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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Dad's fury at principal's 'disgusting' email
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/news/dads-fury-at-principals-disgusting-email/1230778/
A Wanganui father has laid a complaint with the board of trustees at St Mary's School, saying an email he received from the school's principal was "disgusting". The father, who cannot be identified to protect his son, is demanding an investigation after a flurry of emails surrounding his ex-wife's attempts to have the boy moved from St Marcellin School to St Mary's.
New Zealand appointment for Goulburn Murray priest (audio file; photo)
http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2012/01/05/3402580.htm?site=goulburnmurray
The Goulburn Murray region will lose one of its leading figures, when Monsignor Peter Jeffrey departs from St Brendan's Catholic Church in Shepparton for New Zealand at the end of the month. Monsignor Jeffrey, who has also worked in Euroa, Wodonga and Beechworth, has been appointed Director of New Zealand's National Catholic Seminary. He spoke to Matt Dowling about his new challenge and his past 16 years in Shepparton...
Advocate starts by building links (photo)
The Marlborough Express
http://tinyurl.com/6ubwqxf
Training for the priesthood in Fiji gave Pacific health advocate Lasike Kula lifetime skills he is putting to good use in Marlborough.
Beauty inside wood a different inspiration (photo)
Taranaki Daily News
http://tinyurl.com/7a7xzxe
She's published 60 novels and picture books, piloted Tiger Moths and raised four children so it's hardly surprising acclaimed children's writer Joy Cowley has acquired yet another skill – woodworking.
New year baby a bonus (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/6210113/New-year-baby-a-bonus
Oliver Isaac Wells waited an extra 10 days to make his entrance into the world especially for the new year.
QSM for advocate of child-focussed learning
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/6203901/QSM-for-advocate-of-child-focussed-learning
"Ninety per cent of the good things in life are still available to me." So says Paul Ferris, the founding principal of Kavanagh College, who retired in July 2010 after 20 years in Dunedin and a successful battle against an aggressive cancer. Today he is being awarded a Queen's Services Medal for services to education.
Former Children's Commissioner honoured: Paul Leslie Ferris, Dunedin, Services to education (photos)
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/otago/192823/former-childrens-commissioner-honoured?page=0%2C2http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/otago/192823/former-childrens-commissioner-honoured?page=0%2C2
Upon receiving a QSM for services to education, Kavanagh College former principal Paul Ferris said the real reward was making a difference to young teenager's lives.
Hotere's seductive artworks 'feed the soul'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/new-year-honours-2011/6203615/Hoteres-seductive-artworks-feed-the-soul
He was born in a humble raupo whare and rode to school on horseback. Now he has joined the exclusive ranks of the greatest living New Zealanders. Artist Ralph Hotere, 80, has been made a Member of the Order of New Zealand in the New Year honours. Only 20 people can be members of the ONZ at any time.
Hawke's Bay boy, 4, run down by car
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10775412
A four-year-old boy is in a stable condition after being knocked down by a churchgoer's car on Christmas Eve.
With tremors shaking Christchurch, Christmas Mass forced outdoors
http://www.smh.com.au/world/with-tremors-shaking-christchurch-christmas-mass-forced-outdoors-20111225-1p9ef.html
Aftershocks have continued to rock Christchurch through Christmas, with no sign of the tremors easing for the festive season.
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
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** Station XV **
Episode 51 — Happy news, smiling Pope, Happy Christmas (December 16, 2011)
In this month's episode of The 15th Station, the two-man panel of James and Gavin connects from each side of the Tasman Sea to discuss some of the big stories of the past month. The New Zealand bishops are in Rome for their ad limina visit, there's talk of a full diocesan seminary in Auckland and we reflect on what Catholic News Service has found to be the biggest stories of 2011. There's also time to chat about a complicated situation in New South Wales about admission protocols for a Catholic school in New South Wales, but we finish with a story that even brought a smile to the Pope's face. On behalf of the team that makes The 15th Station possible, we wish you all a Happy and Holy Christmas and best wishes for a great 2011 — with more Station 15 podcasts as your New Year's Resolution.
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** The Bishop Reflects **
http://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/Bishops/tabid/3348/language/en-NZ/Default.aspx
Lyndsay Freer in conversation with the Bishop Pat Dunn
Episode 1: The New Zealand Bishops' ad-limina visit to Rome.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
** An American Pope? (Archbishop Timothy Dolan)
** "I… am never more myself than when I do" (read more this year)
** Vestal morons and Star Wars (Star Wars and Vatican II?)
** Using the name 'Catholic'
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
O'Malley on the sex abuse crisis: 'It's not behind us'
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/omalley-sex-abuse-crisis-its-not-behind-us
Although you won't find it on any liturgical calendar, Friday marks a monumental milestone for the Catholic church in the United States. It was exactly a decade ago, on Jan. 6, 2002, that the first Boston Globe article appeared on a serial predator and former priest named John Geoghan, triggering what we now know as the "sexual abuse crisis." Within a year, Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston resigned in disgrace... The man tapped to clean up the mess Law left behind -- a humble, self-effacing Capuchin Franciscan named Sean O'Malley -- was already a veteran drawn from the frontlines of the crisis, well before the term even existed ...
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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/page/14/
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
'Hearts Aflame' 2012 - Friday 6th to Sunday 15th January, Nga Tawa College, Marton
Details on http://www.heartsaflame.org.nz
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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 ]
Catholic Diocese of Auckland. Leader of Adult Faith Formation
http://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' December 25 2011 - January 28 2012 p.23 and from Leader, Parish and Pastoral SErvices Group, Private Bag 47904, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144; tel: (09) 360 3004; e-mail: patl@cda.org.nz Applications close 15 February 2012
