Sunday, January 22, 2017

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IN 'NZ CATHOLIC', JANUARY 2017 (full text)


** Call for boycott of TV 3 "Fifty Shades of Grey" advertisers
Family First NZ is calling on TV3 to cancel the broadcast of "Fifty Shades of Grey" movie this Sunday evening ...

** Experts warn against following overseas experience with euthanasia
The practice of euthanasia and assisted suicide overseas has been a disaster, with so-called safeguards failing and doctor-assisted killing on the rise ...

** Where do I belong in church today?
What is the role of the older person in the Church today? I mean the really old person — 80 or so years? ... 

** Asylum seeker trust thankful for ongoing Catholic support
Eight-year-old John wants to be a player for the All Whites and help New Zealand win a FIFA championship because he is "very good at soccer". Four years ago, this boy with his mother and sibling fled his country in Africa on foot to a neighbouring nation in the middle of the night ...

** Goal to bring 52 disabled Iraqi children to NZ
Safety is a commodity that is scarce in Iraq. Project 52, a project launched by the Chaldean Catholic community, aims to provide safety to 52 disabled children...

** Two Wellington priests die on same day
Many people in Wellington archdiocese and beyond are mourning the deaths of Msgr John Broadbent and Fr Brian Fletcher, two much-loved and respected senior priests on the same day last month ...

** Move to revive Fatima national shrine in NZ
On March 12, 1950, Auckland Bishop James Liston blessed and dedicated the first shrine in New Zealand to Our Lady of Fatima ... 

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CRUX


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** What you need to know as Opus Dei chooses a new leader
Today Opus Dei, the powerful and sometimes controversial Catholic organization caricatured in Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" and known among members as "the Work," begins choosing a new leader. Here's what you need to know to understand the process, and why it matters ...

** Pope to judges: Focus on marriage prep to avoid annulments
In his annual speech to Vatican judges, Pope Francis set aside his usual call for an improved marriage annulment process to focus on the roots of the problem: inadequate marriage preparation and the lack of a support system for young married couples after the wedding is over.

** After performing 6,000 exorcisms, this priest says the devil fears him
An 80-year-old Mexican exorcist, Father Francisco Lopez Sedano, has conducted at least 6,000 exorcisms and claims that as a consequence the devil is afraid of him. Sedano talks about the three main things that he has learned though his experience as an exorcist. The first? don't be fooled. The Devil is a person, not a thing.

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS (UPDATED JANUARY 2017)

'NZ Catholic' is a national newspaper published by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland. http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz 

Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'. https://issuu.com/search?q=%22kete+korero%22

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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