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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.catholic.org.nz/news/fx-list-articles.cfm?ctype=MRART&loadref=50
Director appointed for The Catholic Institute (30 Nov 2011)
Senior theology lecturer Dr Anne Tuohy has been appointed Director of
The Catholic Institute of Aotearoa New Zealand. Currently a Senior
Lecturer at the Australian Catholic University's School of Theology in
Strathfield, Dr Tuohy will take up her role as the inaugural director
of The Catholic Institute in March 2012...
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Catholic parishes combine
http://tinyurl.com/6rxo73d
Timaru's two Catholic parishes will merge after a restructuring of
South Canterbury parishes.
Sister's calendar offers beauty, meditation (photo)
http://ncronline.org/blogs/eco-catholic/sisters-calendar-offers-beauty-meditation
It began as a hand-drawn Christmas calendar for her brother in the
1970s. The following year, his friends asked if she'd make one for
them, too. They loved the meditations from saints, poets and writers
that went with each of the original 12 pieces piece of artwork. They
loved the suggested daily actions to do each day to better the world.
That's how Ministry of the Arts was born.
Former Charlotte priest admitted he sexually abused boy, document says (photo)
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/12/02/2821098/former-charlotte-priest-admitted.html
A Catholic priest who served in North Carolina, Ireland and New
Zealand, has confessed to police that he sexually abused a 14-year-old
boy 34 years ago, according to court documents filed this week by a
prosecutor. The documents also indicate that the case against Father
Joseph Kelleher may be broader than previously reported.
Catholic churches face premium rise
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/189274/catholic-churches-face-premium-rise
Dunedin's historic Catholic churches are next in line to face forecast
rises in insurance premiums, which has been likened to a "tsunami
about to hit".
Lee gave much to community (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/6nchnfg
If ever a person embodied a word, that person would be Peter Lee and
the word would be enthusiasm. Peter Lee was farewelled at St Andrew's
Anglican Church (Cambridge) on Saturday. Peter served with the New
Zealand Fire Service for 30 years and was Waipa Deputy Mayor for nine
years. He also ran a hazardous substance consultancy, Inferno
Consultants, in Empire St.
Technical hitch delays launch of new language for masses (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/7jczecu
The language of the Roman Catholic mass has changed for the first time
in nearly 40 years, but New Zealand parishioners now trail the rest of
the world thanks to a printing error.
Palestinian Christian Leader to visit New Zealand
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1112/S00004/palestinian-christian-leader-to-visit-new-zealand.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is pleased to host the Secretary General
of Caritas Jerusalem Claudette Habesch for a visit to New Zealand 24
February – 13 March 2012. Ms Habesch is available for media
interviews.
Board silent on Barrow's claims
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/news/board-silent-on-barrows-claims/1190315/
The board of Christian Social Services Wanganui is not making any
comment on claims made by the city missioner until a complaints
process has been resolved. In Saturday's Wanganui Chronicle, City
Missioner Shirley-Joy Barrow said the board of CSSW needed to be
replaced, claiming it was dysfunctional and did not know what it was
doing.
Election 2011: New kids on the block
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10769475
We turn the spotlight on nine new MPs and one likely new one and look
at their passions and hopes as they embark on their new journey....
Simon O'Connor, National - Tamaki
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News of the Schools
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Bishop Viard College, Wellington: Student honoured with top award
http://tinyurl.com/832jzm8
Francis Douglas Memorial College, New Plymouth: From fill-in to a top
honour (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/6065723/From-fill-in-to-a-top-honour
Garin College, Nelson: Maths prodigy Garin's dux (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/7ybwxtx
Kavanagh College, Dunedin: Rowing: Kavanagh pair in dominant form
http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rowing/188403/rowing-kavanagh-pair-dominant-form
Rosmini College, Auckland: Rosmini chasing third seven's tourney
(photo) http://tinyurl.com/7yptj7o
Rosmini College, Auckland: Rosmini tops for shaving campaign (photo
caption) http://tinyurl.com/7zbeb8b
Sacred Heart College, Auckland: School hosts cricket carnival
http://tinyurl.com/6usrj2x
Sacred Heart, Invercargill: Pupils enjoy their greens (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/7s73uw5
St Joseph's, Upper Hutt: Fast-stacked for success (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/upper-hutt-leader/6058851/Fast-stacked-for-success
St Patrick's, Taumarunui: Ramble to raise funds (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/824hxrm
St Peter's College, Auckland: Matamata XI nearly steals St Peter's
show http://tinyurl.com/7joj2ho
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
'Hearing': Mark 1:1-8, a reading and discussion with Dr Raymond Pelly
and the Very Rev Frank Nelson at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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LIGHT OF THE WORLD - Otago Access Radio
http://www.accessradio.org/public/programme.php?uid=1218074856-834
Programmes in December:
4 – The women saints of Advent; and Mary, Mother of the Redeemer.
11 – Drs Robert Walley and Donna Harrison talk about the work of
MaterCare International.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
** Priesthood in Dunedin (on attending the ordination of a friend)
** Is Intellectual Property property? (is it a moral theft to pirate a
movie, music etc?)
** The Mystery of the Roman Missal: Missing, Murder or Mass execution?
(the debacle over the NZ edition)
** Post-election humm
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 new symbol of false sex abuse allegations
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/new-symbol-false-sex-abuse-allegations
Next month will mark the 10-year anniversary of the explosion of the
sexual abuse crisis, triggered by a January 2002 article in the Boston
Globe on Fr. John Geoghan, accused of abusing more than 130 children
over a 30-year career. A decade into the arc of the crisis, we now
have a new symbol of another of its distressing features: The way all
Catholic priests have been tarred with the same brush, presumed guilty
until proven innocent and often cut loose by officialdom at the first
hint of an allegation. That symbol is Fr. Kevin Reynolds of Ireland,
and his is a story that merits serious reflection...
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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
Details in 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 ]
