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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ - http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php

Catholic Charity partners with Auckland Flower Show (18 Nov 2008)
A major Auckland charity, The Catholic Caring Foundation, has entered into
partnership with the iconic Auckland Flower Show at Alexandra Park from
November 20 to 23...

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'WEL-COM' - http://www.welcom.org.nz

News
Haere ra Fr Bernie: Fr Bernard Thomas Hehir, 3 March 1926 - 8 October 2008
... Lorna Bergin RIP:
A life of making a difference ... Farewell Sr Paula: Paula Brettkelly,
campaigner for all human rights, RIP

World News

Columns
Galatians: the Christian message on trial: Br Kieran examines the insults
... Archbishop's column: voting with integrity, by Archbishop John Dew ...
Second Corinthians Paul's most personal letter, by Kieran Fenn FMS

Schools
Sacred Heart Lower Hutt stands in tribute to long-time DRS Sr Josephine Kane
... Masterton principal sixth in the world: Jo Matthews of Chanel College at
the World Masters Swimming Championships ... Silverstream Vinnies: McEvedy
tradition overturned in favour of tattoos

Features
A reflection on the Holy Souls ... Book Review: Celebrating St Paul ...
Praying like a ruminating cow: Lectio Divina is an ancient Benedictine
spiritual practice ... The cathedral 160 years ago: the 160th anniversary of
the opening of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart ... Sister John Bosco
Fraser RSM RIP: A beloved teacher dies ... God gave us a gift in Sr
Jean-Marie: Sr Jean-Marie McErlane RIP

Palmerston North
Spring a time of hope for young: Young people and their place in the church
... Stroke changes retreat experience, by Fr Kevin Neal ... From prison to
grace: A Walk by Faith story

Reflect
Feast of Christ the King Year A: Matthew 25:31-46, by Veronica Lawson ...

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

ARISS event - St. Teresa's School, South Wairarapa, New Zealand
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/november2008/ariss_event_2011.htm
An International Space Station Expedition school contact has been planned
with participants at St. Teresa's School, South Wairarapa, New Zealand on 20
November...

TVNZ. Giant leap for Kiwi kids (video report)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/video_popup_windows_skin/2325339
A bunch of primary school students from Wairarapa are the first new
Zealanders to use amateur radio communications to make contact with the
international space station

Golden cross award comes to Fairfield (photo)
Taieri Herald
http://tinyurl.com/69byqm
A Fairfield woman's Golden Cross of Merit, conferred by the Polish
ambassador to New Zealand, is recognition not only of her work, but of many
others ...

Agriculture reformer led the way (obituary)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4768663a24437.html
Paul Shanahan was at the heart of ground-breaking reforms in global
agricultural trade. Over four decades, starting with boyhood holidays on a
Gisborne sheep and cattle station and ending with his meticulous legal work
in Geneva, Switzerland, he negotiated agricultural agreements that improved
the fortunes of agriculture-based economies, including that of New
Zealand...

A mass of room for mass and the masses (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4767370a22399.html
Worshippers will no longer be spilling on to the footpath at Christ the King
church. The Mt Roskill parish has moved to a bigger church on Richardson Rd,
where the first mass was held on Friday last week...

New principal bucks the brother trend
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4764109a6554.html
The first lay principal to be named at Francis Douglas Memorial College is a
man with a mission. Martin Chamberlain, currently principal of the co-ed St
Peter's College in Gore, will join the New Plymouth school at the beginning
of term one next year.

New claims over sex abuse priest
http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/new-claims-over-sex-abuse-pr\
iest/1366968.aspx
A New Zealand woman is seeking compensation from Maitland-Newcastle Catholic
diocese after alleging late priest Denis McAlinden sexually abused her when
he was sent to New Zealand in the 1980s. He was transferred to the Waikato
region of New Zealand in 1984 after he was moved from Maitland-Newcastle to
Western Australia in the early 1980s...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'Choose wisely'
A reading and discussion of Matthew 25:31-46 with Suzanne O'Rourke and Fr
David Kennerley at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.

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'BEING FRANK'

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand. Some current topics ...

How Are You ‘Suffering’ Today? (the last taboo) ... The New Springtime (on
supernatural hope) ... Charisms & a charismatic Church (on Archbishop Mark
Coleridge's address) ... Lead kindly Light (human suffering and enduring
hope) ... Lads and ladettes (on the "Ladette" phenomenon)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.

http://ncrcafe.org/node/2293

The context of Cardinal Stafford’s stark language
I’ve been speaking and writing lately about U.S.-Vatican ties under Obama; I
was at Colgate University earlier this week, for example, addressing
students and faculty on this very subject. As fate would have it, my
appearance coincided with a sharp reminder of the potential pitfalls in that
relationship, in the form of some remarkably incendiary language from
Cardinal Francis Stafford, an American who heads a Vatican court...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.romereports.com (video)

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EVENTS

'Hearts Aflame' Catholic Summer School
9-18 January 2008
St Bede's College, Christchurch
Details:
http://www.heartsaflame.org.nz/HA2009/tabid/1348/Default.aspx

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EMPLOYMENT

[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]

[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]

Catholic Discipleship College, Takapuna, Auckland. Residential Leaders (Male
and Female)
http://www.cdc.ac.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 303, November 2 - 15, 2008 p.27, at:
http://www.cdc.ac.nz/NewsEvents/tabid/1003/language/en-GB/Default.aspx
and from Fr Neil Vaney sm, Principal, CDC, tel: (09) 489-8197; e-mail:
fr.neil@cdc.ac.nz

National Project Coordinator. Youth and Young Adult Ministry
Details in 'NZ Catholic' No.304; Nov. 16-29 2008 p.27, at Goodworks:
http://www.goodworks.co.nz/job.asp?id=3866&catid=101&keywords=&page=1 , and
from Mike Hurdle or Catharina Vossen at MICAH Partners, PO Box 499,
Wellington; tel: (04) 499 4749, mobile: 021-552 929, fax: (04) 499 7375;
e-mail: contact@micahpartners.co.nz . Applications close 28 November 2008.

'NZ Catholic' newspaper. Parish presenters.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 303, November 2 - 15, 2008 p.23, and from
Dennis Augustine, Promotions and Advertising Manager, NZ Catholic, PO Box
147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144; tel: (09) 360-3049; e-mail:
advertising@nzcatholic.org.nz

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'NZ CATHOLIC' - http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In issue No.304; Nov. 16-29 2008 ...

Advertising Features: Good Shepherd College ... Conference and Retreat
Centres

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Radio New Zealand. 'Nine to Noon' with Kathryn Ryan
http://tinyurl.com/5te8qy
Feature Guest - Father Eugene O'Hagan. Father Eugene is part of a trio of
Irish singing priests which has just signed a recording deal with Sony.

Three schools, one principal
http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/articles.php?action=view&id=7696
"There's no time to be bored," says Jill Baird of her unusual principal's
job. She's in charge of Trinity Schools, a trio of integrated Catholic
schools in Southland that have a joint management and governance
structure...

Where the heart is, by Paul Little
Heritage New Zealand, Spr 2008; n.110:p.38-39
http://www.historic.org.nz/publications/hpt_magazine.html
Abstract : Features the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Reefton, a recent
addition to the NZ Historic Places Trust register. Speaks to Father Phil
King-Turner about the building’s history, design, and subsequent
refurbishments.

Catholic schools meet in touch
The Leader Nelson | 13 Nov 2008 | Page: 8
St Mary’s of Blenheim edged out host school Saint Paul’s of Richmond to win
the final of the competitive year seven and eight grade in the annual Top of
the South Catholic Schools touch tournament on Friday...

College can grow with new classrooms
Stuff â€" Eastern Courier â€" Eastern Courier â€" 11 Nov 2008
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4757542a22395.html
A new teaching block at Sancta Maria College aims to meet its increasing
roll. Called St Anne Block, the building was officially opened last month.
The three-level block with 12 classrooms will cater for maths, English,
drama and social science lessons...

God works in mysterious ways
http://tinyurl.com/5ez4zo
Auckland City Harbour News
A stolen crucifix has been returned, a little the worse for wear, to St
Patrick's Cathedral...

Italian visitors welcomed (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/63dcop
South waikato News
St Pius X parishioners welcomed international visitors to their parish over
Labour Weekend. The mayor and former mayor of Treviso in Italy visited
Tokoroa as part of their tour of St Pius X parishes in New Zealand and
Australia.

The altar boy with 35 great-grandchildren (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4756538a6479.html
Noel Byford suspects he is the world's oldest altar boy. Every weekday at
7am, the 94-year-old arrives at St Mary's Parish church in Taihape and --
despite blindness, spinal damage and a heart that's been mourning his wife
for quarter of a century -- begins a dutiful routine to prepare the altar
for mass...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'A Home for the Homeless'
Sr Stephanie interviews Mike Leon (not me; my son - ML) manager of the
Wellington Night Shelter for homeless men.

'Using our gifts'
'Choose wisely'
A reading and discussion of Matthew 25:14-30 with Very Revd Frank Nelson,
Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington and two cathedral choristers, Lydia
and Lucy.

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS

http://station15.libsyn.com

** Station XV - Episode 16 - Priests and politics **
We promise - this is the last one where we'll be talking about this
election. But with both the N.Z. and U.S. elections complete, we'll talk
about Obama and Key, but also about the plight of Christian parties and MMP,
the persecution of Christians around the world, the flurry of ordinations in
New Zealand in the next couple of months, and we end with a great rendition
of "Panis Angelicus" from the new album by The Priests (www.thepriests.com).

** Catechiwi - Episode 3 **
A couple of hundred bishops spent most of October at the Vatican talking
about the Word of God. In this episode of New Zealand's newest Catholic
podcast, we talk to Auckland-based priest Fr Peter Fitzsimons about
Scripture and its importance in the Church.

** Familia - Episode 3 **
In this special edition of the Familia Podcast we commemorate the 40th
anniversary of Humanae Vitae with part one of a two part interview about
contraception with Dr. Chris Pemberton. Chris holds a Ph.D. in
Endocrinology, and he works as a biomedical researcher for the Christchurch
School of Medicine, and in this interview he discusses the medical facts and
social implications of the advent of the contraceptive pill.

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'BEING FRANK'

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand. Some current topics ...

Small Fry in a VERY Big Pond (in awe of the universe) ... "Hmmm. I don’t
agree with his Bart killing policy. But I do approve of his Selma killing
policy." (on totally forgetting the Canadian election) ... Lessons from the
community (on a year of living in community) ... The Ox’s Election 08 round
up ... How do we turn that Key? (on the new government)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Postmortem of the bishops' meeting; U.S. relations with the Holy See
From the outside, it's tempting to conclude that a hard-line position on
abortion prevailed among the U.S. bishops during their Nov. 10-13 fall
meeting in Baltimore. To be sure, that reaction has a basis in reality. The
bishops were remarkably compact in their determination that there will be no
"truce," as Bishop Daniel Conlon of Steubenville, Ohio, put it, in their
defense of unborn life. The bishops seem especially galvanized in opposition
to the Freedom of Choice Act, or FOCA, which would bar restrictions on
abortion at state and federal levels such as parental notification laws or
limits on partial birth abortion, and which, according to worst-case
readings, could eventually put Catholic hospitals in the position of either
providing abortions or closing their doors...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.romereports.com (video)

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EVENTS

'Winter Sun: Unpacking World Youth Day'
The 2008 'NZ Catholic' lecture with Archbishop Mark Colerdige of Canberra
and Goulburn
** Auckland: Monday Nov. 17, St Beenedict's Chruch Newton, 7.30 pm.
** Wellington: Tuesday Nov. 18, St Joseph's Church, Mt Victoria, 7.30pm.
** Christchurch: Wednesday Nov. 19, Villa Maria College, Upper Riccarton,
7.30pm.
Admission: Adults: $10; college students (with ID) $5.

'Hearts Aflame' Catholic Summer School
9-18 January 2008
St Bede's College, Christchurch
Details:
http://www.heartsaflame.org.nz/HA2009/tabid/1348/Default.aspx

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EMPLOYMENT

[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]

[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]

Catholic Discipleship College, Takapuna, Auckland. Residential Leaders (Male
and Female)
http://www.cdc.ac.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 303, November 2 - 15, 2008 p.27, at:
http://www.cdc.ac.nz/NewsEvents/tabid/1003/language/en-GB/Default.aspx
and from Fr Neil Vaney sm, Principal, CDC, tel: (09) 489-8197; e-mail:
fr.neil@cdc.ac.nz

National Project Coordinator. Youth and Young Adult Ministry
Details in 'NZ Catholic' No.304; Nov. 16-29 2008 p.27, at Goodworks:
http://www.goodworks.co.nz/job.asp?id=3866&catid=101&keywords=&page=1 , and
from Mike Hurdle or Catharina Vossen at MICAH Partners, PO Box 499,
Wellington; tel: (04) 499 4749, mobile: 021-552 929, fax: (04) 499 7375;
e-mail: contact@micahpartners.co.nz . Applications close 28 November 2008.

'NZ Catholic' newspaper. Parish presenters.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 303, November 2 - 15, 2008 p.23, and from
Dennis Augustine, Promotions and Advertising Manager, NZ Catholic, PO Box
147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144; tel: (09) 360-3049; e-mail:
advertising@nzcatholic.org.nz

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS


Plenty of fun had at Light Party (photos)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/68na4g
Thre was lots of fun and plenty of lollies and treats on offer at the
Whitianga Light Party on October 31. The aim was to keep children safe and
offer a fun alternative to Halloween ...

New life for city's cathedral
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikatotimes/4752126a6579.html
After a week of final touches to finish the multi-million dollar renovation
of Hamilton's Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Father Frank Eggleton
can't wait for the celebrations to begin tomorrow...

St Pat's vows to fight
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4752250a22398.html
Staff at Auckland's St Patrick’s Cathedral say they won’t surrender to a
skyscraper threatening their patch. The cathedral opposed a neighbouring
apartment development on Albert St earlier this year because a carparking
entrance on St Patrick’s Square would ruin the "oasis of peace"...

School locked-down as armed police hunt wanted man
http://tinyurl.com/6gncax
Students at St Patricks College in Silverstream were in lock-down mode this
morning as armed police hunted a wanted man nearby in Lower Hutt...

A memorable school holiday (photo)
North Waikato News
http://tinyurl.com/5cwmee
In an opportunity of a lifetime, four St Anthony's Catholic School students
became immersed in their faith with the highlight coming within reaching
distance of Pope Benedict XVI when they visited Rome ...

Growth in God's hands
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/marlboroughexpress/4751091a19821.html
Arms are raised towards the heavens, people are talking in tongues. Soulful
modern music is played by a band and sung by a small but enthusiastic
congregation. It is Saturday night at Marlborough Lines Stadium and
Blenheim's City Church are in da House to worship. While the number of Kiwis
regularly attending church in New Zealand is declining local church leaders
say Marlborough is bucking the trend and the spirit is alive and well. Is it
really? LUCY JOHNSTON reports.

Franklin hit by businesswoman's tragic death (photo)
Franklin County News
http://tinyurl.com/6pszuo
Franklin has lost one of its most well-loved businesswomen, Doreen
Pennington

Chaplaincy celebrated
Manawatu Standard | 3 Nov 2008 | Page: 4
The Palmerston North Hospital chapel hosted a thanksgiving service on
Saturday celebrating 60 years of hospital chaplaincy. While many patients
over the decades have received support and visits from their own churches,
there has been a role since 1948...

Candidates stake claim to votes
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/Default.aspx?s=3&s1=2&id=6805
Not surprisingly, National Party MP Anne Tolley and Labour list MP Moana
Mackey had very different takes on the past nine years under a Labour-led
government at a public election meeting last night hosted by the Social
Justice Committees of Holy Trinity Anglican and St Mary's Catholic
parishes...

Christians protest at `decline in family values' (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelsonmail/4748495a6007.html
A silent march up Nelson's Trafalgar St, followed by a silent vigil at the
Church Steps, marked a Christian group's protest against what its leaders
say are eroded family values in New Zealand...

Kiwi's Spanish pilgrimage (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/6nlqvo
Thames traveller Robin Plummer addressed a Whitianga Friends of the Library
meeting last week to tell of his latest travels on the 1000-year-old
Pilgrim's Way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain ...

In Brief
Northern Advocate p.2 â€" 07 November 2008
Dargaville's St Joseph's School _ formerly known as St Joseph's Convent
School _ celebrated its centennial celebrations on Labour weekend with past
pupils, staff and parents coming from far and wide...

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WORLD UNION OF CATHOLIC WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS

Asia-Pacific Catholic women seek empowerment
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=9970
Catholic women's organisations in the Asia-Pacific will focus their energies
on empowerment for women, a regional conference in Seoul has decided...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'Choose wisely'
A reading and discussion of Matthew 25:1-13 with Very Revd Frank Nelson,
Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington and two cathedral choristers, Garth
and Jill.

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'BEING FRANK'

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand. Some current topics ...

Professional Ambition (Christianity and professional ambition) ... "Ach,
back to the loch with you Nessie" (online matchmaking) ... Pseudo-Messiahs
and the US Election (on the definition of Antichrist) ... As you love
yourself (on a disturbing lack of loving oneself) ...

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

An open letter to President-elect Barack Obama
For the record, nobody from the Obama transition team has solicited my
advice about relations with the Vatican, and I would frankly be surprised if
the question were yet on their radar screen. Others, however, are already
speculating about how things might shake out; on Wednesday, for example,
Reuters moved a story predicting a "tricky" relationship between Rome and
the Obama White House because of the abortion issue. As a thought exercise,
I decided to pen an open letter to the president-elect about U.S.-Vatican
ties over the next four years...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.romereports.com (video)

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EVENTS

'Winter Sun: Unpacking World Youth Day'
The 2008 'NZ Catholic' lecture with Archbishop Mark Colerdige of Canberra
and Goulburn
** Auckland: Monday Nov. 17, St Beenedict's Chruch Newton, 7.30 pm.
** Wellington: Tuesday Nov. 18, St Joseph's Church, Mt Victoria, 7.30pm.
** Christchurch: Wednesday Nov. 19, Villa Maria College, Upper Riccarton,
7.30pm.
Admission: Adults: $10; college students (with ID) $5.

'Hearts Aflame' Catholic Summer School
9-18 January 2008
St Bede's College, Christchurch
Details:
http://www.heartsaflame.org.nz/HA2009/tabid/1348/Default.aspx

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EMPLOYMENT

[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]

[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]

Catholic Discipleship College, Takapuna, Auckland. Residential Leaders (Male
and Female)
http://www.cdc.ac.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 303, November 2 - 15, 2008 p.27, at:
http://www.cdc.ac.nz/NewsEvents/tabid/1003/language/en-GB/Default.aspx
and from Fr Neil Vaney sm, Principal, CDC, tel: (09) 489-8197; e-mail:
fr.neil@cdc.ac.nz

'NZ Catholic' newspaper. Parish presenters.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 303, November 2 - 15, 2008 p.23, and from
Dennis Augustine, Promotions and Advertising Manager, NZ Catholic, PO Box
147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144; tel: (09) 360-3049; e-mail:
advertising@nzcatholic.org.nz