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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.catholic.org.nz/news/fx-list-articles.cfm?ctype=MRART&loadref=50
Sisters head to Rome for canonisation (photo) (13 Oct 2010)
A group of 14 Sisters of Saint Joseph has left Aotearoa New Zealand for Rome to celebrate the canonisation of their foundress, Blessed Mary MacKillop...
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ST MARY MACKILLOP
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Radio NZ. 'Sunday Morning' with Chris Whitta
http://www.radionz.co.nz/sunday
8:40 Ann Neven - Talking to a Saint
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/20101017
Australia gets its first saint today when Mary MacKillop is canonised. Mary co-founded the order of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, along with the priest Julian Tenison Woods, in 1866 and devoted herself to the education of underprivileged children in both Australia and New Zealand. Chris talks to Sister Ann Neven who’s in Rome with thousands of pilgrims to witness the ceremony
Much owed by NZ to Mary MacKillop - church
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/59721/much-owed-by-nz-to-mary-mackillop-church
The Catholic Church in Auckland says New Zealand owes much to Australia's first Catholic saint, Mother Mary MacKillop. The 19th century nun will be declared Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop in Rome on Sunday.
Saint to be praised (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/print/131893
In the middle of Arrowtown, up a gentle rise away from the shops and meandering tourists, sits a small, yellow stucco building, not quite dwarfed by the adjacent St Patrick's Catholic Church. To pass beyond its bright green door is to enter a humble space book-ended by a colourful statue of Jesus and a life-size mannequin of Mary MacKillop. Yet perhaps more significant to this story is a small metal bell; slightly corroded and seemingly well worn, it sits on a window ledge along with a small note explaining its purpose: "Ring -hourly during recreation to remind sisters to offer prayer and work to God."
Australia's first saint to be canonised this weekend
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/59635/australia%27s-first-saint-to-be-canonised-this-weekend
First Australian saint had Kiwi connection
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/4239754/First-Australian-saint-had-Kiwi-connection
Shrine marks Remuera's special link to new saint (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10680948
Museum to mark Mary sainthood (photo)
The Daily Post (Rotorua)
http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/local/news/museum-to-mark-mary-sainthood/3926463/
Nuns celebrate sainthood for 'stirrer'
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/local/news/nuns-celebrate-sainthood-for-stirrer/3926461/
Mary MacKillop (1842-1909), the co-founder of the Sisters of St Joseph, will be canonised - made a saint - by the Pope in Rome on Sunday. And no one could be more excited than the Sisters of St Joseph here in Whanganui.
Nun to witness canonisation (photo)
Rotorua Review
http://tinyurl.com/2ekej4w
The Rotorua-based Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart will be represented by Sister Carina Cobb at the canonisation of Mary McKillop by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome on Sunday.
Pope given book by Aussie, NZ kids
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/pope-given-book-by-aussie-nz-kids/story-e6frf7jx-1225938441889
Pope Benedict XVI has been presented with a book of drawings, stories and messages from the children of Australia and New Zealand ahead of the canonisation of Australia's first saint Mary MacKillop.
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IN OTHER NEWS ...
Radio NZ. 'Saturday Morning' with Kim Hill
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/20101009
9:05 Joy Cowley: navigating words
Author of more than 600 titles for children and adults; she tells her own story in 'Navigation: a Memoir' [After 18 minutes: Joy's account of becoming a Catholic]
Active president hands over vibrant society (photo)
Taupo Times
http://tinyurl.com/27ehjwe
Taupo St Vincent de Paul Society has paid tribute to retiring president Cathy Holten and her efforts which have taken the society from a handful of members to a group of around 20.
‘Racist’ remark hurt Pasifika winners (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/2fa5yhn
An award ceremony host’s remark to a group of Pasifika pupils that ‘‘they can all read and write’’ has sparked anger. The Oceanic Fusion team from St Thomas’s of Canterbury College, made up of mainly Samoan and Tongan pupils, won a regional award in the Young Enterprise Scheme (Yes).
Top-ranked nurse valued for improving health care (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/2efxquz
Brenda Brankin was chief nursing officer for the North Canterbury Hospital Board and a former matron of both Burwood and Christchurch hospitals. Brankin retired in 1983 as Canterbury’s top-ranking nurse, after a career spanning 42 years. She then took active roles with a host of health-related organisations. She died last week, aged 86.
Soaring neo-Gothic style set in concrete (photos)
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/2buravq
It's probably not the award the builders had in mind when they envisioned St Mary of the Angels Church. But the Catholic parish church for Wellington central has just taken this year's Enduring Concrete Award.
Faith in Life: 'Having faith in the future'
Timaru Herald
http://tinyurl.com/2aehou8
Fr Peter Costello on calming the storm of anxiety.
Boxing All Black leaves a proud legacy (photo)
Manukau Courier
http://tinyurl.com/2e6myee
The final whistle has blown for Maurice James McHugh. Few in south Auckland will have known him; most will never have heard of him. That's becasue the 93-year-old who died on September 25 was from another time.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Miracles, Motherhood and Mad Medical Misfortunes… (abortion and euthanasia)
** “We’re sending our love down the well” (the Chilean miners)
** Porn. Again. (testimony on the porn industry)
** We need a few more Eric Liddells in films these days (the film 'Chariots of Fire')
** Straying off the beaten track? (is the Extraordinary Form of the Mass "mainstream"?)
** Patronage or patronising? (Mary MacKillop, patron of abuse victims?)
** Stan Walker understands (the song ‘Choose You’)
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'Girls in bonnets': Part 2
The centenary of the opening of St Mary's College, Wellington.
'Justice done' - Luke 18: 1-8, a reading and discussion with Violet Kudzotsa and Stephen Ready.
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
http://station15.libsyn.com
** The Fifteenth Station **
Papal Praise and Santa Sacking (15 October 2010)
The Holy Father's much-anticipated visit to the UK has come and gone. The members of the Station 15 panel offer their thoughts on the trip in this month's episode, and also look at IVF, amendments to the introduction of the new Roman Missal in New Zealand and the plans of some German Catholics to sack Santa Claus. Follow us at facebook.com/station15 or twitter.com/station15
** Catechiwi **
Catechiwi Special: Australasia's First Saint (11 October 2010)
On October 17, Pope Benedict XVI will canonise Blessed Mary MacKillop, making her St Mary of the Cross (MacKillop). Mary, born and raised in Australia, was a co-founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart and spent approximately four years of her religious life in New Zealand. She encountered major obstacles along the way, but responded to them with charity and humility. In a special episode of Catechiwi, Sr Ann Neven, RSJ, speaks with Gavin Abraham on Mary MacKillop's life and legacy just days before the canonisation. It's the story of an Aussie battler -- one who Kiwis can also claim.
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm http://livingtheword.org.nz
Reflect - Veronica Lawson rsm http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Sweeps week in Rome
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/sweeps-week-rome
Mid-October in Rome is sort of like sweeps week for American TV, meaning that it’s when everybody rolls out their most compelling programming. There’s always a glut of activity, and this week offered a classic case in point. Some highlights ...
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FACEBOOK
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15
Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-For-Family-and-Life-CFC-YFL/113115662062621
SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
Parish and Donor Liaison Coordinator, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 351 October 10-23 2010 p.22, and from http://www.bigsplash.co.nz , job reference 316052. Applications close 31 October.
'NZ Catholic' subscription promoters
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 351 October 10-23 2010 p.19, 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
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
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'NZ CATHOLIC'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In issue no.351 October 10-23 2010 ... Caritas flays welfare review ... Voice for life gets new president .. More families turning to food bank ... Christian body rejects split income tax proposal ... Caritas against 90-day trial period bill ... NZ schools, sister help launch book on MacKillop ... Little Frances is indebted to prayer on journey to health ... Daily life reduced to rubble, but we're alive and stronger .. Milestone for 'NZ Catholic apostolate ... Redemptorists celebrate 60th anniversary ... Younger hands wanted to help deliver books bound for Samoa ... Advertising Feature: World Mission Sunday October 24 2010
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Celebration of our first saint planned (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/arrowtown/129997/celebration-our-first-saint-planned
A Victorian-era classroom session, historic walks, a pipe band procession and a special Mass are plans for the Arrowtown celebration of Australasia's first saint. Blessed Mary MacKillop, who died in 1909, aged 67, founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart, an order committed to helping the needy in rural areas, which spread from Australia to New Zealand and around the world. Mother Mary was beatified by the late Pope John Paul II in 1995 and will be canonised in the Vatican on October 17.
The debatable humanity of mercy killing: Danger of being pushed to die (photos)
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/37bb4rz
The arguments against euthanasia range from the fiercely ideological to the more practical concerns of how such a practice could be safely legalised. The Nathaniel Centre - the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre - is adamantly opposed.
'Bullying' ex-nun loses dismissal claim against church
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10678736
A former nun accused of bullying and intimidating a colleague has lost a claim that she was "constructively dismissed" by her Catholic superiors.
Pupil's singing award (photo)
Bay of Plenty Times — A003 — 06 October 2010
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/local/news/pupils-singing-award/3925443/
Mount Maunganui girl Georgia Baker-Trebilco has won the title of the New Zealand Country Music Junior Entertainer of the Year. The St Thomas More Catholic School pupil, 10, competed in Rotorua at the weekend. Georgia's mother Rachael said her daughter had been singing since she could talk.
'Devil's advocate' targets Pope
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/4212695/Devils-advocate-targets-Pope
Human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson has caused an international uproar with his claim that the Pope should be prosecuted for failing to act against paedophile priests. Is he serious? Anthony Hubbard reports.
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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
Skiers' winning style (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/east-bays-courier/4198293/Skiers-winning-style
Blizzard conditions closed the chair lifts during the North Island Secondary Schools Ski Championships but three Sacred Heart College skiers undertook the arduous trek up the mountain determined to compete anyway.
Singing sensations (photo caption)
http://tinyurl.com/22uvd2y
St Mary's Catholic School, received a gold award in the Auckland Junior Music Contest.
Children tell the story of Genesis in dance (photo)
The Horowhenua Mail
http://tinyurl.com/24s9std
St Joseph's Catholic School's dance portrayal of the story of creation attracted sell-out crowds at the end of last term.
Girls exceed wishes
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/4209880/Girls-exceed-wishes
New Plymouth's Sacred Heart Girls' College have exceeded expectations at the national secondary schools netball championships.
Sacred Heart still in running (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/4205508/Sacred-Heart-still-in-running
New Plymouth's Sacred Heart Girls' College remain in contention for a middle-four playoff spot at the New Zealand secondary schools netball championships in New Plymouth.
New role for principal
Rodney Times
http://tinyurl.com/26q5sex
Tapora School principal Bridget Rika has left the school after five years. She is the new principal of St Joseph's Catholic School in Matata near Whakatane.
Young matchplay champ is now set to take on the big girls (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/local-sport/4196489/Young-matchplay-champ-is-now-set-to-take-on-the-big-girls
None of New Zealand's top women amateurs pose any fears for 14-year-old Julianne Alvarez, says her coach after she cruised to the Wellington matchplay title. The Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt) pupil beat her older schoolmate Barbara Parreno 4 and 2 in the final at Miramar during the weekend to continue her charge into the senior women's ranks.
High tea (photo caption)
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/2dzy8pe
Students of Sacred Heart College Lower Hutt donated $400 for an afternoon tea for residents in an earthquake-affected district of Christchurch.
Wild at heart parents cut loose (photo caption)
High Country Community Herald
http://tinyurl.com/2dj4uxd
St Joseph's Lip Sync at the Caroline Bay Hall was a great fundraiser.
Glue that held rowers together (photo)
The Timaru Herald
http://tinyurl.com/289tqta
Sporting stalwart and Queen's Service Medal recipient Vern Brosnahan was farewelled with a moving service at the Sacred Heart Basilica yesterday.
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NEW DOCUMENT
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'The Common Good Imperative'
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/media/resources/common_good.pdf
Why and how stronger Catholic parishes support those parish schools that do not have the resources for essential maintenance and replacement.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Welcome, Evangelization and Initiation ("circling the wagons" is not the way to go)
** “Defense, defense! Come on, you call that blowing?” (October the month of the rosary and ice hockey)
** Preachers and Profiteers (problematic secular tendencies in the Church)
** Keep your friends close, and your Saints closer… (the rich treasury of the lives of the saints)
** A strike, a strike, my kingdom for a strike? (are health workers' strikes justifiable?)
** A church-themed hall (when does a church cease to be a place of worship?)
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'Girls in bonnets': Part 1
The centenary of the opening of St Mary's College, Wellington.
'Thankful' - Luke 17: 11-19, a reading and discussion with John Teariki and Malia Vito-Tupai.
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm http://livingtheword.org.nz
Reflect - Veronica Lawson rsm http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Beyond a 'Darth Vader' view of secularism
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/beyond-darth-vader-view-secularism
The 67 million Catholics in the United States represent just six percent of the global Catholic population of 1.2 billion, but we sometimes have a hard time understanding how the other 94 percent lives. Beginning next week, there’s a golden opportunity to think more globally about the challenges of the early 21st century -- that is, if we’re paying attention. The Synod of Bishops for the Middle East begins on Sunday morning in Rome with a papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, and runs through Oct. 24....
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FACEBOOK
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15
Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-For-Family-and-Life-CFC-YFL/113115662062621
SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
Education Officer, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' October 2010 p.19, and from http://www.bigsplash.co.nz , job reference 293192 Applications close 12 October 2010.
Principal organist and deputy director of music, St Mary of the Angels, Wellington
http://www.smoa.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' October 2010 p.17 and from the Parish Secretary, St Mary of the Angels, 17 Boulcott Street, Wellington 6011. E-mail: smoaoffice@xtra.co.nz ; tel: 04 473 8074
Parish and Donor Liaison Coordinator, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 351 October 10-23 2010 p.22, and from http://www.bigsplash.co.nz , job reference 316052. Applications close 31 October.
'NZ Catholic' subscription promoters
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 351 October 10-23 2010 p.19, 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
'NZ CATHOLIC'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In issue no.351 October 10-23 2010 ... Caritas flays welfare review ... Voice for life gets new president .. More families turning to food bank ... Christian body rejects split income tax proposal ... Caritas against 90-day trial period bill ... NZ schools, sister help launch book on MacKillop ... Little Frances is indebted to prayer on journey to health ... Daily life reduced to rubble, but we're alive and stronger .. Milestone for 'NZ Catholic apostolate ... Redemptorists celebrate 60th anniversary ... Younger hands wanted to help deliver books bound for Samoa ... Advertising Feature: World Mission Sunday October 24 2010
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Celebration of our first saint planned (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/arrowtown/129997/celebration-our-first-saint-planned
A Victorian-era classroom session, historic walks, a pipe band procession and a special Mass are plans for the Arrowtown celebration of Australasia's first saint. Blessed Mary MacKillop, who died in 1909, aged 67, founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart, an order committed to helping the needy in rural areas, which spread from Australia to New Zealand and around the world. Mother Mary was beatified by the late Pope John Paul II in 1995 and will be canonised in the Vatican on October 17.
The debatable humanity of mercy killing: Danger of being pushed to die (photos)
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/37bb4rz
The arguments against euthanasia range from the fiercely ideological to the more practical concerns of how such a practice could be safely legalised. The Nathaniel Centre - the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre - is adamantly opposed.
'Bullying' ex-nun loses dismissal claim against church
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10678736
A former nun accused of bullying and intimidating a colleague has lost a claim that she was "constructively dismissed" by her Catholic superiors.
Pupil's singing award (photo)
Bay of Plenty Times — A003 — 06 October 2010
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/local/news/pupils-singing-award/3925443/
Mount Maunganui girl Georgia Baker-Trebilco has won the title of the New Zealand Country Music Junior Entertainer of the Year. The St Thomas More Catholic School pupil, 10, competed in Rotorua at the weekend. Georgia's mother Rachael said her daughter had been singing since she could talk.
'Devil's advocate' targets Pope
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/4212695/Devils-advocate-targets-Pope
Human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson has caused an international uproar with his claim that the Pope should be prosecuted for failing to act against paedophile priests. Is he serious? Anthony Hubbard reports.
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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
Skiers' winning style (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/east-bays-courier/4198293/Skiers-winning-style
Blizzard conditions closed the chair lifts during the North Island Secondary Schools Ski Championships but three Sacred Heart College skiers undertook the arduous trek up the mountain determined to compete anyway.
Singing sensations (photo caption)
http://tinyurl.com/22uvd2y
St Mary's Catholic School, received a gold award in the Auckland Junior Music Contest.
Children tell the story of Genesis in dance (photo)
The Horowhenua Mail
http://tinyurl.com/24s9std
St Joseph's Catholic School's dance portrayal of the story of creation attracted sell-out crowds at the end of last term.
Girls exceed wishes
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/4209880/Girls-exceed-wishes
New Plymouth's Sacred Heart Girls' College have exceeded expectations at the national secondary schools netball championships.
Sacred Heart still in running (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/4205508/Sacred-Heart-still-in-running
New Plymouth's Sacred Heart Girls' College remain in contention for a middle-four playoff spot at the New Zealand secondary schools netball championships in New Plymouth.
New role for principal
Rodney Times
http://tinyurl.com/26q5sex
Tapora School principal Bridget Rika has left the school after five years. She is the new principal of St Joseph's Catholic School in Matata near Whakatane.
Young matchplay champ is now set to take on the big girls (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/local-sport/4196489/Young-matchplay-champ-is-now-set-to-take-on-the-big-girls
None of New Zealand's top women amateurs pose any fears for 14-year-old Julianne Alvarez, says her coach after she cruised to the Wellington matchplay title. The Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt) pupil beat her older schoolmate Barbara Parreno 4 and 2 in the final at Miramar during the weekend to continue her charge into the senior women's ranks.
High tea (photo caption)
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/2dzy8pe
Students of Sacred Heart College Lower Hutt donated $400 for an afternoon tea for residents in an earthquake-affected district of Christchurch.
Wild at heart parents cut loose (photo caption)
High Country Community Herald
http://tinyurl.com/2dj4uxd
St Joseph's Lip Sync at the Caroline Bay Hall was a great fundraiser.
Glue that held rowers together (photo)
The Timaru Herald
http://tinyurl.com/289tqta
Sporting stalwart and Queen's Service Medal recipient Vern Brosnahan was farewelled with a moving service at the Sacred Heart Basilica yesterday.
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NEW DOCUMENT
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'The Common Good Imperative'
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/media/resources/common_good.pdf
Why and how stronger Catholic parishes support those parish schools that do not have the resources for essential maintenance and replacement.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Welcome, Evangelization and Initiation ("circling the wagons" is not the way to go)
** “Defense, defense! Come on, you call that blowing?” (October the month of the rosary and ice hockey)
** Preachers and Profiteers (problematic secular tendencies in the Church)
** Keep your friends close, and your Saints closer… (the rich treasury of the lives of the saints)
** A strike, a strike, my kingdom for a strike? (are health workers' strikes justifiable?)
** A church-themed hall (when does a church cease to be a place of worship?)
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'Girls in bonnets': Part 1
The centenary of the opening of St Mary's College, Wellington.
'Thankful' - Luke 17: 11-19, a reading and discussion with John Teariki and Malia Vito-Tupai.
***************************************************
NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm http://livingtheword.org.nz
Reflect - Veronica Lawson rsm http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Beyond a 'Darth Vader' view of secularism
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/beyond-darth-vader-view-secularism
The 67 million Catholics in the United States represent just six percent of the global Catholic population of 1.2 billion, but we sometimes have a hard time understanding how the other 94 percent lives. Beginning next week, there’s a golden opportunity to think more globally about the challenges of the early 21st century -- that is, if we’re paying attention. The Synod of Bishops for the Middle East begins on Sunday morning in Rome with a papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, and runs through Oct. 24....
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Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15
Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-For-Family-and-Life-CFC-YFL/113115662062621
SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
Education Officer, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' October 2010 p.19, and from http://www.bigsplash.co.nz , job reference 293192 Applications close 12 October 2010.
Principal organist and deputy director of music, St Mary of the Angels, Wellington
http://www.smoa.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' October 2010 p.17 and from the Parish Secretary, St Mary of the Angels, 17 Boulcott Street, Wellington 6011. E-mail: smoaoffice@xtra.co.nz ; tel: 04 473 8074
Parish and Donor Liaison Coordinator, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 351 October 10-23 2010 p.22, and from http://www.bigsplash.co.nz , job reference 316052. Applications close 31 October.
'NZ Catholic' subscription promoters
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 351 October 10-23 2010 p.19, 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
Sunday, October 3, 2010
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Time left used to help others (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10677768
37-year-old Tracy Whiston is battling motor neurone disease (MND), which has no known cure. She may only have a handful of years to live. But the Auckland woman is using the time she has left to help others with the disease. Tracy has set up a trust to raise money for families affected by the debilitating disease and has inspired a wave of fundraising efforts at St Mary's Catholic School in Ellerslie.
Temporary home prepared for pupils (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4190335/Temporary-home-prepared-for-pupils
Workers have started preparing classrooms at Christchurch's Catholic Cathedral College for St Paul's School pupils, who will start classes on the site on October 11.
Legendary Queenstown hostess dies (photo
The Southland Times
http://tinyurl.com/2dsvvl3
Iris O'connell, who died at the age of 101 in Dunedin this month, was Queenstown's queen of hospitality in her heyday.
`Breathtakingly beautiful' gardens (photo)
The Marlborough Express
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/community-papers/4175052/Breathtakingly-beautiful-gardens
Rambling spring gardens and winding paths revealing hidden glades, are part of the magic and intrigue of the Seddon Combined Churches Garden Tour.
Pacific tsunami one year on
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/pacific-tsunami-one-year-caritas-rebuilds-tonga-and-samoa/5/65264
One year on from the Pacific tsunami that claimed almost 200 lives, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has allocated the half-a-million dollars New Zealanders donated to its tsunami appeal, primarily to housing projects across Samoa and Tonga.
Pious Catholic met an early grave
Western Leader
http://tinyurl.com/23lt4t9
An article about the Lonergan family grave at Waikumete
Karl du Fresne: We don’t need to wait for our leaders to supply bread and circuses
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/2ak97kt
Karl du Fresne on Pope Benedict's visit to Britain
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MARY MACKILLOP
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Sainthood changes church to St Mary's (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-otago/128498/sainthood-changes-church-st-marys
Balclutha's Catholic parishioners are gearing up to celebrate the legacy of soon-to-be-saint Mary MacKillop, helper of disadvantaged families in rural communities more than 100 years ago.
Paedophile priest bad news for nun
Waikato Times
http://tinyurl.com/26thp8a
The order of nuns co-founded by Mary MacKillop agrees that Australia’s first saint was excommunicated by the Catholic Church for exposing a paedophile priest.
Links to woman of faith revealed
The Daily Post — A006 — 30 September 2010
An article about Mary MacKillop in Rotorua. The full text can be read via the public libraries 'Newztext' service.
By the same author (Gertrude McGowan RSJ) 'Rotorua Pilgrimage: Mary McKillop in Rotorua (photos)
http://www.marymackillop.org.au/_uploads/rsfil/00014.pdf
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NEW WEBSITE
Funeral Mass Planner Guide
http://www.catholicfunerals.co.nz/httpdocs/index.cfm
This website has been approved by the Wellington Archdiocese and contains their policy on the Order of Christian Burials.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** What’s Wrong With The Church? (and what to do about it, by Fr Dwight Longernecker)
** “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” (on alien life and evolution)
** Contemplation in Silence
** What Remains? (making a mark in an age of transience)
** A prophetic utterance? (Have we altered the faith in its liturgy? )
** Social Justice Week came and went…
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'Being the steward'
Jenny O'Brien on the stewardship of creation
'Servant' - Luke 17:5-10, a reading and discussion with Rev Alison Camplin and Canon Jenny Wilkens at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS
Marist Messenger - October 2010
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
NZ Catholic Education Office newsletter
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resourcesubpages/lighting-new-fires.html
'Lighting New Fires' and Catholic Schools' Supplement - August 2010
'Good News and the News' - July 2010
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch newsletter 'Inform' - August 2010
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25
Marist Brothers' Marist Family News - June 2010
http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Marist%20Family%20News.htm
The Nathaniel Centre - The NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report - Issue thirty-one, 19 August 2010
Tui Motu InterIslands - September 2010
http://www.tuimotu.org/articles
Society of St Vincent de Paul. News
http://www.svdp.org.nz/index.php/current-news/
St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East' - September 2010
http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm http://livingtheword.org.nz
Reflect - Veronica Lawson rsm http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Two weeks' worth of hope
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/two-weeks-worth-hope
When I'm on the lecture circuit, one of the most common questions I get is this: "Where do you see hope in the church?" Implicit, of course, is the assumption that hope is hard to find. The premise is understandable, because the case for despair is often depressingly easy to make. Yet I also can't help feeling that one has to be almost deliberately blind not to see signs of hope everywhere, if you but look around...
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FACEBOOK
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15
Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-For-Family-and-Life-CFC-YFL/113115662062621
SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
Education Officer, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' October 2010 p.19, and from http://www.bigsplash.co.nz , job reference 293192 Applications close 12 October 2010.
Principal organist and deputy director of music, St Mary of the Angels, Wellington
http://www.smoa.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' October 2010 p.17 and from the Parish Secretary, St Mary of the Angels, 17 Boulcott Street, Wellington 6011. E-mail: smoaoffice@xtra.co.nz ; tel: 04 473 8074
Time left used to help others (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10677768
37-year-old Tracy Whiston is battling motor neurone disease (MND), which has no known cure. She may only have a handful of years to live. But the Auckland woman is using the time she has left to help others with the disease. Tracy has set up a trust to raise money for families affected by the debilitating disease and has inspired a wave of fundraising efforts at St Mary's Catholic School in Ellerslie.
Temporary home prepared for pupils (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4190335/Temporary-home-prepared-for-pupils
Workers have started preparing classrooms at Christchurch's Catholic Cathedral College for St Paul's School pupils, who will start classes on the site on October 11.
Legendary Queenstown hostess dies (photo
The Southland Times
http://tinyurl.com/2dsvvl3
Iris O'connell, who died at the age of 101 in Dunedin this month, was Queenstown's queen of hospitality in her heyday.
`Breathtakingly beautiful' gardens (photo)
The Marlborough Express
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/community-papers/4175052/Breathtakingly-beautiful-gardens
Rambling spring gardens and winding paths revealing hidden glades, are part of the magic and intrigue of the Seddon Combined Churches Garden Tour.
Pacific tsunami one year on
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/pacific-tsunami-one-year-caritas-rebuilds-tonga-and-samoa/5/65264
One year on from the Pacific tsunami that claimed almost 200 lives, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has allocated the half-a-million dollars New Zealanders donated to its tsunami appeal, primarily to housing projects across Samoa and Tonga.
Pious Catholic met an early grave
Western Leader
http://tinyurl.com/23lt4t9
An article about the Lonergan family grave at Waikumete
Karl du Fresne: We don’t need to wait for our leaders to supply bread and circuses
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/2ak97kt
Karl du Fresne on Pope Benedict's visit to Britain
************************
MARY MACKILLOP
************************
Sainthood changes church to St Mary's (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-otago/128498/sainthood-changes-church-st-marys
Balclutha's Catholic parishioners are gearing up to celebrate the legacy of soon-to-be-saint Mary MacKillop, helper of disadvantaged families in rural communities more than 100 years ago.
Paedophile priest bad news for nun
Waikato Times
http://tinyurl.com/26thp8a
The order of nuns co-founded by Mary MacKillop agrees that Australia’s first saint was excommunicated by the Catholic Church for exposing a paedophile priest.
Links to woman of faith revealed
The Daily Post — A006 — 30 September 2010
An article about Mary MacKillop in Rotorua. The full text can be read via the public libraries 'Newztext' service.
By the same author (Gertrude McGowan RSJ) 'Rotorua Pilgrimage: Mary McKillop in Rotorua (photos)
http://www.marymackillop.org.au/_uploads/rsfil/00014.pdf
****************************************************
NEW WEBSITE
Funeral Mass Planner Guide
http://www.catholicfunerals.co.nz/httpdocs/index.cfm
This website has been approved by the Wellington Archdiocese and contains their policy on the Order of Christian Burials.
****************************************************
'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** What’s Wrong With The Church? (and what to do about it, by Fr Dwight Longernecker)
** “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” (on alien life and evolution)
** Contemplation in Silence
** What Remains? (making a mark in an age of transience)
** A prophetic utterance? (Have we altered the faith in its liturgy? )
** Social Justice Week came and went…
**************************************************
INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'Being the steward'
Jenny O'Brien on the stewardship of creation
'Servant' - Luke 17:5-10, a reading and discussion with Rev Alison Camplin and Canon Jenny Wilkens at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS
Marist Messenger - October 2010
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
NZ Catholic Education Office newsletter
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resourcesubpages/lighting-new-fires.html
'Lighting New Fires' and Catholic Schools' Supplement - August 2010
'Good News and the News' - July 2010
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch newsletter 'Inform' - August 2010
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25
Marist Brothers' Marist Family News - June 2010
http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Marist%20Family%20News.htm
The Nathaniel Centre - The NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report - Issue thirty-one, 19 August 2010
Tui Motu InterIslands - September 2010
http://www.tuimotu.org/articles
Society of St Vincent de Paul. News
http://www.svdp.org.nz/index.php/current-news/
St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East' - September 2010
http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm http://livingtheword.org.nz
Reflect - Veronica Lawson rsm http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Two weeks' worth of hope
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/two-weeks-worth-hope
When I'm on the lecture circuit, one of the most common questions I get is this: "Where do you see hope in the church?" Implicit, of course, is the assumption that hope is hard to find. The premise is understandable, because the case for despair is often depressingly easy to make. Yet I also can't help feeling that one has to be almost deliberately blind not to see signs of hope everywhere, if you but look around...
*****************************************
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15
Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-For-Family-and-Life-CFC-YFL/113115662062621
SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
Education Officer, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' October 2010 p.19, and from http://www.bigsplash.co.nz , job reference 293192 Applications close 12 October 2010.
Principal organist and deputy director of music, St Mary of the Angels, Wellington
http://www.smoa.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' October 2010 p.17 and from the Parish Secretary, St Mary of the Angels, 17 Boulcott Street, Wellington 6011. E-mail: smoaoffice@xtra.co.nz ; tel: 04 473 8074
Sunday, September 26, 2010
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.catholic.org.nz/news/fx-list-articles.cfm?ctype=MRART&loadref=50
Nominations open for Delargey Awards 2010 (24 Sep 2010)
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 Delargey Awards, which recognise significant and outstanding contributions to Catholic youth ministry in Aotearoa New Zealand...
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'NZ CATHOLIC'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In issue 350 Sept 25 - Oct 9 2010 ... People's new Mass parts get approval ... Four prizes and a special mention for 'NZ Catholic' ... MaKillop events planned trhought New ZealandCarmelites repair was timely ... Hundreds brave storm for St Pio relics ... NZ Catholic women invited to world meet ... Four-fingered pianist thrills Kiwi students ... The Holy Father in Britain (3 pages of text and photos) .. Advertising Features: The Catholic Caring Foundation ... Mary McKillop and her legacy today (2 pages)
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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA
Radio NZ. 'Saturday Morning', with Kim Hill (audio)
Sister Sheila O'Toole: Vietnam nun
The most decorated New Zealander in relation to Vietnam, who went to Saigon during the Vietnam War, was held hostage in a POW camp, and was one of the last people to depart from the US Embassy in 1975.
Part one: 11 September 2010 11:10
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/20100911
Part two: 18 September 2010 11:05
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/20100918
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The media and Pope Benedict's visit to Britain: two local views
Rosemary Mcleod: Religious tolerance should be seen but not heard
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/opinion/4158656/Religious-tolerance-should-be-seen-but-not-heard
Courtney-Jane Lambert: The Pope, Pedobear and Twitter
http://www.3news.co.nz/Technology/OnlineMostly/tabid/1406/articleID/177105/Default.aspx
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News of the schools
Chess kids head to national contest (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/3anrrbp
The Rodney Times
(second story) It was back to school for fathers at Stella Maris Catholic School's annual dad's day event.
St Joseph's School, Hawera (2-page feature)
The South Taranaki Star
http://tinyurl.com/28477ne
Kid's view: St Joseph's Catholic School
Hamilton Press
http://tinyurl.com/27d2ayu
Gifts lighten the load for children and teachers (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/canterbury-earthquake/4148123/Gifts-lighten-the-load-for-children-and-teachers
Pupils from an earthquake- destroyed Christchurch school have returned to temporary classrooms, chattering friends and care packages. About 200 St Paul's School pupils were back in class for the first time since the September 4 quake wrecked their Dallington school.
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In other news ...
Mass result of timely visit
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/queenstown/128152/mass-result-timely-visit
It seems a divine hand may have intervened to give Queenstown's thriving Brazilian population the chance to attend a monthly Catholic Mass in the world's fifth most spoken language - Portuguese.
Becoming Portuguese-speaking: St Joseph’s Church (photo)
http://www.scene.co.nz/church-service-in-portugese/279843a1.page
Chaplain proud of jail time
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/4153011/Chaplain-proud-of-jail-time
Brother Osmund Macnamara walked out of the Invercargill Prison, a free man. The retiring prison chaplain has completed his 13-year stint and said he was a better man now than when he first went in, and he felt others left behind were happier, too.
Welfare discussed at meetings
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/127644/welfare-discussed-meetings
Personal stories were shared and collective community reflection and political analysis were provided at welfare information meetings in Dunedin this week.
Social security is for the good of all: Caritas submission to Welfare Working Group
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1009/S00293/social-security-is-for-the-good-of-all.htm
Euthanasia debate reflects dominance of individual
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23347
The debate about euthanasia, or more accurately 'physician assisted suicide' - let's not dress it up by using soft language like "death with dignity" - has reared its head again, writes John Kleinsman, director of the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Who holds the trump card? (Bishops and bishops' conferences)
** “How did the country lose its way, Mel? ... (are there any Catholic celebrities?)
** Stop hating on the Popes (... with particular reference to Pius XII)
** Mortality and Carpe Diem (the importance of all the small moments in life)
** Qu’ran honoured at California Cathedral
** Powerfully pointless protesting (protesting the Pope)
** Get real (C.S Lewis's classic 'The Screwtape Letters' on Broadway)
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'Earthquake'
Sr Mary Scanlan on stewardship and the Canterbury earthquake
'The rich' - Luke 16:19-31, a reading and discussion with Rev. Dr Raymond Pelley and Canon Jenny Wilkens at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
http://station15.libsyn.com
Station XV - Episode 36 - Sun, 19 September 2010 : Feeling the Earth move under our feet
In this episode we talk about the large earthquake in Christchurch, changing the age for First Holy Communion, Pope Benedict meeting with an Anglican clergywoman, the fate of the Teschemakers altar, and a story of generosity... to the tune of $50,000! Follow us at facebook.com/station15 or twitter.com/station15.
Catechiwi - Mon, 13 September 2010 : Five proofs for the existence of God
As the western world sees an increase in the number of people claiming to be atheists or at least have no religion, this month's episode of Catechiwi looks at St Thomas Aquinas's five proofs for the existence of God. Auckland-based priest Fr Peter Fitzsimons explains the Quinque Viae and he and host Gavin Abraham also discuss the seemingly growing phenomenon of atheism.
Familia - Episode 18 - Wed, 1 September 2010
In this edition of Familia we explore the following questions...
- Does a contraceptive act of sexual intercourse fulfill the Canon Law requirements for Consummation?
- How far is too far when talking about physical intimacy before marriage?
- What is ‘custody of the eyes’, and why is it so important?
- Is it normal to feel like a real ogre when disciplining my kids and can you offer any tips in this area?
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm http://livingtheword.org.nz
Reflect - Veronica Lawson rsm http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Pope’s visit, week’s stories show divisions, rays of hope
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/pope%E2%80%99s-visit-week%E2%80%99s-stories-show-divisions-rays-hope
Three important stories washed across the Catholic radar screen this week, each with something to say about where things stand vis-Ã -vis the church in the early 21st century. Taken together, these three developments confirm that the Catholic church is beset by important challenges, both from within and without, but also suggest that it may possess some surprising residual strength...
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FACEBOOK
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15
Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-For-Family-and-Life-CFC-YFL/113115662062621
SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz
NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.catholic.org.nz/news/fx-list-articles.cfm?ctype=MRART&loadref=50
Nominations open for Delargey Awards 2010 (24 Sep 2010)
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 Delargey Awards, which recognise significant and outstanding contributions to Catholic youth ministry in Aotearoa New Zealand...
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'NZ CATHOLIC'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In issue 350 Sept 25 - Oct 9 2010 ... People's new Mass parts get approval ... Four prizes and a special mention for 'NZ Catholic' ... MaKillop events planned trhought New ZealandCarmelites repair was timely ... Hundreds brave storm for St Pio relics ... NZ Catholic women invited to world meet ... Four-fingered pianist thrills Kiwi students ... The Holy Father in Britain (3 pages of text and photos) .. Advertising Features: The Catholic Caring Foundation ... Mary McKillop and her legacy today (2 pages)
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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA
Radio NZ. 'Saturday Morning', with Kim Hill (audio)
Sister Sheila O'Toole: Vietnam nun
The most decorated New Zealander in relation to Vietnam, who went to Saigon during the Vietnam War, was held hostage in a POW camp, and was one of the last people to depart from the US Embassy in 1975.
Part one: 11 September 2010 11:10
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/20100911
Part two: 18 September 2010 11:05
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/20100918
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The media and Pope Benedict's visit to Britain: two local views
Rosemary Mcleod: Religious tolerance should be seen but not heard
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/opinion/4158656/Religious-tolerance-should-be-seen-but-not-heard
Courtney-Jane Lambert: The Pope, Pedobear and Twitter
http://www.3news.co.nz/Technology/OnlineMostly/tabid/1406/articleID/177105/Default.aspx
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News of the schools
Chess kids head to national contest (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/3anrrbp
The Rodney Times
(second story) It was back to school for fathers at Stella Maris Catholic School's annual dad's day event.
St Joseph's School, Hawera (2-page feature)
The South Taranaki Star
http://tinyurl.com/28477ne
Kid's view: St Joseph's Catholic School
Hamilton Press
http://tinyurl.com/27d2ayu
Gifts lighten the load for children and teachers (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/canterbury-earthquake/4148123/Gifts-lighten-the-load-for-children-and-teachers
Pupils from an earthquake- destroyed Christchurch school have returned to temporary classrooms, chattering friends and care packages. About 200 St Paul's School pupils were back in class for the first time since the September 4 quake wrecked their Dallington school.
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In other news ...
Mass result of timely visit
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/queenstown/128152/mass-result-timely-visit
It seems a divine hand may have intervened to give Queenstown's thriving Brazilian population the chance to attend a monthly Catholic Mass in the world's fifth most spoken language - Portuguese.
Becoming Portuguese-speaking: St Joseph’s Church (photo)
http://www.scene.co.nz/church-service-in-portugese/279843a1.page
Chaplain proud of jail time
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/4153011/Chaplain-proud-of-jail-time
Brother Osmund Macnamara walked out of the Invercargill Prison, a free man. The retiring prison chaplain has completed his 13-year stint and said he was a better man now than when he first went in, and he felt others left behind were happier, too.
Welfare discussed at meetings
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/127644/welfare-discussed-meetings
Personal stories were shared and collective community reflection and political analysis were provided at welfare information meetings in Dunedin this week.
Social security is for the good of all: Caritas submission to Welfare Working Group
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1009/S00293/social-security-is-for-the-good-of-all.htm
Euthanasia debate reflects dominance of individual
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23347
The debate about euthanasia, or more accurately 'physician assisted suicide' - let's not dress it up by using soft language like "death with dignity" - has reared its head again, writes John Kleinsman, director of the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Who holds the trump card? (Bishops and bishops' conferences)
** “How did the country lose its way, Mel? ... (are there any Catholic celebrities?)
** Stop hating on the Popes (... with particular reference to Pius XII)
** Mortality and Carpe Diem (the importance of all the small moments in life)
** Qu’ran honoured at California Cathedral
** Powerfully pointless protesting (protesting the Pope)
** Get real (C.S Lewis's classic 'The Screwtape Letters' on Broadway)
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'Earthquake'
Sr Mary Scanlan on stewardship and the Canterbury earthquake
'The rich' - Luke 16:19-31, a reading and discussion with Rev. Dr Raymond Pelley and Canon Jenny Wilkens at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
http://station15.libsyn.com
Station XV - Episode 36 - Sun, 19 September 2010 : Feeling the Earth move under our feet
In this episode we talk about the large earthquake in Christchurch, changing the age for First Holy Communion, Pope Benedict meeting with an Anglican clergywoman, the fate of the Teschemakers altar, and a story of generosity... to the tune of $50,000! Follow us at facebook.com/station15 or twitter.com/station15.
Catechiwi - Mon, 13 September 2010 : Five proofs for the existence of God
As the western world sees an increase in the number of people claiming to be atheists or at least have no religion, this month's episode of Catechiwi looks at St Thomas Aquinas's five proofs for the existence of God. Auckland-based priest Fr Peter Fitzsimons explains the Quinque Viae and he and host Gavin Abraham also discuss the seemingly growing phenomenon of atheism.
Familia - Episode 18 - Wed, 1 September 2010
In this edition of Familia we explore the following questions...
- Does a contraceptive act of sexual intercourse fulfill the Canon Law requirements for Consummation?
- How far is too far when talking about physical intimacy before marriage?
- What is ‘custody of the eyes’, and why is it so important?
- Is it normal to feel like a real ogre when disciplining my kids and can you offer any tips in this area?
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm http://livingtheword.org.nz
Reflect - Veronica Lawson rsm http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Pope’s visit, week’s stories show divisions, rays of hope
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/pope%E2%80%99s-visit-week%E2%80%99s-stories-show-divisions-rays-hope
Three important stories washed across the Catholic radar screen this week, each with something to say about where things stand vis-Ã -vis the church in the early 21st century. Taken together, these three developments confirm that the Catholic church is beset by important challenges, both from within and without, but also suggest that it may possess some surprising residual strength...
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Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15
Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-For-Family-and-Life-CFC-YFL/113115662062621
SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz
Sunday, September 19, 2010
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
News and media releases now at www.catholic.org.nz/news (September 14, 2010)
The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (NZCBC) has a new website online now at www.catholic.org.nz The website, The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand - Te Hahi Katorika ki Aotearoa, has a national-level focus, encouraging diocesan websites to remain the natural homes for local content...
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
School gala family affair (photo)
Manawatu Standard
http://tinyurl.com/23f2q86
Tomorrow’s 52nd annual St James Catholic School gala will be extra special for one Manawatu family, with three generations joining in the celebrations.
Rezoning endorsed
Central Leader
http://tinyurl.com/28p75a5
The fight to stop the transfer of Monte Cecilia School to a different site has suffered another setback.
Landmark likely to be closed for a year
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/canterbury-earthquake/4141625/Landmark-likely-to-be-closed-for-a-year
Christchurch's Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is likely to be closed for up to a year because of earthquake damage.
McCaw visit lifts spirits (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4129182/McCaw-visit-lifts-spirits
An All Black visit brought a little light relief to children at a school forced to move because of Canterbury's earthquake. About 60 students and parents were treated to a meeting with All Black captain Richie McCaw at St Paul's School, in Dallington, yesterday.
St Patrick's Catholic School had its first father and son breakfast last week (photos)
Taupo Times
http://tinyurl.com/28jqdag
Jail for sex-abusing ex-principal
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/4134353/Jail-for-sex-abusing-ex-principal
Former Hato Paora principal Elvis Dobson Shepherd has been imprisoned for more than eight years for sexually abusing students at an Auckland school, yet he is still proclaiming his innocence.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** The Pope speaks and Britain listens…
** “Now, the kilt was only for day-to-day wear. In battle, we donned a full-length ball gown ... (on the media coverage of Pope Benedict's visit)
** The Church is alive and well, just look at these religious… (Oprah Winfrey's interview with a community of nuns)
** Britain Needs the Pope
** Mediator Dei, Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Synod of Pistoia and Jansenism
** Painting a target on my head? (on reconciling theology to science in relation to earthquakes)
** Living antonyms (consecration counteracting violation)
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'A different friendship' - Luke 16:1-13, a reading and discussion with Stephen Ready and Malia Vito-Tupai.
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm http://livingtheword.org.nz
Reflect - Veronica Lawson rsm http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Benedict in Britain: We get it, we've got it, let's share it
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/benedict-britain-we-get-it-weve-got-it-lets-share-it
Pope Benedict XVI is midway through his trip to the United Kingdom, and so far reaction has been all over the map, from wild enthusiasm among devotees, to overt hostility among determined protestors, to benign indifference in a broad swath of secular society. Of course, the pope always evokes a range of opinions, but they’re rarely on full public view as they are here...
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FACEBOOK
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15
Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-For-Family-and-Life-CFC-YFL/113115662062621
SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
News and media releases now at www.catholic.org.nz/news (September 14, 2010)
The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (NZCBC) has a new website online now at www.catholic.org.nz The website, The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand - Te Hahi Katorika ki Aotearoa, has a national-level focus, encouraging diocesan websites to remain the natural homes for local content...
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
School gala family affair (photo)
Manawatu Standard
http://tinyurl.com/23f2q86
Tomorrow’s 52nd annual St James Catholic School gala will be extra special for one Manawatu family, with three generations joining in the celebrations.
Rezoning endorsed
Central Leader
http://tinyurl.com/28p75a5
The fight to stop the transfer of Monte Cecilia School to a different site has suffered another setback.
Landmark likely to be closed for a year
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/canterbury-earthquake/4141625/Landmark-likely-to-be-closed-for-a-year
Christchurch's Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is likely to be closed for up to a year because of earthquake damage.
McCaw visit lifts spirits (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4129182/McCaw-visit-lifts-spirits
An All Black visit brought a little light relief to children at a school forced to move because of Canterbury's earthquake. About 60 students and parents were treated to a meeting with All Black captain Richie McCaw at St Paul's School, in Dallington, yesterday.
St Patrick's Catholic School had its first father and son breakfast last week (photos)
Taupo Times
http://tinyurl.com/28jqdag
Jail for sex-abusing ex-principal
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/4134353/Jail-for-sex-abusing-ex-principal
Former Hato Paora principal Elvis Dobson Shepherd has been imprisoned for more than eight years for sexually abusing students at an Auckland school, yet he is still proclaiming his innocence.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** The Pope speaks and Britain listens…
** “Now, the kilt was only for day-to-day wear. In battle, we donned a full-length ball gown ... (on the media coverage of Pope Benedict's visit)
** The Church is alive and well, just look at these religious… (Oprah Winfrey's interview with a community of nuns)
** Britain Needs the Pope
** Mediator Dei, Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Synod of Pistoia and Jansenism
** Painting a target on my head? (on reconciling theology to science in relation to earthquakes)
** Living antonyms (consecration counteracting violation)
**************************************************
INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'A different friendship' - Luke 16:1-13, a reading and discussion with Stephen Ready and Malia Vito-Tupai.
***************************************************
NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm http://livingtheword.org.nz
Reflect - Veronica Lawson rsm http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Benedict in Britain: We get it, we've got it, let's share it
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/benedict-britain-we-get-it-weve-got-it-lets-share-it
Pope Benedict XVI is midway through his trip to the United Kingdom, and so far reaction has been all over the map, from wild enthusiasm among devotees, to overt hostility among determined protestors, to benign indifference in a broad swath of secular society. Of course, the pope always evokes a range of opinions, but they’re rarely on full public view as they are here...
*****************************************
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15
Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-For-Family-and-Life-CFC-YFL/113115662062621
SMNZ Marists - the Society of Mary in New Zealand
http://www.facebook.com/Marists
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Dear readers,
Thank you for your '"get well" messages, and for your patience.
Here is a list of news items of Catholic interest from the local press. I hope and expect that 'News and Notes' will be back to normal from next week.
God bless,
Mike Leon
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After the earthquake
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St Paul’s pupils to move to temporary site (St Paul’s in Dallington )
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=GUI1VD4BYHE6&linkid=da5a1b1c-8d3b-43f5-a6b5-3fb8b59f088c&pdaffid=Z6M6dSqlqx7EHmWpDJNZ5w%3d%3d
Christchurch quake survivors head to church
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4097781/Christchurch-quake-survivors-head-to-church
Chch kids get a taste of Timaru
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/4105867/Chch-kids-get-a-taste-of-Timaru/
215 quake claims from Timaru
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/4105860/215-quake-claims-from-Timaru
Church due to be strengthened (The Church of the Holy Innocents, Mt Peel)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/4102418/Church-due-to-be-strengthened
Scoop News
Caritas pledges $10,000 toward Christchurch quake
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1009/S00153/caritas-pledges-10000-toward-christchurch-quake.htm
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In other news
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Priest ministered far and wide (Christchurch priest Father Miles O’Malley)
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=T2CGQVF2GLX&linkid=dab139fa-e711-400c-927d-88659f2a92e2&pdaffid=Z6M6dSqlqx7EHmWpDJNZ5w%3d%3d
St Mary's pioneers focus of new book (St Mary's college, Wellington)
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=VMTI73TMW9T7&linkid=113054d2-2670-4600-bfa9-54b8d82f984f&pdaffid=Z6M6dSqlqx7EHmWpDJNZ5w%3d%3d
Rise In Sickness Benefits Resulted From Policy-induced High Unemployment
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/rise-sickness-benefits-resulted-policy-induced-high-unemployment/5/62720
Monte Cecilia Plan Changes Rammed Through
Press Release: City Vision 10-9-2010 11:54
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/monte-cecilia-plan-changes-rammed-through/5/62615
Waitaki MP says voting on bill to extend Easter trading will be close
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/4105817/Waitaki-MP-says-voting-on-bill-to-extend-Easter-trading-will-be-close
Caritas supports clergy in opposing Easter Trading
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1009/S00200/caritas-supports-clergy-in-opposing-easter-trading.htm
Thank you for your '"get well" messages, and for your patience.
Here is a list of news items of Catholic interest from the local press. I hope and expect that 'News and Notes' will be back to normal from next week.
God bless,
Mike Leon
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After the earthquake
*************************
St Paul’s pupils to move to temporary site (St Paul’s in Dallington )
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=GUI1VD4BYHE6&linkid=da5a1b1c-8d3b-43f5-a6b5-3fb8b59f088c&pdaffid=Z6M6dSqlqx7EHmWpDJNZ5w%3d%3d
Christchurch quake survivors head to church
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4097781/Christchurch-quake-survivors-head-to-church
Chch kids get a taste of Timaru
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/4105867/Chch-kids-get-a-taste-of-Timaru/
215 quake claims from Timaru
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/4105860/215-quake-claims-from-Timaru
Church due to be strengthened (The Church of the Holy Innocents, Mt Peel)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/4102418/Church-due-to-be-strengthened
Scoop News
Caritas pledges $10,000 toward Christchurch quake
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1009/S00153/caritas-pledges-10000-toward-christchurch-quake.htm
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In other news
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Priest ministered far and wide (Christchurch priest Father Miles O’Malley)
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=T2CGQVF2GLX&linkid=dab139fa-e711-400c-927d-88659f2a92e2&pdaffid=Z6M6dSqlqx7EHmWpDJNZ5w%3d%3d
St Mary's pioneers focus of new book (St Mary's college, Wellington)
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=VMTI73TMW9T7&linkid=113054d2-2670-4600-bfa9-54b8d82f984f&pdaffid=Z6M6dSqlqx7EHmWpDJNZ5w%3d%3d
Rise In Sickness Benefits Resulted From Policy-induced High Unemployment
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/rise-sickness-benefits-resulted-policy-induced-high-unemployment/5/62720
Monte Cecilia Plan Changes Rammed Through
Press Release: City Vision 10-9-2010 11:54
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/monte-cecilia-plan-changes-rammed-through/5/62615
Waitaki MP says voting on bill to extend Easter trading will be close
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/4105817/Waitaki-MP-says-voting-on-bill-to-extend-Easter-trading-will-be-close
Caritas supports clergy in opposing Easter Trading
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1009/S00200/caritas-supports-clergy-in-opposing-easter-trading.htm
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Dear readers,
I'm sorry to say I haven't been able to compile a newsletter for this weekend due to illness.
I hope and expect to be back to normal some time next week. The next 'News & Notes' will include the news items that should have been sent this weekend.
Thank you for your patience, and God bless.
Mike Leon
I'm sorry to say I haven't been able to compile a newsletter for this weekend due to illness.
I hope and expect to be back to normal some time next week. The next 'News & Notes' will include the news items that should have been sent this weekend.
Thank you for your patience, and God bless.
Mike Leon
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