Sunday, November 21, 2010

NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

http://www.catholic.org.nz/news/fx-list-articles.cfm?ctype=MRART&loadref=50

Funeral of Bishop John Cunneen (17 Nov 2010)
People from around New Zealand gathered at St Mary’s Parish in Christchurch today to pay their respects to former Catholic Bishop of Christchurch, Bishop John Cunneen...

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'NZ CATHOLIC' - Nov. 21 - Dec. 4 2010 No. 354

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In this issue: Eighth bishop of Chch dies ... St Thomas team wins NZ business award ... Jubilarians celebrate ... Mayor talks about life choices and his faith ... NZ bishops respond to Baghdad terrorist attack ... Youth branded as "moral zombies" ... A multi-faith celebration of Blessed Teresa ... Special Feature: All for Life Conference, Nelson ... Arrowtown celebrates St Mary of the Cross canonisation

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Miner who avoided Pike River blast faces anxious wait
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10688915
Special prayers for the trapped miners were offered at Saturday night's vigil Mass in Greymouth's St Patrick's Catholic church

Requiem Mass at funeral of bishop (photo caption)
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/2dp5hhe
Bishop Barry Jones leads the Requiem Mass for Bishop John Cunneen at St Mary's Church in Christchurch. The Bishop of Christchurch from 1995 to 2007, John Cunneen died last Tuesday after a long illness aged 78. About 400 mourners
attended yesterday's service, before a private interment at the Lady Chapel of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.

Bishop lies in state (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4346558/Bishop-lies-in-state
Christchurch's eighth Catholic bishop is lying in state for the city's worshippers to pay their respects.

'Super-star pope pays a visit' (photo)
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/23ne8bw
"Christchurch for a few hours today is host to the best-known figure in the world." Those words from a Press editorial accurately accounted for Pope John Paul II, who was in new Zealand for three days and in Christchurch for five hours.

Party the Filipino way (photo)
Leader Richmond Waimea
http://tinyurl.com/2cr2u6e
Filipinos from across the top of the south will be getting together on Saturday night to have a good time and raise money for Nelson’s St Mary’s Church.

Community building vital – envoy (photo)
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/25woqos
Former British Labour MP John Battle became Blair’s faith envoy not long before the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States. Battle, who is in New Zealand as a guest of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues at the University of Otago, spoke at Christ Church Cathedral yesterday. ‘‘It’s much calmer here. A Catholic preaching in an Anglican church? That would be a real big event in Leeds,’’ he said.

MP swaps politics for community action (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/137017/mp-swaps-politics-community-action
After 23 years, John Battle has swapped a role in national and international politics for a cause he is becoming increasingly passionate about - his neighbourhood.

Country couple celebrate (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/2czyhlm
Country life and knowing how to settle an argument are the secret to a long marriage, according to Richard and Helen Vallance who are about to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary.

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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
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Local children support Cure Kids (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/4362310/Local-children-support-Cure-Kids
Four years ago he was diagnosed with a rare bone disorder called hypophosphatasia after he broke his leg stepping off a trolley. Today, the 8-year-old is an ambassador for the Cure Kids fundraiser Red Nose Day, at Sacred Heart School in Invercargill.

Tough job, but someone's got to do it (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4364398/Tough-job-but-someones-got-to-do-it
Cruising in a Hummer limousine on the way to his dream job is all in a day's work for St Joseph's School pupil Thomas Parry. The Dannevirke 10-year-old has just returned from a whirlwind trip to Melbourne, where he was inducted into his role as an official trainee toyologist for toy giant Mattel.

Clever kids taking an early shot at dairy industry fame
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/4362242/Clever-kids-taking-an-early-shot-at-dairy-industry-fame
Two Opunake kids are among the brightest sparks in the country. Katie Starsmore, 12, won first place in a nationwide young inventors' competition. Her classmate at St Joseph's Primary, Jordan Quinnel, 12, took second place.

Students keen to see hostel saved
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/4349376/Students-keen-to-see-hostel-saved
In the foyer of the Sacred Heart Girls' College boarding hostel in Hamilton there is a whiteboard bearing the quote: "To succeed, we must first believe we can."

Siblings supply skating bug (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/4343983/Siblings-supply-skating-bug
Skating flows through the blood of Julian Beardman and a good dose of family rivalry has helped the 17-year-old reach lofty heights in the sport of inline hockey. The Francis Douglas Memorial College student represented New Zealand at the World Junior Olympics in Los Angeles earlier this year where the team just lost out to the United States in the final.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** Bishop John Jerome Cunneen – RIP

** “A homemaker? I might as well be dead!” (a Royal marriage)

** Calling workers to the harvest (future projects of Icon Media)

** A people without a Liturgy is not a people

** The origins of Kereopa (introducing Being Frank's new blogger

** Letting go of the trapeze bar (Change can be exciting but scary)

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net


'Holiness', a reflection by Sr Mary Scanlan

'King' - Luke 23: 35-43, a reading and commentary with Stephen Ready and John Teariki.

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS

http://station15.libsyn.com

** Station XV ** - Episode 38 - Sad, happy, happy, sad, puzzled (14 November 2010) **

We have a mix of stories this month: starting with the terribly sad and tragic story of the Iraqi Catholics massacred while at Mass, then to the happy coverage of the first Australasian saint, St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, then the happy story of five Anglican bishops joining the Church, then the sad passing of Bishop John Cunneen, and then we finish on the puzzling story of "the Vatican" saying Homer Simpson is Catholic?!? Follow us at twitter.com/station15 or facebook.com/station15.


** Catechiwi: Heaven, Hell and Purgatory (11 November 2010 **

Fr Neil Vaney talks to Catechiwi about ultimate destinations

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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

The press and the sex abuse crisis of 2010
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/press-and-sex-abuse-crisis-2010

Under the best of circumstances, the Vatican and the secular media struggle to understand each other, and the first half of 2010 was hardly the best of times. As a new wave of the sexual abuse crisis swept across Europe and raised critical questions about Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican officials accused the press of bias, while news reports and editorial pages blasted the Vatican for dishonesty and denial. Now that the dust has begun to settle, thoughtful figures on both sides realize the need to take a dispassionate look back...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH

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

http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)

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EMPLOYMENT

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Coordinator, Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
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Sunday, November 14, 2010

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

http://www.catholic.org.nz/news/fx-list-articles.cfm?ctype=MRART&loadref=50

Former Christchurch Bishop John Cunneen dies
Bishop Emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch, John Cunneen, died peacefully on 9 November at Nazareth House, aged 78, after a long period of illness...

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'WEL-COM'

http://www.welcom.org.nz

The Hobbit resolution - sovereignty or sellout? (8 November 2010)
Sovereignty, or the right to independent nationhood, is something which must be jealously guarded, and something New Zealand took particular pride in more than a quarter of a century ago when the then Prime Minister David Lange took a firm stance against the United States Government to declare New Zealand nuclear free...

Vatican II the final documents summarised (8 November 2010)
A summary of documents passed during the final session of Vatican II ...

Vatican II the final session Sep 14-Dec 8, 1965 (8 November 2010)
Following the interminable debates and document revisions of the third session of Vatican II, it was with a great deal of apprehension that bishops gathered in September 1965 for the final session...

Reflect: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Luke 21:5-19 (Veronica Lawson RSM 12 November 2010)
Fifty years ago there was no Te Papa Tongarewa national museum. A hundred years ago there was no Auckland Harbour Bridge. It is hard to imagine a time when they did not exist or a time when they will cease to be ...

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Church mourns 'amiable soul' (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch/4328970/Church-mourns-amiable-soul
Bishop Emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch, John Cunneen, has died. Bishop Cunneen died peacefully last night at Nazareth House, aged 78, after a long period of illness.

History of St Mary popular (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/135182/history-st-mary-popular
Hundreds of Arrowtown residents and guests of all ages, and from around New Zealand, followed in the footsteps of St Mary of the Cross for a series of celebrations marking the canonisation of Australasia's first saint and her legacy in the Wakatipu.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunedin's celebration of Canonisation of St Mary Mackillop, Arrowtown, Saturday, November 6th. (gallery of seven photographs)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/galleries/gallery/general/135586/people-celebration-st-mary-mackillop

Church saved from flames
The Napier Mail p.2
http://www.napiermail.co.nz/nmail_book.pdf
The fire at St Patrick’s Catholic Church in Munroe St last Wednesday night was a minor one, much to
the parishioners’ relief.

US experts to identify Kiribati remains
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/4321167/US-experts-to-identify-Kirabati-remains
US experts are likely to be called in to identify the remains of headless bodies found on Kiribati and believed to be the remains of 17 New Zealanders executed by the Japanese during World War II. The incident had an extraordinary link to the Featherston camp POW massacre 19 weeks later.

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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
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Schoolboy heroes 'simply doing their duty'
Three pupils of Rosmini College Takapuna have been praised as heroes for rushing to help the dying and injured occupants of a car that hit their school bus.
Article and photo:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10687305
Video interview with the three lads:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/video.cfm?c_id=1&gal_objectid=10687305&gallery_id=115143

Maori College Launches Recruitment Campaign (photo)
http://news.tangatawhenua.com/archives/7855
One of the country's leading Maori secondary schools has launched a recruitment campaign in a bid to lift its student roll in 2011. First established in 1928, Hato Petera College on Auckland's North Shore is a co-educational Catholic boarding and day school.

Teen ready to dive into her future (photo)
The Wellingtonian
http://tinyurl.com/28s759z
Teenage diver Gabrielle Armstrong-Scott was named College Sport Wellington young sportswoman of the year on Sunday.
High flier: College Sport young sportswoman of the year Gabrielle Armstrong-Scott.

Pupils' design wins playground funds
http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/local/news/pupils-design-wins-playground-funds/3929486/
St Mary's Catholic School pupils are helping their school get a new playground which they've designed. A team of seven pupils aged between 9 and 11 has placed first equal with two Auckland schools in the Year 5 to 8 category of the Transpower Neighbourhood Engineers Awards.

Kavanagh eyes demolition after purchase (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/135747/kavanagh-eyes-demolition-after-purchase
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunedin has taken advantage of a rare opportunity to expand Kavanagh College by up to 25%, by buying the neighbouring Otago Polytechnic buildings which were owned by the Ministry of Education.

A win, no debate (photo)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/2ereqyy
Sacred Heart College is proving it can produce some very persuasive pupils.

Isay: Sacred Heart hostel's days numbered (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/4323623/Isay-Sacred-Heart-hostels-days-numbered
Hamilton's Sacred Heart Girls' College looks set to close its boarding hostel.

Parents keen to save Sacred Heart hostel
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/4329575/Parents-keen-to-save-Sacred-Heart-hostel

Bishop applies to close St Patrick's School (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/135428/bishop-applies-close-st-patricks-school
St Patrick's School in South Dunedin will be the sixth primary school in two and a-half years to close in the city, but an education specialist believes closures may become less frequent.

Acting's a breeze for cheese star (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/4323347/Actings-a-breeze-for-cheese-star/
Two weeks can seem like a lifetime for an anxious nine-year-old, but "good things take time", and no child knows that better than Oliver Lodge. The St James Catholic School pupil is one of the newest stars in the Mainland Cheese ad campaign, which aired on television in September.

School remodelling, Gonville Centre win national architecture awards
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/local/news/school-remodelling-gonville-centre-win-national-ar/3929101/
Meticulous detail and delightfully subtle design touches - two Wanganui architects are winners in the regional New Zealand Institute of Architects awards. Gerald Cogan, a partner in BSM Group Architects, remodelled the entrance and administration area of St Mary's School, in London St.

On the edge of his seat (photo)
Sunday Star Times
http://tinyurl.com/27htrgj
Today, you don’t have to win an election to rule parliament. The corridors of power are open to the public and the seats of influence are up for grabs in Parliament’s Open Day. Sacred Heart Primary School student Gem Inkster, five, above, was excited to have a go at being Speaker of the House.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** “Give me a drink” (a bar opens in the crypt of a Roman church)

** “Back then, I was known as Sgt. Simpson, and I commanded the Flying Hellfish" (In Britain: Armistice Day; derelict churches)

** Some changes for Filia (shock, horror)! (women priests and other issue)

** Arvo Part, Religion, and Art

** So who’s the (ministerial) priest here? (the role of participants in a baptism)

** So, it’s goodbye from me…kinda (Farewell from James the Least)

** And I thought it was all about pretty lights… (Guy Fawkes here and overseas)

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'Change' - Luke 21: 5-19, a reading and commentary with Sister Stephanie Kitching.

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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

Vatican misdirection, the relevance of the pope, Iraq and Sudan
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/vatican-misdirection-relevance-pope-iraq-and-sudan

Magicians understand that playing on an audience's expectations is the heart of making a trick work. When people think they know what's going to happen, where their attention ought to be focused, a little misdirection is usually all it takes. Making sense of current events, just like catching on to a trick, has a lot to do with seeing past expectations. When a priori assumptions cloud one's perceptions, it's easy to miss what actually happens. The past week brought two good examples of misdirection, albeit largely unintentional, vis-à-vis the Vatican. Diagnosing how the trick was pulled is important to an accurate understanding of what's going on...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH

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

http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)

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EMPLOYMENT

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Coordinator, Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
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Sunday, November 7, 2010

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In issue 353, Nov. 7 - 20 2010 ... Music to be set for liturgies ... Hamilton man appointed senior prison chaplain ... Offence not intended, judge tells Christchurch school ... Former All Black [Maurice McHugh] lived a life of faith, sport and service ... Lawyer [Pauline Kumeroa Kingi] dodged 'baccy factory' ... Passion Play a powerful experience ... Knight investiture a first for New Zealand ... Special Feature: Mary MacKillop celebrations throughout New Zealand (3 pages)

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Grave find may bring war heroes home (photos)
NZ Herald
http://tinyurl.com/2475lfv
Seventeen New Zealanders beheaded and left on a Pacific atoll have been virtually forgotten by their country - but newly unearthed remains have families praying their long-lost loved ones may finally be found.

OMG - did you see that billboard? (photos)
Taranki Daily News
http://tinyurl.com/23ftam4
A pew of Taranaki church leaders have embraced the arrival of a campaign in New Plymouth suggesting there is no such thing as God.

Police investigate Napier fire
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10685240
Police are investigating a suspicious fire at the St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral in Napier Central last night.

Church fire fifth arson in two weeks say police
http://www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz/local/news/church-fire-fifth-arson-in-two-weeks-say-police/3928784/
One woman spoke for all parishioners of St Patrick's Church, in Napier, when she heard there had been a fire last night - but that it had been confined to the exterior. "Thank God for that," she said after arriving while fire crews were checking the building over.

Mount Street cemetery turns 170 (photo)
The Wellingtonian
http://tinyurl.com/2fnnd8y
About 200 people gathered at Mount Street Cemetery last Sunday as Archbishop John Dew led a blessing for the 170th anniversary of the cemetery's consecration.

Dedicated Karamea couple married for 72 years (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/2c4rzmw
[Obituary of Karl Jones, 92, and Mary Jones 94]

Margaret’s sister act (photo)
http://www.scene.co.nz/margarets-sister-act/281632a1.page
Arrowtown volunteer Margaret Hyland will play a leading role in more ways than one at a special Catholic celebration this weekend. The organiser of festivities to mark the canonisation of the Blessed Mary MacKillop will don a nun’s habit and briefly assume the identity of Australasia’s first saint in front of 300 worshippers on Saturday.

Repair a long, careful process (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/4301240/Repair-a-long-careful-process/
Repair work has started on the earthquake-damaged St Joseph's Church in Temuka, but there is no telling how long it will be until the church is returned to its original state.

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St James kids keen to help quake-hit counterparts
Manawatu Standard
http://tinyurl.com/2g7grtk
When there’s only two of you, you have to stick together. This mantra has prompted Palmerston North's St James Catholic School to help out its Christchurch counterpart after it was damaged in the September 4 earthquake.

Bridging generation gap with midday meal (photos)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/264gnyy
Judging from the chatter and smiles coming from the 25 elderly residents invited to the St Joseph’s School Young Vinnies luncheon it was a gastronomic success.

Pasifika pupils triumph despite insult (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4315451/Pasifika-pupils-triumph-despite-insult
A Christchurch Pasifika secondary school team controversially told they could all "read and write" has collected the top award at a national business competition.

Beach play has arty outcome (photo)
Taranaki Daily News
http://tinyurl.com/2dzgpwb
Students from Francis Douglas Memorial College were taken back to their childhoods yesterday, making sandcastles at Back Beach for three hours as part of their art course.

Life and work of saint celebrated (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/arrowtown/135078/life-and-work-saint-celebrated
A weekend of celebrations in Arrowtown to commemorate the canonisation of Australia's first saint, Mary MacKillop, began with a liturgy about her life and work involving all 153 pupils of St Joseph's School, yesterday.

New school courts to boost pupils' sports (photo)
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/26ew8rs
Students at St Joseph's School Te Aroha will have their sport and recreation time greatly enbhanced thanks to a new multi-purpose court.

School on a mission for missions (photo)
Ruapehu Press
http://tinyurl.com/25m5kq5
St Patrick's [Taumarunui] had their annual Mission Day last month. This event raises money for projects in the area, national missionaries such as Sr June Hickland's Hauroto Mission and international organisations such as Caritas.

Top talent in town for show (photos)
Rotorua Review
http://tinyurl.com/2e2etg8
Noted past pupils Maisey Rika and Hinewehi Mohi will join the internationally recognised St Joseph’s Maori Girls’ College choir at the Civic Theatre on Saturday.

Young entrepreneurs onto a winner (photo)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/26o4nag
Trying to capture the moods of young people has won a group of Sacred Heart College pupils the Wellington Regional Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) award.

School celebrates nun's sainthood (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/4294805/School-celebrates-nuns-sainthood
Students of Mary MacKillop School in Mangere East, New Zealand's only school to be named after recently canonised nun Mary MacKillop, have celebrated her newfound sainthood.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** Papal Vigil For All Nascent Life
** Peace in the Middle East
** Fairies at the bottom of the garden, Science, and Aristotelian philosophy
** Double Standards at St Patrick’s? (a public dressing-down in the cathedral)
** When those Saints go marching in (What to do about Halloween parties?)

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

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'All are alive' - Luke 20: 27-38, a reading and discussion with Rev. Canon Jenny Wilkins and Very Rev. Frank Nelson of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.

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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

Pondering Islam and its discontents
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/pondering-islam-and-its-discontents

While Americans were preoccupied with midterm elections, the besieged Christians of Iraq faced yet another threat to their survival -- survival of the literal sort, not merely political. The blow came with an attack on a Syrian Catholic church in Baghdad, Our Lady of Salvation, which was seized by Al-Qaeda terrorists during Sunday Mass. A police raid left an estimated 57 dead and more than 60 wounded. As fate would have it, I was in Cleveland last night speaking at Notre Dame College's Abrahamic Center on "Vatican Interfaith Relations with Islam and Judaism." I'll summarize here what I said -- not because it offers any magic wand for preventing the kind of bloodshed we saw in Baghdad, but because the tragedy illustrates anew the urgency of deep and creative thinking about Christian/Muslim tensions...

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Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
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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' subscription promoters
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Coordinator, Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
http://www.akyouth.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 353, Nov. 7 - 20 2010 p.22, and from Linda McQuade, Vicar for Education, Catholic Diocese of Auckland. Tel: (09) 360 3054 ; email: lindam@cda.org.nz Applications close 22 November 2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

http://www.catholic.org.nz/news/fx-list-articles.cfm?ctype=MRART&loadref=50

New Zealand represented at Australian Catholic Youth Ministry Convention (26 Oct 2010)

National Coordinator of the NZCBC Office for Young People, Sr Helen O’Sullivan RNDM, recently attended the inaugural Australian Catholic Youth Ministry Convention in Melbourne. She was joined by Diocesan Youth Directors Kathleen Field (Palmerston North) and Chris Lysaght (Christchurch); Hannah Hewitt (Logos) and Chris Duthie-Jung (NZCBC Researcher)...

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Caritas Supporting Indonesian Disaster Relief
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/caritasnz/128832246187.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged an initial NZ$10,000 towards relief efforts in Indonesia following the tsunami and volcanic eruption tragedies there. Caritas is also accepting donations from the public.

Prize Futuna talk planned (page 14 - photo)
http://www.napiermail.co.nz/nmail_book.pdf
An illustrated talk about one of New Zealand's most celebrated buildings, the Futuna Chapel, is being held in Napier on Tuesday, November 2.

Southern flock (photos)
Upper Hutt Leader
http://tinyurl.com/2594ang
St Joseph’s parish priest, Father Ron Bennett, has spent the past month doing chaplaincy work in Antarctica at short notice.

Throng expected to honour saint
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/arrowtown/133482/throng-expected-honour-saint
Arrowtown is anticipating a business boost in early November when hundreds of visitors are expected to help the community celebrate the canonisation of Australasia's first saint, Mary MacKillop. Organising committee chairwoman Margaret Hyland, of Arrowtown, said yesterday preparations for the November 6 and 7 event were in place.

Message Strikes Powerful Note
http://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/message-strikes-powerful-note/5/69013

Labour's Inter-Faith Dialogue spokesperson Su'a William Sio supports the call by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland Bishop Patrick Dunn that we 'should promote respect for the poor and pursue a passion for justice'.

Keeping schools swinging (photo caption)
Upper Hutt Leader
http://tinyurl.com/28f7l97
Pupils of St Joseph’s School Upper Hutt swing poi during the combined schools kapa haka festival on Tuesday.

A perfect day for bouncy castle fun (photo)
Kaikoura Star
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/kaikoura/4273711/A-perfect-day-for-bouncy-castle
St Joseph's School knows how to throw a gala. Candy floss, sausages, cakes and happy faces were all present at the annual event on Sunday.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** A solution? (a mission to mothers and babies in Vietnam)
** “I’ll go into the bushes over there, make a lot of noise, and flush out a rabbit (a lesson from nature)
** Liturgical Troubles in England (a controversy over the music for Pope Benedict's visit)
** Swiss Catholics encouraging contraception
** Their problems are Legion (salvaging the Legionaries of Christ)
** Labour Day war strategy (work/life balance)
“Infallible sign of the presence of God” (faith and joy)

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'True Salvation' - Luke 19 1-10, a reading and discussion with Rev. Judith Wigglesworth and Very Rev. Frank Nelson of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.

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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

Thinking straight about Israel, the Jews and the Archbishop
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/thinking-straight-about-israel-jews-and-archbishop

We in the media have a genius for grabbing a small but sensational piece of a bigger picture and banging it like a cheap drum. To take the most obvious recent example, the mere threat of a Koran burning from a Florida pastor whose entire congregation could fit into a phone booth held the world hostage for a month thanks to saturation “will he or won’t he?” coverage. In some ways, reaction to the close of the Oct. 10-24 Synod of Bishops for the Middle East is following the same script...

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FACEBOOK

Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
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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. 352 Oct 24 - Nov 6 p.19, 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 24, 2010

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE

http://www.catholic.org.nz/news/fx-list-articles.cfm?ctype=MRART&loadref=50

** Bishops encourage Catholics to support World Mission Sunday (21 Oct 2010)

** New Senior Catholic Prison Chaplain appointed (20 Oct 2010)

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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 352 Oct 24 - Nov 6

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In the current issue ... First saint for Australasia ... Senior student elected to local board ... Leading pro-life speakers to tour country ... One year after the Pacific tsunami ... Pope Benedict: Newman shows passion for truth, honesty and genuine conversion can be costly ... Mary MacKillop Special (2 pages) ... Advertising features: Mahitahi (Catholic overseas volunteers) .. Age Concern

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Crowds hail Australasian saint (photos)
Taranaki Daily News
http://tinyurl.com/2fjkjsz

TVNZ. Canonisation of Mary MacKillop (video)
http://tvnz.co.nz/breakfast-news/breakfast-monday-october-18-3838982/video
Auckland Catholic Diocese spokeswoman Lyndsay Freer explains "intercessory prayer", the purpose of canonisation, and Mary's New Zealand connection.

St Mary's cross travels to the sick (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/4254010/St-Marys-cross-travels-to-the-sick
A cross that was worn by Australasia's first saint Mary MacKillop spent time at Devonport's St Francis de Sales Catholic Church.

Researchers find Feilding connection to Australasia's first saint (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/4257977/Researchers-find-Feilding-connection-to-Australasias-first-saint
Feilding has its own connection to Australasia's first saint, Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop – a finding which might have remained a secret if the saint hadn't been canonised on Sunday. St Mary was the first cousin of Feilding man Ranald Cameron, who settled on Makino Rd in 1883, and genealogists are looking to see if the saint still has family living in the town.

Saint's Remuera time marked by new shrine (photo)
NZ Herald
http://tinyurl.com/23cyjf5
A shrine to Saint Mary of The Cross MacKillop was unveiled in Auckland yesterday _ celebrated in a song inspired by the nun's deeds and sung by pupils of a school which her religious order established on the site in 1916. ``

Faithful mark legacy of Saint Mary (photo)
http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/local/news/faithful-mark-legacy-of-saint-mary/3926730/
It was a special day for Rotorua's Catholic community yesterday when the founder of the city's first Catholic school was made a saint. The canonisation of Mother Mary MacKillop was held at the Vatican last night. She will now be known as St Mary of the Cross.

St Mary celebrated with Italian wine
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2010/10/19/St_Mary_celebrated_with_Italian_wine_527715.html
The Sisters of St Joseph celebrated Saint Mary of the Cross with Italian wine, before rising for a Mass of Thanksgiving on Monday morning.

SI links to new Australian saint
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4246330/SI-links-to-new-Australian-saint
Australia's first saint has a link to the South Island. Mary MacKillop was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday. MacKillop's brother is buried in Christchurch, and she also spent time in Arrowtown and Temuka.

Hail Mary, the first 'Australasian' saint
The Timaru Herald
http://tinyurl.com/2fq4w73
Australia has its first saint, a woman with strong ties to South Canterbury.

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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

Reunion on track (photo)
The Leader Richmond-Waimea
http://tinyurl.com/2wpvf79
Two of the surviving "school bugs" are organising a reunion to relive their glory days when they caught the train to school in Nelson. The students from Sacred Heart Girls' College travelled in the middle carriage, separating the carriages carrying students from Nelson College and Nelson College for Girls.

Home for Christmas (photo)
Clutha Leader
http://tinyurl.com/29y5v27
Leaving a fortnight ago from Bluff heading for Cape Reinga, French Canadian Jean Beliveau strolled into St Joseph's Primary School Balcluthta last week.

They have a way with words (photo)
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/26rk2p7
St Joseph's School, Te Aroha, has scored double success in annual regional speech contests.

Rezoning changes
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/central-leader/4258646/Rezoning-changes
Plans to allow Monte Cecilia School to be moved to the St John Vianney parish are out for consultation.

Workers start knocking down school
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4246210/Workers-start-knocking-down-school
Demolition work is under way at earthquake-hit St Paul's School in Christchurch.

Call to Oppose Monte Cecilia Plan Changes
http://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/call-oppose-monte-cecilia-plan-changes/5/67851
Councillor Cathy Casey and two members of the newly elected Puketepapa Local Board - Julie Fairey and Michael Wood - are calling for the public to oppose plan changes which they say, will seal the fate of Monte Cecilia School and turn the TSB Wallace Arts Centre into an isolated white elephant.

School tackles binge drinking
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/4246559/School-tackles-binge-drinking
Roncalli College wants to join the fight against binge drinking. The school will be hosting a public meeting about alcohol and substance abuse tomorrow at the school gym, with Timaru gynaecologist Albert Makary as the main speaker.

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IN OTHER NEWS

Flying farmer had one speed only: flat out (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/4261442/Flying-farmer-had-one-speed-only-flat-out
A 67-year-old Southland farmer who died in a helicopter crash in Bluff Harbour last week was a hard working man all his life whose passion was flying, mourners heard at his funeral in Winton yesterday. Allan Munro, of Avondale near Wreys Bush, and Stewart Island Helicopters chief executive and pilot Jason Wright, 29, were killed after Mr Munro's Robinson R-22 helicopter they were in crashed in Bluff Harbour on Thursday afternoon.

A new chapter in the book of Ed Kowalczyk (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10681914
Ed Kowalczyk can't say too much about the demise of Live, the band he started 20 years ago with three of his schoolmates. Let's just say it all ended badly last year when a two-year hiatus became a permanent split because of what his former bandmates called Kowalczyk's "inappropriate actions". So while Kowalczyk, on the phone from his Southern Californian home ahead of his first solo tour to New Zealand next week, is limited to what he can say about the split, he is standing tough on where he's at.

Haven at twilight of life (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10681657
If you live long enough, you are likely to find yourself in the care of a hospice worker during the twilight of your life. Mary Schumacher has been chief executive of Hospice New Zealand since 2006 and was CEO at Mary Potter Hospice for 10 years. She said that since her school days at New Plymouth, she always wanted to do social work. She began by working with young people at Catholic Social Services.

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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

** Harmless fun, or hijacking a culture? (two examples of the denigration of the human person)
** “Well, I hope you’re all satisfied. You bankrupted a bunch of naive movie folks (a rant about unions)
** Rubbish Reporting By A. Dick (a comment about AIDS by Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard)
** The Old Man at the Bus Stop (kindness to an eccentric stranger)
** It’s just war and Jose Gonzalez (Can a war now be just?)
** St Mary of the Cross MacKillop
** Moral Money? (on fundraising through gambling)


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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'True Humility' - Luke 18: 9-14, a reading and commentary by Sr Stephanie Kitching.

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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

On cardinals, consistories and 'Caritas in Veritate'
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/cardinals-consistories-and-caritas-veritate

If there’s one thing even the most religiously illiterate person tends to get about the Catholic church, it’s the difference between a cardinal and everybody else. Cardinals matter: they set a leadership tone, and, of course, they elect the next pope. The news this week that Benedict XVI has named 24 new cardinals, including 20 who are under 80 and hence eligible to vote in a conclave, merits a few reflections...

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FACEBOOK

Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
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Catholic Discipleship College
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'The Fifteenth Station'
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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. 352 Oct 24 - Nov 6 p.19, 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

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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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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 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