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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.catholic.org.nz/news/fx-list-articles.cfm?ctype=MRART&loadref=50
Response from the Catholic Church on Contraception Proposals in Welfare Reform (8 May 2012)
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'NZ CATHOLIC'
In issue no. 390, May 6 - 19 2012 : 'Jesus' interviewed in updated NZ Classic ... Social service agencies under pressure to 'fill the gaps' ... Discipleship college studies B16 encyclicals and has 'Pope party' ... NZ singer and Catholic hits Vegas jackpot ... Lecturer debunks population myths ... The 'toxic' male - ways to bulletproof your son ... New bishop asks PN congregation: Are we tired of making the Good News known? ... Methodists and Catholics continue their conversation .. Life centre helps all women, in all ways ... Indian Kiwi gives help to his own ... Advertising features: Retreat Centres; Bookshops and publications
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Joyous, humble bus driver had demeanour of chief (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/obituaries/6910035/Joyous-humble-bus-driver-had-demeanour-of-chief
Hermann Curry was a year away from semi-retirement in Samoa when he met his unfortunate death in a Lower Hutt bus depot. He was buried on Monday in the blue blazer he treasured as an old boy of Chanel College in Apia. The foundation pupil of the college, opened in 1962, had planned to attend its 50th anniversary celebrations on the return home...
Also: Bus driver who died chased teen who took cash (photos)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/6876800/Bus-driver-who-died-chased-teens-who-took-cash
Bishop finds biography 'too flattering'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/6908190/Bishop-finds-biography-too-flattering
Contemplating the publication of his biography, Bishop Len Boyle jokes, "it's too flattering". The Good Shepherd, launched yesterday, included all the good but not the bad, he said, laughing...
Church forced to shift next door (photo)
Northern Outlook
http://tinyurl.com/7dryoux
Rangiora's historic St Mary and Francis de Sales Catholic Church has been closed after engineering assessments found it was earthquake-prone.
Parish duty helped Nick to escape
Dargaville News
http://tinyurl.com/7z97z83
A special display in the Dargaville Museum contains memorabilia telling some of the World War II stories of Flying Officer Nicholas Matich of the royal New Zealand air Force ...
Young sailor farewelled (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6905000/Young-sailor-farewelled
Benjamin Revell was a brave sailor who fell not in action but to a deadly illness. Today admirals, commanders, captains, a cabinet minister and, most importantly, his wife and daughter, who he battled so hard for, united to farewell him. A Catholic requiem mass merged with Samoan singing and the muffled drums, the uniforms and brass of the navy to farewell a man described by friend Tom Swingler as "a gentle giant (who) came and saw and conquered our hearts".
Also: Family pays tribute to Navy dad (photos)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/6890606/Family-pays-tribute-to-Navy-dad
Navy battler dies after daughter's baptism (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/6882846/Navy-battler-dies-after-daughters-baptism
The dead tell tales (photo)
Waikato Times
http://tinyurl.com/6tcx94a
When historian Michael King began researching the history of his greatuncle Maurice Belgrave, he discovered this Frankton draper had a momentous secret – he was born an Orthodox Jew under another name. His New Zealand relatives had always believed him to be Catholic, not realising he had been baptised just three days before his wedding to devout Catholic Margaret Hartnett, in October 1911.
Catholics to take time over cathedral decision (photo)
The Timaru Herald
http://tinyurl.com/83h622w
Shunned from the centre of the Anglican settlement to a site near the railway line and close to the old gasworks, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament has still managed to wow visitors and locals alike, providing a spectacle more exotic than the somewhat austere but unsurprisingly better placed Anglican Christ Church Cathedral. Ironic then that as a result of extensive earthquake damage, the fabric of the Catholic cathedral is finding a new home in another industrial part of the city.
St Mary's to be assessed
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/6870850/St-Marys-to-be-assessed
It will be June before a detailed engineering assessment of the earthquake risk at St Mary's Catholic Church in Blenheim can be done, Wellington archdiocese property general manager Paul Bayliss says.
Many Catholic buildings deemed unsafe
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/kaikoura/6885431/Many-Catholic-buildings-deemed-unsafe
With bad news sweeping across the Catholic diocese regarding the future of its buildings, Kaikoura priest Father Eric Urlich says the church community here is very fortunate. Kaikoura's Sacred Heart church, on Ludstone Rd, received a clean bill of health from building inspectors. But all was not well for many in the Marlborough region.
Asian family live in fear as vandals target home
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10804447
An Asian family who moved to New Zealand for its peaceful lifestyle are living in fear because of sustained vandalism attacks in which eggs and rocks are being thrown at their house in an upmarket street in Te Atatu Peninsula.
Grab a man, sheilas urged
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10804192
Single, mobile New Zealand blokes take note: The shortage of Mr Rights in Australia is so bad that women are being urged by a Catholic Church leader to grab and keep hold of any they can find.
Radio NZ. Nine to Noon with Catherine Ryan. Thomas de Wesselow - British art historian on the Shroud of Turin (audio file)
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ntn/ntn-20120504-1008-feature_guest_-_thomas_de_wesselow-048.mp3
Thomas de Wesselow is a British Art historian and investigator of Medieval images. He has new research on the Shroud of Turin which for centuries has been regarded by some as the burial cloth of Jesus – by others, as the most elaborate hoax in history. After five years of painstaking study, Thomas reveals the results of his research in his book, The Sign. He believes he can prove beyond doubt that the Shroud is an authentic relic of Jesus and, that it inspired the belief in the Resurrection.
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News of the Schools
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Catholic contest draws 600 (photo)
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/news/catholic-contest-draws-600/1372451/
More than 600 people from Catholic families descended on Wanganui at the weekend for the annual O'Shea Shield competition. The shield is a speech, drama and oratory competition open to students at Catholic secondary schools. It has been running for more than 50 years.
Win for Hawke's Bay's Catholic students (photo)
http://www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz/news/win-for-hawkes-bays-catholic-students/1375511/
Sacred Heart College from Napier and St John's College from Hastings placed first equal in the annual O'Shea Shield Catholic secondary schools competition in Wanganui.
Holy Cross School, Miramar: Schoolchildren tackle philosophy (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/6869914/Schoolchildren-tackle-philosophy
St Joseph's Temuka: What makes machines work? (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/communities/6877209/What-makes-machines-work
St Joseph's, Arrowtown: Catholic school appeal ongoing http://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/209011/catholic-school-appeal-ongoing
St Joseph's, Hamilton: Target of 'carpark Mafia' quits as school principal http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10805016
St Joseph's, Nelson: School savours cookbook launch (photo) The Leader Nelson http://tinyurl.com/7s8uq7s
St Patrick's, Kaiapoi: Radio dream comes true Northern Outlook http://tinyurl.com/76sh8hj
St Patrick's, Taupo: Monster Ride (photocaption) http://tinyurl.com/6vhlgay
St Peters College, Auckland: College sport: 'Cage' returns to life as premier venue http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10804396
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
'Every where': John 15:9-17, a reading and reflection with Malia Vito-Tupai and John Teariki
Also: 'Community around us', a reflection by Sr Mary Scanlon
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
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THE VIEW FROM DOWN HERE
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May 8, 2012: With Newt Gingrich dropping out of the Republican presidential race, it's essentially become a head-to-head battle between President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney with six months to go until the general election. And it continues to be a rough period for President Obama, with a new campaign ad being widely criticised, ex-girlfriends revealing some of the secrets of their relationships with the future president and letters from Osama bin Laden being released. Brendan, Tim and Gavin chat about those stories, plus the other talking points of the past couple of weeks.
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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
6 May 2012 – Dominican Fr Paul Murray recently spoke to the House of Lords – this is the first part of his address: What it is like to come close to the presence of God? Also, commentary on the Columban calendar's May painting.
[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
** Double-Edged Sword (are you conservative, fundamentalist, extremist?)
** What are National doing?!?! (the processes of government need to be just
** Seating Arrangements (do you sit where you've always sat at Mass?)
** Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament update (in case you missed it)
: Exorcism in the United States ('60 Minutes' on exorcism in a Pentecostal church)
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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 poll average from Rome on the next pope
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/poll-average-rome-next-pope
Right now, the "next pope" conversation isn't creating much buzz. There's no sign of a health crisis around Benedict XVI, and Catholic attention around the world is focused on more local matters: the LCWR crackdown in the States, the disciplining of liberal priests and calls for Cardinal Sean Brady to resign over the sex abuse crisis in Ireland, a political scandal involving Communion and Liberation in Italy, and so on. Yet with an 85-year-old pope beginning to show his age, speculation about who might come next is always in the background, even if it's on a low boil...
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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 ]
