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Pentecost

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

Consultation underway for proposed Catholic tertiary institution (May 21, 2010)

The New Zealand Catholic bishops have begun a formal consultation process with Catholic education staff about the development of a proposed new Catholic tertiary education institution, under the collective ownership of the diocesan bishops. The proposed institution would be created by merging parts of the Wellington Catholic Education Centre (WCEC) and parts of Auckland's Catholic Institute of Theology (CIT). Education staff in other dioceses will also be involved...


Pure Love speaker to visit Auckland, Hamilton and Christchurch (May 21,
2010)

During National Youth Week (22-30 May) young Catholics and their parents will hear about sexual purity from Theology of the Body speaker Jason Evert. Starting on Sunday, the Californian-based speaker will visit Auckland (23-24 May), Hamilton (25-26 May) and Christchurch (27 May) to address local Theology of the Body presenters and youth leaders, Catholic school students, parents and the wider community...

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'NZ CATHOLIC' no. 341 May 23 - June 5 2010

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In the current issue ... Culture causes doubts about marriage today ... Big tick for special workers; altar bread-making skills ... Two new doctoral graduates honoured .. Abortion nurse's thinking revealed ... Koreans aim to stop new-Catholic drift .. The contraceptive pill turns 50 ... Executive pay rates out of line with workers' pay ... Attended with love, the Mass is not boring

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' DAY

St Patrick's Catholic School Taupo. Catholic Schools' Day - Quick Facts
Taupo Times
http://tinyurl.com/2fofex2

Catholic Schools' Day - May 19
Manawatu Times
http://tinyurl.com/28jva6s

Marking occasion (photo caption)
Northern Outlook
http://tinyurl.com/2fkf6mo
Pupils from St Joseph's School in Rangiora dressed up in cultural costume this week to celebrate World Catholic Schools Day.

Schools mass for day of sharing (photo)
The Nelson Mail
http://tinyurl.com/29l7aym
Mass lived up to its name yesterday as 1000 children packed into the Trafalgar Centre to Celebrate Catholic Schools Day.

Schools' day out a successful occasion (photo)
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/2edazfw
About 500 students from eleven Catholic schools around the Waikato region took part in the annual Catholic schools' winter sports tournament.

Catholic pupils following in steps of Gandhi (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/106779/catholic-pupils-following-steps-gandhi
Both Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela promoted the phrase "be the change if you wish to see the change" - and these words of wisdom were also the theme for Catholic Schools' Day yesterday.

St Mary's celebrates 160 years (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/the-wellingtonian/3714513/St-Marys-celebrates-160-years
St Mary's College Wellington is this year celebrating 160 years of Catholic education. The college celebrated the occasion yesterday, in parallel with Catholic Schools Day.

Historic day for St Mary's (another photo)
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/2e6cd4l

School service (photo)
Taranaki Daily News
http://tinyurl.com/2cerlgc
Patience was truly a valued virtue among the 550 Catholic schoolchildren who gathered for a special hour-long Mass at St Joseph's Church in New Plymouth yesterday.

Universal change (photo caption)
Timaru Herald
http://tinyurl.com/2bp845h
Morning of prayer: Pupils from Catholic schools around South Canterbury celebrate Catholic Schools' Day with Mass at Sacred Heart Basilica.

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In other news ...

Treasured church hits 75 years (photo)
Timaru Herald
http://tinyurl.com/27oe3xm
The Church of the Good Shepherd celebrates its 75th anniversary this weekend.

Mum's secret remedies revealed (photo)
The Southland Times
http://tinyurl.com/2525ojf
Tried and True Remedies My Mother Recommended was launched in Queenstown this week. The handbook was compiled as a surprise fundraiser and gift for Queenstown Catholic Women's League member and kidney dialysis patient Catherine Swale, 65.

Honouring those fallen (photo caption)
East and Bays Courier
http://tinyurl.com/24xe5on
St Michael's Catholic School students presented a wreath on behalf of Auckland school children at the Anzac Day service at Auckland Museum.

School reels after death of student
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/7273389/school-reels-after-death-of-student/
Campion College, a Gisborne school community, is reeling from the tragic loss of a student, after an 11-year-old died in a freak accident on Wednesday night.

Councillor farewelled (photo)
The Hutt News
Part one: http://tinyurl.com/2bm4o9x
Part two: http://tinyurl.com/27wlfj8
Doreen Doolan, the Petone Borough councillor of 27 years after whom the mall off Jackson Street is named, was farewelled at Sacred Heart Church in Britannia Street on May 10. In 1994 she shifted back to Taumarunui where she was born in 1930.

Gambling vote 'missed' opportunity
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/106772/gambling-vote-039missed039-opportunity
By not implementing a sinking-lid gambling policy, the Dunedin City Council has missed an opportunity to curb problem gambling in the city, welfare organisations say.

Candidates in firing line over school deal
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10646146
Political pressure is coming on Auckland City Mayor John Banks and Citizens & Ratepayers councillors over their decision to move Monte Cecilia primary school for parkland.

Council meeting set to clear way for deal on Catholic school
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10645913
Auckland City's finance committee is expected to give the go-ahead today to close a deal to buy Monte Cecilia primary school for parkland.

What Is "Suitable" Work? Welfare Changes Beg The Question
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00198.htm
A definition of "suitable" work is required before further progress is made on extending work testing and benefit sanctions to domestic purpose and sickness beneficiaries, says Catholic social justice agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand in a submission on the Social Assistance (Future Focus) Bill.

Looking after those who work in our vineyards
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/3713644/Looking-after-those-who-work-in-our-vineyards
Marlborough Stone Art's director Lasike Kula does more than build walls, gates and mailboxes of Wairau and Pukeko quarry stone to grace the fronts of local wineries and homes. The Tongan-born seven-year resident of Blenheim is also the pastoral care adviser to the Nivan employees working in local vineyards.

Auckland's Baradene College will hold an after-ball function, but it will be alcohol free.
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/7263149/after-ball-function-going-ahead/

Parents organise girls' after-ball alcohol
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10645706
Parents of students at a top Catholic girls' school are organising an after-ball party with alcohol - despite police warnings that such action is illegal.

Church planning alterations
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/queenstown/106269/church-planning-alterations
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunedin has applied to Lakes Environmental for resource consent to make alterations to the historic St Joseph's Church in Queenstown.

Order no longer willing to deal with trust
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3726629/Order-no-longer-willing-to-deal-with-trust
A Catholic order mired in a historical sexual abuse scandal has been accused of snubbing a Christchurch group that has helped their victims for 12 years.

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

** Working Parishes **
What makes a parish work? Parishioners of St Joseph's, Mt Victoria, Wellington, respond.

** Pentecost **
John 20: 19-23 : a reading and discussion with Violet Kudzotsa and John Teariki.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** Vocation - Hearing God's call and bringing his love into the world
** "Up and atom!" (what if we lived in an alternate reality?)
** Redistribution of Wealth (taxation and morality)
** A bit of number-crunching (how is 'Being Frank' doing?)
** Bonus material (can a modern-day illusionist re-create the gospel miracles)
** "The Pill's legacy is social anarchy, says sex goddess"

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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

The autonomy of bishops, and suing the Vatican
http://ncronline.org/news/autonomy-bishops-and-suing-vatican

At first blush, most people probably assume that the sexual abuse crisis will result in tighter control from Rome over local bishops. The logic is impeccable: The failure of some bishops to do the right thing is a core element of the crisis, and only the pope can really hold bishops accountable. Yet at the moment, the ecclesiological fallout from the crisis, especially in the United States, seems to cut in the opposite direction -- promoting the autonomy of individual bishops and of the bishops' conference, if not so much theologically and canonically, then psychologically and culturally...

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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

GIFT Centre, Balmoral - http://www.giftcentre.org.nz
Residential Caregiver (Houseparent) - 6 month fixed term contract.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 23 - June 5 2010 p.23, and fromBrian Nicholas, GIFT Centre, 28A Telford Avenue, Balmoral. Tel: 620-9254; Fax: 620 9250; Email: giftcentre@xtra.co.nz