Sunday, December 2, 2012

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Bishops take concerns over Marriage Bill to the Select Committee Today (28 November 2012)
New Zealand Catholic Bishops today appeared before the Government Administration Select Committee considering the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill to share their concerns over the future implications should it become law...

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'NZ CATHOLIC'


In issue no. 405, December 2 - 15: Plan for theology graduates in all our Catholic schools ... St Ben's Nativity display the biggest in Auckland? ... Kiwi help for abuse enquiry would be given ... Gap year valuable for young adults (Challenge 2000) ... Vatican changes its tune over Obama ... Catechists' vital mission in the north ... Catholic schools' top scholars 2012 ...Advertising feature: Monte Cecilia Housing Trust ...

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Seasonal Employment: Meet the people doing jobs that help the rest of us celebrate Christmas.
Sunday
An interview with Father James Lyons, parish priest of Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington.

'Open your eyes' Caritas tells Committee considering welfare changes
Catholic social justice agency Caritas has told a Parliamentary select committee to open its eyes to economic realities in its legislative oversight of government welfare changes.

High-rise city brothel granted resource consent
The Chow brothers have received permission for a controversial 15-storey entertainment complex including a brothel in central Auckland.

Sharing a good laugh as the years fly by (photo)
Otahuhu couple Loma and John Lyes celebrated their diamond anniversary (60 years of marriage) last Thursday.

Accused paedophile on 252 charges sipping tea in Sri Lanka (photo)
Bernard Kevin McGrath, a former St John of God brother who recently served two years in a New Zealand prison for sexually abusing boys there, is currently residing on a tea plantation in Sri Lanka because the Australian authorities dragged their feet in extraditing him to Australia.

The gays are NOT coming for your churches, by Andrew Geddis
The Law Society appears to think that Catholic priests are legally required to solemnise the remarriage of divorced people. And that Baptist pastors must preside over the union of atheists. Or has it got something very wrong? ...

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News of the Schools
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Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt: Novopay security flaw exposed http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8000565/Novopay-security-flaw-exposed



St Mary's, Hastings: Debaters rule the airwaves (photo) http://www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz/news/debaters-rule-the-airwaves/1642343/

St Mary's, Rotorua: Kid's praise work of winning caretaker (photo) http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/news/kids-praise-work-of-winning-caretaker/1642334/

St Patrick's, Timaru: Morgan's focus on saving pays off (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/8007505/Morgans-focus-on-saving-pays-off



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INSPIRATIONAL TV


A different perspective
John 21: 20-28 Judgement - A reading and reflection by Fr Edward J. Tyler, Parramatta, Australia

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS

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LIGHT OF THE WORLD - Otago Catholic Access Radio
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[Choose the "Click to download" link. The sound quality of the other one is terrible - ml]

25 November - Ken interviews Fr Paul Check, director of Courage International, a ministry to people with same-sex attraction, and EnCourage, for their families and friends.

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SOUNDS CATHOLIC - Christchurch Catholic Radio
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November 20 2012 - We mark the conclusion of the month of the Holy Souls with a light-hearted look at requiem ritual.  We feature music for the Feast of Christ the King.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs


** Falling like Pick Up Sticks (the paradoxes of development and aid work)

** Two and a Half Men (Angus Jones has called the show "filth")

** Getting Ready (gearing up at school for advent)

** Clear and Present Danger (Archbishop Vigano on theological dissent)

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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


Catholic activism on the death penalty; a brief dispatch from Denmark

Rumors of the death of the church's passion for social justice have been greatly exaggerated, at least to judge by a high-profile international conference in Rome on Tuesday promoting global abolition of the death penalty, which was organized by the Community of Sant'Egidio. The conference was titled, "A World without the Death Penalty: No Justice without Life." At a time when critics sometimes accuse Catholicism of backing away from its broad peace-and-justice agenda, the event gave a much different impression -- not just in terms of the fight against capital punishment, but the overall vitality of Catholic civil society...

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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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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD






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

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EVENTS

Parachute Music Festival, Hamilton, 25-27 January 2013

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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 ]

Graphic designer, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper
Details in 'NZ Catholic' December 2 - 15 p. 8, at http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/nz-catholic-designer-wanted/ and from The managing editor, NZ Catholic, PO Box 147000 Auckland 1144; e-mail: editor@nzcatholic.org.nz   Applications close December 14 2012