NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.catholic.org.nz/
Former school principal appointed Interim Head of Catholic Institute (27 Jun 2011)
Former Principal of Dunedin’s Kavanagh College, Paul Ferris, has been appointed Interim Head of the Catholic Institute of Aotearoa New Zealand. He will fill this position until a permanent Principal is in place, most likely early next year...
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'NZ CATHOLIC'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In Issue 369, July 3 - 16 2011: Kiwis asked to visit Ireland ... "Chalky' becomes world's oldest Marist priest: Fr Duggan has been no stranger to controversy .. Chch woman consecrated as a Bride of Christ ... Do faith and sports mix? ... Principals, bishop differ on standards ... The dangers of child commercialisation .. Pope highlights NZ's role in the Pacific ...NZ and France plan Aubert TV series ... Advertising feature: Funerals (five pages)
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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA
Last Of Their Kind (photos)
Page one: http://tinyurl.com/3awxhc7
Page two: http://tinyurl.com/3wr7b8p
Nuns are literally dying out in New Zealand and there’s no earthly grand plan to increase their numbers. Who will carry on the good fight, Diana Dekker asks.
Selling God
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-
Rock music, electric guitars and even moshpits are luring more young people to church – but away from traditional worship. Steve Kilgallon investigates the rise of religion as entertainment, and the changing face of Christianity in New Zealand.
Car park tipped to replace presbytery (photos)
Rotorua Review
http://tinyurl.com/3g8xmmq
Consideration is being given to the demolition of one of Rotorua’s oldest buildings – the presbytery next to St Michael’s Catholic Church in Lake Road.
Palestine stint annals life under occupation (photo)
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/3carxtg
Sister Barbara Cameron, a Catholic Mission Sister from Morrinsville, recently spent a month on the West Bank, Palestine, as a short term volunteer with the International Women’s Peace Service, a multicultural, multi-faith group committed to non-violence.
Ex-manager says auditors must pay (photo)
Manawatu Standard
http://tinyurl.com/3nz2rqu
The former manager of the Hibernian Catholic Benefit Society, allegedly defrauded out of around $1 million over a decade, says auditors Grant Thornton should cover the losses faced by members.
Memory boxes (photo)
Waikato Times
http://tinyurl.com/3pcxjx6
Upturned ark: St Joseph's church, Morrinsville (1965)
Cancer was hardest (photo)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/3pkj7tq
A Waiwhetu woman, who arrived here from south Sudan six years ago, reached the final five in the New Zealand section of Penguin Books’ Lesley Pearse Women of Courage Award.
Tribute to Dr Leo Dunn appreciated
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/3mkw686
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News of the Schools
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Top spot for decile 1 school (full text)
Herald on Sunday
http://tinyurl.com/4xbkzyb
Auckland: A South Auckland decile 1 school has won top spot in an annual Metro magazine review of the city’s schools. The magazine named McAuley High School in Otahuhu as most likely to improve its students’ academic performance. St Mary’s College, Sacred Heart College, Dilworth School and Carmel College also rated well. At the bottom of the list were James Cook High School, Green Bay High School, Whangaparaoa College, Kelston Boys’ High School and Waiuku College.
Change culture or cancel the ball
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/
Brendan Schollum, former principal of Sacred Heart College, Glen Innes and Aquinas College, Tauranga, says there are ways to make school balls memorable and valuable events
Garin College, Nelson: Entrepreneurs excel The Nelson Mail http://tinyurl.com/42crhv4
John Paul College, Rotorua: National honour for Rotorua's Fintan (photo) http://www.rotoruadailypost.
John Paul College, Rotorua: Stage Challenge: Call for one night (photo) http://www.rotoruadailypost.
Kavanagh College, Dunedin: Rugby: Kavanagh defence holds out Menzies (photo) http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/
Sacred Heart, Timaru: Primary School School tweets keeps parents in loop http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-
Sancta Maria College, Auckland: Rolling pins drawn for kitchen showdown (photo) Eastern Courier http://tinyurl.com/3sjvhq5
St Joseph’s, Paeroa: Grateful group says it with music (photo) Hauraki Herald http://tinyurl.com/3enakbw
St Mary's School. Blenheim: Students meet politicians (photo) The Marlborough Express http://tinyurl.com/3lpbtbd
St Michael's, Taita, Lower Hutt: Refugee Day marked: Love of art brings children together (photos) The Hutt News http://tinyurl.com/3vu7alr
St Michael’s, Remuera: Nominate your top teachers East and Bays Courier http://tinyurl.com/3u4sb2j
St Patrick's College, Wellington: Kieran out to make a world of difference (photo) The Dominion Post http://tinyurl.com/3d6prnw
St Patrick's School, South Dunedin: School 'surplus to requirements' (photo) http://www.odt.co.nz/news/
St Patrick’s, Kaiapoi: Kaiapoi dancer out on top (photo) Northern Outlook http://tinyurl.com/3dsp6ac
St Patrick’s, Taupo: New turf excites (photo) Taupo Times http://tinyurl.com/3kbwsb8
St Paul's College, Auckland: League of their own (video report) http://tvnz.co.nz/close-up/
St Peter's College, Gore: School shows again it can talk the talk http://www.odt.co.nz/news/
St Peter’s College, Palmerston North: VIP visitor Manawatu Standard http://tinyurl.com/3clnody
St Thomas More, Mount Maunganui: Dance party helps fund girl's surgery (photo) http://www.bayofplentytimes.
Verdon College, Injvercargill: Our Steel girls are living the dream http://www.stuff.co.nz/
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'Believe'
Matthew 11: 25 - 30: a reading and discussion with Sister Stephanie Kitching and Sister Marcellin Wilson.
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
http://station15.libsyn.com
** 15 Minutes with the Bishop: One man’s vocation (July 1, 2011)
In previous episodes of 15 Minutes with the Bishop, we've covered things happening out in the world. In this week’s show, we get a little more personal, as Gavin talks with Bishop Patrick Dunn about the latter’s priestly vocation. How did his family influence the man who would become Bishop of Auckland? Was there a moment when he knew he had to enter the seminary? Learn answers to those questions and many more in this episode.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** A little extravagance is ok, right?
** Reformation!
** Saints of East and West (towards reunion)
** Vatican III?
** Small victory in landslide law (New York State legalises same-sex marriage)
** My Bucket List (things to do before entering a convent)
** Identity (Archbishop Chaput on the Catholic identity of Catholic institutions)
See also Gavin Abraham's blog 'The Catholic Soapbox:
http://catholicsoapbox.com
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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=
Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC - John L. Allen Jr
http://ncronline.org/blogs/
Meet the new Crown Prince of Catholicism
http://ncronline.org/blogs/
Wednesday may have been the peak moment of the liturgical calendar this week, as the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, but Tuesday, June 28, 2011, marked a crescendo of a different sort: The day when the informal sweepstakes leading up to the next conclave officially began. To be clear, no health scare flared up around Pope Benedict XVI, and there’s no other reason to believe his papacy is nearing an end. Yet on Tuesday, the pontiff made a personnel move that’s not only important in its own right, but one with obvious implications for handicapping papal prospects...
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Pompallier's People: The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
Facebook:
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Bishop Patrick Dunn
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Catholic Discipleship College
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'The Fifteenth Station'
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SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD
http://cathnews.co.nz
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.catholicherald.co.
http://vaticaninsider.
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (video news of Pope Benedict)
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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 ]
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