FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA
Head of Catholic Education to step down
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/head-catholic-education-step-down/5/212598
Brother Patrick Lynch, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Catholic
Education Office, will step down from his role later in the year, at a
time to be determined, announced Geoffrey Ricketts, the Chairman of
the Board of Directors of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office,
today.
Popular priest about to retire (photo)
Cambridge Edition
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=A1HDZ71FUOB5&linkid=ee4ee0c3-a439-4612-b208-128839bfdf74&pdaffid=lHpOEO%2bSMqBuhcDzMicNAQ%3d%3d
Cambridge's much loved parish priest has announced his retirement.
Father Monsignor David Bennett has been a priest at St Peter's
Catholic Church in Cambridge for the past 14 years and said at age 71
it was time for him to pass the role onto someone else.
Church fears the Mass in Maori may die out (photo)
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/264852/church-fears-the-mass-in-maori-may-die-out
The Catholic Bishop in Christchurch is warning that the celebration of
Mass in Te Reo Maori is diminishing, which has prompted the Maori arm
of the church to call - for the hahi to improve links with tangata
whenua.
Curfew part of sentence
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/331167/curfew-part-sentence
A Wanaka man who indecently assaulted a child has been sentenced to
community detention. Gregory Gerard Basil Clarke (55), who has strong
ties to the Catholic Church, appeared in Queenstown District Court
yesterday afternoon.
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End of line for hostel (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11394701
One of the oldest buildings in the Hawke's Bay education system has
come down with the demolition of the century-old Sacred Heart College
hostel in Napier.
Gisborne mourns drowned brothers (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/65442455/gisborne-mourns-drowned-brothers
The Wakelin brothers were close, and it came as no surprise to Campion
College principal Paul McGuinness that the eldest, Paul, died while
trying to save John from drowning.
Also: 'Two beautiful boys in life, now together in death'
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article/?id=40351
New principal under investigation (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/65639264/new-principal-under-investigation
The Government's controversial charter school experiment faces more
strife, with the principal of the latest school under investigation by
the Teachers Council. James Haggett stepped down as deputy principal
in charge of curriculum at Auckland Catholic boys' school St Peter's
College in June after allegedly wrongly reporting student assessments
over a sustained period. He resigned in August.
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When Pope Francis rips 'proselytism,' who's he talking about?
http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2015/01/27/when-francis-rips-proselytism-whos-he-talking-about/
On the list of what Italian writer Vittorio Messori calls the
"perplexities" about Pope Francis, meaning things that are sometimes
hard to figure out, one item probably has to be the pontiff's attitude
towards missionary efforts. On one hand, Francis talks constantly
about the imperative of evangelization and spreading the faith. On the
other, Francis rarely misses an opportunity to condemn what he calls
"proselytism." He famously called it "solemn nonsense" in a 2013
interview, and during an ecumenical vespers service Sunday evening at
the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls he called on all
Christian churches to reject "proselytism and competition in all their
forms" ...
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EMPLOYMENT
Chief Executive Officer, New Zealand Catholic Education Office
Details on the home page at http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 20 February 2015.
Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on
the Website of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz
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