NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.catholic.org.nz/
Masses for Pike River Miners (29 Nov 2010)
Catholic churches around the country are holding Masses for the miners who lost their lives at the Pike River coal mine. For information about Masses in your area contact your diocese...
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - December 5 - 18 2010, no. 355
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In this issue ... St Maria Goretti relic stolen ... [Greymouth] Catholic school gets help ... St Mary of the Cross MacKillop was a fan of Auckland ... Start set for new Catholic teritary institution .. Rembering the smallest victims [Marina Young's Buttons project] ... Clarity of language needed to dispel euthanasia myths ... Pope's remarks reopen condom debate ... Special Feature: Bishop John Cunneen ... A journey back into the Catholic faith [Michael Morrissey ... Dorothy Coup's Family Talk: Christmas should not be an ailment
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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IN MEMORIAM: THE PIKE RIVER MINERS
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'Your men were our men' (text and video)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-
The grief-lined road to memorials and funerals of West Coast miners is well trod. That wrenching tradition continued yesterday as the 29 men who died in the Pike River coalmine disaster on November 19 were remembered at a poignant, deeply moving service at Omoto Racecourse near Greymouth.
In miners' memory (full text)
Kaikoura Star
http://tinyurl.com/24zj35w
Sacred Heart Catholic Church is having a memorial mass for the Pike River miners on Wednesday December 8 at 7pm. All welcome. Sacred Heart Church, Greys Lane.
Moment of cheer amid the anguish (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-
While Greymouth's Christmas parade had gathered the community in the afternoon, in the morning hundreds had attended the first of the private memorials. Mourners packed St Patrick's Catholic Church to farewell Michael Monk, one of the lost 29 - on what would have been his 24th birthday.
Birthday greetings for Pike River `sunshine' (photo; videos)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/
Balloons replaced candles as the birthday of one of the Pike River Mine 29 was celebrated yesterday in the first individual memorial service for the disaster victims. Michael Monk would have been 24 yesterday, and to mark the occasion 24 balloons were released at the St Patrick's Catholic Church in Greymouth.
St Bede’s to be represented at memorial service for former pupil today (photo)
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/27e8gs8
Several dozen people from St Bede’s College in Christchurch will attend today’s memorial service for Michael Monk a former pupil killed in the Pike River coalmine disaster.
Twenty-nine candles (photo caption)
Manawatu Standard
http://tinyurl.com/2fw8ajt
St Mary's School pupils light a candle in remembrance of the 29 miners who died last week. The service was held at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Palmerston North.
Service to honour miners
North Waikato News
http://tinyurl.com/325f44z
The Huntly Combined Churches have organised a memorial service in the mining town to acknowledge the 29 Pike River miners who lost their lives doing what they love.
St Mary's holds service for miners (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
More than 200 people prayed during a special mass in Blenheim last night for the miners who lost their lives in the Pike River mining disaster. The names of all 29 miners were read out during the mass at St Mary’s Church, led by Father Alan Roberts.
Direct Dunedin help for Grey (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/
The "Dunedin to Grey District Community Offering Fund" was opened at a function at the Otago Workers' Memorial in the city's Market Reserve.
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IN OTHER NEWS
In Brief: Cemetery blessing
Wairarapa News
http://tinyurl.com/27xtbcm
A blessing will be held at Riverside Cemetery this Sunday December 5 at 4pm in response to the desecration of graves in October.
Candles lit for Advent services
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/256zrur
The countdown to Christmas is on and churches in Thames are celebrating with a series of events in the coming weeks.
Jury finds ex-Marist brother guilty on 11 sex charges
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/
A former Marist teaching brother was today found guilty of 11 historic sex offences by a jury in the High Court at Wellington. Bede Hampton, 62, was on trial for a week on alleged sex offences against two teenage boys at a Masterton Catholic boarding school in the early 1970s.
The day we buried Aunt Tui
http://www.odt.co.nz/print/
We are not likely to forget the day we buried Aunt Tui. In an unhappy coincidence, we mourners stuffed into the small Catholic church in Murchison last Wednesday were asked to pray for the Pike River Coal mine families at about the time another blast removed any flicker of hope.
Award marks song on social justice (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
Perhaps the only thing bigger than Kareshma Patrick's smile is her compassion. The 12-year-old Sacred Heart student last month won a New Plymouth District Council young achiever's Mayor Choice award for her original song No One.
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NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS
An icon gets a spruce up (photo)
East and Bays Courier
http://tinyurl.com/22lfzvq
A swarm of more than 1000 people will descend on Rangitoto Island on Monday with the aim of cleaning up the coastline. Baradene College is one of the 12 schools volunteering to help clean up the Auckland icon by sending 15 staff members and all 150 of their year 9 students to help out.
Students bag prize for reporting theft (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
An after-school snack of fish and chips turned into a crime fighting mission for four St Patrick’s School boys. Victor Siua, 11, Caleb Tele’a, Paula Maama and Likisone Inu, all 12, were on Queens Rd in Panmure on November 11 when they saw a man holding a woman’s handbag rush to a car with a female driver who quickly drove off.
Students raise funds for injured cat's family
http://www.rotoruadailypost.
A group of school students will raise money to help the family of a Rotorua cat mauled two weeks ago. The John Paul College students, who are part of the Young Vinnies group, decided to raise funds after reading a story about the cat's ordeal in The Daily Post last week.
Top pupil can chill now he is the dux (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
The saying "the older, the wiser" is far from the truth for Francis Douglas Memorial College dux Simon Gray. "I'm the youngest in my year group," the 17-year-old said.
Sustainable koura delight students (photo)
Kaikoura Star
http://tinyurl.com/2da4hkh
They’re small, slippery and sharp, and 75 kids got to experience them first-hand at the Kaikoura Koura farm on friday. The school children aged 8 to 10 from St Mary’s School in Blenheim visited Vince Scully’s koura farm on Friday.
Artistic students think outside the square (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/
Palmerston North's St James' Catholic School students studied everything from pop art to impressionism to inspire their creative efforts for an art exhibition last night. Lucas d'Arbois, 7, shows off his artwork.
Teacher supreme winner in ACC Attitude Awards
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/
Inspirational Oamaru teacher Melanie Sloan has been named the supreme winner in the ACC Attitude Awards, which honour the outstanding achievements of New Zealanders living with disabilities. Miss Sloan (29), who teaches at St Joseph's Primary School, received the trophy from ACC Minister Nick Smith at a function in Auckland last night.
School tools stolen
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/34uu8x8
The theft of gardening club tools from a Sacred Heart Petone shed last week has been described as ‘‘incredibly demoralising’’ by assistant principal Chris Theobald.
Class gets Activ (photo)
North Taranaki Midweek
http://tinyurl.com/3yg73mv
Classrooms at St Joseph’s School in New Plymouth leapt into the future last week. After fundraising, all 10 classrooms have been fitted with digitally interactive whiteboards called Activ Boards.
Pupils give to quake victims
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/39nbao3
Morrinsville St Joseph’s School pupils put together an action-packed day full of stalls, games and activities for their annual Mission Day.
Tauranga win World Cup thriller
The Daily Post — A011 — 29 November 2010
Kenya don't take too many cricketing scalps, but in Rotorua they can claim England's. The match may not have been at test level but primary school children competing in Bay of Plenty Cricket's Mini World Cup regional final enjoyed the challenge of playing for their ``countries''. And Kenya _ Tauranga's St Mary's Catholic School _ won the crown over England _ Lynmore Primary School _ in a game that went down to the penultimate ball of the match.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Advent
** “I’ve gone back to the time when dinosaurs weren’t just confined to zoos!” (the universe before the Big Bang)
** ch-ch-changes (experiences of the revised Mass)
** Self-Deception (What makes a person fall away from their faith?)
** The Noble Simplicity of Liturgical Vestments
** Homosexuality and the priesthood (from 'Light of the World')
** Creating Futures (ASB and IVF)
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
'As it was' - Luke 24:37-44, a reading and commentary with Rev. Dr Raymond Pelly and Very Rev. Frank Nelson of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/
Only Benedict could go to China
http://ncronline.org/blogs/
In the political argot of our time, Pope Benedict XVI is unquestionably a "conservative." A core aim of his papacy is to revive a strong sense of traditional Catholic identity over against radical secularism, a classically conservative agenda. Precisely because of those credentials, however, the old American axiom that "only Nixon could go to China" fits Benedict XVI like a glove. Because of who Benedict is and what he represents, every once in a while he can do things a more "liberal" pontiff either wouldn't dare or couldn't pull off without splitting the church apart...
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