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'WEL-COM' - The newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese
of Palmerston North
Archbishop Dew's column: 'Peace of heart is the heart of peace'
Mâori join Aborigines in Alice papal memories
Mâori Catholic voices were added to a gathering in Alice Springs last month
to mark 20 years since Pope John Paul II’s landmark message about the rights
of indigenous peoples in 1986. Danny Karatea-Goddard of Palmerston North
addressed the gathering as part of a five-strong delegation of
representatives from Te Rûnanga o te Hâhi Katorika ki Aotearoa, the New
Zealand Catholic Mâori Council. He said that Mâori people shared much in
common with their Aboriginal and Torres Straits brothers and sisters...
Barbershop leaders ABRAchordABRA
ABRAchordABRA from St Catherine’s College have recently been named one of
New Zealand’s top female secondary school barbershop quartets being placed
second in the national finals in Hamilton. The quartet, consisting of
Ashleigh Twist (tenor), Rowena Yates (lead), Annelise Le Grange (baritone)
and Barbara Aukusitino (bass) have been singing together for about 18 months
and have found a vocal blend that can take years to accomplish. Their road
to success has been a challenging one...
Sacre Coeur sisters leave Wellington
The crypt under St Mary of the Angels is recognising the end of an era this
month with the departure from Wellington of its founding order, the
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (RSCJ). Eighteen months ago Sr Helen
Gilroy handed over to Sister Sarto DOLC and her helpers the running of the
drop-in centre known as The Crypt, founded in 1982 by Sister Monica McGivern
and taken on by Sister Helen in 1993. It has become a valued meeting place
for all sorts of people...
New Vicar for Education
The archdiocese has a new vicar for education. She is Jenny Gordon who has
been working in the education area for the past 30 years and currently
teaches at St Mary’s College. She will represent the archbishop in all
things to do with education in the archdiocese....
Richard Rohr - true self
That our task is the same as that of Jesus and of Mary his mother, to get
our egos out of the way and let God work through us, was the message of
Franciscan priest, Fr Richard Rohr, in Wellington last month. As well as the
300 or so people at the two workshops on the 24 and 25 October, Richard’s
talk on the Tuesday evening was webcast so that groups of people in other
parts of the diocese were also able to watch....
St Vincent de Paul's Wellington connection
The principal co-founder of the St Vincent de Paul Society, Charles Gordon
O’Neill,
is the subject of a biography, Engineer of Charity, due for publication next
year. O’Neill’s links with the society go back to his early years in
Dumbarton, Scotland, where he joined in 1851 and moved quickly through its
ranks becoming president of the Superior Council for the Western District of
Scotland in 1860 and a member of the Society’s Council General in Paris. In
1863 he briefly served as president of the Superior Council of Glasgow
before leaving for Otago, New Zealand....
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Still standing after all these years
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3856979a6565,00.html
The Christian church, which tomorrow marks 150 years in Invercargill, wasn't
pioneered by milquetoasts. Paparazzi weren't particularly a presence back in
1857 when the Bishop of Christchurch, the Right Rev J C Harper, his son
Henry and a sheep inspector, William Pinkerton, decided to get their gear
off. Waituna Lagoon had broken through the sea, so the only way forward was
to wade through it if they were to continue their journey to the nascent
Invercargill, established just the year before...
Garth George: Labour Party is welcome to become more Christlike
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=0007FB94-54D1-1551-8BFC83027A\
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Heritage site's bright future
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,3853269a6497,00.htm/
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Heritage building the Star of the Sea is one step closer to getting a new
lease of life. Manukau city councillors have given the go-ahead for new
tenants the Polish Heritage Museum to take up a 30-year lease...
Reward for a life of good habits (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3853517a6479,00.html
Sister Mary Blake puts her good health down to hard work and keeping busy, a
philosophy that has also earned her a nod from the Vatican. Wellington
Archbishop John Dew has presented the 92-year-old nun with a personal
citation from Pope Benedict XVI for her services to the church...
School zoning decisions delayed
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/timaruherald/0,2106,3852341a6010,00.html
The possible zoning of two Timaru secondary schools will not be decided
until next July. Timaru Boys High School and Roncalli College recently
reported significant roll growth, and being under pressure in terms of
space...
St Theresa's 'pulsating heartbeat' of parish
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3852186a6568,00.html
There were three generations of ex-pupils at St Theresa's 75th jubilee at
the weekend and the cake was cut by fourth generation new entrant Joshua
Garama. During the years since its opening in 1931 the north Invercargill
Catholic school has produced 17 nuns, five brothers and three priests, one
of whom was Bishop Colin Campbell, celebrating the jubilee Mass in the
Church of St Therese of Lisieux on Sunday...
Pupils donate to school in Solomon Islands (photo)
The Daily Post, Rotorua
http://tinyurl.com/y9bxvs
Jody Bisschops doesn't need the 500 pens in her basement or half the books
in her cupboards - so she's giving them all away. The 11-year-old from John
Paul College is among a group of students rallying Rotorua people to make
donations for children at a Solomon Islands school...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - NZ's own Catholic Web TV service
New this week: Our Place: the Road to Magnificat (Part three)
In the final part of our tour of New Zealand's first Catholic farming
community, we meet the Magnificat animals.
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
Weekly Analysis:
'For the world to understand Catholicism, we have to tell our story'
In a week in which the Vatican has offered us a hum-dinger instance of a
public relations gaffe, this is probably an opportune moment for some
reflections on church communications. The subject is on my mind because in
the last week, I've had two occasions to reflect at some length on how the
church engages the media...
Further commentary:
** Musings from South Carolina on Muslims, Benedictines, and the movements
** Signs of hope in Christian/Muslim relations
** Pope buys first bond to immunize poor children
** The Cross and the Crescent
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