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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
TVNZ Close Up: Taking the veil (video report)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/465467/1561309
Becoming a nun seems an archaic thing to do in this modern and increasingly
secular society, and yet the order of nuns at St Anthony's in Wanganui are
in no short supply ...
New college centre cause to celebrate
Manukau Courier
http://tinyurl.com/25rjj3
De La Salle College has special reason to celebrate the start of the new
school year. On Sunday, Helen Clark will open the school's new multipurpose
facility ...
Musical will fund big trip (photo)
Western Leader
http://tinyurl.com/28loyj
Special performances of the musical 'That's Life' are being held to help
get youngsters from the Glen Eden Catholic Church to the World Youth Day in
Sydney later this year...
Sister Paula moving on (photo)
Ruapehu Press
Part one: http://tinyurl.com/22u2at
Part two: http://tinyurl.com/27yrrb
Retirement is not a word that Sister Paula personally relates to - at 66
she's moving on from her work with Taumarunui's Catholic parishioners to
become a community leader of a retirement home in Auckland ...
Caritas responds to Zimbabwe crisis
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-7BE29L?OpenDocument
In the face of a continuing economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe,
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is contributing $50,000 to much needed water
supply and sanitation improvements in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest
city. The city of 1.5 million faces acute water shortages. Households are
getting 6 litres of water per person a day, instead of the minimum of 15
litres required by international standards...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
Snapshot: Parachute Music Festival, 2008
A short video postcard from Maria at Parachute Music Festival, Hamilton, New
Zealand. Parachute is a Christian music festival held each year. With an
estimated 30 000 young people attending, it is one of New Zealand's larger
regular music events. More about Parachute in 'Being Frank' (see below), and
more still at: http://www.parachutemusic.com/home.php
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...
Academia and CIT
What I have been doing over the last couple of days is searching in
journals, magazines and books for a selection of the academic work of those
teaching at the Catholic Institute of Theology (CIT) to see if I can
ascertain whether or not the institute could rightly be deemed orthodox...
It’s true, I’m a Rageaholic…..I just can’t live without Rageahol!
Those people that know me know that I’m normally quite a placid person and
my anger is not easily roused. There are some situations however where I
feel it is my personal duty to get angry. This is a different kind of anger
from the ‘injustice anger’, or the ’sympathy to your plight anger’. One
of
these situations is road works that show a distinct lack of foresight...
War, war, what is it good for?
I guess I would be defined (insofar as I love being boxed into categories)
as a pacifist. Although I hold dear the importance of remembering and
honouring those who have fought in wars for their countries, I deplore war
and everything about it. Two very significant moments from my childhood had,
I think, a profound effect on my stance...
Providence
I was at Parachute Music Festival on the weekend…what a fantastically hot
and dusty affair indeed. The sustained temperature of early-30s from about
9am onwards made for a rather stifling heat most of the day. Nonetheless, it
was really a great weekend. Putting aside the music and all the
pre-programmed occurrences, it was a rather providential affair...
*****************************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Beefing up the Catholic in Catholic charities; Top Catholic Islamist takes a
break; Covering the Jesuit's General Congregation
Without a doubt, the push for robust assertion of traditional Catholic
identity is the most consequential mega-trend in the life of the church
today, and it is also the core of Benedict XVI's agenda as pope. Emboldened
by the election of John Paul II in 1978, the identity wave hit the arena of
liturgy first, then went on to engulf Catholic education, Catholic media,
priestly identity and formation, religious orders, and virtually every other
sphere of ecclesiastical life...
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Tradition steps aside for Waitangi Day
Manukau Courier
http://tinyurl.com/2ry73b
Centuries of religious tradition will be making way this year so South
Auckland Catholics can celebrate Waitangi Day. Bishop Patrick Dunn has
granted a request from priests of the south Auckland deanery that Ash
Wednesday be observed on February 7 this year instead of February 6 ...
Postwar poet with Catholic training (obituary)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4371089a24437.html
Victor O'Leary studied for the Roman Catholic priesthood at Highden and
Greenmeadows from 1945 to 1947. He started writing poetry at the seminary
and it was while he was at training college that he was instrumental in the
formation of the Glenco group which included writers such as James K Baxter
and Anton Vogt...
Auckland Museum Announces Cancellation of Vatican Exhibition
Press Release: Auckland Museum 24-01 00:49-2008
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0801/S00164.htm
Auckland Museum today cancelled its upcoming exhibition about the Vatican
after key artworks promised as part of the travelling exhibit were
withdrawn...
Meet the principal: Chris Rooney, Liston College (photo)
Western Leader
http://tinyurl.com/2qqucj
Chris grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with plans to work either in
journalism or human resources, but actually left to study in Manchester at
the height of the local troubles ...
Katikati produce market opens
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/2o6osv
A new initiaitve by the Katikati Catholic community will see a plant and
produce market for the town ...
Big crowd pumping with Parachute festival music (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikatotimes/4373828a6579.html
It was a scorcher as crowds flocked through the gates at Mystery Creek near
Hamilton yesterday for the Parachute Christian Music Festival. More than
21,000 registered for the four-day event, which will see 170 international
bands on nine stages. Organisers of the biggest Christian music festival
outside of the US are expecting this year's door sales to push attendance a
few thousand above last year's record 27,500...
Match made on heavenly website, by Katie Wylie
The Press 26 Jan 2008 Page: 11
Santa Maria and a pumpkin appear to have little in common. But David Breen
and Cathleen Drinnanâ€" who used the aliases Pumpkin4u and Santa Maria on an
internet dating site â€" found they were so compatible they became engaged.
The Christchurch couple met... [This article about the Catholic Matchmaker
service is not available on the newspaper's free Website, but can be read at
public libraries]
Wardrobe of kinship and ideology : Italian first holy communion dresses in
New Zealand, by Marissa Cassin
Context, Nov 2007/Mar 2008; n.14:p.25-29
The article examines how Roman Catholic traditions have been incorporated
into NZ culture through the medium of dress, focusing on one Italian
immigrant family’s collection of First Holy Communion dresses and how
wearing the dress connects the ’family memory’ of Italy with its adopted NZ
culture. 'Context:dress/fashion/textiles' is published by The New Zealand
Costume & Textile Section of the Auckland Museum Institute. To enquire about
getting a copy of the article, please write to: info@costumeandtextile.co.nz
*******************************************************
'THE FIFTEENTH STATION' - A monthly Catholic podcast
http://station15.libsyn.com/
In the programme of 14 January 2008 ... Pope Benedict's "state of the world"
address, the tragic but heroic passing of seminarian Jeremy Gray, Tony
Blair's conversion, 160 years of the Catholic Church in New Zealand and the
Pope's new ride.
*******************************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...
** "I will make you make you fishers of men."
My flatmate (who is not a Christian or a Catholic) made a startling
discovery on Thursday night ... She discovered through a series of
sufferings that she has been going through over the last couple of months
that the human being must have a soul...
** “Every second I’m out of bed I’m burning precious calories�
Is it bad to want to look good?
** Just can’t help myself…
I’ve always had a rage about the disparity between the haves and the
have-nots, and it’s fair to say I haven’t always expressed this in the most
effective of ways. One of the offshoots of this has always been a generally
despising attitude towards the world of celebrity but a couple of
interesting things have happened lately that have caused me to rethink
this...
** Liturgist or Terrorist?
I heard a joke the other day which kinda ticked me off a bit… "What’s the
difference between a terrorist and a liturgist At least you can negotiate
with a terrorist…"
*****************************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
The Vatican in full-court ecumenical press
Today brings to a close the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and
I'm in Rome watching an all-star ecumenical cast mark the occasion. Although
there's been no historic breakthrough on the path to reunion, collectively
the week's events have offered a more hopeful counter-point to perceptions
of an ecumenical "big chill" ...
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Tradition steps aside for Waitangi Day
Manukau Courier
http://tinyurl.com/2ry73b
Centuries of religious tradition will be making way this year so South
Auckland Catholics can celebrate Waitangi Day. Bishop Patrick Dunn has
granted a request from priests of the south Auckland deanery that Ash
Wednesday be observed on February 7 this year instead of February 6 ...
Postwar poet with Catholic training (obituary)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4371089a24437.html
Victor O'Leary studied for the Roman Catholic priesthood at Highden and
Greenmeadows from 1945 to 1947. He started writing poetry at the seminary
and it was while he was at training college that he was instrumental in the
formation of the Glenco group which included writers such as James K Baxter
and Anton Vogt...
Auckland Museum Announces Cancellation of Vatican Exhibition
Press Release: Auckland Museum 24-01 00:49-2008
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0801/S00164.htm
Auckland Museum today cancelled its upcoming exhibition about the Vatican
after key artworks promised as part of the travelling exhibit were
withdrawn...
Meet the principal: Chris Rooney, Liston College (photo)
Western Leader
http://tinyurl.com/2qqucj
Chris grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with plans to work either in
journalism or human resources, but actually left to study in Manchester at
the height of the local troubles ...
Katikati produce market opens
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/2o6osv
A new initiaitve by the Katikati Catholic community will see a plant and
produce market for the town ...
Big crowd pumping with Parachute festival music (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikatotimes/4373828a6579.html
It was a scorcher as crowds flocked through the gates at Mystery Creek near
Hamilton yesterday for the Parachute Christian Music Festival. More than
21,000 registered for the four-day event, which will see 170 international
bands on nine stages. Organisers of the biggest Christian music festival
outside of the US are expecting this year's door sales to push attendance a
few thousand above last year's record 27,500...
Match made on heavenly website, by Katie Wylie
The Press 26 Jan 2008 Page: 11
Santa Maria and a pumpkin appear to have little in common. But David Breen
and Cathleen Drinnanâ€" who used the aliases Pumpkin4u and Santa Maria on an
internet dating site â€" found they were so compatible they became engaged.
The Christchurch couple met... [This article about the Catholic Matchmaker
service is not available on the newspaper's free Website, but can be read at
public libraries]
Wardrobe of kinship and ideology : Italian first holy communion dresses in
New Zealand, by Marissa Cassin
Context, Nov 2007/Mar 2008; n.14:p.25-29
The article examines how Roman Catholic traditions have been incorporated
into NZ culture through the medium of dress, focusing on one Italian
immigrant family’s collection of First Holy Communion dresses and how
wearing the dress connects the ’family memory’ of Italy with its adopted NZ
culture. 'Context:dress/fashion/textiles' is published by The New Zealand
Costume & Textile Section of the Auckland Museum Institute. To enquire about
getting a copy of the article, please write to: info@costumeandtextile.co.nz
*******************************************************
'THE FIFTEENTH STATION' - A monthly Catholic podcast
http://station15.libsyn.com/
In the programme of 14 January 2008 ... Pope Benedict's "state of the world"
address, the tragic but heroic passing of seminarian Jeremy Gray, Tony
Blair's conversion, 160 years of the Catholic Church in New Zealand and the
Pope's new ride.
*******************************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...
** "I will make you make you fishers of men."
My flatmate (who is not a Christian or a Catholic) made a startling
discovery on Thursday night ... She discovered through a series of
sufferings that she has been going through over the last couple of months
that the human being must have a soul...
** “Every second I’m out of bed I’m burning precious calories�
Is it bad to want to look good?
** Just can’t help myself…
I’ve always had a rage about the disparity between the haves and the
have-nots, and it’s fair to say I haven’t always expressed this in the most
effective of ways. One of the offshoots of this has always been a generally
despising attitude towards the world of celebrity but a couple of
interesting things have happened lately that have caused me to rethink
this...
** Liturgist or Terrorist?
I heard a joke the other day which kinda ticked me off a bit… "What’s the
difference between a terrorist and a liturgist At least you can negotiate
with a terrorist…"
*****************************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
The Vatican in full-court ecumenical press
Today brings to a close the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and
I'm in Rome watching an all-star ecumenical cast mark the occasion. Although
there's been no historic breakthrough on the path to reunion, collectively
the week's events have offered a more hopeful counter-point to perceptions
of an ecumenical "big chill" ...
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]
Sunday, January 20, 2008
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Success on Catholic Matchmaker New Zealand
http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=27427
Catholic Matchmaker New Zealand has its first success story. “Cathie and
David� have announced their engagement in the Christchurch Press last month,
and plan an April Wedding...
Fifty years together (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/ytfhnu
Anne Sayegh says she and husband Des are a good match because she likes to
cook and he likes to eat. The couple, who are celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary, met at an engagement party ...
Bill Sharpe-Dunn, 1936-2007. Educator and historian who looked to God
(photo)
The Sydney Morning Herald http://tinyurl.com/2bnsd6
Bill Sharpe-Dunn, known to his many friends as "Sharpie", was a teacher,
amateur historian, expert on all matters ecclesiastical, a missionary and
pioneer educator, a Catholic Weekly book reviewer and a yarn spinner
extraordinaire. He was a delightful companion on all occasions, despite
years with diabetes and other illnesses...
Anglican Church say enough is enough
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080119/3/3ngo.html
Anglican Church leaders are lobbying hard against allowing more shops to
open on Easter Sunday, arguing that "enough is enough where the continued
intrusion of the market into our lives is concerned"...
Human Rights Commission. Review shows busy year for interfaith activities
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00118.htm
A section of the 2007 Race Relations Report will be released at an
Interfaith workshop hosted by Auckland City this Saturday. The review of
interfaith activities reveals a busy and significant year for cooperation
and dialogue for the country’s religious communities...
*******************************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper.
Some recent topics:
** 'Pampered pets' or, Food for thought (19 Jan)
** 'How open are we'. On attending a Tridentine Mass (17 Jan)
** 'Sad yet?' On seeing the movie 'Molokai' (16 Jan)
** 'Blessed are the humble'. Ed Hillary (14 January)
*****************************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Archbishop Niederauer on cathedral ministries; Allen on church
communication; Update on La Sapienza spat
I was in Saint Augustine, Fla., this week, speaking at a national Cathedral
Ministry Conference. For American Catholics, Saint Augustine is, in a sense,
where it all began; it was here on Sept. 8, 1565, that a Spanish missionary
priest celebrated the first Mass in what would eventually become the United
States...
Also: 'New Jesuit leader a progressive shaped by Asia' .... 'Navarro-Valls
on the pope, science, and La Sapienza' ... 'After protest from scientists,
pope to skip university visit' ... 'The pope, modern science, and a canary
in the coal mine' ... 'Ratzinger's 1990 remarks on Galileo'.
Regular readers of John Allen's column may be interested to read a review of
'Head and Heart: American Christianities', a new survey of the American
religious landscape: http://tinyurl.com/24vkwq
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Success on Catholic Matchmaker New Zealand
http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=27427
Catholic Matchmaker New Zealand has its first success story. “Cathie and
David� have announced their engagement in the Christchurch Press last month,
and plan an April Wedding...
Fifty years together (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/ytfhnu
Anne Sayegh says she and husband Des are a good match because she likes to
cook and he likes to eat. The couple, who are celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary, met at an engagement party ...
Bill Sharpe-Dunn, 1936-2007. Educator and historian who looked to God
(photo)
The Sydney Morning Herald http://tinyurl.com/2bnsd6
Bill Sharpe-Dunn, known to his many friends as "Sharpie", was a teacher,
amateur historian, expert on all matters ecclesiastical, a missionary and
pioneer educator, a Catholic Weekly book reviewer and a yarn spinner
extraordinaire. He was a delightful companion on all occasions, despite
years with diabetes and other illnesses...
Anglican Church say enough is enough
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080119/3/3ngo.html
Anglican Church leaders are lobbying hard against allowing more shops to
open on Easter Sunday, arguing that "enough is enough where the continued
intrusion of the market into our lives is concerned"...
Human Rights Commission. Review shows busy year for interfaith activities
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00118.htm
A section of the 2007 Race Relations Report will be released at an
Interfaith workshop hosted by Auckland City this Saturday. The review of
interfaith activities reveals a busy and significant year for cooperation
and dialogue for the country’s religious communities...
*******************************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper.
Some recent topics:
** 'Pampered pets' or, Food for thought (19 Jan)
** 'How open are we'. On attending a Tridentine Mass (17 Jan)
** 'Sad yet?' On seeing the movie 'Molokai' (16 Jan)
** 'Blessed are the humble'. Ed Hillary (14 January)
*****************************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Archbishop Niederauer on cathedral ministries; Allen on church
communication; Update on La Sapienza spat
I was in Saint Augustine, Fla., this week, speaking at a national Cathedral
Ministry Conference. For American Catholics, Saint Augustine is, in a sense,
where it all began; it was here on Sept. 8, 1565, that a Spanish missionary
priest celebrated the first Mass in what would eventually become the United
States...
Also: 'New Jesuit leader a progressive shaped by Asia' .... 'Navarro-Valls
on the pope, science, and La Sapienza' ... 'After protest from scientists,
pope to skip university visit' ... 'The pope, modern science, and a canary
in the coal mine' ... 'Ratzinger's 1990 remarks on Galileo'.
Regular readers of John Allen's column may be interested to read a review of
'Head and Heart: American Christianities', a new survey of the American
religious landscape: http://tinyurl.com/24vkwq
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]
Sunday, January 13, 2008
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
** Caritas responds to strife in Kenya (11 Jan 2008)
** Nominations sought for National Catholic Youth Ministry Award Scheme
(08 Jan 2008)
** 2008 New Year's Day homily from Benedict XVI (08 Jan 2008)
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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JEREMY GRAY SM
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Trainee priest who sacrificed life farewelled
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4348103a11.html
The bravery and faith of a young trainee priest who sacrificed his own
life to help save an eight-year-old boy were celebrated at his funeral in
Christchurch yesterday...
Trainee priest's sacrifice earns `saint-like status' (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10485853
Hundreds farewell trainee priest in Chch
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/NationalNews/HundredsfarewelltraineepriestinChch/tabid\
/423/articleID/43089/cat/64/Default.aspx#top
Hero priest farewelled in Christchurch
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/1537711
Ex-SC man's great sacrifice
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/timaruherald/4346218a6010.html
A former Waimate man has died in New Caledonia while trying to rescue a
young boy. He would have shied away from being called a hero yet former
Waimate man Jeremy Gray died selflessly and true to his Christian
principles...
Automatic translation of a report in the New Caledonian newspaper:
http://tinyurl.com/2bxlyx
The original article in French, with enlargable photograph:
http://www.info.lnc.nc/articles/article_1586_394.htm
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OTHER NEWS
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Historic mass in Northland
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10486270
Catholics are planning to converge on the remote Torata Point in Northland
on Sunday to commemorate 170 years since the first Mass was celebrated in
New Zealand...
Students spread joy of season with festive song (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/2287jt
[Concert at Tokoroa resthome by pupils of Bishop Edward Gaines School]
Christmas songs in Jerusalem (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/yucop7
The 27 members of the Taumarunui community choir, plus family and friends,
visited the restored and rededicated church on the Whanganui-Pipiriki Road
to sing Christmas carols for the people of Jerusalem (Hiruharama)...
Irish walks to whet Kiwi tourists' appetites
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4346568a2181.html
A love match spawned nearly 60 years ago on the foxhunting fields of the
Irish province of Munster between a Limerick Catholic and a South Canterbury
Protestant will bear further fruit this year when their daughter, Rachel
Ryan, escorts a touring group from New Zealand...
Life full of song rewarded
http://tinyurl.com/2hbwra
Playing the organ at St Patrick's Church in Napier every weekend has been a
habit for Pauline Hill over the past 40 or so years, but there was a time
when this lady had a fan club...
Radio NZ. 'Summer Noelle'. Interview with Mike Grimshaw
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/summernoelle/mike_grimshaw
The senior lecturer of religious studies at Canterbury University talks
about New Zealand in church, and religion in politics.
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WORLD YOUTH DAY, 15-20 July 2008
http://www.worldyouthday.org.nz/
Youths scrub for pope (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4350315a6497.html
Fatima Sauaga is carwashing her way to the Pope. The 22-year-old is a team
leader for St Joseph’s Youth Group who are scrubbing and shining vehicles to
make it to Sydney for World Youth Day.
Sjana joins world's youth at special day in Sydney (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/ytnsjv
Past St Anthony's Catholic School student Sjana Levin hopes to meet the pope
this year when she attends the World Youth Day in Sydney ...
*******************************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper.
Some recent topics:
** 'The Many Faces of Freemasonry' (12 Jan)
** 'Help' (10 Jan)
This Sunday at Auckland’s Mt Eden Prison is Catholic Sunday (second and
fifth Sundays of the month are ours!) and I’ve just had word that they’re
possibly going to cancel the ministry this week for a lack of volunteers...
** 'Tribute to a true Kiwi hero' (8 Jan)
Some of you may be aware of the fact that Jeremy Gray, a young New Zealand
Marist Seminarian died in New Caledonia last week. I consider myself blessed
to have known Jeremy as a friend ...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
'Samoan violence'
Do we have a false perception of Polynesian crime and violence from our
media? Br Chris Maney, who spent 20 years in Samoa, shares his insights ...
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Highlights from papal homilies and addresses. From the 'no sense of humor'
file
College football fans probably felt a bit deflated this Tuesday, since the
Bowl Championship Series, always their favorite time of year, came to a
close Monday night. For Vatican devotees, Tuesday likewise brought a twinge
of melancholy, and for much the same reason: the annual "bowl championship
series" of papal teaching, which begins in mid-December with a message for
the World Day of Peace, ended Monday with the pope's address to the
diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See...
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]
CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
** Caritas responds to strife in Kenya (11 Jan 2008)
** Nominations sought for National Catholic Youth Ministry Award Scheme
(08 Jan 2008)
** 2008 New Year's Day homily from Benedict XVI (08 Jan 2008)
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
*****************
JEREMY GRAY SM
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Trainee priest who sacrificed life farewelled
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4348103a11.html
The bravery and faith of a young trainee priest who sacrificed his own
life to help save an eight-year-old boy were celebrated at his funeral in
Christchurch yesterday...
Trainee priest's sacrifice earns `saint-like status' (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10485853
Hundreds farewell trainee priest in Chch
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/NationalNews/HundredsfarewelltraineepriestinChch/tabid\
/423/articleID/43089/cat/64/Default.aspx#top
Hero priest farewelled in Christchurch
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/1537711
Ex-SC man's great sacrifice
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/timaruherald/4346218a6010.html
A former Waimate man has died in New Caledonia while trying to rescue a
young boy. He would have shied away from being called a hero yet former
Waimate man Jeremy Gray died selflessly and true to his Christian
principles...
Automatic translation of a report in the New Caledonian newspaper:
http://tinyurl.com/2bxlyx
The original article in French, with enlargable photograph:
http://www.info.lnc.nc/articles/article_1586_394.htm
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OTHER NEWS
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Historic mass in Northland
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10486270
Catholics are planning to converge on the remote Torata Point in Northland
on Sunday to commemorate 170 years since the first Mass was celebrated in
New Zealand...
Students spread joy of season with festive song (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/2287jt
[Concert at Tokoroa resthome by pupils of Bishop Edward Gaines School]
Christmas songs in Jerusalem (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/yucop7
The 27 members of the Taumarunui community choir, plus family and friends,
visited the restored and rededicated church on the Whanganui-Pipiriki Road
to sing Christmas carols for the people of Jerusalem (Hiruharama)...
Irish walks to whet Kiwi tourists' appetites
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4346568a2181.html
A love match spawned nearly 60 years ago on the foxhunting fields of the
Irish province of Munster between a Limerick Catholic and a South Canterbury
Protestant will bear further fruit this year when their daughter, Rachel
Ryan, escorts a touring group from New Zealand...
Life full of song rewarded
http://tinyurl.com/2hbwra
Playing the organ at St Patrick's Church in Napier every weekend has been a
habit for Pauline Hill over the past 40 or so years, but there was a time
when this lady had a fan club...
Radio NZ. 'Summer Noelle'. Interview with Mike Grimshaw
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/summernoelle/mike_grimshaw
The senior lecturer of religious studies at Canterbury University talks
about New Zealand in church, and religion in politics.
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WORLD YOUTH DAY, 15-20 July 2008
http://www.worldyouthday.org.nz/
Youths scrub for pope (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4350315a6497.html
Fatima Sauaga is carwashing her way to the Pope. The 22-year-old is a team
leader for St Joseph’s Youth Group who are scrubbing and shining vehicles to
make it to Sydney for World Youth Day.
Sjana joins world's youth at special day in Sydney (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/ytnsjv
Past St Anthony's Catholic School student Sjana Levin hopes to meet the pope
this year when she attends the World Youth Day in Sydney ...
*******************************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper.
Some recent topics:
** 'The Many Faces of Freemasonry' (12 Jan)
** 'Help' (10 Jan)
This Sunday at Auckland’s Mt Eden Prison is Catholic Sunday (second and
fifth Sundays of the month are ours!) and I’ve just had word that they’re
possibly going to cancel the ministry this week for a lack of volunteers...
** 'Tribute to a true Kiwi hero' (8 Jan)
Some of you may be aware of the fact that Jeremy Gray, a young New Zealand
Marist Seminarian died in New Caledonia last week. I consider myself blessed
to have known Jeremy as a friend ...
*****************************************************
INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
'Samoan violence'
Do we have a false perception of Polynesian crime and violence from our
media? Br Chris Maney, who spent 20 years in Samoa, shares his insights ...
*****************************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Highlights from papal homilies and addresses. From the 'no sense of humor'
file
College football fans probably felt a bit deflated this Tuesday, since the
Bowl Championship Series, always their favorite time of year, came to a
close Monday night. For Vatican devotees, Tuesday likewise brought a twinge
of melancholy, and for much the same reason: the annual "bowl championship
series" of papal teaching, which begins in mid-December with a message for
the World Day of Peace, ended Monday with the pope's address to the
diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See...
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]
Sunday, December 30, 2007
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What Christmas means around the world (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/2hhlco
Celebrating the holidays comes in different strokes for the different ethnic
folks who have made North Shore their "home away from home"...
Sisters of God face the future (photos)
http://tinyurl.com/yul4jz
They started with six over a century ago, and after making an immeasurable
contribution to Wairarapa education and spiritual care, The Sisters of St
Bride's are now back down to six ...
Doing God
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4337299a14337.html
Tony Blair's entry into the Catholic faith has made surprisingly big
headlines, considering the secular beliefs that now dominate much of the
Western world, says The Press, in an editorial...
Midnight masses held across NZ (text and video)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/1522453
Christmas celebrations started on Christmas Eve with midnight mass held in
churches across the country. Hundreds turned out for an extra festive
service at Auckland's Saint Patrick's Cathedral in the city - its first
Christmas mass in the 160 year-old cathedral in two years, after it closed
for major restoration work...
Good attendance at church services
http://tinyurl.com/2xbyc3
Undeterred by wet weather on Christmas Eve, several thousand people flocked
to churches throughout Dunedin to celebrate the Christmas story...
45% believe in religious significance of Christmas Day - survey
http://tinyurl.com/ys4keq
A survey suggests a large number of New Zealanders believe in the religious
significance of Christmas Day. Some 500 people were polled by Research New
Zealand from 4 to 11 December and 45% said 25 December is significant in
terms of religion...
What Christmas means around the world (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/2hhlco
Celebrating the holidays comes in different strokes for the different ethnic
folks who have made North Shore their "home away from home"...
Sisters of God face the future (photos)
http://tinyurl.com/yul4jz
They started with six over a century ago, and after making an immeasurable
contribution to Wairarapa education and spiritual care, The Sisters of St
Bride's are now back down to six ...
Doing God
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4337299a14337.html
Tony Blair's entry into the Catholic faith has made surprisingly big
headlines, considering the secular beliefs that now dominate much of the
Western world, says The Press, in an editorial...
Midnight masses held across NZ (text and video)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/1522453
Christmas celebrations started on Christmas Eve with midnight mass held in
churches across the country. Hundreds turned out for an extra festive
service at Auckland's Saint Patrick's Cathedral in the city - its first
Christmas mass in the 160 year-old cathedral in two years, after it closed
for major restoration work...
Good attendance at church services
http://tinyurl.com/2xbyc3
Undeterred by wet weather on Christmas Eve, several thousand people flocked
to churches throughout Dunedin to celebrate the Christmas story...
45% believe in religious significance of Christmas Day - survey
http://tinyurl.com/ys4keq
A survey suggests a large number of New Zealanders believe in the religious
significance of Christmas Day. Some 500 people were polled by Research New
Zealand from 4 to 11 December and 45% said 25 December is significant in
terms of religion...
Sunday, December 23, 2007
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Dear readers,
'News & Notes' will take a break for about three weeks, restarting in
mid-January as soon as there is something to report.
Every best wish and all God's blessings for a happy Christmas and new year.
Mike Leon
****************************************************
CHRISTMAS 2007
Wide choice of services at churches
http://tinyurl.com/2swobs
Taking time to appreciate and celebrate Christmas for its true meaning is
the message many will be receiving at Dunedin church services this holiday
season. Dunedin’s larger churches and cathedrals will be marking the festive
season with their popular carol services and midnight Masses.
Little church lights up (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4328636a20379.html
The little Catholic Church at Kauwhata Marae has existed without electricity
for more than 110 years. However, during the festive season, until December
27, the church of St Peter and St Paul on Te Arakura Road is being lit up by
Christmas lights covering the interior and exterior walls, and a Nativity
scene...
Churches unite for real Christmas (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/2rlwya
Church leaders of the Wakatipu Basin have banded together to give a special
message to people of Queenstown this holiday season, and that is to remember
the true meaning of Christmas ...
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
Cakes earn $14,000 to help families at Christmas time (20 Dec 2007)
The Catholic Caring Foundation is the charitable foundation of the Catholic
Bishop of Auckland, providing funding for grass-roots organisations that
work with the marginalised in society. Again this year, the Foundation ran
the Bishop’s Bake Christmas Cake Appeal - a hugely important annual
fundraiser...
**********************************************************
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
God in the House (photo of Helen Clark meditating)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4332757a13135.html
Overt religious beliefs seem to rest uncomfortably with the political
aspirations of our parliamentarians. Philip Matthews looks at why so many of
them are uncomfortable with talking about whether they believe in God.
Community groups support Royal Commission of Inquiry into Criminal Justice
Sector
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00280.htm
Influential community leaders support the Ombudsmans call for a Royal
Commission of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice Sector...
Colombians seek refuge in Hamilton
Hamilton Press
http://tinyurl.com/2khnr4
Hamilton's Refugee Resettlement Service last week hosted the arrival of one
of the largest groups of refugees to arrive in the city...
Revegetation of a gully
http://tinyurl.com/32tms9
A Master's degree wasn't enough for Tatiana Kalnins, but the journey to the
pinnacle - a PhD - has led to a project to replant part of the Marian gully
with native vegetation...
The aftermath of sexual abuse (photo)
The Eastern Courier, East Tamaki
http://tinyurl.com/3c6233
After decades of living with the effects of sexual abuse, an Auckland man
turned his experience to helping others cope with similar situations ...
Pupils light way for successors
Waikato Times â€" News â€" 17 Dec 2007 â€" Page 3
Senior pupils at St Joseph's Catholic School in Fairfield handed over
responsibility to next year's senior students at a special mass last week.
The final school mass for the year saw outgoing Year 8 pupils carry candles
to the altar, before handing them over at the end of the service to next
year's leaders, who carried them out of the church.
[This story is not available on the newspaper's free Website. It can be read
at the public library, and via the libraries' free Newztext service for
borrowers.]
****************************************************
'THE FIFTEENTH STATION' - NZ's first Catholic podcast
http://station15.libsyn.com/
In the programme for 15 December 2007 ...
'Christmas hope'
Our first Christmas podcast and there's quite a bit to talk about. The
Pope's new encyclical on hope has been released, and it makes for popular
reading. We talk about the 4,210 NZ pilgrims are heading over to see him
next year at World Youth Day, and whether or not movies like the Golden
Compass can be bad for the faith of those who watch them. And we talk a bit
about Christmas traditions and interpretations of the season. We wish all
our listeners a happy and Holy Christmas.
*****************************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper.
Current topics:
Somewhere in a galaxy far far away… (22 December)
As we approach the end of advent and I have been pondering the incarnation
and the birth of Our saviour, I began to think a little about the
implications of extra terrestrial life. (Weird, I know…not really the most
obvious correlation). I mean, if there was other life (with spiritual souls)
on other planets somewhere in another galaxy â€" what does this mean for us as
Christians? ...
It Was A Very Good Year (21 December)
Well, it’s obvious that another year is about to draw to a close and people
on the blog have just about had enough of each other. Fortunately, I don’t
have any frustrations and agendas to air on the site. Some might say I don’t
have anything useful to air at all. Very funny...
Who/what do we care about? (20 December)
I was having a “discussion� with friends the other day about animal rights
versus human rights and how I obviously thought the abuse of humans was
worse than the abuse of animals. I thought my friends were disagreeing with
that, but as we continued to “discuss�, I came to understand they were
actually pointing out that one is simply an extension of the other...
*****************************************************
INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
Lay leaders among us, Part Two: 'Meet the people'
Joan manages a unique programme called "Launch Out" which forms lay people
to work in partnership with priests in ministry.
'Angel in the City'
Rev. Frank Nelson, the Dean of Wellington's Anglican Cathedral, reads the
Christmas story and discusses it with Sr Stephanie.
*****************************************************
MAGAZINES & NEWSLETTERS
** 'Marist Messenger' - December 2007
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/
** NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires', Christmas Edition
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resourcesubpages/lighting-new-fires.html
** 'Inform' - the newsletter of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch -
December 2007
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25
Marist Brothers' New Zealand Province.
** Schools' Champagnat Newsletter - December 2007
http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Schools%20Champagnat%20Newsletter.htm
** Marist Family News - December 2007
http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Marist%20Family%20News.htm
** NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' - Issue 23
http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/?sid=163
** 'Tui Motu InterIslands' - December 2007
http://www.tuimotu.org/
** St Columban's Mission Society, Aust. & NZ Region. 'The Far East' -
November/December 2007
http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652
** Carmelite Monastery of Christ the King, Christchurch. Christmas
Newsletter 2007
* http://www.karmel.at/christchurch.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Catholics helped pass U.N. vote favoring global death penalty ban; Notes
about: Episcopalians, Kolvenbach and Vatican PR
It would probably be pushing things a bit far to suggest that Tuesday's vote
in the General Assembly of the United Nations in favor of a global
moratorium on the death penalty is a victory for the Catholic church. It is,
however, a result difficult to imagine without the Catholic contribution...
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]
Dear readers,
'News & Notes' will take a break for about three weeks, restarting in
mid-January as soon as there is something to report.
Every best wish and all God's blessings for a happy Christmas and new year.
Mike Leon
****************************************************
CHRISTMAS 2007
Wide choice of services at churches
http://tinyurl.com/2swobs
Taking time to appreciate and celebrate Christmas for its true meaning is
the message many will be receiving at Dunedin church services this holiday
season. Dunedin’s larger churches and cathedrals will be marking the festive
season with their popular carol services and midnight Masses.
Little church lights up (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4328636a20379.html
The little Catholic Church at Kauwhata Marae has existed without electricity
for more than 110 years. However, during the festive season, until December
27, the church of St Peter and St Paul on Te Arakura Road is being lit up by
Christmas lights covering the interior and exterior walls, and a Nativity
scene...
Churches unite for real Christmas (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/2rlwya
Church leaders of the Wakatipu Basin have banded together to give a special
message to people of Queenstown this holiday season, and that is to remember
the true meaning of Christmas ...
**********************************************************
CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
Cakes earn $14,000 to help families at Christmas time (20 Dec 2007)
The Catholic Caring Foundation is the charitable foundation of the Catholic
Bishop of Auckland, providing funding for grass-roots organisations that
work with the marginalised in society. Again this year, the Foundation ran
the Bishop’s Bake Christmas Cake Appeal - a hugely important annual
fundraiser...
**********************************************************
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
God in the House (photo of Helen Clark meditating)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4332757a13135.html
Overt religious beliefs seem to rest uncomfortably with the political
aspirations of our parliamentarians. Philip Matthews looks at why so many of
them are uncomfortable with talking about whether they believe in God.
Community groups support Royal Commission of Inquiry into Criminal Justice
Sector
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00280.htm
Influential community leaders support the Ombudsmans call for a Royal
Commission of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice Sector...
Colombians seek refuge in Hamilton
Hamilton Press
http://tinyurl.com/2khnr4
Hamilton's Refugee Resettlement Service last week hosted the arrival of one
of the largest groups of refugees to arrive in the city...
Revegetation of a gully
http://tinyurl.com/32tms9
A Master's degree wasn't enough for Tatiana Kalnins, but the journey to the
pinnacle - a PhD - has led to a project to replant part of the Marian gully
with native vegetation...
The aftermath of sexual abuse (photo)
The Eastern Courier, East Tamaki
http://tinyurl.com/3c6233
After decades of living with the effects of sexual abuse, an Auckland man
turned his experience to helping others cope with similar situations ...
Pupils light way for successors
Waikato Times â€" News â€" 17 Dec 2007 â€" Page 3
Senior pupils at St Joseph's Catholic School in Fairfield handed over
responsibility to next year's senior students at a special mass last week.
The final school mass for the year saw outgoing Year 8 pupils carry candles
to the altar, before handing them over at the end of the service to next
year's leaders, who carried them out of the church.
[This story is not available on the newspaper's free Website. It can be read
at the public library, and via the libraries' free Newztext service for
borrowers.]
****************************************************
'THE FIFTEENTH STATION' - NZ's first Catholic podcast
http://station15.libsyn.com/
In the programme for 15 December 2007 ...
'Christmas hope'
Our first Christmas podcast and there's quite a bit to talk about. The
Pope's new encyclical on hope has been released, and it makes for popular
reading. We talk about the 4,210 NZ pilgrims are heading over to see him
next year at World Youth Day, and whether or not movies like the Golden
Compass can be bad for the faith of those who watch them. And we talk a bit
about Christmas traditions and interpretations of the season. We wish all
our listeners a happy and Holy Christmas.
*****************************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper.
Current topics:
Somewhere in a galaxy far far away… (22 December)
As we approach the end of advent and I have been pondering the incarnation
and the birth of Our saviour, I began to think a little about the
implications of extra terrestrial life. (Weird, I know…not really the most
obvious correlation). I mean, if there was other life (with spiritual souls)
on other planets somewhere in another galaxy â€" what does this mean for us as
Christians? ...
It Was A Very Good Year (21 December)
Well, it’s obvious that another year is about to draw to a close and people
on the blog have just about had enough of each other. Fortunately, I don’t
have any frustrations and agendas to air on the site. Some might say I don’t
have anything useful to air at all. Very funny...
Who/what do we care about? (20 December)
I was having a “discussion� with friends the other day about animal rights
versus human rights and how I obviously thought the abuse of humans was
worse than the abuse of animals. I thought my friends were disagreeing with
that, but as we continued to “discuss�, I came to understand they were
actually pointing out that one is simply an extension of the other...
*****************************************************
INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
Lay leaders among us, Part Two: 'Meet the people'
Joan manages a unique programme called "Launch Out" which forms lay people
to work in partnership with priests in ministry.
'Angel in the City'
Rev. Frank Nelson, the Dean of Wellington's Anglican Cathedral, reads the
Christmas story and discusses it with Sr Stephanie.
*****************************************************
MAGAZINES & NEWSLETTERS
** 'Marist Messenger' - December 2007
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/
** NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires', Christmas Edition
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resourcesubpages/lighting-new-fires.html
** 'Inform' - the newsletter of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch -
December 2007
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25
Marist Brothers' New Zealand Province.
** Schools' Champagnat Newsletter - December 2007
http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Schools%20Champagnat%20Newsletter.htm
** Marist Family News - December 2007
http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Marist%20Family%20News.htm
** NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' - Issue 23
http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/?sid=163
** 'Tui Motu InterIslands' - December 2007
http://www.tuimotu.org/
** St Columban's Mission Society, Aust. & NZ Region. 'The Far East' -
November/December 2007
http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652
** Carmelite Monastery of Christ the King, Christchurch. Christmas
Newsletter 2007
* http://www.karmel.at/christchurch.nz
******************************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Catholics helped pass U.N. vote favoring global death penalty ban; Notes
about: Episcopalians, Kolvenbach and Vatican PR
It would probably be pushing things a bit far to suggest that Tuesday's vote
in the General Assembly of the United Nations in favor of a global
moratorium on the death penalty is a victory for the Catholic church. It is,
however, a result difficult to imagine without the Catholic contribution...
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]
Sunday, December 16, 2007
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CHRISTMAS 2007
First airings for Christmas cantata (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/2l34wf
Three months of hard work will have its pay-off this sunday when the
Taumarunui Community choir has their first performance of a new Christmas
cantata ...
**********************************************************
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Historic link for new library (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/2nvwba
St Patrick's School in Kaiapoi has a new library and information centre
named the Barbier Centre after the nun who founded the order which
establisehd the school in 1926...
Local medics bound for remote islands (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/3y4hf5
Two Wairarapa women hope to head to Indonesia early next year to a remote
island where New Zealand doctor, Derek Allen, works with the poor, the sick
and the needy ...
New Zealand's Catholic chaplains embrace Antarctica's adventures
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0707048.htm
Christchurch, New Zealand (CNS) -- Not many changes from his last trip to
Antarctica, reported a priest from New Zealand: The ice runway is nearer to
the base, it's colder than 10 below zero, but the sky is blue, he added...
Nun Briefs Parliamentarians On Timor-Leste Crisis (photo)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00175.htm
Security is still the most pressing problem for Timor-Leste according to nun
and refugee camp organiser Sister Guilhermina Marcal currently visiting New
Zealand...
Catholics encouraged to watch 'Compass'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/4319133a6530.html
The distributors of a film that has outraged Catholic groups in the United
States have invited New Zealand Catholics to previews to "make up their own
minds"...
****************************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
A blog about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper.
Current topics:
The culture of death - first hand (15 Dec)
"About three weeks ago, I found out that my 15-year-old sister was pregnant.
I quickly got her in contact with the crisis pregnancy centre and they have
done an absolutely wonderful job! Thanks be to God, she has decided to keep
the baby. However, I haven’t had extensive contact with my family and this
new situation has meant that I have been exposed, first hand, to the reality
of the culture of death..."
Decorated fur trees… (12 Dec)
Yesterday my Outlook inbox was graced with the presence of an email from a
colleague, addressed to all the members of our workplace, asking if it were
possible to adopt more inclusive language at this time of year in
acknowledgement of those who don’t celebrate Christmas...
Today, tomorrow, Timaru… (11 Dec)
Last week I picked up a parish bulletin from a South Auckland parish. As I
was reading through the bulletin, I came across something that I was
completely astounded by; in fact I had to read the notice twice to be sure
that what I was reading was really on the page in front of me: "The priests
of the South Auckland Deanery expressed concern to the Bishop over the
possible confusion that could arise next year on February 6th when ‘The Day
of Ashes’ and the Waitangi Day celebration would coincide. We wanted to
honour both days… and approached Bishop Patrick Dunn with a suggestion that
for the South Auckland Deanery parishes ‘we transfer the liturgy of Ash
Wednesday to Thursday 7th February..."
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
'Lay leaders among us'
Joan manages a unique programme called "Launch Out" which forms lay people
to work in partnership with priests in ministry
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Marini's book on liturgy: The future of the liturgy is the future of
Christianity
When I’m on the lecture circuit, there’s a story I like to tell to
illustrate the sometimes surprising diversity inside the Vatican. It’s set
in the summer of 2002, when Pope John Paul II was in Mexico City to canonize
Juan Diego, the Aztec visionary in the Our Lady of Guadalupe devotion. At
the moment in the canonization Mass when John Paul read out the Latin
formula declaring Juan Diego a saint, pandemonium broke out in the Basilica
of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Confetti fell from the ceiling, drums beat and
horns blared, and a knot of indigenous dancers began to gyrate down a
catwalk. Inside, it felt like Michael Jordan had just hit the winning shot
in Game Seven of the NBA Finals; an American TV correspondent standing next
to me, who happens to be Jewish, shouted in my ear, "If they did it this way
every Sunday, even I would show up!" ...
Also: 'Daily News & Updates: In World Peace Day message, Benedict paints a
Catholic shade of green'
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]
CHRISTMAS 2007
First airings for Christmas cantata (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/2l34wf
Three months of hard work will have its pay-off this sunday when the
Taumarunui Community choir has their first performance of a new Christmas
cantata ...
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Historic link for new library (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/2nvwba
St Patrick's School in Kaiapoi has a new library and information centre
named the Barbier Centre after the nun who founded the order which
establisehd the school in 1926...
Local medics bound for remote islands (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/3y4hf5
Two Wairarapa women hope to head to Indonesia early next year to a remote
island where New Zealand doctor, Derek Allen, works with the poor, the sick
and the needy ...
New Zealand's Catholic chaplains embrace Antarctica's adventures
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0707048.htm
Christchurch, New Zealand (CNS) -- Not many changes from his last trip to
Antarctica, reported a priest from New Zealand: The ice runway is nearer to
the base, it's colder than 10 below zero, but the sky is blue, he added...
Nun Briefs Parliamentarians On Timor-Leste Crisis (photo)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00175.htm
Security is still the most pressing problem for Timor-Leste according to nun
and refugee camp organiser Sister Guilhermina Marcal currently visiting New
Zealand...
Catholics encouraged to watch 'Compass'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/4319133a6530.html
The distributors of a film that has outraged Catholic groups in the United
States have invited New Zealand Catholics to previews to "make up their own
minds"...
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
A blog about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper.
Current topics:
The culture of death - first hand (15 Dec)
"About three weeks ago, I found out that my 15-year-old sister was pregnant.
I quickly got her in contact with the crisis pregnancy centre and they have
done an absolutely wonderful job! Thanks be to God, she has decided to keep
the baby. However, I haven’t had extensive contact with my family and this
new situation has meant that I have been exposed, first hand, to the reality
of the culture of death..."
Decorated fur trees… (12 Dec)
Yesterday my Outlook inbox was graced with the presence of an email from a
colleague, addressed to all the members of our workplace, asking if it were
possible to adopt more inclusive language at this time of year in
acknowledgement of those who don’t celebrate Christmas...
Today, tomorrow, Timaru… (11 Dec)
Last week I picked up a parish bulletin from a South Auckland parish. As I
was reading through the bulletin, I came across something that I was
completely astounded by; in fact I had to read the notice twice to be sure
that what I was reading was really on the page in front of me: "The priests
of the South Auckland Deanery expressed concern to the Bishop over the
possible confusion that could arise next year on February 6th when ‘The Day
of Ashes’ and the Waitangi Day celebration would coincide. We wanted to
honour both days… and approached Bishop Patrick Dunn with a suggestion that
for the South Auckland Deanery parishes ‘we transfer the liturgy of Ash
Wednesday to Thursday 7th February..."
*****************************************************
INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
'Lay leaders among us'
Joan manages a unique programme called "Launch Out" which forms lay people
to work in partnership with priests in ministry
*****************************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Marini's book on liturgy: The future of the liturgy is the future of
Christianity
When I’m on the lecture circuit, there’s a story I like to tell to
illustrate the sometimes surprising diversity inside the Vatican. It’s set
in the summer of 2002, when Pope John Paul II was in Mexico City to canonize
Juan Diego, the Aztec visionary in the Our Lady of Guadalupe devotion. At
the moment in the canonization Mass when John Paul read out the Latin
formula declaring Juan Diego a saint, pandemonium broke out in the Basilica
of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Confetti fell from the ceiling, drums beat and
horns blared, and a knot of indigenous dancers began to gyrate down a
catwalk. Inside, it felt like Michael Jordan had just hit the winning shot
in Game Seven of the NBA Finals; an American TV correspondent standing next
to me, who happens to be Jewish, shouted in my ear, "If they did it this way
every Sunday, even I would show up!" ...
Also: 'Daily News & Updates: In World Peace Day message, Benedict paints a
Catholic shade of green'
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]
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