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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

News and media releases now at www.catholic.org.nz/news (September 14, 2010)

The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (NZCBC) has a new website online now at www.catholic.org.nz The website, The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand - Te Hahi Katorika ki Aotearoa, has a national-level focus, encouraging diocesan websites to remain the natural homes for local content...

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

School gala family affair (photo)
Manawatu Standard
http://tinyurl.com/23f2q86
Tomorrow’s 52nd annual St James Catholic School gala will be extra special for one Manawatu family, with three generations joining in the celebrations.

Rezoning endorsed
Central Leader
http://tinyurl.com/28p75a5
The fight to stop the transfer of Monte Cecilia School to a different site has suffered another setback.

Landmark likely to be closed for a year
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/canterbury-earthquake/4141625/Landmark-likely-to-be-closed-for-a-year
Christchurch's Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is likely to be closed for up to a year because of earthquake damage.

McCaw visit lifts spirits (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4129182/McCaw-visit-lifts-spirits
An All Black visit brought a little light relief to children at a school forced to move because of Canterbury's earthquake. About 60 students and parents were treated to a meeting with All Black captain Richie McCaw at St Paul's School, in Dallington, yesterday.

St Patrick's Catholic School had its first father and son breakfast last week (photos)
Taupo Times
http://tinyurl.com/28jqdag

Jail for sex-abusing ex-principal
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/4134353/Jail-for-sex-abusing-ex-principal
Former Hato Paora principal Elvis Dobson Shepherd has been imprisoned for more than eight years for sexually abusing students at an Auckland school, yet he is still proclaiming his innocence.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** The Pope speaks and Britain listens…
** “Now, the kilt was only for day-to-day wear. In battle, we donned a full-length ball gown ... (on the media coverage of Pope Benedict's visit)
** The Church is alive and well, just look at these religious… (Oprah Winfrey's interview with a community of nuns)
** Britain Needs the Pope
** Mediator Dei, Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Synod of Pistoia and Jansenism
** Painting a target on my head? (on reconciling theology to science in relation to earthquakes)
** Living antonyms (consecration counteracting violation)

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'A different friendship' - Luke 16:1-13, a reading and discussion with Stephen Ready and Malia Vito-Tupai.

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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

Benedict in Britain: We get it, we've got it, let's share it
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/benedict-britain-we-get-it-weve-got-it-lets-share-it

Pope Benedict XVI is midway through his trip to the United Kingdom, and so far reaction has been all over the map, from wild enthusiasm among devotees, to overt hostility among determined protestors, to benign indifference in a broad swath of secular society. Of course, the pope always evokes a range of opinions, but they’re rarely on full public view as they are here...

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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 ]