aged 74.

School Open Days: Family atmosphere key to school's caring culture
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/29nhme9
Catholic Cathedral College is making the right moves for many parents in the run-up to its open night, thanks to a new 2017 vision , which is encouraging innovation and an uptake of music across the school.

School Open Days: Cultural activities on show
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/2cdn3rg
There is little debate that arts and cultural activities will be on show at the St Bede's College Open Day, given the school's recent achievements in music, theatre and the arts.

Speakers take shield (photo)
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/2ad9r3w
Speaking in class isn't always welcome, but it won the grand prize for St Thomas of Canterbury College's Bishop Lyons Shield team.

Mass held for Lady with the Lantern
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/53027/mass-held-lady-with-lantern
A courageous and valiant woman was remembered during a special Mass in Green Island's St Peter Chanel Chapel yesterday. Foundress of the Order of Presentation, Sr Nano Nagle died 225 years ago.

The present, not past, can be changed (photo)
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/26uz7dk
The following is a sermon given by Monsignor Charles Drennan of the Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Sunday April 18, giving a Christchurch perspective on the global church's turmoil.

The French Connection, by Hugh Laracy
NZ Listener February 27-March 5 2010
http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3642/features/14961/printable/the_french_connection.html
The curse of sleepless nights has provided an unexpected boon to lovers of New Zealand history. The Reverend Dr Charles Girard, an American member of the Catholic society of the Marists, who is based in Atlanta, Georgia, has achieved a monumental work of salvage in bringing to light some 8000 pages of letters and other documents written by French missionaries based in New Zealand and around the Pacific in the mid-1800s.

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

** Love one another **
John 13:31-35 : a reading and discussion with Vicky Wall and Theresa Ulmer.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** "And now, please rise for our opening hymn, uh. (Music at Mass)
** The Reign of Christ (Legion of Christ, and Regnum Christi)
** A convoluted route to Sunday Mass with a bottle of Tonic water. (Church and culture in Congo)
** What goes on upstairs? (the bored faithful at Mass)
** Lest we forget (Anzac Day and the just war)

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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

American Catholic Demographics and the Future of Ministry
Http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/american-catholic-demographics-and-future-ministry

Earlier this week I was in Chicago to keynote the annual conference of the National Association of Church Personnel Administrators, which is composed of folks struggling to help the church integrate contemporary best practices in human resources and business management. It's largely unheralded work, but critical if the Catholic church is to avoid the administrative meltdowns that too often mar its public image and impair its moral authority. I was asked to talk about American Catholic demographics and what they suggest about the future of ministry. Though none of what I had to say constitutes news, sometimes it's useful to step back and focus on the forest rather than its individual trees.

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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 ]

Heretaunga Pastoral Co-ordinator, Hawkes Bay Pastoral Area
http://www.pn.catholic.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' May 2010, p.13 and from David Martin tel: (06) 844 4274; e-mail: davidandelaine@xtra.co.nz Applications close 7 May 2010

Managing Editor, 'NZ Catholic'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no.339 April 25 - May 8 2010 p.22, and from Kerry Coleman, tel: (09) 360-3005; e-mail: kerryc@cda.org.nz Applications close 16 May 2010.

Team member, CYT: Youth and Young Adult Ministries, Catholic Diocese of Christchurch.
http://www.cyt.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no.339 April 25 - May 8 2010 p.23, and from Chris Lysaght, Director, e-mail: clysaght@chch.catholic.org.nz ; tel: (03) 366 9869

Faith Formation Co-ordinator, Catholic Education Centre, Archdiocese of Wellington
http://www.wcec.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' May 2010, p.9 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