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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/

In issue no. 290, May 4 - 17 2008 ...

Education feature (8 pages): New curriculum delights educators ...
Non-preference places in demand among non-Catholic families ... Children's
behaviour may nor be worse but there are some who test school resources ...
Colleges fired up for WYD trip ... Building boom in North and South .. Faith
should be tangible in schools

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Cops quiz girls' hostel
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sundaynews/4509423a15596.html
The manager of a Catholic girls' boarding school devised a plan for the
20-year-old boyfriend of a just-turned 15-year-old student to visit the
hostel so they could see each other...

Going back to the Latin (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4507341a13135.html
The move from the Latin Catholic mass to services in English was designed to
make Catholicism more accessible, so why is the Christchurch diocese
bringing back the daily Latin mass? Rebecca Todd reports...

Couple to be reunited ... after 54 years (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4507483a6565.html
The late Edward John Traynor begins a journey next week that will bring him
home to be laid to rest with his beloved wife on the day of their 100th
wedding anniversary. Inseparable in life, Teddy and Annie Traynor ended
their days buried hundreds of miles apart â€" her in the Traynor family plot
at Wyndham cemetery, him in the Porirua cemetery...

Crowds mark Anzac Day
Ruapehu Press
http://tinyurl.com/3s2mz7
The returned servicemen's headstones at the Taumarunui cemetry still gleamed
after the work put in by the Catholic Youth Group last year ...

Spokesperson says Catholic Church doesn't support hunger strikes (photo)
(includes audio clip)
http://tinyurl.com/5gmgvm
The Catholic Church say hunger strikes are not a valid form of protest and
it is not the Christian way...

Spy base priest's activist past (+photos, video)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10507272
A Catholic priest who took in and kept tabs on freed Algerian asylum seeker
Ahmed Zaoui is one of three people charged with inflicting an embarrassing
blow to a top-secret spy base...

Catholic Worker Movement marks 75th anniversary without fanfare
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0802398.htm
Washington (CNS) -- Seventy-fifth anniversary or not, lunch still must be
served at the New York Catholic Worker's Maryhouse. Hungry people will be
waiting, as they are every day... [Related link:
http://www.catholicworker.org.nz/who.html ]

Radio New Zealand. 'He Rourou'
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons
In two interviews, Father Philip Cody talks with Ana Tapiata about the
cooperation, bonding and friendship that happens at the Hui Aranga, the
Easter Assembly of Maori Catholics. (in Maori)

A jubilee for St Josephs
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4500570a6571.html
Temuka's St Josephs School will hold its 125th jubilee at Labour Weekend...

South's Filipinos gather for their day in church (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4498731a6568.html
A 60-strong group of Catholic Filipinos made history in Winton on Sunday
when they manned the 10am Sunday mass in the church of St Thomas Aquinas...

Addington school hit by arson (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4501809a6530.html
Police and fire safety officers are investigating a suspicious fire at
Sacred Heart School in Addington this morning...

[The following stories are not available on the newspapers' free Websites.
They can be read at the public library, and some are accessible via the
public libraries' free 'Newztext' service for borrowers]

Saffron tower on hold as legal advice sought
The National Business Review - 02 May 2008
The hearing of an application for a 46-storey apartment tower overlooking St
Patrick's Square in Auckland's central business district was adjourned this
week with a long list of questions to answer...

Letters to the Editor
The Timaru Herald 1 May 2008 Page: 7
Fr Geoff Gray writes: On behalf of all my long-suffering and misunderstood
brothers and sisters in the Catholic church, I would like to assure Richard
Gunther (April 28) that we also believe that "by grace you have been saved
through faith...and it is the gift of God."...

New father calls for sympathy for priest-stalker
Sunday Star Times 27 Apr 2008 Page: 8
The Catholic Church is sending another relatively young priest to St Patrick’s
parish in Invercargill, where an obsessed parishioner sent his predecessor
fleeing...

Cantabrians ready for world gathering on World Youth Day (no link)
Stuff â€" The Press â€" Canterbury â€" 29 Apr 2008
More than 500 Canterbury Catholics will attend the world's largest youth
event in July...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/

'Angel in the City'

Matthew 28:16-20: A reading and commentary by Dean Frank Nelson of St Paul's
Cathedral, Wellington.

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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 ...

Reading about Islam ... How Benedict XVI will make history ... Political
correctenss and sexually-transmitted disease ... Zimbabwe: what's the
answer? ... Ideas of success and happiness

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EVENTS

World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz/

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Interview with Ambassador Glendon; A possible papabile
Mary Ann Glendon is the eighth Ambassador of the United States to the Holy
See, and by most measures she's probably the nominee least in need of
on-the-job training. Glendon is a veteran Vatican insider, having
represented the Holy See at the 1995 Beijing conference of the United
Nations on women, and having served as president of the Pontifical Academy
of Social Sciences -- the first woman to head a pontifical academy. A
professor at the Harvard Law School, she's also an expert on international
legal theory...

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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/ ]

Camp Director. Ministry Camps Co-ordinator (2 positions). El Rancho
Christian Holiday Park, Kapiti Coast
http://www.elrancho.co.nz/
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 4-17 2008 p.26, at
http://www.elrancho.co.nz/ERwork.htm and from adelle@elrancho.co.nz ; tel.
(04) 902 6287

Live-in Support People, Mt Tabor Trust, Mt Albert and Helensville
http://www.supportoptions.co.nz/support/provider.aspx?pID=919&l=1&sID=318
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 4-17 2008 p.26 and from Mike, Marie or Joanne,
tel. (09) 420 9701.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Students spend lunch with police (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4493882a6497.html
Students at Hato Petera College got to share their lunch hour with the
police. The North Shore police community problem solving team organised a
sausage sizzle at the Northcote school last Wednesday to help students
fundraise for a trip to Sydney in July for World Youth Day...

Catholic clergy for Christchurch recruited abroad
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/4492648a6530.html
The Christchurch Catholic diocese is bringing in two priests from the
Philippines early next month, as well as one from India and a Latin-speaking
priest from the United States. Four young Vietnamese men will also be
sponsored to New Zealand, in the hope that they will qualify as priests in
future...

Community stalwart and local politician
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4492476a16897.html
Known affectionately as the "eyes and ears of Clyde", John Shand died
suddenly last week leaving a big gap in the community and local politics...

Visiting leader says time for church to acknowledge abuse
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/4492518a6530.html
Pope Benedict's apology to people who have been abused by clergy is an
opportunity for Catholic churches worldwide to take responsibility for
people abused under their care, a visiting expert says. United States
psychotherapist Mike Lew is in Christchurch to lead a weekend retreat with
the Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Trust (MSSAT)...

Time running out for charities
http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4489747a6430.html
With 10 weeks to go before the Charities Act takes full force, charitable
groups that have not registered best get on with the business or risk being
taxed as a business...

The "hidden" graveyard: KoroKoro Catholic cemetery (photo)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/62zqee
Few people driving past the piece of land with the large memorial at the
foot of Korokoro Hill know that it is actually a cemetery and therefore
sacred land ...

Gift for the grieving, by Kerre Woodham
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10505118
Although I was raised a Catholic, I don't have the gift of faith. I know
that term ``the gift of faith'' will set the teeth of non-believers on edge.
But having faith or belief really is a gift. I've seen dying men who are
believers and dying men who were empathetic atheists and, from my
experience, those who have some sort of faith have a much easier time of it
dying...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/


Reflection: a peaceful garden (broadband and dial-up versions)
Sister Mary goes to a Japanese Peace Garden, and thinks about recent events
like the anniversary of the Wahine sinking, but why is she so happy?

Angel in the City
John 14:15-21: a reading and discussion with Dean Frank Nelson of St Paul's
Cathedral, Wellington and his colleague Irene.

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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 ...

The Early Church and the role of women ... Anzac Day, war and morality ..
Matt Maher's latest album ... Defining marriage, a North American view ...
The media and Pope Benedict .. The normalisation of sex shops

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MAGAZINES & NEWSLETTERS

Society of St vincent de Paul. April 2008 Newsletter
http://www.svdp.org.nz/index.php/current-news/

'Tui Motu Interislands' - an independent Catholic magazine. April 2008
http://www.tuimotu.org/

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EVENTS

World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz/

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

The story behind the pope's meeting with sex abuse victims; Cardinal
O'Malley interview
Prior to Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States, some handlers
worried that the American media would impose the sexual abuse crisis as the
trip's dominant storyline. As it turns out, those fears were misplaced --
the media didn't impose the crisis upon the pope, he imposed it on us...

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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/ ]

Property Asset Manager, Auckland Diocese
http://www.administrationaucklandcatholic.org.nz/Property/tabid/871/Default.aspx
Details in 'NZ Catholic' April 6 - 19, 2008 p.23, on
http://jobs.search4.co.nz/job/view/2jn34z/search/ao/auckland/real-estate/
and from David Randall, Pompallier Diocesan Centre, tel: (09) 360 3031;
e-mail: davidr@cda.org.nz Applications close 21 April 2008

Part-time Experienced Counsellor, Catholic Social Services, Wellington
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=153
Details in 'Wel-com' April 2008 p.17 and from The director, Catholic social
Services, PO Box 9408, Wellington 6141. Applications close 24 April 2008.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Donation, thanks from priests (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/4486460a6563.html
The 170 Catholic priests from the South Island gathered in Blenheim this
week for their national assembly have come bearing gifts for the community
in the form of a donation to the Crossroads (Marlborough) Trust...

Special farewell (photo)
Queenstown Mirror
http://tinyurl.com/4puwv6
The children and staff of St Joseph's School, Queenstown gave Father Martin
Flannery a special farewell last Thursday ...

Charity tax changes approved
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425823/1721460
The government has given the go-ahead to tax changes designed to make
charitable giving of money and volunteers' time easier...

Brother faces sex charges
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/4481743a24035.html
Brother Rodger Moloney, 73, will face trial on 30 charges of historic sexual
abuse against boys, dating back to the 1970s...

Polar faith
Antarctica reveals 'a God who takes care of us' (photo)
http://www.thelutheran.org/article/article.cfm?article_id=7077&id=1
Growing up in Makoti, N.D., Judy Markwardt Goldsberry looked out her window
to the beauty of the flat prairie and acres of wheat. Every October to
February since 1991, she has left her North Dakota landscape to operate
heavy equipment in Antarcticaâ€"at Williams Field, McMurdo Station and the
South Pole...

Walking wins breakfast (photos)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/6zftws
Dedication to 'Feet First' ideals earned the twenty one pupils of
Eastbourne's tiny San Antonio School a free breakfast last Friday ...

Last rites performed in mid-Mass medical drama
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4481306a10.html
A doctor answering an emergency call to a Hawera church service on Sunday
discovered it was his mother-in-law who had collapsed and the priest had
already performed the last rites...

Latin mass held for traditionalists
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4478525a6010.html
A Latin mass was held in Timaru last night for a dozen of people who believe
the Catholic faith lost its way the 1960s with changes to doctrine,
including not holding the mass in Latin...

[The following story is not available on the newspaper's free Website]
Essential Bedean, by David McCarthy (obituary)
The Press 19 Apr 2008 Page: 57
When Alaster McDonald entered the portals of St Bede’s College for the first
time as an 11-year-old in 1941, the school’s motto, Fide et Opereâ€" faith and
good worksâ€" must have made a deep impression. McDonald discharged his
responsibility to both...

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php

Pope Benedict expresses deep shame for clergy sexual abuse (16 Apr 2008)
Pope Benedict arrived in Washington for his first papal visit to the United
States in the afternoon of 15th April (Washington time). On arrival he was
greeted at the steps of his special Alitalia aircraft by President and Mrs
George W Bush and their daughter Jenna â€" an honour the President has never
given to another head of state...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/

Our place: Your local Filipinos
Dondi travels to Wanganui to visit the brand new Catholic community of
Filipinos there. Why have they banded together, and why don't they just
mingle with the native-born New Zealand Catholics ...? [A dial-up version
can be viewed in Internet Explorer only]

Angel in the City: At the font
Chris Skinner and Regina are at the baptismal font in St Mary of the Angels.
The Reading is Jn 14:1-12 ("I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life ...")

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'THE FIFTEENTH STATION' - A monthly New Zealand Catholic podcast

http://station15.libsyn.com/

In the programme for 15 April 2008 ...

'The Baptism seen around the world'
We talk about the very public baptism of Magdi Allam by the Pope, the
possible launch of a pro-life political party in New Zealand, the sad story
of Archbishop Ncube, Easter trading and the Pope's new ride from New York
City!

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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 ...

** Let’s all be sex positive! ("in a nutshell, sex positive attitudes are
those that actively encourage “healthy� attitudes towards sexual
experimentation...)

** “And once again tithing is 10% off the top. Please people, don’t force us
to audit.�

** In memory (prayers for the students who drowned)

** What colour are your glasses? (A little latin is good for the soul)

** It’s the Olympics - let’s all look the other way shall we?

** Popearazzi (Pope Benedict and the news media)

** Hail Mary full of GRACE (don’t think you have messed up so much it’s not
worth being Catholic any longer)


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EVENTS

World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz/

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Daily news and updates of Pope Benedict's visit to America.

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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/ ]

Property Asset Manager, Auckland Diocese
http://www.administrationaucklandcatholic.org.nz/Property/tabid/871/Default.aspx
Details in 'NZ Catholic' April 6 - 19, 2008 p.23, on
http://jobs.search4.co.nz/job/view/2jn34z/search/ao/auckland/real-estate/
and from David Randall, Pompallier Diocesan Centre, tel: (09) 360 3031;
e-mail: davidr@cda.org.nz Applications close 21 April 2008

Part-time Experienced Counsellor, Catholic Social Services, Wellington
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=153
Details in 'Wel-com' April 2008 p.17 and from The director, Catholic social
Services, PO Box 9408, Wellington 6141. Applications close 24 April 2008.

***************************************************** WEL-COM - The newspaper of the Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses http://www.welcom.org.nz/ News Workshop searches teachings for justice meaning: Social Justice workshop in Nelson ... Worldwide cluster bomb ban likely next month International cluster munitions conference in Wellington shows the way. A call for justice action through social analysis World News Australian Jesuit leader moves to regional position NZ volunteers help rebuilding in the Solomons Bearing fruit in Timor Leste Columns Editorial: China in Tibet - China's actions in Tibet in light of Vatican statements about the capital sins. Archbishop's column: The Via Lucis: Praying with the resurrection. by Archbishop John Dew Commandments from but not by Moses: Expressions of the community's more important laws examined, by Br Kieran Fenn FMS Schools Maddie heads west for international study: One of only two NZ winners of United World Colleges scholarship. Refugee wins scholarship Schools manager honoured: Michele Lafferty wins principals' award Features Focolare's founder Chiara Lubich lived for unity A local tribute to Chiara Lubich, by Michele Lafferty Emmaus insights on the journey: The second in a series on the spiritual journey Wellington Rai retreat for WYD pilgrims: A gathering in the Rai Valley for young people from Blenheim to Nelson Sisters act Johnsonville style for local pilgrims: Religious sisters combine talents in a heartstopper. Newtown Festival and World Youth Day: Tertiary chaplaincy performs Palmerston North Kevin Neal's networking: Fr Kevin Neal's view of the world Mandalas for health and wellbeing: Some courses at the Josephite Retreat Centre Pahiatua marriage leaders meet Pope Benedict Reflect Third Sunday of Easter Year A: Luke 24:13-35 ***************************************************** FROM THE SECULAR PRESS Basilica hit by vandals http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4473912a6568.html Vandals have broken into a storage cupboard at St Mary's Basilica, Invercargill and desecrated the Christmas crib, a manger scene featuring life size figures around the birthplace of Jesus... Former convent to be converted to hotel (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4473996a6568.html The former St Catherine's Convent in Invercargill will go from housing nuns to hosting visitors after a planned upgrade next year... Tasty treats at fair http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4473518a22401.html A second international food fair will be hosted on Saturday by the Hibiscus Coast Catholic parish at St Johns Church, Centreway Rd in Orewa, from 10am to 4pm... School excludes students after video fight clips show on net http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10503182 Two students have been excluded from St Paul's College in Ponsonby after clips of fights were posted on the internet... 60 years married and in Henderson (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4472328a22402.html Owen and Kath Schischka put their enduring marriage down to longevity and tolerance. Today the Henderson residents are celebrating their 60th anniversary in the suburb where they’ve spent all of their married lives... Young Catholics turn pilgrim (photo) http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10502865 Thousands of young Kiwi Catholics will travel to the single largest Christian youth event internationally - World Youth Day. Up to 4000 New Zealanders will join an expected 500,000 young Catholics from around the world at the July 15-20 event, which aims to unite all youth in a single place, to celebrate and share their faith... World Youth Day pilgrims: lodge visa applications now, says Australian Immigration Minister http://tinyurl.com/4ldj52 If you want to travel to Australia for the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day, you’d have to apply for your visa as soon as possible, Chris Evans, Australia’s Immigration Minister advises... Church not impressed with online funerals http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=135260 A new concept which means people would not have to be physically present at a funeral to take part, is being met with scepticism by the Catholic Church... Fr Hoogeveen mourned (photo) South Waikato News http://tinyurl.com/49zwbm The skies wept as Reverend Father Theodorus Jozef Maria Hoogeveeen's casket arrived at St Pius' Catholic Church in Tokoroa last Tuesday ... Catholic school rolls healthy (photo) Taeri Herald http://tinyurl.com/4h4rxc The two local Catholic primary schools - St Peter Chanel in Green Island, and St Mary's at Mosgiel - are "in good heart" with one looking at a future expansion... St Mark's school gets an A from ERO http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4470429a6497.html Students are welcoming, respectful and have a strong sense of belonging to St Mark's Catholic School, Pakuranga the Education Review Office says... Leadership focus for St Joe's principal (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4470343a6497.html Steve Twomey, the new principal of St Joseph’s School, Orakei won the hearts of his students in no time. One of the first things he did was organise a combined leadership camp with Monte Cecilia School in Mt Roskill where he had been the deputy principal... College in building frenzy to cope with high demand http://www.times.co.nz/cms/news/education/2008/04/art100019850.php Auckland's Sancta Maria College has been amidst a construction frenzy as developments are well underway for the completion of a three storey, 12 classroom block to be finished by August and two new car parks... **************************************************** HUI ARANGA, EASTER 2008 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons At Easter, Radio New Zealand recorded several interviews with participants at the 63rd Hui Aranga for Maori Catholics and broadcast them in its daily programme 'He Rourou'. The interviews are archived here: http://www.radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/herourou All are in Maori. ****************************************************** NEWSLETTER Marist Brothers, NZ Province. 'Marist Champagnat Family Newsletter'. March 2008 http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Marist%20Family%20News.htm ******************************************************* INSPIRATIONAL TV http://inspirationaltv.net/ Coffeebreak: Richard Randerson (Part One) Richard Randerson is an outspoken proponent of social justice in New Zealand, the former Anglican Dean of Auckland talks to Stephanie over coffee.... Angel in the City: Chris and Gina The famous singing priest Fr Chris Skinner discusses this week's reading (John 10:1-10) with Regina Perez at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington [This programme is available for dialup connections in Internet Explorer] ******************************************************** 'BEING FRANK' http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/ Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic' newspaper. Some recent topics ... ** "Manamism" Reclaiming and reasserting the rights of men in society ** Mass without a priest ** The woman & the red dragon (and her free trade deal with it) ** The cure is worse than the sickness! (after-effects of abortion) ** Thumbprint (each person's unique mark on the world) ***************************************************** EVENTS World Youth Day Sydney, 14-20 July 2008 http://www.wyd.org.nz/ ***************************************************** ALL THINGS CATHOLIC Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen http://ncrcafe.org/node/507 Benedict on America: In his own words As Pope Benedict XVI's arrival in the United States approaches, the media is chock full of pieces outlining the challenges the pope faces in America, and trying to anticipate what he might do or say to address them. Perhaps it's fitting that the last word before the curtain goes up should belong to Benedict himself. I have in mind the various reflections on the United States offered by Joseph Ratzinger over the years, much of which dates from the period before his election to the papacy... ************************************************* 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/ ] Property Asset Manager, Auckland Diocese http://www.administrationaucklandcatholic.org.nz/Property/tabid/871/Default.aspx Details in 'NZ Catholic' April 6 - 19, 2008 p.23, on http://jobs.search4.co.nz/job/view/2jn34z/search/ao/auckland/real-estate/ and from David Randall, Pompallier Diocesan Centre, tel: (09) 360 3031; e-mail: davidr@cda.org.nz Applications close 21 April 2008 Part-time Experienced Counsellor, Catholic Social Services, Wellington http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=153 Details in 'Wel-com' April 2008 p.17 and from The director, Catholic social Services, PO Box 9408, Wellington 6141. 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'NZ CATHOLIC'

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In issue 288, April 6 - 19, 2008 ...

NATIONAL
Campaigner proposes pro-life party ... High-rise complex seen as a threat to
cathedral ... Continuing battle to protect Easter seen ... Kiwi ordained for
St Peter fraternity ... Joint ceremony commissions chaplains ... Hundreds
join solemn procession ... Depiction of sexual act in church was okay, says
standards authority ... Govt policies of justice, compassion called for ...
MP seeks bishops' support for family initiative ... 160 priests to get
together in Blenheim ... Environmentally-aware pupils make nature trail ...
Porirua principal wins award ... Tauranga student wins human rights prize
... Awards for two heads ... ERO File

FEATURES
Prayer focus and time off essential for busy priests ... Taking problems to
the Lord seen as a key ... Women's long service recognised ... Youth to
benefit from golf tourney proceeds ... New Christian courses for Rimutaka
inmates ... PNG Church becoming stronger, says NZ priest

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The domestic and monastic ... Pat Lynch: Religion is
becoming more important than some think ... Pew Point: Ideas on sin already
known ... Others Say: Catholic cheerleading not enough ... Editorial:
Archbishop's adultery saddening ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters ... Vatican
Letter: Pope in US expected to touch all faiths

INTERNATIONAL
Psychiatrists warn of harm from abortions ... Outspoken archbishop admits to
affair ... Gluten intolerance exercises bishop's mind ... The Pope:
Confessing opens our hearts to the Spirit ... Peacekeeping Holy Land leaders
needed, says Patriarch ... Focolare founder dies ... Christians leaving
Lebanon ... Muslim-born Catholic witnessing to Islam ... Appeal made for
faith-based agencies' right to share ... Ease off Tibet, China urged ...
Risen Christ our hope, says Pope ... Prayers for youth urged ... A broad
encyclical ... Gorbachev denies rumours ... Bounty on bishop ... In Brief

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS


School "put under cloud" by student fights
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=135143
St Paul's College says it is sad that the actions of a small group of
students has painted a negative picture of the school...

Students quizzed on fight club, but culprits at large
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/metro/story.cfm?l_id=117&objectid=10501961

College shocked by fight videos
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/1681449

`Fight club' scandal at college
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10501762


Editorial: Church call to go back 17 years
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10501061

Church actions louder than words
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10501913
David Moxon and Brown Turei write that, outside the state, religious groups
are the biggest providers of social services in New Zealand ...

Give us the message but cut out the sermonising, by Tapu Misa
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10501441
What do we expect from the church and its leaders? Moral leadership? Social
conscience? Good works? Or just to shut up and go away?...



Gala huge success
Whangarei Leader
http://tinyurl.com/2eu4nm
Thousands flocked to the annual St Francis Xavier School gala in Whangarei
for a family day of fun and food ...

Abduction inquiry at end of road
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4460133a6554.html
Stratford police have completed their investigation into an alleged
abduction attempt of a young girl from a Kaponga primary school...

Education quality at school worries ERO
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikatotimes/4461397a6579.html
An Education Review Office report has found the quality and learning for
students is at risk in most classrooms at St Joseph's Catholic School in
Paeroa...

Principal retiring after 16 years
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4458887a6571.html
Terry Rush, the principal of Timaru's St Joseph's school for 16 years,
retires at the end of the term...



Priests move to new flats (photo)
Taieri Herald
http://tinyurl.com/26nzgu
The first residents of the new Mosgiel flats for retired Catholic priests
moved in last week ...

Cartoonist Evans Makes Live Billboard For Climate
Press Release: Greenpeace New Zealand 03-04 13:02-2008
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00065.htm
Wellington Thursday 3 April, 2008 - NZ Catholic's political cartoonist
Malcolm Evans will do a live billboard drawing in central Wellington today,
as part of calls for stronger climate policies from New Zealand's political
leaders...

Kiwis providing medical care
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4461922a6568.html
Dr Derek Allen, a New Zealand doctor based in Indonesia, found his calling
providing medical care in poverty-stricken countries such as Vanuatu,
Pakistan, Eastern Europe, Africa and Indonesia. A job good for the soul, if
not the bank balance...

Southlanders gear up for youth day event
The Southland Times 3 Apr 2008 Page: 8
A group of Southland youngsters is looking forward to the pilgrimage of a
lifetime, despite having to give up the comforts of home and share portaloos
with half a million people to do it... [This story is not available on the
newspaper's free Website]

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php

Kiwis will add their skills to WYD liturgies (04 Apr 2008)
Kiwi WYD Ambassador, Josie Leota (Archdiocese of Wellington) and seminarian,
Cameron Surrey (Hamilton Diocese) will represent the New Zealand Catholic
Bishops’ Conference as members of the International Liturgy Group at World
Youth Day 08 in Sydney this July...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/

'Why World Youth Day?
Confession booth-style video of Julie and Therese, students from Villa Maria
College, talking openly about what they expect to get from their journey to
see the Pope ....

'Angel in the City'
Luke 24 (on the road to Emmaus), a illustrated reading and discussion with
Christine and the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.

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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 ...

** What a Mess! (an unusual pregnancy; human-animal hybrids)
** Going to the chapel (on getting married at last)
** Why can't we be friends? (on working in a "non-denominational" Christian
workplace)
** Shall we 'test drive' first? (in the throes of wedding week)
** No Place For God (modern Catholic architecture and the sense of the
sacred and divine)
** Culture clash (on the beauty of "mixed culture marriages")
** A voice you can agree with? (Why the comments on so many world issues)

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EVENTS

World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz/

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Vatican ambassador to U.S. talks of coming papal trip
I was in Washington, D.C., this week for a Tuesday luncheon sponsored by the
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. George Weigel and I had been invited
by Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum, to brief reporters on Pope Benedict
XVI's April 15-20 visit to the United States. As Weigel put it, he was there
to offer an "op/ed" perspective, with emphasis on the pope and Islam, while
I tried to fill the "news hole" with a broad overview...

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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/ ]

Property Asset Manager, Auckland Diocese
http://www.administrationaucklandcatholic.org.nz/Property/tabid/871/Default.aspx
Details in 'NZ Catholic' April 6 - 19, 2008 p.23, on
http://jobs.search4.co.nz/job/view/2jn34z/search/ao/auckland/real-estate/
and from David Randall, Pompallier Diocesan Centre, tel: (09) 360 3031;
e-mail: davidr@cda.org.nz Applications close 21 April 2008

Part-time Experienced Counsellor, Catholic Social Services, Wellington
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=153
Details in 'Wel-com' April 2008 p.17 and from The director, Catholic social
Services, PO Box 9408, Wellington 6141. Applications close 24 April 2008.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Churches issue call for action on benefits
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10500621
Church leaders will issue a "call to action" to politicians today to restore
benefit rates that were cut 17 years ago and have never been raised since,
apart from adjustment for inflation...

National Church Leaders. Towards A More Just And Compassionate Society
(press release)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00262.htm

NZ Council of Christian Social Services. Putting the poor and vulnerable on
the agenda
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00266.htm

World Youth Day's search for Jesus down to final few
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00194.htm
World Youth Day Sydney 2008 (WYD08) organisers today announced the few final
young men in the running to play the part of Jesus before His Holiness Pope
Benedict XVI...

The bloom of youth (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4451630a6551.html
Seventeen and blessed with what his mum calls a "silky tongue", Josh Walden
is Year 13 student at New Plymouth's Francis Douglas Memorial College. He
has a head of wild curls, is enthusiastic, a great talker, and looking
forward to turning 18...

Taggers put mark on St Pat's (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4451339a6497.html
Tagging on a church’s holy doors has left staff at Auckland's St Patrick’s
Cathedral shocked and upset...

Indoor bowlers to celebrate 50 years (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatustandard/4453804a20379.html
In November 1957, with a new church hall being planned, a meeting was called
in a classroom at St Joseph's School, Feilding to gauge interest in forming
an indoor bowls club. St Brigid's Indoor Bowls Club was the result and at
Anzac weekend the club is holding a reunion...

Young genius to study at university (photo)
Cambridge Edition
http://tinyurl.com/2hrr9d
11-year-old St Peter's Catholic School student Jozef Erece has been accepted
to study at Stanford University in the United States and Cambridge
University in England ...

Pupils tune in (photo)
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/yqv3ek
A school radio station is helping students at Cathedral College stay tuned
in ...

Pupils take on paddy's challenge (photo)
Northern Outlook
http://tinyurl.com/2y9lcz
Pupils from St Patrick's School in Kaiapoi celebrated St Patrick's Day by
collectively completing more than 1300 laps of an obstacle course ...

Students get busy among the swan plants (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4451303a6497.html
Fred the caterpillar will have many eyes on him until he transforms into a
monarch butterfly. He is part of a study by 50 junior students at St Mark’s
Catholic Primary School, Pakuranga...

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Easter 2008

Churches combine
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatustandard/4453812a20379.html
The Good Friday combined church service saw the Feilding Civic Centre filled
with more than 400 people from the congregations of most Christian churches
in the town...

Bumper crowds mark Good Friday (photos)
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/284pny
A gloriously fine morning again brought out bumper crowds to traditional
Good Friday church services in Piako ...

Cross walk popular (photo)
Taieri Herald
http://tinyurl.com/34dgfs
A relaxed, smiling multi-denominational crowd of Taieri residents gathered
at Holy Cross Church, Mosgiel for the start of this Easter's Walking of the
Cross ceremony on Friday morning ...

Churches full for services
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4449661a6554.html
Easter church services recognising the pre-eminent Christian message of
salvation were well received at the weekend, say Hamilton church leaders...

Marking the Son-rise (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4450290a10.html
While some New Zealanders over-indulged in Easter eggs, others attended a
dawn service on Wellington's Mt Victoria summit to celebrate the day Christ
rose from the dead after his crucifixion...

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NEWSLETTERS AND MAGAZINES

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' and Catholic Schools'
Supplement - March 2008
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resourcesubpages/lighting-new-fires.html

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' - March 2008
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25

'Tui Motu InterIslands' - March 2008
http://www.tuimotu.org/

St Columban's Mission society. 'The Far East' - March 2008
http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/

'Angel in the City': John 20: 19-31
A reading and discussion with Rev. Frank Nelson, Dean of St Paul's
Cathedral, Wellington and Canon Ellie Sanderson.

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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 ...

** Bring back the Index (books and their influence)
** “Wait, I’m no missionary! I don’t even believe in Jebus!� (on waiting
to
get in to Confession)
** This Confession thing…
** Present as dude… (Christ's presence in Scripture and the Eucharist)
** A very timely message from a very unlikely source (Sarkozy and European
secularism)
** Paschal Ponderings (Easter 2008)

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EVENTS

World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz/

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Public spotlight on a personal conversion; Papal trip prep; 1978 and
Catholic life
Rarely does an Easter Vigil Mass become a news event, but this year's
edition in St. Peter's Basilica certainly got the world's attention. The
reason: One of seven new Catholics personally baptized by Pope Benedict XVI
happens to be an Egyptian-born Italian journalist and convert from Islam,
widely regarded as the successor to Oriana Fallaci in terms of visceral
protest against Muslim extremism...

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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/ ]

Chaplain (part-time), Catholic Deaf Community, Auckland diocese
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Mar 9 - 22, 2008 p.27 and from Michael Beaumont,
Pompallier Centre, tel. (09) 360 3051; fax (09) 376 2829; e-mail:
michaelb@cda.org.nz Applications close 31 March 2008

Religious Education Advisor, Northland (part-time)
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Mar 9 - 22, 2008 p.26 and from Maureen Hammond,
Co-ordinator, Religious Education, Pompallier ?Diocesan Centre, Private Bag
47-904, Ponsonby, Auckland. E-mail: maureen@cda.org.nz Applications close 31
March 2008

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EASTER 2008

More join procession to mark Easter (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelsonmail/4448727a6510.html
A procession that organisers say marks the true meaning of Easter is
gathering a greater following each year, with about 150 people joining the
Way of the Cross walk in Nelson yesterday.

Reflections on cross (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4447847a6571.html
Yesterday's Way Of The Cross brought Timaru's Christian denominations
together to reflect on the meaning of Good Friday...

Faithful walking (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4447790a6011.html
About 30 people gathered at Wachner Place in Invercargill for the start of
the walking of the cross through Invercargill streets yesterday, but the
group swelled to about 80 as the cross made its way from Dee St to five
inner-city churches...

Christians mark Good Friday
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/1651623
Christian parishes around New Zealand have commemorated Good Friday in a
traditional cross carrying ceremony to portray Jesus' final journey...

Marchers carry cross for Easter
Waikato Times 22 Mar 2008 Page: 5
Catholics, Anglicans, Methodists and Presbyterians came together yesterday
to march through the Hamilton suburb of Dinsdale as part of Good Friday
commemorations. Throughout the 1km march, members took turns to lead the
procession and carry the large cross ...

Easter mission to feed hungry (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4447671a23918.html
There will be a new face dishing out the meals to the hungry and needy in
Wellington this Easter Monday. Desmond Ang is the first layperson to be
appointed manager of the Suzanne Aubert Compassion Centre, which includes
the Tory St soup kitchen.

Iain Gillies: From the pain of the crucifixion comes the symbol of salvation
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/Default.aspx?s=3&s1=2&id=f136a7cc5ae04d16a5c705a\
112b1194f

Garth George: He's not myth or fable, he's my personal saviour
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10499169

Easter trading law inaction upsets
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/eveningstandard/4447465a6410.html
The Government's decision not to change Easter trading laws has attracted
criticism from retailers, the Green Party and the CTU...

ALSO FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

High-rise hangs over St Pat's (photO)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4447018a6497.html
A 46-storey "needle in the sky" is threatening to overshadow one of the
central city’s few tranquil corners. The 144-metre apartment building is
proposed for Albert St next to St Patrick’s Cathedral and the surrounding
square.

Paul Thomas: 'Hatchet job' clearly hit the mark
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10499471
Mockery is part of the columnist's armoury. I wouldn't say we mock for a
living but you'd have to be a saint and/or a stuffed shirt to fill 50-odd
columns a year without the odd burst. So it was gratifying that the Herald's
coverage of the Vatican's recent pronouncement on sin and my column on the
subject should have drawn an indignant squawk from the Roman Catholic
Church...

Roncalli takes home advantage to nab wins (no link)
The Timaru Herald 20 Mar 2008 Page: 10
On home ground, Roncalli College has won the Bishop Lyons Shield for the
second year in a row. Roncalli hosted the public speaking and debating
competition between the schools of the Christchurch Catholic Diocese last
weekend. With seven schools...

Joseph Zawada. 'The Polish Boys' Hostel, 167 Clyde Street'. Southern Bays,
2007; n.3:p.7-10
The history of the hostel established in Island Bay by the Catholic Church
to cater for the needs of some of the Polish orphans who were being shifted
to Wellington from Pahiatua. 'Southern Bays' magazine is published by The
Wellington Southern Bays Historical Society INC;
info@southernbayshistory.wellington.net.nz

Principal on trial over sex charges
http://www.tv3.co.nz/Video/HowKiwiscelebrateEaster/tabid/309/articleID/49932/cat\
/64/Default.aspx#video
Hato Paora College principal Elvis Dobson Shepherd has denied nine sex
charges and will face a High Court trial...

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'NZ CATHOLIC' - Issue 287, March 23 - April 5, 2008

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/

NATIONAL
Former brother ordained for Hamilton ... Stalker's advances not the reason
for priest leaving, says Dunedin bishop ... Vasectomy auction by school
described as one person's mistake ... New Joy Cowley book appears ... High
Court upholds ruling in favour of Catholic agencies ... Diocese beats rugby
union in super 10 workplaces ... NZ leaders of marriage movement meet Pope
... Governor-General and wife join pupils on walking bus ... Sisters
honoured for long service in Far North ... North Shore college retains
Mahony Cup

FEATURES
Media mangled the message on social sin ... What the bishop really said ...
19th-century NZ Catholic layman saw link between deforestation and climate
... Palmerston North school celebrates ... Children's issues seen as needing
party co-operation ... Frenchmen prepare the way for WYD pilgrims to NZ

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: Justice and Jesus ... Paul Sanchez: American media ignore
Democratic contenders' flip-flops on abortion ... Others Say: Focusing on
family strengthens peace ... Editorial: Faith means we can help the unhappy
... Malcolm Evans ... Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Move to canonise murderer criticised ... England and Wales abolish offence
of blasphemy ... St Pio's body displayed for public veneration ... Clampdown
on abuse of Mass cards in Ireland ... The Pope: Effect of values wanted for
US ... Church misusing words, says priest ... Many events in papal visit to
US ... Website to help priests ... Abducted Iraqi bishop found dead ...
Actor Sheen's "genius" wins prestigious Catholic honour ... Polish priest
wins rich prize ... Italian rails against Lourdes trains ... Strong witness
urged ... Church leaders protected ... Church aided in surrender ... Ongoing
formation urged ... In Brief

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Holy Lives, Kit's Corner, Photo Prayer, Wit's End.

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

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WYD08 Papal Boat-a-cade announced (19-03-2008)
WYD08 organisers today announced that Captain Cook Cruises will become the
official cruise operator for the event and will provide the official entry
vessel for His Holiness - The Sydney 2000. Pope Benedict will arrive via a
(13)-vessel "boat-a-cade" - a nautical adaptation of the traditional Papal
motorcade...

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EVENTS

Auckland Eucharistic Convention 2008
Friday 28th March 2008 to Sunday 30th March 2008.
Westlake Boys High School, 30 Forrest Hill Road, Takapuna, North Shore,
Auckland.
http://www.eucharistic-convention.com/


World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz/

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/

Snapshot: Aquinas goes wild
Tauranga's Aquinas College students combine bible readings with an adventure
park - forcing them to learn to help each other in order to succeed....

Angel in the City
Father David Kennerley reads St Matthew's gospel 28:1-10 and discusses it
with Suzanne

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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 ...

** Mary Queen of Sorrows (Meditations of Anne Catherine Emmerich)
** Good Friday (at St Patrick's Cathedral)
** Feel the love people, feel the love (liturgical abuses; married
diaconate)
** A Truth .. when convenient (the media and new sins)
** I like legal killing - it gives me control of my life (Matt McCarten's
article on abortion)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

One-stop-shopping" guide to Pope Benedict's U.S. visit
This week's column is intended as a "one-stop-shopping" guide to the April
15-20 visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States. There's a lot of
material, and it may be best read in chunks rather than at one sitting. I
hope it proves a useful overview not just of the highlights of the pope's
schedule, but also the trip's background and context...

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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/ ]

Chaplain (part-time), Catholic Deaf Community, Auckland diocese
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Mar 9 - 22, 2008 p.27 and from Michael Beaumont,
Pompallier Centre, tel. (09) 360 3051; fax (09) 376 2829; e-mail:
michaelb@cda.org.nz Applications close 31 March 2008

Religious Education Advisor, Northland (part-time)
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Mar 9 - 22, 2008 p.26 and from Maureen Hammond,
Co-ordinator, Religious Education, Pompallier ?Diocesan Centre, Private Bag
47-904, Ponsonby, Auckland. E-mail: maureen@cda.org.nz Applications close 31
March 2008