A weekly snapshot of Catholic life in New Zealand
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'NZ CATHOLIC'
In issue no.377, October 23 - November 5 2011: Church cares for Rena
crew ... Billboard complaint prompts anti-Catholic jibe ... 200 march
for life through central Auckland ... Kiwi and Conservative parties
join forces ... the pragmatic case against euthanasia ... Powerhouse
priest guided young Kiwis ... The Marist Fathers' vision and faith
celebrated ... Catholic trust building more houses for poor ...
Advertising features: Mahitahi/Catholic Overseas Volunteers ... Family
Life International
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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA
Basilica marks its centenary
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/5866666/Basilica-marks-its-centenary
Timaru's Sacred Heart Basilica will celebrate its centenary this
weekend with hundreds attending including out-of-town visitors.
One hundred years of heritage, by Fr Peter Costello, Sacred Heart Parish, Timaru
http://tinyurl.com/3hxofjh
Basilica amid the blooms (photo caption)
http://tinyurl.com/3p9rlhp
A striking view of Timaru's Sacred Heart Basilica
Kiwi Pavarotti set to perform (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/3pyog5l
A number of concerts have been held at Hamilton's Cathedral of the
Blessed Virgin Mary this year and this Friday it is holding one to
raise money to keep it going.
Book covers French influence in the Bay (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/3fx2fvt
A new book, 'The French Place in the Bay of Islands', was launched at
the Pompallier Mission in Russell. The book was introduced by French
ambassador Francis Etienne who spoke to dignitaries from around the
country about relations between France and New Zealand, historically
and today.
Poverty's grim reality (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/3gjc39y
Poverty to most Kiwis is starving children in Africa or families
living on a rubbish dump in Asia. But in New Zealand poverty has a
different definition. It doesn't mean literally starving. It means
feeding the kids a loaf of white bread and chips for dinner, because
it's cheap...
Pensioner feels sting of trusted worker's thefts
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/5873864/Pensioner-feels-sting-of-trusted-workers-thefts
Susan Hagai was stealing $600 a day for almost seven years. In total,
she fleeced $1.2 million from the Hibernian Credit Union. But for
Alola Frederickson, a Lower Hutt widow who lives on a pension, her
loss was devastating. The amount, $600, was half of her life
savings...
Green Party calls for end to royal 'religious discrimination'
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10762078
The next royal ruler after Queen Elizabeth II can not be Catholic,
something the NZ Green Party says is pure discrimination.
[The Commonwealth heads of government have agreed that in future a
member of the Royal Family will not lose their right of succession to
the throne just for marrying a Catholic. They will still do so if they
*become* a Catholic, since the monarch is the head of the Church of
England and so must be a member of that Church. The succession of a
Catholic to the throne, as the Green Party proposes, would detach the
monarch from the Church of England, which is the ultimate goal of
secularists such as Keith Locke - ML]
Locke wants ban on Catholics on throne lifted
http://tvnz.co.nz/politics-news/locke-wants-ban-catholics-throne-lifted-4486327
History will be all that is left (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/3d2hso8
Work has begun on demolishing the historic presbytery next to St
Michael's Church in Lake Rd, Rotorua.
Petre's masterpiece (photos)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/lifestyle/your-christchurch/5833589/Petres-masterpiece
It is a famous story. When George Bernard Shaw was visiting
Christchurch in 1934 he remarked on the beauty of the Cathedral of the
Blessed Sacrament in Barbadoes St. Naturally, his hosts in this
Anglican city thought he meant the Anglican cathedral in the Square.
"No," said Shaw, "the one down by the gasworks." If it is true, the
playwright was being unusually mundane. After all, this was the man
who said, "I'm an atheist and I thank God for it."
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News of the Schools
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Holy Cross School, Wellington: Feared 'demon tackler' only girl on
field (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5873623/The-boys-don-t-scare-me
John Paul College, Rotorua: Stephan helps get spring fair humming
(photo) http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/news/stephan-helps-get-spring-fair-humming/1147685/
John Paul College, Rotorua: Vaughan sets sights on senior crown
http://www.voxy.co.nz/sport/vaughan-sets-sights-senior-crown/5/105600
McAuley High School, Otahuhu: Reunion celebrates 25 years (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/5859961/Reunion-celebrates-25-years
Sacred Heart School, Invercargill: Drivers still speeding near schools
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/5851422/Drivers-still-speeding-near-schools
St Patrick's College, Wellington: Former ABs back rule-benders (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/5873715/Former-ABs-back-rule-benders
St Patrick's College, Wellington: St Pat's old boy toured Europe
promoting wine (photo) http://tinyurl.com/3vnzf32
St Patrick's College, Wellington: World Cup parade pupils put in
detention (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5866493/World-Cup-parade-pupils-put-in-detention
St Patrick's, Taupo: All Blacks inspire St Pat's children (photo
caption) Taupo Times http://tinyurl.com/3vtqwfn
St Peter's College, Gore: Player of year pays tribute to academy
(photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/sport/5844019/Player-of-year-pays-tribute-to-academy
St Thomas More, Mt Maunganui: Zahnee's whole new outlook on life
(photo) http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/news/new-york-op-gives-zahnee-a-whole-new-outlook-on-li/1155086/
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
For sure: Choose wisely
Matthew 23:1-12, a reading and reflection with Very Rev. Frank Nelson
and Rev. Jenny Wilkens at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
Station XV: Episode 49 — Pope goes home, St Steve Jobs? (24 October 2011)
In this month's episode of The 15th Station, our trans-Tasman panel
talks about Pope Benedict's recent trip to his homeland, the
uncertainty over Christchurch's Catholic cathedral and the hype
surrounding the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. We also touch on
two very different stories: A priest in Ireland returning to ministry
after being falsely accused of rape and an Anglican church in
Wellington portraying Jesus as an rugby-ball-toting All Black. All in
a month's work.
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LIGHT OF THE WORLD - Otago Access Radio
http://www.accessradio.org/public/programme.php?uid=1218074856-834
Programmes in October:
30 – A Feast of Saints, featuring St Toribio Romo, the patron saint of
immigrants
Programmes in November:
6 – Will everyone be saved? The fallacy of "universalism"
13 – The Church in Russia, with missionary priest Fr Daniel Maurer
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
** Doing your research (with so much information, how can people be confused)
** "I hate the public so much! If only they'd elect me. I'd make 'em
pay!" (Getting over the World Cup; election campaign; world
population)
** Pilgriming all over tha place (off to Compostela; ideas for local
pilgrimages)
** Birth of a Nation (afterglow of the World Cup)
** We'll do it this way thank you very much (Assisi Day of Prayer for
World Peace)
** We hear you (a fresh approach for Being Frank in 2012)
See also Gavin Abraham's blog 'The Catholic Soapbox:
http://catholicsoapbox.com
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform'
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25
Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet'
http://www.cdd.org.nz/the-tablet
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires'
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_lighting_new_fires.html
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Good News and the News'
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_good_news.html
Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger'
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The
Nathaniel Report'
http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/?sid=5
St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East'
http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652
'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine.
http://www.tuimotu.org/articles
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen Jr
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
A papal contender grabs the spotlight
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/papal-contender-grabs-spotlight
Rome saw a striking coincidence this week, which could be either
simple luck or a sign of things to come. There were two big-ticket
Vatican news flashes, Monday's note on reform of the international
economy and Thursday's summit of religious leaders in Assisi. In both
cases, the same Vatican official was a prime mover: Cardinal Peter
Turkson of Ghana, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and
Peace.
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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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Pompallier's People: The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Catholic-Church-in-Aotearoa-New-Zealand/149916141686808
Bishop Patrick Dunn
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick?sk=wall
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz?sk=wall
'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15
SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists
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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/author/luke/page/14/
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/
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 on
the Website the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
Mahitahi / Catholic Overseas Volunteers
http://www.mahitahi.org
Tradespeople (3), teachers (2), librarian (1), Solomon Islands
Mahitahi covers air travel, medical and insurance costs. Accommodation
and a basic local allowance are provided. Details in 'NZ Catholic'
October 23 - November 5 p.11
