Sunday, February 18, 2018

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LENT 2018 

"Let us go together" - Ven. Suzanne Aubert

Each year the NZ Catholic Bishops' Lent Appeal is run by Caritas to support our work of charity and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable around the world, including in Aotearoa New Zealand.

In 2018 our Lenten theme is, 'Let us go together', which comes from Venerable Suzanne Aubert's 1885 book New and Complete Manual of Maori Conversation. We are personally called to go on a journey – with each other and with God. In the course of the journey we are changed and we change the world around us.

Resources and the Lenten Reflection Programmes are prepared each year for parishes, schools, small groups and the wider community and are available at http://www.caritas.org.nz/lent

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Dean Parker: Lent's religious self-denial does a drinker no harm
Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, far more important than the Valentine's Day it happened to land on because all around the world ex-Catholic sots, a massive tribe, give up the drink for 46 days out of habit and some sort of sense of obligation.

Caritas goes to work on Gita response
In just over 72 hours Tropical Cyclone Gita has swept across islands of the Pacific causing substantial damage to homes, livelihoods, places of refuge, and places of prayer. This is certainly the case in Tonga where Gita made landfall late 12 February as a category 4 tropical storm. Winds raged between 110 and 275 kmph causing waves over 11 metres tall.

Filipinos call to include religious bodies in child abuse inquiry
The government needs to consider expanding its planned Royal Commission into child abuse to include religious organisations, Filipino community leaders say.

Rotorua Catholic Brother Vincent Jury to celebrate 70 years (photo)
A leader of the Catholic Church in Rotorua is set to mark 70 years as a Christian Brother. Brother Vincent Jury will celebrate the milestone in Murupara this Sunday where he has served for 25 years.

'It's very clear': Bishop acknowledges priest's daughter
The Bishop of Auckland has accepted that a local woman is the daughter of a Catholic priest after being presented with fresh evidence.

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News of the Schools
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John Paul College, Rotorua head prefects share their goals for 2018 (photos)
What do Rotorua's 2018 student leaders hope to achieve, how do they feel about getting the role and what are most looking forward to?

Our Lady of the Snows, Methven: school eyes a brighter future after statutory intervention (photos)
After years of latent dysfunction, an 18-month government intervention has put Our Lady of the Snows (OLS) back on track. The families who stayed have championed a renewed school spirit, taking on roles like caretaker and librarian that larger schools have staff for, and drawing locals into successful, if unorthodox, fundraising efforts.

Sacred Heart college, Napier: Gliding: Sacred Heart schoolgirl, 15, flying high with national gliding title (photo)
As a year 12 at Sacred Heart College, Thompson has aspirations of entering the Air Force specialising in either piloting or engineering.

St Theresa's, Plimmerton: Kids plucked from sea north of Wellington after warning of high bacteria level (photo)

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STATION XV: Episode 124 — Criticism, Canada, Christchurch and Chile (February 16, 2018)

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As the euthanasia debate heats up in New Zealand, so has criticism of some of the advocacy, including material found in a Catholic cathedral. In Canada, people of faith have much to be critical about in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's edict about government funding for a summer jobs program. In Christchurch, a city still recovering from devastating earthquakes several years ago, a new church has offered a ray of sunshine, but it's not so positive for Pope Francis when one looks at his work to tackle child sexual abuse — highlighted again on his recent trip to Chile. As always, Anna, Don, James and Gavin offer something a bit lighter after an intense but important discussion about some of the big Catholic stories of the month.

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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin


Church joins quest to figure out what makes Millennials tick

In every corner of the world, politicians, companies and employers alike have been trying for some time now to understand what Millennials, meaning young people between the ages of 16 and 35, are all about. For the Vatican, this translates into the call for a Synod of Bishops on youth, which will be preceded by a weeklong conference in Rome March 19-24 involving more than 300 young representatives sent from bishops' conferences all over the world ...

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Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. School News Update  http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/ 

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz


'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide - http://livingtheword.org.nz

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Sunday, February 11, 2018

LENT 2018 

"Let us go together" - Ven. Suzanne Aubert

Each year the NZ Catholic Bishops' Lent Appeal is run by Caritas to support our work of charity and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable around the world, including in Aotearoa New Zealand.

In 2018 our Lenten theme is, 'Let us go together', which comes from Venerable Suzanne Aubert's 1885 book New and Complete Manual of Maori Conversation. We are personally called to go on a journey – with each other and with God. In the course of the journey we are changed and we change the world around us.

Resources and the Lenten Reflection Programmes are prepared each year for parishes, schools, small groups and the wider community and are available at http://www.caritas.org.nz/lent

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 


In issue no. 533 February 11-24 2018: New Maori leaders needed ...What NZ's young people want from Church ... New RE curriculum guide available ... Editorial: Celibacy issue not going away any time soon ... Bishop Peter Cullinane: Our translations and underlying concerns ... Feature: The Lent Appeal 2018 (2 pages) ... Young Christchurch priest writes first novel ...Hearts Aflame fosters deepening of faith.

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Priest disappointed by thieves' disrespect for 'sacred grounds' (photo)
A Waihi priest is condemning thefts from St Joseph's Catholic Church. Several items, including a metal cross, two candles and two vases, were stolen a couple of weeks ago.

Catholic Church warns of euthanising for gluten intolerance in push for submissions (photos)
Hamilton's Roman Catholic Diocese has been accused of fear-mongering over the proposed euthanasia law. Submission forms printed for parishioners to fill in to oppose the bill say euthanasia could apply to people with gluten intolerance, arthritis and asthma. 

Kuia Mate Carr gets award from Maori Women's Welfare League for decades of service (photos)
A woman instrumental in setting up kohanga reo in South Taranaki and nationwide has been honoured by those who worked alongside her. Matekitawhiti Carr, 95, better known as "Aunty Mate" or "Nan" to many, was all smiles as she received recognition of her 35 years service to kohanga reo and her 65 years' involvement with Te Ropu Wahine Maori Toko I te Ora (Maori Women's Welfare League) on Friday in a ceremony at Trinity Rest Home, Hawera, where she lives.

Loss of church a 'devastating blow' (photo)
The tiny Jacobs River Church was a casualty of ex-Cyclone Fehi's trail of destruction through Hokitika and South Westland.
The almost 90-year-old wooden church was blown off its piles and left in a crumpled heap, then to be inundated by flooding from the nearby river.

NZ Catholic Church admits 'a small number' of children here were fathered by priests (video)
The head of an Irish support group for the children of Catholic priests says there are several in New Zealand - and the church has acknowledged it.

RNZ. Sunday Morning.
Feature Interview: Joy Cowley  
New Zealand literary taonga Dame Joy Cowley talks about her life and works and chooses her favourite songs as part of our Life and Influences series. 

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Cardinal says Rohingya need international help, because Myanmar doesn't want them

Cardinal Charles Bo predicts that the roughly 600,000 members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority probably will never return to the country, in part because a Buddhist majority inflamed by "propaganda and hate speech" won't accept them, and says it's urgent for the international community to find a solution for this "stateless" people that "the world doesn't want."

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Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. School News Update  http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/ 

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz


'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

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Sunday, February 4, 2018

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Catholic Communities Welcome Refugees
Press Release: Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas, as one of four organisations approved for the new Community Organisation Refugee Sponsorship (CORS) programme, will lead the coordination of a number of Catholic organisations who will support a refugee family to settle in New Zealand.

Veteran journalist Pat Booth dies, aged 88
Veteran journalist Pat Booth has passed away at a rest home in Kumeu after a short illness. Sally Collings, his youngest daughter, confirmed he passed away about 1.20pm today. "Pat Booth was a very respected journalist, but not only that he was loving father of four children," she said. "We will miss him and his stories ... and we love him." Ms Collings said her father was proud of his work covering the infamous Arthur Allan Thomas case, and the Mr Asia crime syndicates.

Filipino Sinulog festival celebrated in Dunedin (video)

St John of God 'pulled up the draw bridge' for Marylands School abuse victims, advocates claim (photos)
Australasian head of the order at St John of God Brother Peter Burke, pictured in 2002, the year compensation processes for men abused at Marylands School began. Critics say payouts have become smaller and non-negotiable since Burke resigned in 2007. He died in 2010.

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Sacred Heart College welcomes new principal Maria Neville-Foster with powhiri (photo of Maria with Mary)
In a "moving" powhiri yesterday, two school communities came together to welcome the new principal of Sacred Heart College. Havelock North High School, led by principal Greg Fenton "handed over" their former deputy principal, Maria Neville-Foster, to the Catholic girls' secondary school.

Sarah Catherall: The highs and lows of a high-school reunion
I arrive late for my school reunion too, which seems apt, but it means I miss the photographs for my decade group – the girls who went to Sacred Heart College in Napier in the 1980s...

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At Olympics, Vatican showcases bond between faith and sports
One doesn't have to go any further than St. Paul's letter encouraging Corinthians to "run in such a way as to take the prize" to find the deep connection between sports and faith. On Friday, Vatican officials announced a further step in the Church's relationship with the Olympic games, and the possibility that it might evolve into something permanent...

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Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com'  http://www.welcom.org.nz

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. School News Update  http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/ 

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz


'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide - http://livingtheword.org.nz

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Sunday, January 28, 2018

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


Your Voice Counts: Calling for Submissions on the End of Life Choice Bill (25 January 2018)

Parliament's Justice Select Committee are calling for New Zealanders to submit their views on David Seymour's 'End of Life Choice' Bill, which seeks to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide in New Zealand. On the weekend of the 27 and 28 January, the New Zealand Catholic Bishops will be sending a letter to all parishes in New Zealand for Masses, encouraging everyone to make their voices heard on this crucial issue by making a submission ...

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In issue no. 532, January 28 - February 10 2018: New entity for Catholic tertiary education ... Many tears shed at loss of Fr Graeme Blackburn ... MP says End of Life Choice Bill is insidious ... Proposed chapel will make Khyber Pass Rd statement ... Poignant first NZ Mass commemoration ... Celebration of sacraments in Jerusalem (Hiruharama) ... Students strive to succeed outside mainstream (Marist Alternative Education Centre).

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First new Catholic church in Christchurch since quake is a 'jewel in the crown' for sisters (photos)
Christchurch's first new Catholic church since the earthquakes – the rebuilt Nazareth House chapel – has been opened. The chapel replaces one lost to the earthquakes at the Sydenham site and has been built as part of a $70 million development by the Sisters of Nazareth.

South Otago priest moves to become new Dunedin chaplain (photo)
When former shepherd Father Michael Hishon was in his 20s, he changed his flock from sheep to people. At the age of 29, the Lincoln University graduate, who also worked in sheep genetics for the former Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, entered the Catholic priesthood.

Erskine College chapel will 'finally' be strengthened after court decision (photos)
An Environment Court decision has backed plans to demolish heritage buildings at Island Bay's Erskine College to make way for 96 townhouses. A condition of the Environment Court consent is that the dilapidated chapel on the site must be strengthened before any other work, including demolition, can take place.

Life story: Jack Ryan's solid foundations for success (photos)
The contractor, goldminer, farmer, forester and land developer had strong work ethic and worked until a year before his death on November 25, last year, aged 91. He was the last of the Ryan brothers, who ran a prominent contracting business in Christchurch.

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News Of The Schools
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Aquinas College, Tauranga, first XI on tour (photo)

Hato Petera College, Auckland: Commissioner appointed to govern Hato Petera College

John Paul College, Rotorua: Rotorua teaching shortage brings educators back from retirement

John Paul College: Rotorua schools expecting roll increases in 2018 as population rises

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Message to persecuted Christians: 'Our enemies can try, but they won't succeed'
Since Ukraine's Greek Catholic Church is the most persecuted Catholic Church in modern history, its spiritual leader has a special credibility when speaking to Christians around the world today who suffer similar violence and intolerance: "Our enemies can try, but they won't kill the Church, because it is the body of Christ, and He can bring it back from the ashes. I know, I saw it happen" ...

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS 

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Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com'  http://www.welcom.org.nz

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. School News Update  http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/ 

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz


'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide - http://livingtheword.org.nz

Marist Messenger. Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

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EMPLOYMENT 

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Job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of Auckland: http://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/category/vacancies/

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Sunday, January 21, 2018

NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE


New Director for the Catholic Church's National Office of Professional Standards is well placed for the challenges ahead (18 Jan 2018)
The National Professional Standards Committee (NPSC) has appointed former Christchurch lawyer and mother of two, Virginia Noonan, to the role of Director, National Office of Professional Standards (NOPS) ...

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New Zealander to attend meeting of young people at Vatican
In March, New Zealand will take part in an international meeting in Rome of young minds on youth and their faith in preparation for the October Synod of Bishops on Young people, faith and vocation discernment. Joining the meeting, which will take place over four days in the Vatican, will be Wellingtonian Isabella McCafferty who has been appointed by the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (NZCBC) as the New Zealand Catholic Church's representative at the meeting ...

'Quirky' Christchurch priest Father Graeme Blackburn dies in motorcycle crash (photos)
Christchurch Catholics are mourning the death of a "quirky" priest and flying instructor who died in a motorcycle crash. Father Graeme Blackburn, 33, was riding on Purau Port Levy Rd when he collided with a car on Monday. 

Catholic Church disappointed state abuse inquiry won't be extended  (text, photo, audio)
The Catholic Church in New Zealand and abuse survivors are upset the government may not be expanding an inquiry into abuse of children in state care to include faith-based institutions.

Politician stitched up in runner-up artwork (photo)
Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters may be a controversial politician to some but to embroidery artist Amy Baker, of Kingston, he is a prizewinner. At the 11th annual Craigs Aspiring Art Prize ceremony at the Holy Family Catholic School in Wanaka on Friday night,  Baker was runner-up in the supreme award, the Craigs Investment Partners Prize, for her embroidered portrait of Mr Peters, entitled Had Enough? Baker said she started embroidering political portraits only a year ago and Mr Peters' was her third, after Donald Trump and Gareth Morgan.

Waikato nun remembers teenage Palestinian prisoner Ahed Tamimi (photo)
Ahed Tamimi is famous for slapping and kicking a couple of armed Israeli soldiers outside her home in Palestine. For Sister Barbara Cameron, a Waikato-based nun, Sister Barbara Cameron, the news was simply heartbreaking.

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THE FIFTEENTH STATION PODCAST


Episode 123 — Instruction, Inquiry, Immigration and Identification (January 16, 2018)

As 2018 gets under way, Pope Francis has been very clear in his advice to Vatican ambassadors — uphold the family and protect all life. He's also been clear about people's obligations to refugees and asylum-seekers, while acknowledging that some people can fear "the other". In New Zealand, there's a call for an inquiry into child abuse to include religious organisations, and in Australia, a new sculpture is causing a little confusion, but also raising awareness. Join Anna, Don, James and Gavin for the first episode of the year.

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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin


** Peru on Saturday brings new chapter to story of 'Disaster Zone Pope'
Trujillo, Peru - An indescribable spirit of joy and hope, mixed with desolation and abandonment, is what Pope Francis encountered Saturday in the Buenos Aires neighborhood in Trujillo, in northern Peru, in a town still mourning the loss caused by the deadly floods of early 2017.

** Meet the priest who serves an unlikely community in Peru's Amazon
Puerto Maldonado, Peru - Father Pablo Zabala is a 70-year old Spanish priest, who serves in a remote part of the world: the Peruvian Amazon. Most of the people who fill his church pews are gold miners and sex workers in Boca Colorado - an area that some are likening to the California Gold Rush. Before Zabala began serving in the Amazon, his fellow clergy compared it to Sodom and Gomorrah...

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS 

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Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com'  http://www.welcom.org.nz

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. School News Update  http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/ 

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz


'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide - http://livingtheword.org.nz

Marist Messenger. Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

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EMPLOYMENT 

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Vacancies in the Catholic Overseas Volunteer programme, contact: volunteers@caritas.org.nz 

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Sunday, January 14, 2018

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Jim Anderton farewelled in Christchurch (photos)
Hundreds of people gathered at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Addington, Christchurch, for Jim Anderton's funeral. Anderton died at the weekend, two weeks shy of his 80th birthday ...

New Zealand statesman Jim Anderton farewelled by family and friends  (videos)

Waiheke Island's Onetangi cemetery last resting place for Jim Anderton  (photos, video)

Philip Matthews: Week in Review: Stories of social justice and a stable genius (photo)

John and Josie Pagani: Jim was tough, courageous and caring

Brian Rudman: Dogged battler was prepared to risk a loss (text, video)

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Joy Cowley: 'I have always regarded myself as being fortunate'
Radio New Zealand
Joy Cowley describes herself as an ordinary person for whom the hard lessons of life have turned out to be the best ones.
The 81-year-old author has been made a member of the Order of New Zealand in the 2018 New Year Honours list, chiefly for her contribution to literature, and children's writing in particular.

Tauranga kaumatua on NY honours list
MNZM: SHERRY, Mr Philip James, JP

Carly Thomas: God's changing place in NZ society
Carly Thomas delves into the moral quandary of God in New Zealand. Is God still relevant in modern day New Zealand or has he out stayed his welcome?

Police investigating arson at St Mary's church in Invercargill (photo)
Father Christopher O'Neill, the priest at St Mary's Church on Tyne St made a lucky escape after a suspicious fire was started in the residence where he lived on the church grounds.

Six-year-old Australian fan pens thank-you letter to Sir David Attenborough (photo)
Little Archie Comerford has been taught to always say "please" and "thank you," so it was no surprise to his mother when the 6-year-old decided to write to Sir David Attenborough to thank him for teaching Archie about frogs and "mooses".

New name and new life for abandoned Catholic school in Te Horo (photos, video)
For decades, people have taken from Makahuri. It's only now a former Raumati couple have moved on to the land, that people have finally started giving back.

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Smiles all around as Pope Francis takes the poor to the circus
Inside a large white tent on the outskirts of Rome, clergy and volunteers shared a laugh with the poor, the homeless, refugees, low-income families and a group of prisoners, all gathered for an evening at the circus sponsored by the Vatican.

Both in Chile and Peru, politics of all sorts may vex pope's trip
Next week Pope Francis will pay his sixth visit to Latin America, traveling to six cities in Chile and Peru in the same number of days. He'll fly over 22,000 miles (just 2,000 short of going around the world) and deliver 21 homilies, speeches, greetings and prayers, addressing several of the issues closest to his heart: the plight of indigenous peoples and migrants, popular religiosity, and protection of the environment, while simultaneously trying to heal the open wounds of two countries marred by the Church's sexual abuse scandals.

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS 

'NZ Catholic' is a national newspaper published by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland. http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz 

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Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com'  http://www.welcom.org.nz

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. School News Update  http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/ 

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz


'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Discussion Guide - http://livingtheword.org.nz

Marist Messenger. Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

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The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand

'NZ Catholic' newspaper

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

Holy Cross Seminary

Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ

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EMPLOYMENT 

Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on the Website of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz

Vacancies in the Catholic Overseas Volunteer programme, contact: volunteers@caritas.org.nz 

Job vacancies in the Catholic dioceses of Auckland: http://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/category/vacancies/

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Sunday, December 24, 2017

Dear Readers,

This is the last Kiwicath News & Notes for 2017. I will restart the newsletter in January when there is something to report.

Every best wish and all God's blessings for a Happy Christmas.

Mike Leon

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'NZ CATHOLIC' 


In issue no. 531, December 24 2017 - January 27 2018: Parishes to get euthanasia bill letter from bishops ... Six hundred walk the capital for life ... Dr Rocio Figueiroa: Digging deeper into 'Amoris Laetitia' ... Victoria Ning: Walking for Jesus on the Camino ... NZ year in review (two-page photo spread) ... Bill Kilgallon: NZ abuse inquiry likely to include churches ... Top scholars 2017 ... 'Young caring men' raise $12k for bishop's charity ... 2018 clergy appointments ... Mt Tabor communities' blessed story.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Church leaders' Christmas message: It's a matter of faith
Church leaders say our annual celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ is a reminder that life has a meaning beyond our knowledge and understanding. This is their combined Christmas message ...

Large congregation expected for midnight mass at the Basilica (photos, text, video)
Midnight mass always drew a large congregation but Father Tony Harrison remembers the days when 500 packed into the Basilica in Invercargill for the service in the 1970s-80s.

Sainthood set to boost tourism at remote river settlement Jerusalem near Whanganui (photo)
Wanganui Chronicle
Suzanne Aubert is likely to become New Zealand's first saint. Better known to many by her cleric name Sister Mary Joseph or Mother Aubert, she was a Catholic sister who started a home for orphans and the under-privileged in Jerusalem, on the Whanganui River in 1885.

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News Of The Schools
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Alleged Sacred Heart Girls' College arsonist's name revealed (photo)
The name of one of two women charged with arson in connection to a fire that gutted a block of classrooms at Sacred Heart Girls' College in Hamilton can be revealed.

St James' Catholic School (Palmerston North): Singing students spread safety messages with police  (video)
After a cop karaoke video was a smash hit earlier this year, Manawatu police decided it was time to put their voices to the test once again to spread Christmas safety messages. 

St Thomas More Catholic School in Mount Maunganui: Last week of Christmas Appeal, final push for Tauranga foodbank (photo)
The pressure and stakes are especially high at the Tauranga Community Foodbank. During a recent visit, the Bay of Plenty Times met 9-year-old Austin Manning and teacher aide Catherine Robson from St Thomas More Catholic School in Mount Maunganui. The pair were dropping off the school's contribution to the foodbank.

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INSPIRATIONAL TV


Matthew 1:18-24 The ancestors of Jesus Christ
A reading and commentary by Sister Stephanie Kitching.

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THE FIFTEENTH STATION PODCAST


Episode 122 — Christchurch, Christ's prayer, Christianity and Christmas fun (December 18, 2017)

In the final episode of 2017, there is cause for celebration, but also cause for concern. In New Zealand, Catholics welcomed the appointment of a new Bishop of Christchurch. But there was also fear that attempts to legislate euthanasia might be successful in the country, though there are many hurdles before that can happen. In Europe, Pope Francis is wondering aloud if the Lord's Prayer might be confusing people, while the new Polish leader wonders how Christianity might again shape Europe. But when it comes to pure fun, our Anglican friends seem to have it sorted, with a toboggan ride in an English church. Just another fun Christmas episode of The 15th Station. Wishing all our listeners and your loved ones a happy and holy Christmas.

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CRUX - Edited by John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martin


** Pope Francis in 2017: Chronicles of a 'Peace Pope,' and odds and ends

People expect popes to be savvy political operators, able to wave a magic wand and make all the world's problems disappear. That's a completely unrealistic vision, of course, but that doesn't stop popes from trying, and Pope Francis perhaps more than most...

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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS (UPDATED JANUARY 2017)

'NZ Catholic' is a national newspaper published by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland. http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz 

Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'. https://issuu.com/search?q=%22kete+korero%22

Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com'  http://www.welcom.org.nz

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' https://catholic-diocese.squarespace.com/back-issues

The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/

NZ Catholic Education Office. School News Update  http://www.nzceo.org.nz/news/ UPDATED NOVEMBER 2017

Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East' http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652

'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/

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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

Fr Frank Bird sm. Living the Word: Sundays of the Year: Reflection Guide - http://livingtheword.org.nz

Marist Messenger. Daily Reflections (right-hand column) http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz

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FACEBOOK

The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand

'NZ Catholic' newspaper

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

Holy Cross Seminary

Marist Seminary, Auckland NZ

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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD







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EMPLOYMENT 

Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on the Website of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz

Vacancies in the Catholic Overseas Volunteer programme, contact: volunteers@caritas.org.nz 

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