Kiwicath News and Notes

Sunday, April 29, 2012

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In issue no. 389, April 22 - May 5 2012: Easter around New Zealand (photos, 2 pages) ... Advertising features: Catholic Discipleship college ... Education (6 pages)

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Right or duty to die?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/6814118/Right-or-duty-to-die
Nathaniel Centre director and euthanasia opponent John Kleinsman has hit back at Maryan Street's euthanasia bill during a debate tonight. Both were among speakers at an open forum at the Dunedin Public Hospital tonight titled euthanasia and assisted suicide: A discussion we need to have...

Catholic Bishops meet in Christchurch
http://www.voxy.co.nz/lifestyle/catholic-bishops-meet-christchurch/5/121595
The seven members of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference are meeting in Christchurch as a sign of solidarity with the Canterbury community as they rebuild their city following the tragic earthquake of February 2011.

Nuns celebrate order's 150 years (photo)
The Nelson Mail
http://tinyurl.com/7ur4a5j
The day after their arrival from France in 1871, four Sisters from Our Lady of the Missions started teaching in the Catholic school in Nelson. Sisters from the mission taught at St Joseph's School until the retirement of Sister Maureen Lawson in 2000. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the order's founding in France and the milestone was marked at Nelson's Catholic church, St Mary's, yesterday...

Nurse devoted life to caring for people
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/6vb9283
Obituary of Christina (Tina) Mary Ackland, 1947-2012, charge nurse of the plastic surgery unit at Hutt hospital, Lower Hutt.

Caritas opposes partial privatisation of power companies
http://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/caritas-opposes-partial-privatisation-power-companies/5/121755
Caritas Director Julianne Hickey spoke to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee this week about the Mixed Ownership Model Bill. If passed, this Bill will allow the partial sale of the four state owned power companies. Caritas told the Committee that the legislation will lead to greater inequalities and, in the current regulatory environment, may not lead to sufficient protection for poor and vulnerable consumers. The full text of the oral submission follows ...

Inside the Catholic Church (photo)
The Wellingtonian
http://tinyurl.com/6wp8uo9
Joseph Romanos talks to Archbishop John Dew about meeting Pope Benedict XVI, studying horticulture and whether he wished he had a family.

Generous man with the community at heart (photo)
The Southland Times
http://tinyurl.com/6qv2ap2
Pipes and drums of the Waimatuku Highland Band and the 40 South Pipe Band he helped to found accompanied Alister Young as he was carried on the shoulders of soldiers from Invercargill Regiment 40 South to his final resting place.

Honours for top Venturer (photo)
Upper Hutt Leader
http://tinyurl.com/7rfs3e8
Another St Joseph's Venturer Scout has earned the highest achievement possible as a youth member of New Zealand Scouting. Christopher Gray: The 47th Venturer to have his name put on the St Joseph's Group's honours board.

Church open while quake risk assessed
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/upper-hutt-leader/6799404/Church-open-while-quake-risk-assessed
Parishioners at Our Lady of Grace Church, Heretaunga, will continue to use their 1960 building while they await more information about how it would stand up to a major earthquake.

'Father of philanthropy' struck gold with beer (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/business/6808279/Father-of-philanthropy-struck-gold-with-beer
TG Macarthy couldn't resist the promise of striking gold and, as a young man, bid London farewell forever and left for the colonies.

Civil claim against credit union auditors
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/6807181/Civil-claim-against-credit-union-auditors
A civil claim against auditors of the Hibernian Credit Union, which is in liquidation as a result of a massive employee fraud, is set to be launched within weeks. Lawyers for both the credit union's liquidators, and those acting for the still-solvent Hibernian Catholic Benefit Society, are in the final stages of preparing a claim against Grant Thornton, the long-term auditors for the related but separate organisations.

Churches unite to create Anchorage (photo)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/8ykv8qs
Jesus is the model for the churches which have established The Anchorage community hub in the centre of Lower Hutt, the vicar of St James' Church, Peter Benge, told a launch gathering last week.

Bishop's courage under fire in France (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10801246
A small bronze crucifix welded from World War I rifle bullet cartridges stands as a testament to the bravery and selflessness shown by an Auckland bishop who tried to rescue the wounded on the fields of France. The crucifix belonged to Bishop Henry Cleary, the Catholic Bishop of Auckland from 1910 to 1929, who took his duties right to the frontline.

Convent comedy of adolescence
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/entertainment/6796120/Convent-comedy-of-adolescence
Catholic convent schools and female adolescence come together when Stratford On Stage performs Once A Catholic next month. A comedy by Mary O'Malley, it is set in the Convent of Our Lady of Fatima, a grammar school for girls and in and around the streets of Willesden and Harlesden, London, in the late 1950s.

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News of the Schools
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St Joseph's School, Speargrass Flat:

'Delight' as way is cleared for school
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/206878/delight-way-cleared-school

Appeal's $200k bill (photo)
http://www.scene.co.nz/appeals-200k-bill/299119a1.page

Purpose-built campus
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/206879/purpose-built-campus

Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt: Just reward for young softballer http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/club-sport/6803477/Just-reward-for-young-softballer

St Bernard's College, Lower Hutt: Hutt pair win Glasgow Rangers trial (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/hutt-news/sport/6795556/Hutt-pair-win-Glasgow-Rangers-trial

St Joseph's, Ashburton: New principal feels right at home (photo) http://www.ashburtonguardian.co.nz/news/todays-news/7425-new-principal-feels-right-at-home.html

St Joseph's, Nelson: Children taught the significance of Anzac Day (photo) The Nelson Mail http://tinyurl.com/7aqnqnj

St Patrick's, Inglewood: Swimming successes earn giant kiwi hugs (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/6795412/Swimming-successes-earn-giant-kiwi-hugs/

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'Being One': John 10:11-18, a reading and reflection with Rev. Canon Jenny Wilkens and Very Rev. Frank Wilson at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS

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The View from Down Here
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http://station15.co.nz

The View from Down Here: April 24, 2012

Religion and politics collide on a fairly grand scale in this week's episode of The View from Down Here. Brendan and Gavin chat about the Illinois bishop who has strongly criticised President Obama — only to see a secular group try to have the diocese's tax-exempt status revoked. The homily in question can be read or viewed here, so you can make up your own mind on whether Bishop Jenky crossed the line. We also talk about a same-sex marriage referendum in Washington state, voter ID laws and the Vatican's criticism of some women religious. We hope you enjoy the show.

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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

22 April 2012 – An interview with Eric Mataxas, author of Bonhoeffer, Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy.

[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

** Another quick question… (what Catholic speakers has your diocese had recently…?)

** Is Michael Voris pushing a novel Charismatic theology of the Trinity?

** Lest we forget (Anzac Day in a small town)

** Some nuns kicking over the traces

** Time for change to contraception message

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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

Notes on the LCWR overhaul
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/notes-lcwr-overhaul

By far, the biggest Vatican story at the moment in the American media market is an announced overhaul of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the main umbrella group for superiors of the roughly 400 women's orders in the States. The move has been presented by the Vatican as a "reform" but styled as a "crackdown" in most press coverage...

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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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FACEBOOK

Pompallier's People: The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
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

SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists

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