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Sunday, February 26, 2012

News and Notes - 26 February 2012

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

http://www.catholic.org.nz/news/fx-list-articles.cfm?ctype=MRART&loadref=50

** New missal to be implemented by 25 March (24 Feb 2012)

** Bishop Drennan succeeds Bishop Cullinane as Ordinary of the Diocese of Palmerston North (22 Feb 2012)

** Catholic churches around New Zealand remember Christchurch one year on from earthquake (21 Feb 2012)

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LENT 2012

http://www.caritas.org.nz/take-action/events/lent-2012

Lent 2012 begins on Ash Wednesday 22 February and ends with Easter on 8 April. Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand's theme for Lent 2012 is "Called by faith to act with generous hearts". This theme was inspired by the words of Pope Benedict XVI addressed to the Caritas Internationalis General Assembly for 2011.

The Lenten theme is being promoted in schools as "Hearts filled with hope" – recognising that good people everywhere have hopeful hearts. Our schools resource was sent to all Catholic schools in early December and is also downloadable from the Website. Parish Lenten resources are available from the same page and visitors may donate to the Caritas Lent Appeal there.

Also:
Radio New Zealand. 'Sunday' with Chris Laidlaw
Claudette Habesch : Holy City (audio file)
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/sun/sun-20120226-0840-claudette_habesch_holy_city-048.mp3

Claudette Habesch, Secretary General of Caritas Jerusalem, on representing Christianity in the occupied territories and what life is actually like for the communities of that tragically divided holy city.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

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Anniversary of the Christchurch Earthquake, February 2011
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Churches open doors for remembrance events
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/7dl9nsn
Churches around New Zealand will be marking today's anniversary, which coincides with Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent.

Catholic churches remember Christchurch one year on
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/catholic-churches-remember-christchurch-one-year/5/115506
Tomorrow Catholic churches around New Zealand will remember and pray for those who died, were injured or have suffered as a result of the Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011.

The Catholic Bishop of Christchurch, Barry Jones, on the eathquake and Catholic life in Canterbury
http://www.starcanterbury.co.nz/news/barry-jones-february-22/1279360/

Let go, Filipino community urged (photo)
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/6ntogyv
More than 300 people gathered at Sacred Heart Parish Church in Addington last night to remember Filipino victims of last February's earthquake.

Famed quake bride wants 'boring year' (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6478319/Famed-quake-bride-wants-boring-year
A young Christchurch couple's wedding a year ago was an event more memorable than most. Chris Greenslade and Emma Howard were surrounded by media as they tied the knot on February 25 at the Christ the King Catholic Church in Burnside.

Church takes time on cathedral fate (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-earthquake/6481061/Church-takes-time-on-cathedral-fate
The fate of Christchurch's quake-damaged Catholic cathedral continues to hang in the balance, with new estimates putting the cost of repair work at $100 million.

Future unclear for Christchurch basilica (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10787734
The Christchurch Catholic Basilica is either going to be demolished, rebuilt "to its former glory" or mothballed until a decision can be made.

In other news ....

Woolston church loses spire (photo caption)
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/7n4opey
The spire of St Anne's Catholic Church in Woolston is removed yesterday after it was deemed an earthquake danger. The church has been off limits since January 24, when engineers determined the entire building was earthquake-prone and required urgent strengthening. Priest Dan Doyle had been due to give his first sermon at the church on January 25, but has instead held services in the nearby St Anne's School. ''It was an incredible shock,'' he said.

Hibernian liquidator's report released
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/business/6462683/Hibernian-liquidators-report-released
Hibernian Credit Union depositors have officially been warned that they are likely to receive as little as 35 cents for every dollar of their investment as a result of a large scale fraud. The Catholic organisation, which operated in a similar way to a retail bank, was placed in liquidation last month and the first liquidators' report was mailed to more than 500 creditors this week, including 21 Catholic churches or religious trusts.

Neighbourly stoush goes national (photo)
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2012/february-2012/21/neighbourly-stoush-goes-national.aspx
Glen Eden Catholic Church hired a security guard last week to restrict access to the driveway used by a GP clinic, Labtests, a pharmacy, a dentist and a bank

Church dubbed 'neighbour from hell'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6450487/Church-dubbed-neighbour-from-hell

New life for historic buildings
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/198508/new-life-historic-buildings
A quaint school building more than 90 years old will be renovated and reused in stage one of a $2.6 million redevelopment of the St Patrick's Basilica site in South Dunedin. Part of the former St Patrick's School building, opened in 1917, is already being used as parish offices, but a total overhaul will see the building used as the Dunedin base for Catholic Social Services and as a community centre offering welfare programmes to South Dunedin residents.

Priest settles in at St Mary's (photo)
The Marlborough Express
http://tinyurl.com/7muvh3e
The spiritual leader of St Mary's Church (Blenheim) was once kicked out of a rugby game for swearing and enjoys a glass of wine. Father Bill Warwick replaced Father Alan Roberts as parish priest at St Mary's Catholic Church, Blenheim, on February 1.

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News of the Schools
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More classroom blocks shut
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/6457061/More-classroom-blocks-shut
Staff and pupils at another three Christchurch Catholic primary schools have moved into marquees, after their buildings were deemed earthquake-prone. Christ the King School in Burnside, St Peter's School in Beckenham, and St Bernadette's School in Hornby were told late on Monday that they would not be able to use one of their classroom blocks until remedial work was completed.

Children prepare to go to classes in a tent
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/6446285/Children-prepare-to-go-to-classes-in-a-tent
Classrooms at two Christchurch primary schools have been deemed earthquake-prone, forcing staff and pupils to move into marquees. Teaching blocks at Catholic schools St Mary's School in the central city and Our Lady of the Assumption School in Hoon Hay were closed late on Friday after engineers found they needed remedial work to meet the new building standards.

St Patrick's College, Wellington: Council OKS funding for artificial field
The Wellingtonian
http://tinyurl.com/6tnzapj

St Patrick's, Dunedin: Dunedin school sites to be sold off
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/199012/dunedin-school-sites-be-sold

St Peter's, Cambridge: Get ready, get set, have fun (photo)
Cambridge Edition
http://tinyurl.com/84drt29

St Peter's College, Auckland: Neck injury missed (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10788093

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'Preparation': Mark 2:12-25, a reading and commentary with John Teariki and Malia Vito-Tupai

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS

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THE FIFTEENTH STATION
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http://station15.co.nz

The View from Down Here (February 21, 2012)

In the newest show in the Station 15 stable, Brendan and Tim Malone, from Christchurch, NZ, speak with fellow New Zealander Gavin Abraham, now based in Australia, on some of the big stories in the United States that straddle the divide of Catholicism and politics. In this inaugural episode of The View from Down Here, the guys talk about the controversial Health and Human Services mandate on providing contraception and sterilisation free to women, as well as a first look at the Republican primary contest, as the GOP looks for the person to take on President Barack Obama in November's election.

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LIGHT OF THE WORLD - Otago Catholic Access Radio
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http://www.accessradio.org/public/programme.php?uid=1218074856-834

2012-02-19 – Fr Gerard Aynsley, of Dunedin, talks with Therese; Jim Beckman continues his discussion on YDisciple; and Why Stay Catholic?

[Choose the "Click to download" link. The sound quality of the other one is terrible - ml]

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** Small prolife initiative in Christchurch (Praying for the Prolife Cause has started in Chch)

** "I am the vine, you are the branches..." (How Buzz Aldrin took communion on the moon)

** Dante, Dust and the Divine (Dante and Lent)

** Are bishops accountable? ("a deadly culture of silence")

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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

Is it time for a Jacobin pope? Plus, musings on an American
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/it-time-jacobin-pope-plus-musings-american

As a thought exercise, ask yourself what period of time the following paragraph about the Vatican seems to reflect: "For those who've seen the place in better days, the Vatican looks deeply troubled. In the absence of strong leadership, internal tensions seem to be bursting into view. Even at the height of his powers, the pope took scant interest in governance. As he ages and becomes more limited, a sense of drift is mounting -- a conviction that hard choices must await a new day, and probably a new pontiff" ...

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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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