Sunday, September 9, 2012

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


"The struggle to put food on the table" the focus of Catholic Church's Social Justice Week (7 September 2012)

New Zealand's Catholic Bishops are drawing attention to the increasing struggle of many New Zealand households to put nutritious food on the table, in a statement The Hunger in our Midst released for Social Justice Week (9-15 September)...

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

Catholic Church focuses on food security for Social Justice Week
Passing on extra vegetables grown in the garden to people in need, and sharing what food we have, were suggestions that students at St Teresa's School in Karori gave today to help overcome hunger and food insecurity in New Zealand. The students were talking to Catholic Archbishop of Wellington John Dew over lunch, prior to the Catholic Church's Social Justice Week focus on food security. Social Justice Week 2012 runs 9-15 September, and is an opportunity for Catholics and the wider community to consider a current issue in the light of Catholic social teaching.

Historic super-cathedral plan
Rebuilding Christchurch's two wounded cathedrals into one 'unprecedented' Anglican-Catholic super-cathedral is under discussion at top levels in the Anglican Church. The Sunday Star-Times understands the possibility of an ecumenical, or joint, cathedral to unify the two churches has been discussed behind closed doors for months.

Rodney farewells three legends (photo)
Gretchen Elizabeth "Bibby" Cotter died aged 102 on Friday at Pinehaven Lodge, Hibiscus Coast. Born in January 1910, the year of Halley's Comet, Mrs Cotter was one of the oldest surviving Baradene College students.


Futuna's Jesus sculpture returned (photo)
Jesus finally returned home from the dead today, briefly stopping in Karori under a heavy police escort. The historic mahogany statue of Christ, hand-forged by sculptor Jim Allen, went missing from Karori's Futuna Chapel in 1999 or 2000 around the time the chapel was sold by its former owners, the Society of Mary, to housing developers.

Cemetery becomes a dirt track (photo)
Trucks have been wreaking havoc at the Otahuhu Roman Catholic Cemetery for weeks and Trevor Parkinson is fed up.

Comments by Cardinal don't apply here - Church
The Catholic Church in Auckland says criticisms of the church by an Italian Cardinal do not apply in New Zealand.

Catholic Church takes cardinal's criticisms on board

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News of the Schools
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Catholic Cathedral College, Christchurch: Bullies drive girl from school before exams http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/7636917/Bullies-drive-girl-from-school-before-exams


Hato Petera College, Auckland: Maori college needs help - ERO http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/7624638/Maori-college-needs-help-ERO

Sacred Heart School, Invercargill: Characters come to life (photo) The Southland Times http://tinyurl.com/9ptrpnf

Saints Peter and Paul School, Lower Hutt: Anti-cat warning is just for the birds (photo) The Hutt News http://tinyurl.com/988l2er

St Patrick's School, Inglewood: All fingers and thumbs (photo) North Taranaki Midweek http://tinyurl.com/95edjr2

St Teresa's, Wellington: School ditches deal with bar owner http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10831793

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INSPIRATIONAL TV


'Truth'
Mark 7: 31-37 - Healing, a reading and reflection by 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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September 2 – 2 – Mark Lenaghan once led an IRA "punishment squad". He talks about his journey home to his Catholic faith.

[Choose the "Click to download" link. The sound quality of the other one is terrible - ml]


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SOUNDS CATHOLIC - Christchurch Catholic Radio
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Sounds Catholic September 2 2012
We meet two students of CDC, the Catholic Discipleship College in Auckland. CDC provides Christian formation in an environment of Catholic spirituality, prayer, scripture, study & community life. We hear about the good work they do and the fruit it is bearing for the Church and feature some of their music.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs


** As we believe, so we should pray. Should we build as we believe? (video: the Catholic view of beauty, and the most beautiful Catholic churches in New Zealand)

** Shortland Street (Catholicism is getting some good publicity on Shorty at the moment)

** Truth and other things (Pope Benedict: The truth is the truth and there is no compromise)

** Great post on young Catholics and gay marriage

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS

'NZ Catholic' is a national newspaper published by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland. http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'. http://proudtobecatholic.org.nz/news-events/kete-korero/

Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com' http://www.welcom.org.nz

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. '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


Playing politics with the global war on Christians

Most people, most of the time, are fundamentally decent. Hence if they knew that there's a minority facing an epidemic of persecution -- a staggering total of 150,000 martyrs every year, meaning 17 deaths every hour -- there would almost certainly be a groundswell of moral and political outrage. There is such a minority in the world today, and it's Christianity. The fact that there isn't yet a broad-based movement to fight anti-Christian persecution suggests something is missing in public understanding...

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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.youtube.com/vatican (video news of Pope Benedict)

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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 ]

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