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The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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NZ CATHOLIC no. 347 August 15-28 2010

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In the current issue: NZ broadcasting legend receives papal knighthood ... Catholics, Anglicans disagree on ordination ... Pro-life witnessing sparks some abuse ... Credit reform bill dies ... Sisters reunite at The Solitude ... Kiwi priest reflects on 28 years in world's most Catholic nation ... Church still medieval and feudal, says theologian and priest ... Advertising Feature: Products and Services

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

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Teschemakers' Altar
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Altar-cation in Oamaru church (video)
http://www.3news.co.nz/Altar-cation-in-Oamaru-church/tabid/817/articleID/169768/Default.aspx
There was a tense standoff this morning in an Oamaru church. At the centre of the stand-off was the centrepiece of the church - an altar, ornate, cherished and made from Italian marble. The Dominican Sisters who own it want it moved; but locals are determined it should stay where it's been since 1926.

Public meeting supports keeping chapel intact (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/120691/public-meeting-supports-keeping-chapel-intact
A public meeting in Oamaru last night overwhelmingly resolved to support the retention of Teschemakers Chapel, including its fixtures and fittings, in its entirety to allow future public access and use.

Bid to keep marble altar in Oamaru
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/08/13/081577834427
Holy orders and court orders are on the agenda at a public meeting in Oamaru on Friday night.

Hopes for big turnout at altar public meeting (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/120506/hopes-big-turnout-altar-public-meeting
The fight to retain the marble altar in the Teschemakers Chapel has "taken on a life of its own", Oamaru writer Nathalie Brown says.

Altar stays - for now (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/120033/altar-stays-now
A bucket of tools made it to the front steps of the Teschemakers Chapel near Oamaru yesterday - but no further. An interim enforcement order issued by the Environment Court meant work could not start on removing the chapel's altar.

Protesters block road to Teschemakers chapel (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/print/119845
Dunedin's Holy Name Parish might contravene the Waitaki District Council's district plan if an attempt is made to remove the altar from the Teschemakers chapel, district councillor Peter Garvan says.

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Monte Cecilia School
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`We want our school _ not a new park'
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10665997
Friends of Monte Cecilia plan protests over what they say is a politician's costly legacy project

Who needs enemies when Friends of Monte are on the rampage?, by Brian Rudman
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/brian-rudman-on-auckland/news/article.cfm?c_id=1502866&objectid=10665694
Anti-closure lobbyists should see bigger picture of a stunning park and a 21st century school.

New ticket will fight Banks over school move
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10664887
A political ticket has been formed to oppose plans by Auckland City Mayor John Banks and his Citizens & Ratepayers allies to spend millions moving Monte Cecilia School and Liston retirement village in Hillsborough.

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Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand provides $125,000 towards Pakistan flood relief
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/caritasnz/12814782777.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is appealing to the New Zealand public for funds to support flood relief work in Pakistan. The United Nations has said the floods are worse than the 2004 tsunami in Asia, in terms of the number of people who will need short- or long-term help after losing homes or livelihoods.

A Catholic approach to patient care
The Daily Post (Rotorua) A003 - 13 August 2010
[An article about Mrs Miyoko Hammersley, Rotorua Hospital's Catholic chaplain. The article can be read via the public libraries free 'Newztext' service.]

Church jubilee stirs memories (photos)
Western Leader
http://tinyurl.com/2a7lrl2
Nine priests and thousands of parishioners have passed through its doors. Countless weddings, baptisms and funerals have taken place under its roof. Holy Family Catholic Parish in Te Atatu Peninsuila celebrates its 50th anniversary this month.

Voila! A French cabaret (photo)
Whangarei Leader
http://tinyurl.com/2bxkjbr
Pompallier Catholic College French students are holding a French cabaret evening on Friday as a fundraiser for their annual trip to New Caledonia in October next year.

The Wellingtonian Interview: Greg O'Conner
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/the-wellingtonian/4013103/The-Wellingtonian-Interview-Greg-O-Conner
Police Association president Greg O'Connor talks about guns, the 1981 Springbok tour and the Wellington southerly.

Football: Humble Fleming a key for Caversham
http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/football/120168/football-humble-fleming-key-caversham
One Fleming will be on the Caversham sideline and one Fleming will be in the thick of the action at the Chatham Cup semifinal on Saturday. Sports editor Hayden Meikle meets rising midfielder Patrick Fleming.

Cartoonist entitled to express his view
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/29pxcrf
The Press Council has ruled on a complaint by Ken Orr against The Press. Ken Orr complained about a cartoon depicting Pope Benedict published in The Press on Thursday, April 1, this year. Orr stated that the cartoon was misleading, false and offensive, and breached principles relating to accuracy, comment and fact. The complaint is not upheld.

Unease over carpark sale
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/4010797/Unease-over-carpark-sales
Criminals and churchgoers could together form an unlikely roadblock to the sale of an inner- city New Plymouth carpark. The Powderham/Vivian street carpark, opposite the courthouse and St Joseph's Catholic Church, might be sold off by the New Plymouth District Council and could fetch a price of more than $1 million.

Future of church to be discussed (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/east-otago/120017/future-church-be-discussed
The use of the 1870 Hampden Presbyterian Church, classified as a historic building, will be discussed at a public meeting tomorrow night.

Religion gives salvation for immigrants
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10664624
Koreans find church networking crucial in settling into new life in New Zealand

Church support crucial for Korean migrants
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1008/S00094/church-support-crucial-for-korean-migrants.htm

New Zealand doctor devotes himself to needy (photo)
http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2010/08/09/new-zealand-doctor-devotes-himself-to-needy/
Adrick Baker is not like most doctors. Instead of pursuing a lucrative career in a big city hospital, the New Zealander has devoted a large part of his career serving thousands of poor villagers for free in northeastern Bangladesh.

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Interviews with members of the Board of Trustees
of St Joseph's School, Queenstown
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Broadening perception of governance (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/print/120471
St Joseph's School assistant principal Kirsten Moore, The teachers' representative on the board, says teaching in London for four years has given her "perspective on the fact we are lucky with what resources we have and we should be encouraged to use the environment for education outside the classroom."

Support for staff (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/queenstown/120150/support-staff
Teaching Christian values benefits New Zealand society, St Joseph's School board of trustees proprietor's representative Margaret Young believes. The former teacher's aid for special needs children tells James Beech that National Standards are only one method of assessing education.

School seen as easing 'pressure' (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/119803/school-seen-easing-pressure
Rural resorts cause more impact on countryside amenity than the proposed Speargrass Flat campus will, St Joseph's School board of trustees proprietor's representative Phil Wilson says.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** St Max (St Maximillian Kolbe)
** "Hey, pal. That's my headshot up there..." (does the Church have any influence on society?)
** Feminism is the radical notion that women are people (feminists and pornography)
** Many Mickles make a Muckle (it's the little things we do that matter)
** Like a Phoenix from the ashes. (introducing Marty, a new blogger)
** Race to the altar? (fewer boys are altar servers)
** Let's put all the troublemakers together (prisoners getting younger)

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/inspired-word/

'Life Fulfilment'
Sr Stephanie Kitching talks to John Consedine, about the value of friendship. the pleasure of walking, his work as a professional counsellor, when the going gets tough, and the people who have inspired him.

'Anticipation'
A reflection by Sr Mary Scanlan

'Radical Involvement'
Luke 12:49-56: a reading and reflection with Rev Dr Raymond Pelly and Canon Jenny Wilkens at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS

http://station15.libsyn.com

** Catechiwi -- The Four Marks of the Church
Fri, 13 August 2010

Each Sunday, Catholics profess that they believe in a Church that is one, holy, catholic and apostolic. What do those words mean? And how does that differ -- if at all -- from what other Christian denominations believe? Fr Merv Duffy, SM, explains the terms and their importance to the Faith in the month's episode of Catechiwi.

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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

Why Rome scorns resignations, and a great week for wonks

It may be a measure of how somnambulant Rome becomes during the ferragosto vacation period that the big Vatican story this week was actually something that didn't happen. It turns out that two Irish bishops implicated in that country's sexual abuse crisis, Dublin auxiliaries Eamonn Walsh and Raymond Field, won't be resigning after all, because Pope Benedict XVI wants them to stay on...

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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 ]

Principal Organist and Deputy Director of Music, St Mary of the Angels, Wellington
http://www.stmaryoftheangels.wellington.net.nz
Details from the Parish Secretary, St Mary of the Angels, 17 Boulcott Street, Wellington

Senior Catholic Prison Chaplain
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 347 August 15-28 2010 p.23, and from Anne Dickinson, NZCBC Office, PO Box 1937, Wellington; tel. (04) 496 1747; e-mail: adickinson@nzcbc.org.nz Applications close 26 August 2010

Prison Chaplain, Catholic Diocese of Christchurch
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=1203
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 347 August 15-28 2010 p.23, and from Donna Malone, Cathedral House, Christchurch. tel: (03) 366 9869; e-mail: dmalone@chch.catholic.org.nz Applications close 30 August 2010.