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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Legal euthanasia kills justice for all, by John Kleinsman
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/columnists/6865984/Legal-euthanasia-kills-justice-for-all
As the spokesperson of a Catholic bioethics centre, there are some who discount my message because of my religious affiliation, rather than on the basis of its merits. As two commentators noted in response to comments I recently made about the dangers of legalising euthanasia: "I am sick of the religious trying to force their narrow views on society...
The pride of Hawera Hospital (photo)
Taranaki Daily News
http://tinyurl.com/6v3k8nb
It was an impressive fountain. It had a figure of a small boy holding a fish and eight lions. Water tumbling out of the fish's head at the top and dribbled out of the lions' mouths into the bottom pool. The fountain was a gift to Hawera Hospital from Irishman Laurence Milmoe, a military settler who had taken up land at Keteonetea, near future Normanby.
Bishop Pompallier brought new media to the Maori
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=3119
Many in the Catholic community are wary of new media, finding it foreign and confusing. For those who have not been forced to use it in their workplace, the challenge of embracing digital formats often feels like too much hard work for little tangible benefit. Yet just last week, on a quick visit to New Zealand, I discovered a story of how, more than 150 years ago, the Church embraced new media with a zeal and passion that breathed new life into a whole culture, and transformed the lives of thousands of people...
Dark days that led to the light of God (photo)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9246018/Dark-days-that-led-to-the-light-of-god.html
They were lazy, hazy nights. Political researcher Laura Adshead, a striking young blonde, was relaxing in a bar on the Kings Road. It was a Friday evening and she had brought her new boyfriend, David, to meet her childhood best friend. The year was 1990. To passers-by, the gathering was unremarkable. This was the breeding ground of twinset-and-pearl Sloane Rangers after all, and this group did not stand out. How things change. This week, Adshead was revealed to have turned her back on a life of drugs and alcohol to become a nun. Now aged 44, she's committed to a life of celibacy and prayer as Sister John Mary. Her closely cropped hair is hidden by a traditional wimple. And who was that devoted boyfriend? UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
Girls show flair
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/8ys6yj7
It was in 1998 that Convent Old Girls last won the Hutt Valley Netball Premiership but as the 2012 season gets under way, the side is giving notice they will be a real force to be reckoned with.
Finer resting place for Brother of Mary MacKillop (photo)
http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/news/mary-mckillop-brother-remains/1367326/
The remains of the the brother of Australia's saint, Mother Mary MacKillop, will have a finer resting place in New Zealand after his moss-covered headstone was cleaned up and restored.
Quake fear shifts services (photo)
Upper Hutt Leader
http://tinyurl.com/832ffqy
Services at St Joseph's Catholic Church are being moved to the St Peter Chanel Centre at Brown Owl and Villa Joseph Chapel in Gibbons St while more extensive seismic tests and their results are awaited.
Quake sees church premiums rise (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/207916/quake-sees-church-premiums-rise
The flow-on effects of the Christchurch earthquake will cost the Dunedin Catholic diocese about $300,000 this year, general manager Stuart Young says.
Increased insurance premiums were likely to cost an extra $200,000, with the rest going on detailed earthquake assessments of seven of the diocese's most at-risk churches and buildings.
Churches' future uncertain
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/6857471/Churches-future-uncertain
The future of earthquake-damaged churches in Timaru still hangs in the balance.
Church repairs priority (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/6834532/Church-repairs-priority
Preliminary assessments of five of Marlborough's seven Catholic churches indicate all are at risk of collapse in a moderate earthquake. Renwick is yet to be assessed and the Sacred Heart church in Kaikoura received a favourable assessment.
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News of the Schools
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20 classrooms to be repaired (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/6833033/20-classrooms-to-be-vacated
Children at five Christchurch Catholic schools will have to move into temporary classrooms because of repair work.
Ruling on dues will save schools $3m a year
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/6833437/Ruling-on-dues-will-save-schools-3m-a-year
Private schools that have integrated into the state education system have won a legal-interpretation dispute that could have cost them $3 million a year.
Aquinas College, Tauranga: College sport: Aquinas Athletics, Cricket success (photo) http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/news/college-sport-aquinas-athletics-cricket-success/1367223/
Sacred Heart College, Auckland: Polo stars upset at losing national championships (photo) East and Bays Courier http://tinyurl.com/7xgwx5a
St Patrick's, Kaiapoi: Rude parents risk to kids (photo) Northern Outlook http://tinyurl.com/6rc58ko
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
'The Vine': John 15:1-8, a reading and reflection with Violet Kudzotsa and Malia Vito-Tupai
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
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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
29 April 2012 – A look at vocations today with Benedictine Fr Christopher Jamison, director of the national office for priestly vocation in the UK.
[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
** Piligrimage… (if you had a choice, where would you go?)
** Work: is it working for us? (the dignity of labour)
** What the Nuns taught us… (reverence at the name of Jesus)
** The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass/the Sacred Meal (comparing the old and new rite of ordination)
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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
Recognize martyrs around the world by canonizing one of their own
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/recognize-martyrs-around-world-canonizing-one-their-own
Once again, Christians found themselves on the firing line last Sunday, with 19 people killed in Nigeria and one in Kenya in attacks on three churches. Those atrocities, alas, have rated no more than a blip on the global radar screen, largely because such things have become chillingly familiar. Every time something like this happens, the Vatican, to its credit, is usually quick to speak out. Yet more and more, an unavoidable question looms: Isn't there something the Vatican could do beyond issuing statements? ...
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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
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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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/author/luke/
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (video news of Pope Benedict)
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EVENTS
New Zealand Catholic Education Convention 2012
8-10 August 2012, Wellington Convention Centre
http://www.conference.co.nz/nzceoc2012
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on the Website of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
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