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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In issue no.351 October 10-23 2010 ... Caritas flays welfare review ... Voice for life gets new president .. More families turning to food bank ... Christian body rejects split income tax proposal ... Caritas against 90-day trial period bill ... NZ schools, sister help launch book on MacKillop ... Little Frances is indebted to prayer on journey to health ... Daily life reduced to rubble, but we're alive and stronger .. Milestone for 'NZ Catholic apostolate ... Redemptorists celebrate 60th anniversary ... Younger hands wanted to help deliver books bound for Samoa ... Advertising Feature: World Mission Sunday October 24 2010

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Celebration of our first saint planned (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/arrowtown/129997/celebration-our-first-saint-planned
A Victorian-era classroom session, historic walks, a pipe band procession and a special Mass are plans for the Arrowtown celebration of Australasia's first saint. Blessed Mary MacKillop, who died in 1909, aged 67, founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart, an order committed to helping the needy in rural areas, which spread from Australia to New Zealand and around the world. Mother Mary was beatified by the late Pope John Paul II in 1995 and will be canonised in the Vatican on October 17.

The debatable humanity of mercy killing: Danger of being pushed to die (photos)
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/37bb4rz
The arguments against euthanasia range from the fiercely ideological to the more practical concerns of how such a practice could be safely legalised. The Nathaniel Centre - the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre - is adamantly opposed.

'Bullying' ex-nun loses dismissal claim against church
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10678736
A former nun accused of bullying and intimidating a colleague has lost a claim that she was "constructively dismissed" by her Catholic superiors.

Pupil's singing award (photo)
Bay of Plenty Times — A003 — 06 October 2010
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/local/news/pupils-singing-award/3925443/
Mount Maunganui girl Georgia Baker-Trebilco has won the title of the New Zealand Country Music Junior Entertainer of the Year. The St Thomas More Catholic School pupil, 10, competed in Rotorua at the weekend. Georgia's mother Rachael said her daughter had been singing since she could talk.

'Devil's advocate' targets Pope
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/4212695/Devils-advocate-targets-Pope
Human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson has caused an international uproar with his claim that the Pope should be prosecuted for failing to act against paedophile priests. Is he serious? Anthony Hubbard reports.

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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

Skiers' winning style (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/east-bays-courier/4198293/Skiers-winning-style
Blizzard conditions closed the chair lifts during the North Island Secondary Schools Ski Championships but three Sacred Heart College skiers undertook the arduous trek up the mountain determined to compete anyway.

Singing sensations (photo caption)
http://tinyurl.com/22uvd2y
St Mary's Catholic School, received a gold award in the Auckland Junior Music Contest.

Children tell the story of Genesis in dance (photo)
The Horowhenua Mail
http://tinyurl.com/24s9std
St Joseph's Catholic School's dance portrayal of the story of creation attracted sell-out crowds at the end of last term.

Girls exceed wishes
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/4209880/Girls-exceed-wishes
New Plymouth's Sacred Heart Girls' College have exceeded expectations at the national secondary schools netball championships.

Sacred Heart still in running (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/4205508/Sacred-Heart-still-in-running
New Plymouth's Sacred Heart Girls' College remain in contention for a middle-four playoff spot at the New Zealand secondary schools netball championships in New Plymouth.

New role for principal
Rodney Times
http://tinyurl.com/26q5sex
Tapora School principal Bridget Rika has left the school after five years. She is the new principal of St Joseph's Catholic School in Matata near Whakatane.

Young matchplay champ is now set to take on the big girls (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/local-sport/4196489/Young-matchplay-champ-is-now-set-to-take-on-the-big-girls
None of New Zealand's top women amateurs pose any fears for 14-year-old Julianne Alvarez, says her coach after she cruised to the Wellington matchplay title. The Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt) pupil beat her older schoolmate Barbara Parreno 4 and 2 in the final at Miramar during the weekend to continue her charge into the senior women's ranks.

High tea (photo caption)
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/2dzy8pe
Students of Sacred Heart College Lower Hutt donated $400 for an afternoon tea for residents in an earthquake-affected district of Christchurch.

Wild at heart parents cut loose (photo caption)
High Country Community Herald
http://tinyurl.com/2dj4uxd
St Joseph's Lip Sync at the Caroline Bay Hall was a great fundraiser.

Glue that held rowers together (photo)
The Timaru Herald
http://tinyurl.com/289tqta
Sporting stalwart and Queen's Service Medal recipient Vern Brosnahan was farewelled with a moving service at the Sacred Heart Basilica yesterday.

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NEW DOCUMENT

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'The Common Good Imperative'
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/media/resources/common_good.pdf
Why and how stronger Catholic parishes support those parish schools that do not have the resources for essential maintenance and replacement.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** Welcome, Evangelization and Initiation ("circling the wagons" is not the way to go)
** “Defense, defense! Come on, you call that blowing?” (October the month of the rosary and ice hockey)
** Preachers and Profiteers (problematic secular tendencies in the Church)
** Keep your friends close, and your Saints closer… (the rich treasury of the lives of the saints)
** A strike, a strike, my kingdom for a strike? (are health workers' strikes justifiable?)
** A church-themed hall (when does a church cease to be a place of worship?)

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'Girls in bonnets': Part 1
The centenary of the opening of St Mary's College, Wellington.

'Thankful' - Luke 17: 11-19, a reading and discussion with John Teariki 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

Beyond a 'Darth Vader' view of secularism
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/beyond-darth-vader-view-secularism
The 67 million Catholics in the United States represent just six percent of the global Catholic population of 1.2 billion, but we sometimes have a hard time understanding how the other 94 percent lives. Beginning next week, there’s a golden opportunity to think more globally about the challenges of the early 21st century -- that is, if we’re paying attention. The Synod of Bishops for the Middle East begins on Sunday morning in Rome with a papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, and runs through Oct. 24....

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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 ]

Education Officer, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' October 2010 p.19, and from http://www.bigsplash.co.nz , job reference 293192 Applications close 12 October 2010.

Principal organist and deputy director of music, St Mary of the Angels, Wellington
http://www.smoa.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' October 2010 p.17 and from the Parish Secretary, St Mary of the Angels, 17 Boulcott Street, Wellington 6011. E-mail: smoaoffice@xtra.co.nz ; tel: 04 473 8074

Parish and Donor Liaison Coordinator, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 351 October 10-23 2010 p.22, and from http://www.bigsplash.co.nz , job reference 316052. Applications close 31 October.

'NZ Catholic' subscription promoters
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 351 October 10-23 2010 p.19, and from Dennis Augustine, Promotions and Advertising Manager, NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland, 1144; tel: (09) 360-3049; e-mail: advertising@nzcatholic.org.nz