Sunday, December 11, 2016

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

Cardinal Dew challenges MPs on euthanasia

Cardinal Dew spoke on behalf of the bishops of New Zealand to the written Submission to the Health Select Committee on their End of Life investigation, today at Parliament ...

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 

Full text articles: https://goo.gl/6YI1V6 

In issue no.505 December 11-24 2016: Kiwi at advocacy meeting in Rome (World Meeting of Popular movements) ... Heroic virtue of Mother Aubert recognised by Pope ... Maori children's Bible now available in NZ ... Goal to bring 52 disabled Iraqi children to NZ ... A Catholic open letter on the issue of climate change ... Is 80 the new 60? (interview with Cardinal Tomko) ... Move to revive Fatima national shrine in NZ ... Two Wellington priests die on same day (Msgr Broadbent, Fr Brian Fletcher) .... Top scholars 2-016 ... Pilgrimage to remote 'Holy Door for a day'

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA; NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

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Catholics pray for the return of stolen Virgin Mary statue (photos)
Catholics in northwest Auckland are grieving over the apparent theft of a statue of the Virgin Mary from the grounds of their church.

Chanel College, Masterton: Wairarapa student globe trots after Shakespeare (photo) 

John Paul College wait list disappointing for parents (photo) 

Marcellin College, Auckland: Joseph Parker gives back to the school that helped shape him into a heavyweight contender (photos) 

Sacred Heart College Auckland athlete eyes national record (photos) 

St Bede's College, Christchurch: 
Christchurch teenager Nick Moulai smashes national under-17 3000m record in Auckland (photo) 
Firearms incident locks down St Bede's College, Christchurch (photo) 

St Mary's College Wellington book trip to Japan after Condor sevens win (photo) 

St Patrick's College, Wellington: St Pat's Town's Gerard Ahnau wins discus gold for late grandparents (photo) 

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INSPIRATIONAL TV


Matthew 11:2-11 The messengers from John the Baptist

A reading and reflection with Rev. Dr. Raymond Pelly and Very Rev. Frank Nelson at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.

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'CRUX', edited by John L. Allen and Inés San Martín.


'Crux' is a free online magazine of articles on Catholic issues. On Crux now ...

** Rather than pulling a nail, Pope Francis finds another tool

In a nutshell, Pope Francis's approach to difficult personnel choices is to keep people in place, while entrusting the real responsibility to somebody else and thus rendering the original official, if not quite irrelevant, certainly less consequential...

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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/


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/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Catholic Enquiry Centre. Reflections on the Sunday Gospel

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

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

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