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'NZ CATHOLIC' - no.393, June 17-30 2012
(FT = full text on the NZC website, under 'Latest News and Events')
In the current issue: Pope slams anti-family economics ... Hamilton to launch Vatican II programme ... Engage with wider world, graduates told ... St Bede's College Christchurch celebrates a venerable 100 years ... Valuable networking at Lay Witness Congress ... A lifetime of achievement and love (Drs John and Evelyn Billings) ... Eastern-rite bishop visit to New Zealand a first (FT) ... Changes to Down syndrome screening welcomed by NZ advocacy group ... 130 marriage educators at biennial training weekend ... Leprosy shows academic the power of truth (FT)
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Claimants have say if firm folds
Two former Ansvar policyholders managed to get changes made to the insurer's proposed payment scheme, which was approved by the High Court on Tuesday, giving the claimants a bit more say on how claims are paid if the company goes under.
Court accepts insurer's plan for insolvency
Woman 'insulted' by church role in annulment (photo)
Alice Bassett-Smith and her United States-born husband married in 2000, lived together in both New Zealand and the US, divorced in 2008 and have both moved on. So, she was stunned when telephoned "out of the blue" by a Catholic priest a month ago and told her former husband had applied to a church marriage tribunal in the US to have their marriage annulled.
Former PRO and councillor dies suddenly (photo)
Rotorua Review
Bob Low, who had a brief but high- profile flirt with public life, coupled with personal tragedy, died suddenly in Rotorua on Saturday. His funeral was held yesterday at St Michael's Church, Ohinemutu.
SkyCity worker can carry smaller bible
SkyCity says a worker who feared for her job over the Bible she carried at work will be allowed to keep a pocket version of the good book which does not clash with the company's uniform policy.
'Respond with compassion' to refugees: Australians ask Kiwi parliamentarians
Plans to lock-up refugees arriving in groups to New Zealand have drawn concern from across the Tasman. The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (ACMRO) has opposed the mandatory detention provisions in the Immigration Amendment Bill, in a written submission on the Bill currently before Parliament.
Engineers to look at Hokitika's historic church (photo)
Engineers will start examining Hokitika's landmark St Mary's Catholic Church today for earthquake risks after last Friday's shock closure.
The intriguing case of our missing school choir mistress, by Stephen Oliver
A former pupil recalls Miss O'Shea, his music teacher, at Marist Brothers' School, Newtown, Wellington in the early 1950s.
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News of the Schools
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Hato Paora College, Feilding: College boys set for LA adventure (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/7136776/College-boys-set-for-LA-adventure/
Our Lady of the Snows, Methven; St Joseph's Ashburton: Mid Canterbury's two Catholic schools are not covered by insurance for earthquakes, along with Catholic churches in the district. http://www.ashburtonguardian.co.nz/news/todays-news/7839-churches-without-earthquake-insurance.html
Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt: Heart beats 100 years (photo caption) The Hutt News http://tinyurl.com/7bbnr4r
St Michael's, Taita: Schools combine for exhibition (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/hutt-news/7126111/Schools-combine-for-exhibition
St Peter's, Cambridge: Pupils keen to protect penguins (photo) Cambridge Edition http://tinyurl.com/884cqem
Villa Maria College, Christchurch: School leader passes the baton The Press http://tinyurl.com/85q6jp5 Villa Maria College principal Mary Lynch was the school's first lay principal and is leaving after 20 years in the job.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
Freedom - Luke 1:57-66,80: The name frees, a reading and reflection with Sister Stephanie Kitching
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
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LIGHT OF THE WORLD - Otago Catholic Access Radio
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June 17 – Beyond the Birds and the Bees: Gregory Popcak, a marriage and family counsellor, speaks about raising sexually whole and holy children. Sophie Hayes' book Trafficked highlights the most common form of modernday slavery.
[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
** Imagine… (... what can happen with a renewal of religious life)
** Catholic and ecological? (how should Catholicism and ecology go together?)
** My Mormon Friend (lessons from a Mormon's commitment to faith)
** Desperately Seeking Catholicity (a review of a disturbing book)
** We have a mustard seed. And we aren't afraid to use it! (Cardinal Ratzinger on the future of the 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
The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/?sid=5
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
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
Understanding the Vatican's transparency test
Recently, two Italian newspapers reported that the Vatican will fail an upcoming transparency test by European anti-money-laundering experts while a third claimed the Vatican will pass. While such conflicting accounts are hardly new, the twist is that all three stories contained virtually identical information. The difference wasn't the data, but the spin...
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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
Bishop Patrick Dunn
Catholic Discipleship College
SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD
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
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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 overseas volunteer vacancies are listed on the Vacancies page of http://www.mahitahi.org ]
