'NZ CATHOLIC' May 9 - 22 2010, No.340
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In the current issue: New priests sails into new waters ... Aid changes concern Caritas ... Obstacle cleared for pro-life club at uni ... Faith drives founder of 400 seminaries ... Politicians religious 'mania' disputed ... Knight of the turf humble at heart ... Patience, faith and the hand of God bring a baby daughter for Wanganui couple .. Visiting Vatican cardinal talks about Vatican II, Satan and goodness ... NZ law thwarts lives it should protect ... Special copy of Polish icon finds its home ...
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Three new faces in Massey (photo)
Western Leader
http://tinyurl.com/23jqgom
They are the first priests of their religious order to reach our shores. Fathers James Adayadiel, Mika Leilua and Matthew Vadakkevettuvazhiyil are Salesian Catholic priests and have been appointed to Massey's St Paul's parish.
Church lease for BNZ
Manawatu Standard
http://tinyurl.com/2abq52o
Bank of New Zealand's new business branch will be part of the Catholic Church's growing commercial property portfolio.
Radio NZ. 'Country Life' 7 May 2010
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/countrylife/20100507
21:15 Sister Sue
An interview with Sister Sue, a member of the community of the Sisters of Compassion in Hiruharama (Jerusalem), who sells preserves made from local produce at the Whanganui Traders market.
Radio NZ. 'Spectrum'
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/spectrum/20100509
Temple and Mosque
The Wellington suburb of Kilbirnie boasts a Hindu Temple and a Mosque within a stone's throw of each other. A Catholic youth group and a variety of interested adults visit the two places of worship.
Michele Hewitson Interview: Lorraine Smith (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10643447
When I phoned the high-profile lawyer Lorraine Smith, she said: ``Who would you like to interview?'' ``You, Lorraine,'' I said. I thought she might have guessed. She had something of a win last week when an Independent Police Conduct Authority report into the police investigation of the Kahui twins' death showed errors of judgment.
Recalling decades with St Pat's (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/sport/local/3672102/Recalling-decades-with-St-Pats
Rita Coscrove is the personification of St Pat's netball. The emerald green club celebrate its 75th anniversary this weekend, and Cosgrove has lived through most of it, ever since she was just a fresh faced 10-year-old playing third grade netball for the fledgling club in the late 1930s.
Inside ... Hogwart's (photo)
http://www.theaucklander.co.nz/local/news/inside-hogwarts/3913414/
Think boarding-school dormitory, chances are Harry Potter's Gryffindor House comes to mind. But an increasing number of Auckland parents are sending children to live at school. Why? And what's the food like? Kieran Nash takes a look.
Four suspended over college cannabis find
Northern Advocate - A003 - 07 May 2010
Four students at a prominent secondary school in Whangarei have been suspended after they were found with cannabis. Police were called at Pompallier Catholic College on Tuesday and according to Senior Constable Hank van Engelen, a small amount of cannabis was found.
Ken Clearwater : Time Church put sex abuse victims first
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/2c6boh8
An inquiry into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church may be the only way to help the victims, writes Ken Clearwater, the national manager of the Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Trust.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
** Making our home **
John 14:23-29 : a reading and discussion with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Jenny Wilkens at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Locusts and wild honey. (introducing a new blogger)
** "Won't somebody please think of the children" (meeting Fr Marciel Maciel)
** To my priestly brothers in Christ (to dedicated and faithful priests)
** We shouldn't be afraid to acknowledge that Papacies have weaknesses
** Ch-ch-ch-changes (changes to Being Frank and partner sites)
** Auckland's newest Priest (Father Brian Lange)
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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 Portugal: A different crisis, secularism, and 'Marian Cool'
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/benedict-portugal-different-crisis-secularism-and-marian-cool
As fate would have it, Pope Benedict XVI's five foreign trips in 2010 are almost laid out in ascending order of difficulty. Last month's weekend stop in Malta, arguably the most Catholic society on earth, amounted to the warm-up act, while next week's four-day swing in Portugal, which so far has been spared the sexual abuse scandals which have engulfed the church elsewhere in Europe, should be a fairly smooth ride as well...
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FACEBOOK
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
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'The Fifteenth Station'
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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
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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 ]
Faith Formation Co-ordinator, Catholic Education Centre, Archdiocese of Wellington
http://www.wcec.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' May 2010, p.9, 'NZ Catholic' 'NZ Catholic' May 9 - 22 2010 p.23, and from The Director, Catholic Education Centre, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6140. Tel: (04) 496 1718; email: wcec@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 28 May 2010
Managing Editor, 'NZ Catholic'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no.339 April 25 - May 8 2010 p.22, and from Kerry Coleman, tel: (09) 360-3005; e-mail: kerryc@cda.org.nz Applications close 16 May 2010.
Team member, CYT: Youth and Young Adult Ministries, Catholic Diocese of Christchurch.
http://www.cyt.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no.339 April 25 - May 8 2010 p.23, and from Chris Lysaght, Director, e-mail: clysaght@chch.catholic.org.nz ; tel: (03) 366 9869
