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The Body and Blood of Christ

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

Work is much more than employment, say Catholic bishops (June 2, 2010)

This week Catholics will receive a pastoral letter called 'Working for Life' from the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (NZCBC). The bishops suggest ways that people can overcome and learn from the economic recession, and look at the Catholic concept of work in the contexts of redundancies and the effects of economic instability on the good of people...

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In no. 342, June 6 - 19 2010 ... Catholic tertiary shake-up in wind .. NZ bishops distribute letter about work, life and dignity ... 'NZ Catholic' appoints editors ... Website a first stop for pilgrims ... New sin book launched ... Raising chaste Catholic teens today ... Love of Scripture begins at home .. Advertising feature: Education (7 pages)

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

'The Brothers Finn'
The Sunday Star Times
Part one: http://tinyurl.com/25ehdju
Part two: http://tinyurl.com/28w49cy
An edited extract from 'Together Alone: the Story of the Finn Brothers'

TVNZ. Marae TV. Matangi Te Wake's recovery from brain injury
Part one: http://www.youtube.com/user/maraetvnz#p/a/u/1/iE_MZvrgXTk
Part two: http://www.youtube.com/user/maraetvnz#p/a/u/0/wjchedRM3zs
A story of the Northland Catholic community of Panguru (partly in Maori, with English subtitles)

In the Tuhoe heartland (photo)
The Press
Part one: http://tinyurl.com/245zzva
Part two: http://tinyurl.com/29m8f6q
The history and people of Te Urewera National Park, with a photo of "the tiny Hato Paora Catholic church at Ngaputahi".

Sky-high repairs take shine off luxury tower: Heavenly haven for priests (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/2aopjtb
A multi-million dollar lawsuit has been filed over leaky buildings at the Nautilus Apartments in Orewa. The Auckland Catholic Diocese Clergy Trust Fund owns an apartment at the Nautilus.

Caring Vinnies get special recognition (photo)
The Motueka Golden Bay News
http://tinyurl.com/24ba52m
Motueka Night Shelter Colina Kareroa was chuffed about St Peter Chanel Vinnies' success at the Youth Volunteer Awards in Nelson.

Stepping stone to further challenge (photo)
The Nelson Mail
http://tinyurl.com/25s52ex
Five Nelson school students from Garin College and one from Nelson College for Girls are in the race of their lives when the gun goes off on the Rollo's Adventure Race in Golden Bay tomorrow.

Grey Lynn Man's Death Not Suspicious (full text)
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/grey-lynn-man039s-death-not-suspicious/5/50931
Wellington, June 3 NZPA - The death of a man in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn overnight does not appear to be suspicious. Manamana Heti, also known as Stephen Heti, was found dead by ambulance staff at his home in the Catholic Cook Island Centre in the suburb of Grey Lynn shortly before 11pm yesterday. In a statement tonight, police said a post mortem had been completed and his death did not appear to be suspicious.

Blake's selfless act (photo)
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/2cj6qh6
Blake Rossiter's a bit thin on hair these days, but more than makes up for it elsewhere. With every right to a decent-size chip on his shoulder, the St Thomas of Canterbury College pupil spoke to around 500 of his schoolmates at Friday weekly assembly.

For when the going gets tough
Upper Hutt Leader
http://tinyurl.com/245f6uq
St Joseph's Church is hosting a parish mission this week in conjunction with the Institute for World Evangelisation, a lay Catholic missionary group based at St Gerard's Monastery on Mt Victoria.

St Joseph's receives good grades
Upper Hutt Leader
http://tinyurl.com/24xrxqt
Catholic values at St Joseph's Primary School in Upper Hutt are evident through the high level of pastoral care and close links with the local parish, says the Education Review Office.

St Pat's chalks up 125 years (photo)
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/26vgah6
In 1885, Victoria was the reigning queen, women were fighting for the vote and Wellington's population had just topped 20,000. It was also the year that St Patrick's College - the oldest Catholic boys' secondary school in New Zealand - was founded. Known around Wellington for its uniform of bright blue blazers, the school is celebrating its 125th jubilee this week.

St Pat's celebrates 125 years (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/the-wellingtonian/3740840/St-Pats-celebrates-125-years

Haka kicks off St Pat's 125th jubilee celebrations (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/3760090/Haka-kicks-off-St-Pats-125th-jubilee-celebrations

Nothing's sacred from burglars
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/3762100/Nothings-sacred-from-burglars
They pilfered the changing rooms during a club rugby match, stole from a circus - and even broke into a church. Burglars have been on a spree in the Waikato in recent days and nothing seems to be sacred.

Brave the cold for wisecracking nuns
Manawatu Standard
http://tinyurl.com/2d5gls3
The weather may have been chilly outside at the opening of Feilding Little Theatre Players' latest production, Nunsense, but the atmosphere beaming from the stage was toasty.

Great effort by students (photo)
North Shore Times
http://tinyurl.com/286wh9e
Rosmini College students ditched the classroom to get their hands dirty and help tidy up North Shore City's oldest cemetery, the resting place of Auckland's first Roman Catholics, Thomas and Mary Poynton.

St Bernard's window of opportunity (photos)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/2g7myrd
The sun shone warmly upon St Bernard's College on May 22 as the school's students, parents and staff joined Maori elders and the Catholic Archbishop of Wellington in dedicating the school's large administration addition.

Dwindling roll a worry
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/24ltfe3
A significant reduction in the roll is the biggest challenge for San Antonio School, according to the latest Education Review Office evaluation.

Mother's birthday turns to heartache after death
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/local/news/mothers-birthday-turns-to-heartache-after-death/3914970/
A Te Puna mother's 40th birthday party turned to heartbreak on Saturday night when her son died in circumstances which led to police turning the area into a crime scene. Vernon Bidois, 23, of Otumoetai, was dead by the time St John Ambulance paramedics reached the Tangitu Rd party shortly after 8pm.

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

** Inspiring woman **
Sr Stephanie Kitching talks to Sharon Cole, director of the Wellington Catholic Education Centre, and one of the original Families' Commissioners.

** Feeding multitudes **
* Luke 9: 11-17 : a reading and discussion with Matthew Gardner and Vicky Wall.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

A busy time in the calendar. (at a time of great solemnities and feasts) ... "Defense, defense! Come on, you call that blowing?" (what is time?) ... Liturgical Service versus Mass ... What is time and where does it go? (St Augustine on "time") ... Sex! (in the wake of Jason Evert's visit) ... Getting my Fatima facts straight (on watching the Discovery Channel's documentary 'The Three Secrets of Fatima') ... Change is afoot (in the wake of the Budget)

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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.

In Vatican lawsuits, who's really the little guy?
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/vatican-lawsuits-who%E2%80%99s-really-little-guy

Over the last decade, the Vatican has been hit with at least ten lawsuits in American courts, on matters ranging from an insurance scam to the sexual abuse crisis. Off and on I've written about these cases, and I've always been curious about one odd feature of the story: How is it that the Vatican's legal brain trust in the States ended up concentrated in the notoriously left-leaning, anti-establishment haven of Berkeley, California? ...

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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

SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Auckland-New-Zealand/SMNZ-Marists/80022416689?v=wall

The Way: youth group of Waiwhetu Parish, Lower Hutt
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-WAY-Youth-Group/147130704238

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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 ]

Archdiocese of Wellington. Youth and Young Adult Ministry (one-year fixed-term position)
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=16
Details in 'Wel-com' June 2010 p.5 and from Lorraine McArthur, Director, Archdiocesan Pastoral Services, tel: (04) 496 1706; email: l.mcarthur@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 25 June 2010.