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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 348 - Aug. 29 - Sept 11 2010

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In the current issue: First Communion before the age of seven proposed ... NZ won't hit target for its overseas aid ... Prison ministries highlighted ... Plans for Oamaru altar spark protests ... Schools reminded to be clear on donations ... Sacred Hearet old boys reunite in UK .. Feminist speaks out against the sexualisation of children ... Psychologist gives insight into how parents are spoiling their kids ... 530 teens pack out conference for Jesus ... Advertising features: Catholic Discipleship College ... Catholic Publications and Bookshops

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

Radio New Zealand documentaries

Mary MacKillop
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/documentaries/marymackillop

A look at New Zealand aspects of the life of Mary McKillop - the Melbourne woman who co founded the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart) and is to become Australia's first Saint later this year.

Specola Vaticana (photos)
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/documentaries/specola

In 2009, spoken features producer Justin Gregory traveled to Europe with the winners of the Royal Society of New Zealand's Big Science Adventure. An annual competition for secondary school students, this year it challenged teams around the country to make a five minute DVD on astronomy and revolutions in our thinking. The winning team - Timaru Boys High students Ryan Ammar, Matthew Keelty and Adam Simpson, as well as their teacher Tony Bunting - won a three week trip to visit observatories, science institutes and museums in Britain and Italy. Easily the most memorable was the Specola Vaticana, or the Vatican Observatory. Located in Castel Gandolfo in the hills above Rome, it's one of the oldest observatories in the world. Formerly located in the Pope's summer palace, the observatory has just moved down the road to a new location, where astronomer, meteoriticist (and Jesuit) Brother Guy Consalmagno was waiting to conduct the tour.

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Time to say bye to Lucas (photos)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10669628
Lucas Ward is dressed in his Spiderman suit and his family are preparing to say their final goodbyes to the little boy.

Dictatorship of relativism
Taranaki Daily News
http://tinyurl.com/24r83fb
[The Catholic Church has lost doctrinal credibility lately, but when it comes to preservation of Western culture and values, the Pope is right on the money, in the opinion of John De Bueger]

Anger over $30m project leads to political action
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10668876
The furore over the plan to shift Monte Cecilia Catholic School and Liston retirement village has resulted in the formation of a new political group.

Restored mansion for sale (photos)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/22rtmkw
Balgownie House, a Naenae landmark, is back on the market. For much of the twentieth century the house was owned by the Catholic Church which at various times used it for an orphanage, a refuge for unmarried mothers, and a Marist Brothers' retreat.

Slice of Life: U3A chapter meeting, Pukekohe War Memorial Town Hall (photo)
Franklin County News
http://tinyurl.com/2emuykd
Includes a short item about Sister Clare Turner who returned to New Zealand this year after 15 years in Kenya.

Power and passion lift the spirits (photos)
Part one: http://tinyurl.com/2b7gmxc
Part two: http://tinyurl.com/2cqaaoz
New Zealand Herald
Peter Atkins, retired Bishop of Waiapu, is overawed by a once-in-a-lifetime experience at Oberammergau

Auckland: The Lord's song in a strange land (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10666743
"No tradition has remained so strong in New Zealand as the religious one. Churches swarm there." André Siegfried, a French writer, made this observation at the end of the 19th century. The religious imprint on Auckland at this time was seen in churches, a synagogue, schools, orphanages and the support of charitable work.

Consider the significance of the altar to the Dominican sisters
http://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/opinion/122313/consider-significance-altar-dominican-sisters
The controversy about the proposed removal of the altar from Teschemakers to its proposed new home in Holy Name Church raises a number of intriguing questions.

Two services to be held for Filipino woman killed in crash
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/4049069/Two-services-to-be-held-for-Filipino-woman-killed-in-crash
Dual services will be held today to mark the life of 35-year-old Susan Villones who died in Dunedin Hospital four days after a two-car collision near Otautau last Saturday.

Classroom fightback
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10669607
A school teacher who was deregistered for incompetency has had the decision overturned in court. But a senior educator is calling for law changes to allow the Teachers Council to suspend teachers while they are under investigation Glenda Charman resigned from the $1000-a-year Stella Maris Catholic Primary School in Silverdale last year after competency issues were raised.

Rhythm and pews (photo caption)
Taranaki Daily News
http://tinyurl.com/26po9gk
The pews sounded more like the Horn of Africa as about 100 children from St Pius X School took part in the session, led by Auckland instructor Mark Wilson from the Rhythm Interactive entertainment company.

Many changes seen in long service to school (photo)
Franklin County News
http://tinyurl.com/2amypdt
Between them, Jeannette Irwin and Fleur de Farias have more than 50 years' involvement in education, have seen St Joseph's School change principals four times and have watched the school go from four rooms to 17.

Family really is what its all about (photo)
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/27zhuza
The concept of family goes right through Porirua's Holy Family School, and it's a family that reflects what must be one of the most multicultural communities in New Zealand.

Kick-starting hall upgrade (photo)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/2d362cw
Book sales and fairs are a biy old hat, but a community footwear sale - that's different! Naenae's St Bernardette's Parish is looking to kick-start the next phase of its hall upgrade at the 'Best Foot Forward' Shoe Sale on Saturday,

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** The anniversary of the birth of an inspirational woman (Mother Teresa)
** ... Bart Simpson has somehow managed to sneak his bedroom into my house." (paying attention to crimke)
** Padre Pio (on attending the mass at the St Patrick's Cathedral for Padre Pio)
** The Recurring Themes in Life (on perseverance)
** Teschemakers, the altar and a few good men (photo)
** Heritage (a visit to the Maritime Museum in Auckland and a lesson on faith)
** Like having your socks on in the shower (a visit to a Baptist Church)

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'Move Higher' - Luke 14:1,7-24, a reading and discussion with Simon McLellan and Violet Kudzotsa

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NEW INTERNET SERVICE

'Catholic Pages' - http://www.catholicpages.co.nz - is the Website of an online directory of organisations and companies which will later appear in print form. Non-profit organisations advertise FREE.

Further details from Paul, info@catholicpages.co.nz

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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

'Attack on Ratzinger': Italian book assesses Benedict's papacy
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/attack-ratzinger-italian-book-assesses-benedicts-papacy
Friends and foes alike of Pope Benedict XVI concur that he's got an image problem. Where they place the blame for it may differ, but the fact itself seems clear: From a PR point of view, this is a pontificate defined by its train wrecks. Cataloguing those train wrecks is the burden of a valuable new book by two of the best Italian vaticanisti: Andrea Tornielli and Paolo Rodari. Their work is titled Attacco a Ratzinger: Accuse e scandali, profezie e complotti ("Attack on Ratzinger: Accusations and Scandals, Prophecies and Plots"), published in Italian by Piemme...

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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

Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-For-Family-and-Life-CFC-YFL/113115662062621

SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists

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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 ]

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.