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Dear readers: Welcome back to Kiwicath News & Notes, a thirteen-year
chronicle of Catholic life in New Zealand in the early years of the
twenty-first century. Happy New Year and God bless. Mike Leon

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Fire at St Philomena's
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Video:
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/new-plymouth-woman-charged-after-church-fire-5793508

Woman arrested after fire / The faithful mourn their church (photos
Taranaki Daily News
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=WVOM1NQU3X52&linkid=eb3311cd-e2cf-4c5f-8340-98f2e90086a0&pdaffid=lHpOEO%2bSMqBuhcDzMicNAQ%3d%3d
Close to 200 St Philomena's Catholic Church members gathered for
prayers and hymns as they coped with a testing time.
The 50-year-old New Plymouth church, in Brooklands Rd, was destroyed
by fire on Monday, leaving the Catholic community devastated by the
loss.

Fund rises out of school library ashes (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/9590460/Fund-rises-out-of-school-library-ashes/
The fire that razed St Philomena's Catholic Church on Monday also took
with it a much treasured school library. However, St Pius has since
been inundated with calls from people keen to offer money to get the
library going again. So, school board of trustee member Louise
Walters-Uhila set up the St Pius School Library Relief Fund.

Editorial: Destruction of church hard to fathom
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/opinion/9586721/Destruction-of-church-hard-to-fathom

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Queen's Birthday Honours
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The honourable gardener (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9565010/The-honourable-gardener
When Sister Loyola Galvin received a letter from the Government, she
thought it must be a traffic fine. The 91-year-old nun examined her
conscience, before discovering it was from the prime minister, to tell
her she was becoming a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

David Moxon honoured for services to the Anglican Church (photo)
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/news/nbnat/1617323837-david-moxon-honoured-for-services-to-the-anglican-church
The Kiwi Archbishop who represents Anglicans worldwide at the Vatican
becomes a knight in the New Year honours. David Moxon is being
honoured today for his services to the Anglican Church over 35 years.

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Poorer girls face school shut-out
Catholic school forced to introduce enrolment zone (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=11181523
Girls from poorer suburbs may be shut out of a top Catholic girls'
school in one of Auckland's richest suburbs when an enrolment zone is
introduced this year. Baradene College of the Sacred Heart, in
Remuera's Victoria Ave, is in the final stages of seeking approval
from the Ministry of Education to increase its roll progressively over
the next few years.

Leaving on high note (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/campus/university-otago/287199/leaving-high-note
A lack of work for graduates means former Otago University Students'
Association president Francisco Hernandez is heading to Wellington. Mr
Hernandez is leaving Dunedin after being involved in student politics
in the city for almost five years, which included spending last year
as president of OUSA.

New defender to stand up for New Zealand anthem (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/9579947/New-defender-to-stand-up-for-New-Zealand-anthem
New Zealand's national anthem has been officially protected by the
United Nations, a gesture the writer's North Shore ancestors
appreciate. Brothers Clive and David Bracken from Hillcrest and
Forrest Hill have always taken pride in their great-grandfather, poet
Thomas Bracken.

Also:
Thomas Bracken, a short biography:
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2b35/bracken-thomas

Acting with social responsibility the essence of leadership
Prof Klaus Bosselmann discusses why leadership matters.
http://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/opinion/287222/acting-social-responsibility-essence-leadership
When Time magazine recently named Pope Francis Person of the Year
2013, the general reaction around the world was one of approval.
Known as the people's pope, Francis has captured the imaginations of
millions, and not just in the Catholic world. He raised hopes like
only a few leaders before; Nelson Mandela comes to mind, or perhaps
Barack Obama. So, how important are ''world leaders'' and what
distinguishes Pope Francis from other leaders such as Adolf Hitler,
the Time magazine Person of the Year 1938?

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS

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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

2014-01-05 – Commentary on the Magi and art; the life of St André
Bessette; more on Pope Francis's Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii
Gaudium.

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SOUNDS CATHOLIC - Christchurch Catholic Radio
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http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=3295

12 January 2014: Sounds Catholic's programme on a theology of animals
- inspired by the loss of Ken Joblin's best friend, his guide dog
Tiger - won its class in the national radio industry awards. This a
re-broadcast of the award-winning programme.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** Person of the Year (a reflection Time magazine's choice of Pope Francis)

** Spoiler Alert (on seeing the film 'Philomena')

** Wonderful Intolerance ! (Marty wonders if there is a "new fascism"
in the Vatican)

** Hopes for a New Year for Being Frank

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC - John L. Allen Jr

http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic

The clergy trade; Melady; pope-watch; and The Boston Globe
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/clergy-trade-melady-pope-watch-and-boston-globe

Pope Francis recently issued a blunt warning about what he called a
"novice trade" within religious orders these days, quoting a line from
the Filipino bishops and deliberately using an Italian term that
evokes memories of the slave trade. Such situations, however, are only
a small piece of a much bigger picture, which is a growing migration
of priests and religious in the Catholic church from the "global
south" to the north, despite the fact that the overall Catholic
population is shifting in precisely the opposite direction. To discuss
the promise and peril of this broader "trade" in clergy, I turned to
Philip Jenkins of Baylor University, one of the English-speaking
world's leading experts on global Christianity...

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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'
https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

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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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm http://livingtheword.org.nz

Gosepl Reflections - Veronica Lawson rsm http://goo.gl/69vmqc

Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

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FACEBOOK

The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Catholic-Church-in-Aotearoa-New-Zealand/149916141686808

Auckland Catholic Tertiary Chaplaincy - Newman Hall
https://www.facebook.com/TheChaplains

Auckland Catholic Youth Ministry
https://www.facebook.com/AKCYM

Bishop Patrick Dunn
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick?sk=wall

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Catholic-Diocese-of-Christchurch/181351388575074

Catholic Diocese of Hamilton
https://www.facebook.com/CatholicDioceseofHamilton

Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz?sk=wall

Diocesan Young Catholics, Palmerston North
http://www.facebook.com/DiocesanYoungCatholics

Youth and Young Adults Ministries, Christchurch
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CYT-Youth-and-Young-Adults-Ministries/95736474530

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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD

http://cathnews.co.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/author/luke/

http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/

http://www.youtube.com/user/romereports/videos (video)

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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 ]

Job vacancies in the Auckland and Wellington Catholic diocesan
agencies are on these pages:
Auckland: http://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/category/vacancies/
Wellington: http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/jobs

Youth worker, Catholic parish of Greymouth.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' December 15-21 2013 p. 19 and from the
Catholic Parish of Greymouth, 40 High Street, Greymouth 7805. Tel: 03
768 5263 Applications close 17 January 2014.