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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
NZ Catholics send Chag Sameach [festive greetings]
New Zealand's Catholic Bishops' Committee for Interfaith Relations has sent a Chag Sameach to the NZ Jewish community.
Muslim school for Dunedin (photo)
South Dunedin is about to host a secondary boarding school for senior Muslim boys, in a former Roman Catholic school. The former St Patrick's Primary School in Melbourne St has been sold by the Dunedin Catholic Diocese to the Al-Noor Charitable Trust, a Christchurch-based charity established to develop Islamic educational institutions in New Zealand.
Community carers (photo)
The Saturday Express, Marlborough
The St Mary's Conference of the St Vincent de Paul in Marlborough celebrates 50 years helping people in the Blenheim community today. Its secondhand clothing shop and bric-abrac shop on High St gives it a prominent profile in central Blenheim but much of its work is done in private homes in the wider community, helping families in need.
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News of the Schools
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Garin College / St Paul's School. Richmond, Nelson: An international flavour (photo) http://tinyurl.com/9xgottq
St Joseph's, Taupo: Funds raised for school http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/taupo-times/news/7740609/Funds-raised-for-school
St Joseph's, Nelson: Dancing in the streets (photo, video) http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/7732571/Dancing-in-the-streets
St Patrick's College, Silversteam: Joel sets sights on world championship (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/wairarapa-news/sport/7729258/Joel-sets-sights-on-world-championship
St Peter's, Cambridge: Celebrating culture (photo) Cambridge Edition http://tinyurl.com/94os5m9
St Theresa's, Invercargill: City schoolgirls win national aerobics title (photo) The Southland Times http://tinyurl.com/9mqjsvu
St Thomas of Canterbury College, Christchurch: Board enterprise gives back to community (photo) The Press http://tinyurl.com/9s998dp When a team of eight young entrepreneurs from St Thomas of Canterbury College started their own breadboard business, profit was not the their main aim.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
In Touch:
Mark 9:38-48: Cold water. a reading and reflection with Fr James Lyons and Christine Peterson
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
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SOUNDS CATHOLIC - Christchurch Catholic Radio
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September 23 2012: Hear the music of our Cathedral Choir and orchestra who sang at Mass in St Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin, as part of their July southern tour. We feature movements of a setting of Schubert's Mass in G.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
** Reason & Faith, rock on together…and Simcha Fischer's life theory on sorting socks… (on studying philosophy at the Augustine Institute)
** To the ends of the earth; to discuss how to spread the Gospel (the synod of bishops on the New Evangelisation)
** Where are the missing Catholic kids? ( ...in Catholic primary schools)
** Look who's talking (an open letter to the bishops on behalf of young Catholics)
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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. '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
Christian growth in the heart of Islam; Kazakhstan; and the butler's trial
Media theorists like to talk about the power of a "narrative," meaning a storyline that's often more influential than reality in shaping perceptions. Pope Benedict XVI recently returned from his fourth trip to the Middle East, where there's a strong Christian narrative these days: decline and possible extinction. Given the steep drop in the native Christian population, some fear the region will soon be a "spiritual Disneyland," full of holy sites but empty of flesh-and-blood believers. There's certainly reality to that, yet the narrative of decline obscures an equally important truth. In some parts of the Middle East, Christianity is actually booming, and those folks deserve some attention, too...
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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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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 ]
Church programme leader, The Logos Project
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Sept 23 - Oct 6 2012 p.27 and from Helen Robinson tel 021 822 610 and on the Website. Applications close 5 October 2012.
