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NEWS & NOTES - 8 March 2009 - Second Sunday in Lent
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'NZ CATHOLIC' No. 311 March 8 - 21 2009
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Nine candidates boost seminary roll ... Faith guides Joseph's work with at-risk youth ... NZ missionary priest's courage inspires yopung Kiwi ... Sister from Northland helping to change children's lives in the Phillippines ... Advertising Feature: De Paul House Family Support
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Teaching the basics (photos)
The Invercargill Eye
http://tinyurl.com/d7rz6r
Free cooking classes for parents and caregivers being run by Catholic Social Services and Verdon College are a vital service, the woman running the classes says.
Catholic Mom Takes on Social Networking
Creates Kid-Friendly Yoursphere.com
http://www.zenit.org/article-25282?l=english
Mary Kay Hoal, an American Catholic mother, has established Yoursphere - http://www.yoursphere.com -, a social networking site for children and teenagers of school age, that is monitored to prevent cyberbullying and to keep out adults who use networking sites to develop inappropriate relationships with children and teens. It aims to create a positive space online where children can share their interests, such as sports, academics, gaming, fashion and music, while interacting with friends who really are their peers (anonymity is not permitted). Future plans include opening Yoursphere communities in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Cathedral reeling over approval for 46-storey tower
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10560374
The Catholic Church is reeling after plans for Auckland's tallest new apartment tower were granted planning approval. In the midst of one of the country's worst real-estate downturns, developer Gary Groves' Sanctuary Group got consent for his new Saffron tower, a 46-storey Albert St block of units next to the Catholic cathedral in the CBD.
Challenge accepted (photo)
Cambridge Edition
http://tinyurl.com/arxq4v
There wil be a lot of extra-sporty children occupying four of our schools following the recent Mayoral Cycle Challenge.
Care Centre Opens (photo)
Ruapehu Press
http://tinyurl.com/cnkhxq
Mayor Sue Morris and Sister Paula Cronin cut the ribbon at the new community care centre in Taumarunui's old Tuku St. hockey pavilion.
Final Service Planned (photo)
Queenstown Mirror
http://tinyurl.com/bqqlug
After 143 years, the curtain is about to fall on a visible Catholic presence in Naseby.
Mat, 5, takes on the world (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/2000057/Mat-5-takes-on-the-world/
Competing against 1.8 million kids worldwide for the title of best Mathlete was child's play for St James Catholic School pupil Mat Marlow.
Day of prayer sends 'wave' around the globe
Matmata Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/cw4ya7
A service to mark World Day of Prayer will be held this Friday at All Saints Church. This year's service has been prepared by the World Day of Prayer Committee of Papua New Guinea ...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Understanding the Law **
Sister Stephanie Kitching chats to Nicky Darlow about her experiences aa a community law centre worker, pupils' rights advisor, and consultant to community groups
** Transfiguration **
A reading and discussion of Mark 9:2-10 and the painting 'The Transfiguration' by Wellington artist Michael Smithers, with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Dr Ellie Sanderson at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
The Kreutzer (a play with themes of love, marriage, men and woman) ... Tolerance (tolerance as a tool of intolerance) ... “It’s a boy… and what a boy!” (designer babies) Heroic Suicide? (current movies) .. Lucienne Sallé (a laywoman in the Vatican) ... Preach it brother! (Archbishop Charles Chaput on Catholic faith and public policy in America.
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org./blogs/all-things-catholic
Benedict perfects the Q&A format
Ironically enough, forty years ago Joseph Ratzinger insisted that the dialogue is not really a legitimate Christian literary form. In his 1969 book 'Das neue Volk Gottes', the future pope observed that there’s no equivalent in Christian writing to the great dialogues of Plato, arguing that’s because, at its core, Christianity is not about dialogue with the world but rather kerygma, proclamation...
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
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NEWS & NOTES - 1 March 2009 - First Sunday in Lent
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LENT 2009: 'Our Responsibility for Others'
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand - http://www.caritas.org.nz
The Caritas theme for the Lent Appeal 2009, beginning on 25 February, was inspired by Pope Benedict's 2007 encyclical 'Spe Salvi', where he writes, "Love of God leads to participation in the justice and generosity of God towards others. ... the love of God is revealed in responsibility for others."
Our Lent poster features children and young people from Papua New Guinea partner Mercy Works. Lent Resources have been sent to schools and parishes. More information and resources available for download....
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 310 Feb 22 - March 7 2009
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In the current issue: Catholic school says 'no' to cervical cancer jab ... Kiwi bishops plead with minister to respect frozen human embryos ... Making the rich list: Some abortion consultants cream it ... Religious orders for women seen as drifting to southern hemisphere ... Christchurch couple represent New Zealand at Sixth World Encounter of Families ... Advertising Feature: Caritas: the Lent Appeal 2009
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Time to quit chocolate and think of others
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10558520
From today devout Christian New Zealanders will be in tune with victims of the tough economic environment as they give up luxuries for 40 days and nights. Today, Ash Wednesday, is the start of Lent, a time of abstinence before Easter. Christian believers traditionally forgo luxuries or home comforts _ such as alcohol or chocolate _ before Easter Sunday, which this year falls on April 12.
Last service for Catholic church (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/central-otago/45408/last-service-catholic-church
One last hoorah is being planned for Naseby's Catholic church, which will be decommissioned on March 8. The church, which opened in 1906, was sold by the Dunedin Diocese to a Naseby builder through a tendering process last month.
"Together We Can" message from Church Leaders
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0902/S00333.htm
In a meeting held today at the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) in Wellington, Church Leaders of the Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian and Salvation Army Churches expressed confidence that their combined social services and Church networks can be mobilised effectively to respond to the recession.
Sportsman laid to rest (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/northland/4860759a23016.html
One of the grand old men of North Harbour bowls, Pat Robertson, has died after a brief illness aged 77.
Donation to help dyslexic kids (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/af9fgr
A $9,735 gift from the Catholic Women's League to the Dyslexia Foundation will be used to help New Zealand's estimated 70,000 dyslexic school children.
A international day of prayer
The Leader Richmond-Waimea
http://tinyurl.com/av6wwd
People from more than 170 countries and many different traditions will join in World Day of Prayer services on Friday March 6.
Birthday bash at Baradene (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4858544a6497.html
In its 100th year of educating girls, one of Auckland's oldest schools deserves a bit of a celebration. Baradene College of the Sacred Heart has a whole calendar of centennial events lined up to mark the occasion.
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MAORI TV - http://www.maoritelevision.com
1 March
Lost in Translation – Sunday March 1 at 8.30 PM
Mike King hits the road to find out about the Treaty of Waitangi, who signed and who didn&'t, and to talk to descendants who shed new light on events in 1840. Tonight: It&'s called the Manukau-Kawhia Sheet, because it was the version of the Treaty signed in these places, but there is a question mark over where the signings occurred. King tries to get to the bottom of this and explores the possibilities. From the old mission station at Orua Bay, King takes a water taxi to the place Ngati Whatua believe it took place. This episode looks closely at a prominent Catholic bishop of the time – Pompallier – an influential man some say may have discouraged some chiefs from signing.
4 March
E Koha o Whaea Irihapeti (NZ Documentary) - Wednesday March 4 At 8.30 Pm
A documentary profiling Sister Elizabeth, the last in line of the Bishop Pompallier ‘Sisters of Mercy' who, as a gift to her hometown of Pawarenga, organises an Easter celebration in the community hall. The sister has set up a display of their family trees, going back to the time of the early missionaries, and her hope is to give the people something many have lost – the connections with one another, and their whakapapa. But how will they react, and will her efforts give her the acceptance of her community?
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** New home, new beginning **
Sister Mary, on learning to live alone for the first time.
** Change, and be saved **
A reading and discusssion of Mark 1: 12-15 with Fr Thige O'Leary at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Kids, We know we are your parents, but figure this stuff out for yourself (sex education in the UK) ... “Why aren’t we ascending into Heaven? Oh, right - the sins.” (Who has the better chance of going to heaven?) ... Waiting for the Silence to End (on radical feminism) ... Le Mercredi des Cendres (appreciating Lent in Moslem Africa) ... You’re fired! (the saga of St Mary's parish, South Brisbane) ... Legacy (a major youth event in Auckland)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org./blogs/all-things-catholic
Social ministers long for unified Catholic voice
I spent part of this week at what is arguably the most courageous annual event in Washington, D.C. -- or the most quixotic, depending upon your point of view. It’s the “Social Ministry Gathering” sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, which brings together more than 500 Catholic leaders for a week of issue seminars and knocking on doors on Capitol Hill.
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EVENTS
Wellington Eucharistic Convention - 2009
http://www.divinenet.org.nz/Convention.html
Sunday 1st March 2009
St Patrick's College Auditorium, Silverstream, Upper Hutt
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
St Patrick's College, Silverstream. St Patrick's College, Wellington.
College Chaplain
http://www.stream.school.nz ... http://www.stpats.school.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2, in 'NZ Catholic' Feb 22 - March 7 2009 p.22, and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's College, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz Applications close 1 March 2009.
NEWS & NOTES - 1 March 2009 - First Sunday in Lent
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LENT 2009: 'Our Responsibility for Others'
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand - http://www.caritas.org.nz
The Caritas theme for the Lent Appeal 2009, beginning on 25 February, was inspired by Pope Benedict's 2007 encyclical 'Spe Salvi', where he writes, "Love of God leads to participation in the justice and generosity of God towards others. ... the love of God is revealed in responsibility for others."
Our Lent poster features children and young people from Papua New Guinea partner Mercy Works. Lent Resources have been sent to schools and parishes. More information and resources available for download....
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 310 Feb 22 - March 7 2009
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In the current issue: Catholic school says 'no' to cervical cancer jab ... Kiwi bishops plead with minister to respect frozen human embryos ... Making the rich list: Some abortion consultants cream it ... Religious orders for women seen as drifting to southern hemisphere ... Christchurch couple represent New Zealand at Sixth World Encounter of Families ... Advertising Feature: Caritas: the Lent Appeal 2009
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Time to quit chocolate and think of others
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10558520
From today devout Christian New Zealanders will be in tune with victims of the tough economic environment as they give up luxuries for 40 days and nights. Today, Ash Wednesday, is the start of Lent, a time of abstinence before Easter. Christian believers traditionally forgo luxuries or home comforts _ such as alcohol or chocolate _ before Easter Sunday, which this year falls on April 12.
Last service for Catholic church (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/central-otago/45408/last-service-catholic-church
One last hoorah is being planned for Naseby's Catholic church, which will be decommissioned on March 8. The church, which opened in 1906, was sold by the Dunedin Diocese to a Naseby builder through a tendering process last month.
"Together We Can" message from Church Leaders
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0902/S00333.htm
In a meeting held today at the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) in Wellington, Church Leaders of the Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian and Salvation Army Churches expressed confidence that their combined social services and Church networks can be mobilised effectively to respond to the recession.
Sportsman laid to rest (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/northland/4860759a23016.html
One of the grand old men of North Harbour bowls, Pat Robertson, has died after a brief illness aged 77.
Donation to help dyslexic kids (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/af9fgr
A $9,735 gift from the Catholic Women's League to the Dyslexia Foundation will be used to help New Zealand's estimated 70,000 dyslexic school children.
A international day of prayer
The Leader Richmond-Waimea
http://tinyurl.com/av6wwd
People from more than 170 countries and many different traditions will join in World Day of Prayer services on Friday March 6.
Birthday bash at Baradene (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4858544a6497.html
In its 100th year of educating girls, one of Auckland's oldest schools deserves a bit of a celebration. Baradene College of the Sacred Heart has a whole calendar of centennial events lined up to mark the occasion.
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MAORI TV - http://www.maoritelevision.com
1 March
Lost in Translation – Sunday March 1 at 8.30 PM
Mike King hits the road to find out about the Treaty of Waitangi, who signed and who didn&'t, and to talk to descendants who shed new light on events in 1840. Tonight: It&'s called the Manukau-Kawhia Sheet, because it was the version of the Treaty signed in these places, but there is a question mark over where the signings occurred. King tries to get to the bottom of this and explores the possibilities. From the old mission station at Orua Bay, King takes a water taxi to the place Ngati Whatua believe it took place. This episode looks closely at a prominent Catholic bishop of the time – Pompallier – an influential man some say may have discouraged some chiefs from signing.
4 March
E Koha o Whaea Irihapeti (NZ Documentary) - Wednesday March 4 At 8.30 Pm
A documentary profiling Sister Elizabeth, the last in line of the Bishop Pompallier ‘Sisters of Mercy' who, as a gift to her hometown of Pawarenga, organises an Easter celebration in the community hall. The sister has set up a display of their family trees, going back to the time of the early missionaries, and her hope is to give the people something many have lost – the connections with one another, and their whakapapa. But how will they react, and will her efforts give her the acceptance of her community?
*********************************************
INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** New home, new beginning **
Sister Mary, on learning to live alone for the first time.
** Change, and be saved **
A reading and discusssion of Mark 1: 12-15 with Fr Thige O'Leary at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
*******************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Kids, We know we are your parents, but figure this stuff out for yourself (sex education in the UK) ... “Why aren’t we ascending into Heaven? Oh, right - the sins.” (Who has the better chance of going to heaven?) ... Waiting for the Silence to End (on radical feminism) ... Le Mercredi des Cendres (appreciating Lent in Moslem Africa) ... You’re fired! (the saga of St Mary's parish, South Brisbane) ... Legacy (a major youth event in Auckland)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org./blogs/all-things-catholic
Social ministers long for unified Catholic voice
I spent part of this week at what is arguably the most courageous annual event in Washington, D.C. -- or the most quixotic, depending upon your point of view. It’s the “Social Ministry Gathering” sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, which brings together more than 500 Catholic leaders for a week of issue seminars and knocking on doors on Capitol Hill.
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EVENTS
Wellington Eucharistic Convention - 2009
http://www.divinenet.org.nz/Convention.html
Sunday 1st March 2009
St Patrick's College Auditorium, Silverstream, Upper Hutt
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
St Patrick's College, Silverstream. St Patrick's College, Wellington.
College Chaplain
http://www.stream.school.nz ... http://www.stpats.school.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2, in 'NZ Catholic' Feb 22 - March 7 2009 p.22, and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's College, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz Applications close 1 March 2009.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
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NEWS & NOTES - 22 February 2009
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Lions club house tour takes on new theme (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/central-otago/43243/lions-club-house-tour-takes-new-theme
Time to look at values, say churches
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10557926
Church leaders say the economic crisis is an opportunity for New Zealanders to turn away from greed and give more time to their families.
Church Leaders Meeting to Discuss Social Impacts of Recession
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0902/S00235.htm
The leaders of the Anglican, Baptist, Catholic. Methodist, Presbyterian and Salvation Army Churches are meeting with the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) and the Council's Maori advisors to discuss the local social impacts of the global economic crisis.
Catholic school proposal damned
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4851983a6570.html
The Catholic Church has been accused of being arrogant and callous in proposing to build a new school in a rural area in the Wakatipu Basin.
Church finds no support for campus
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4849749a6570.html
A rural school campus is needed to ease space for the over-burdened St Joseph's School in Queenstown, the Catholic Church says.
That's my man (photo)
Rodney Times
http://tinyurl.com/bw8d2a
Fifty years ago, Josie Cox saw Michael Foy walking up Queens Street one day and told family members: "see that man over there, I'm going to marry him" - and she did.
Church for sale by tender (photo)
Central Canterbury News
http://tinyurl.com/c682rl
Coalgate's historic St Teresa's Church is expected to be sold for relocation on February 24...
Hokitika extends warm hand to priest (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4850733a6013.html
It has been a baptism of fire for Hokitika's new parish priest, Father Francis Joseph. Joseph, from India, is one of several priests brought in from overseas to make up for a shortfall in New Zealand clergy in the Catholic Church.
May God go with you (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4848769a6000.html
The San Antonio may have retired from commercial fishing, but the boat - once used to pluck Wahine survivors to safety - was still one of the first in line for a blessing.
[The folowing 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]
Teens find fellowship and fun in churches
Bay Of Plenty Times — The Young Christians — A07 — 21 February 2009
Many teenagers enjoy legitimate sub-cultures with like-minded friends centred around anything from surfing to cars. One significant sub-culture that young people in the Western Bay belong to is that of the church, as Paul Charman found...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** The One Who Saves **
A reading and discusssion of Mark 2 1-12 with Fr Thige O'Leary at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
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THE FIFTEENTH STATION - New Zealand Catholic Podcasts
http://station15.libsyn.com
** Station XV - Sun, 15 February 2009 **
Episode 18 - Better late than never
In this episode, we take a look at the artistic actions of Fr Gerard Burns, the lifting of the excommunication of some of the Society of Saint Pius X's bishops and the fact that one of them doesn't believe the Holocaust happened, we talk about some missing abortion stats (you won't believe that one!), Obama and the Mexico City policy, and a nurse that got in trouble for offering to pray for a patient!
** Familia - Episode 5 - Sun, 1 February 2009 **
This month’s edition of the Familia Podcast features an exclusive interview with Dr. Tracey Rowland, the Dean and Associate Professor of Political Philosophy and Continental Theology at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne. She is the author of a new book called 'Ratzinger’s Faith, the Theology of Pope Benedict XVI'. In this interview she discusses the history, Papcy and theological concerns of Pope Benedict XVI, exploring important issues such as liturgy, post-Vatican II dissent and his approach to Islam. If you want to know about Pope Benedict XVI then this is a must-listen edition of the Familia Podcast!
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Catholic Triumphalism ... "Ah, you’ll do fine..." (on the child-parents in Britain) ... I couldn’t have said it better (Pope Benedict on the Holocaust) ... Not to be morbid, but make sure I have a Requiem (on making sure you have a Catholic funeral) ... Not sure what to make of this one (a homosexual civil union cermony in Erskine College Chapel) ... Collar and…something (dress code for New Zealand priests) ... Got that loving feeling? (What is love?)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Bioethics message lost in Vatican's "credibility gap"
How bad is the Vatican's image problem right now? Consider that recent weeks have seen CEOs taking corporate jets to ask for government bailouts; the governor of Illinois was tossed out of office in a bribery scandal, and his last-minute appointment to the U.S. Senate may not be far behind; three Obama nominees have embarrassed the administration by withdrawing under a cloud; Japan's finance minister quit after reportedly being soused at a G-7 meeting; the world's best baseball player has been caught taking steroids, and the world's best swimmer caught smoking a bong.
Yet even in that sorry context, Monday's New York Times saw fit to devote a lead article to the pope's communications woes. Managing to stand out amid this PR carnage is, in a perverse sense, a rather remarkable accomplishment ...
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EVENTS
Wellington Eucharistic Convention - 2009
http://www.divinenet.org.nz/Convention.html
Sunday 1st March 2009
St Patrick's College Auditorium, Silverstream, Upper Hutt
**********************************************
EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
St Patrick's College, Silverstream. College Chaplain
http://www.stream.school.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2 and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's college, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz Applications close 1 March 2009.
NEWS & NOTES - 22 February 2009
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Lions club house tour takes on new theme (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/central-otago/43243/lions-club-house-tour-takes-new-theme
A firehouse, a courthouse and St John's Catholic school - all long since retired from their original purpose - will feature in the Cromwell Lake Dunstan Lions Club's Past to Present House and Building Tour later this month...
Time to look at values, say churches
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10557926
Church leaders say the economic crisis is an opportunity for New Zealanders to turn away from greed and give more time to their families.
Church Leaders Meeting to Discuss Social Impacts of Recession
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0902/S00235.htm
The leaders of the Anglican, Baptist, Catholic. Methodist, Presbyterian and Salvation Army Churches are meeting with the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) and the Council's Maori advisors to discuss the local social impacts of the global economic crisis.
Catholic school proposal damned
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4851983a6570.html
The Catholic Church has been accused of being arrogant and callous in proposing to build a new school in a rural area in the Wakatipu Basin.
Church finds no support for campus
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4849749a6570.html
A rural school campus is needed to ease space for the over-burdened St Joseph's School in Queenstown, the Catholic Church says.
That's my man (photo)
Rodney Times
http://tinyurl.com/bw8d2a
Fifty years ago, Josie Cox saw Michael Foy walking up Queens Street one day and told family members: "see that man over there, I'm going to marry him" - and she did.
Church for sale by tender (photo)
Central Canterbury News
http://tinyurl.com/c682rl
Coalgate's historic St Teresa's Church is expected to be sold for relocation on February 24...
Hokitika extends warm hand to priest (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4850733a6013.html
It has been a baptism of fire for Hokitika's new parish priest, Father Francis Joseph. Joseph, from India, is one of several priests brought in from overseas to make up for a shortfall in New Zealand clergy in the Catholic Church.
May God go with you (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4848769a6000.html
The San Antonio may have retired from commercial fishing, but the boat - once used to pluck Wahine survivors to safety - was still one of the first in line for a blessing.
[The folowing 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]
Teens find fellowship and fun in churches
Bay Of Plenty Times — The Young Christians — A07 — 21 February 2009
Many teenagers enjoy legitimate sub-cultures with like-minded friends centred around anything from surfing to cars. One significant sub-culture that young people in the Western Bay belong to is that of the church, as Paul Charman found...
*********************************************
INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** The One Who Saves **
A reading and discusssion of Mark 2 1-12 with Fr Thige O'Leary at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
*******************************************
THE FIFTEENTH STATION - New Zealand Catholic Podcasts
http://station15.libsyn.com
** Station XV - Sun, 15 February 2009 **
Episode 18 - Better late than never
In this episode, we take a look at the artistic actions of Fr Gerard Burns, the lifting of the excommunication of some of the Society of Saint Pius X's bishops and the fact that one of them doesn't believe the Holocaust happened, we talk about some missing abortion stats (you won't believe that one!), Obama and the Mexico City policy, and a nurse that got in trouble for offering to pray for a patient!
** Familia - Episode 5 - Sun, 1 February 2009 **
This month’s edition of the Familia Podcast features an exclusive interview with Dr. Tracey Rowland, the Dean and Associate Professor of Political Philosophy and Continental Theology at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne. She is the author of a new book called 'Ratzinger’s Faith, the Theology of Pope Benedict XVI'. In this interview she discusses the history, Papcy and theological concerns of Pope Benedict XVI, exploring important issues such as liturgy, post-Vatican II dissent and his approach to Islam. If you want to know about Pope Benedict XVI then this is a must-listen edition of the Familia Podcast!
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Catholic Triumphalism ... "Ah, you’ll do fine..." (on the child-parents in Britain) ... I couldn’t have said it better (Pope Benedict on the Holocaust) ... Not to be morbid, but make sure I have a Requiem (on making sure you have a Catholic funeral) ... Not sure what to make of this one (a homosexual civil union cermony in Erskine College Chapel) ... Collar and…something (dress code for New Zealand priests) ... Got that loving feeling? (What is love?)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Bioethics message lost in Vatican's "credibility gap"
How bad is the Vatican's image problem right now? Consider that recent weeks have seen CEOs taking corporate jets to ask for government bailouts; the governor of Illinois was tossed out of office in a bribery scandal, and his last-minute appointment to the U.S. Senate may not be far behind; three Obama nominees have embarrassed the administration by withdrawing under a cloud; Japan's finance minister quit after reportedly being soused at a G-7 meeting; the world's best baseball player has been caught taking steroids, and the world's best swimmer caught smoking a bong.
Yet even in that sorry context, Monday's New York Times saw fit to devote a lead article to the pope's communications woes. Managing to stand out amid this PR carnage is, in a perverse sense, a rather remarkable accomplishment ...
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EVENTS
Wellington Eucharistic Convention - 2009
http://www.divinenet.org.nz/Convention.html
Sunday 1st March 2009
St Patrick's College Auditorium, Silverstream, Upper Hutt
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
St Patrick's College, Silverstream. College Chaplain
http://www.stream.school.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2 and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's college, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz Applications close 1 March 2009.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
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NEWS & NOTES - 15 February 2009
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'WEL-COM' - The newspaper of the Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses
http://www.welcom.org.nz
**News**
A call from a Gaza pulpit for Middle East peace ... Wellington protests war in Gaza ... Christians' 'die-in' for Gaza
**World News**
**Columns**
Archbishop John Dew: Letter from Lyon ... Cecily McNeill: Welcoming the stranger (editorial) ... Kieran Fenn FMS: Romans - more reflections on Paul
**Schools**
Hutt school tops wearable arts ... Marist St Pat's takes the prized Swindale after eight tries ... Viard barbershop excels in pan Pacific contest
**Features**
A Sister speaks of her 40 years teaching in the Israeli-occupied territories ... Preachers at the banquet of Holy Wisdom ... Social justice awareness builds communities of hope
**Wellington**
The cathedral 160 years ago ... Sister John Bosco Fraser RSM RIP ... Sr Jean-Marie McErlane RIP
**Palmerston North**
The building-up church in Feilding ... Bishop Peter Cullinane: All called through baptism to a royal priesthood ... The heart is a good place to start youth catechetics
**Reflect**
Veronica Lawson RSM : Reflection on the Readings for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
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Kids dig deep for fire victims (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4847115a6554.html
A class of New Plymouth school kids has rallied together to raise almost $600 for the victims of Australia's raging bushfires...
True Spirit (photo)
Nor-West News
http://tinyurl.com/ao9msf
In true community spirit, St Patrick's Catholic parishioners, assisted by friends, family and the local community, spent their anniversary weekend on a home makeover for the Bjerga family of Waimauku ...
Priest welcomed to new parish
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4844612a22402.html
He’s spent a lifetime working with people from different cultures. But the congregation at the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic church will be a fresh challenge for new parish priest Father Bernard Dennehy, 68.
Future uncertain for Catholic presbytery (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/north-otago/43123/future-uncertain-catholic-presbytery
The future of the historic St Patrick's Basilica presbytery in Reed St is being reviewed by Oamaru's Catholic parish as it faces a large outlay to upgrade and maintain the building.
Caritas Calls for More Support for those in Greatest Need
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0902/S00139.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand says the Government’s transitional relief package for people made redundant is an admission that the welfare “safety net” is no longer adequate for many New Zealanders in their time of need. The Catholic social justice agency made the comment in a submission on the Government’s 2009 Budget Policy Statement.
Good samaritans bring broken St Joseph back to life
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/4844542a6008.html
The goodwill and skills of two Marlborough tradesmen have restored a sacred statue at Kaikoura's St Joseph's School that was damaged last month by "mindless vandals".
Catholic brother's appeal against jail turned down
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/local/5319498/catholic-brothers-appeal-jail-turned/
A Catholic brother jailed last year for sexually abusing boys has had his appeal against his sentence turned down...
[The folowing stories are not available on the newspapers' free Websites. They can be read at the public library and via the libraries' free online 'Newztext'service.]
Time for class act
Hawkes Bay Today — — 11 February 2009
David Lamont, the new principal of St Joseph's School in Dannevirke, may have come to teaching late in life but he sees his previous work experience as an asset in his latest role...
Many happy returns for market
Bay of Plenty Times — — 10 February 2009
Katikati Plant and Produce market has its first birthday on Friday and hopes to keep on living for many more years. Katikati residents Pauline van Rijen and Janette Sarchett used the market as another way of fundraising for the new St Pius X Catholic Church and Parish Community Centre...
Church is moving on up
Bay of Plenty Times — — 10 February 2009
The construction of a new church and parish facility that aims to reach out to the community will satisfy a 12-year dream for the people behind its creation. Work started on Katikati's new St Pius X Catholic Church and Parish Community Centre in late October ...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Opportunity for the Taking: Year 10 students at St Mary's College, Wellington, on how it is being back at school after the summer break.
** Asking for Help: a reading and discussion of Mark 1:40-45 with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Rev. Jenny Wilkens at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Got that loving feeling? (What is love anyway?) ... Marriage, What Happened? (Declining marriage rates in the UK) ... No, what I said was: "He sleeps with the fishes" (on the need for humankind to commit self-destructive acts) ... Hard Times (on the controversy over the SSPX) ... The tri-criterion for discernment ... Can sinful men do good things? (Father Marcial and the Legionaries of Christ)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
The current predicament of European Catholicism
I was in Ireland this week, delivering the inaugural lecture sponsored by the Irish Catholic newspaper on Wednesday night in Dublin. The subject was, "Christianity and Europe: Pope Benedict's vision and the question of European integration" ...
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican
(news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EVENTS
Legacy: "Witness the Spirit"
21 - 22 February 2009
Tahaki Reserve, 250 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland
World Youth Day follow-up for ages 16-35
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 307 Dec. 21 - Jan 24 2008 p.8, and from Jo van Kempen, tel: (09) 360 3023; (027) 249 1448
Legacy '09 - "A free WYD follow-up event"
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 February 2009
Beaumont Centre, 98 Beaumont St;, Auckland City.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Feb. 8 - 21 2009 p.14, and from Jo: tel. (09) 360 3023
Wellington Eucharistic Convention - 2009
http://www.divinenet.org.nz/Convention.html
Sunday 1st March 2009
St Patrick's College Auditorium, Silverstream, Upper Hutt
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
Secondary Schools' Advisor, Catholic Education Centre, Archdiocese of Wellington
http://www.wcec.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan 25 -Feb 7 2009 p.23, and from John Butterfield, General Manager, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937, Wellington; tel: (04) 496 1788; e-mail: j.butterfield@wn.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 16 February 2009
St Patrick's College, Silverstream. College Chaplain
http://www.stream.school.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2 and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's college, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz
Applications close 1 March 2009.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
News & Notes - 8 February 2009
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 309, Feb. 8 - 21 2009
Fighting Fat (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10555475
This time last year, Anna's family ate takeaways every second day. Anna (not her real name), who was then 15 and in year 11 at McAuley High School in
Otahuhu, weighed 138kg...
Bishop seeks alternative to collar (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/eveningstandard/4838848a6502.html
Palmerston North Bishop Peter Cullinane is spearheading a national campaign to a get a new symbol to identify Catholic clergy.
Money still needed for church upgrade (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4836558a6497.html
Work is well under way to strengthen St Michael’s Catholic Church in Remuera, a landmark church built during the Depression. But $200,000 is still
needed.
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Just A Normal Guy (Jesus back home) ... “Uh, this is very sad news, and it wouldnt’ve never happened if the wedding would’ve been inside the church with God (on the wedding of a younger brother) ... The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? (on thinking about death) ... Instant community…just add water (Catholic life in the Moslem world) ... Stuff, things, you know what I’m talking about bro! (why some religious orders flourish) ... Dressing up (on what to wear at Mass) ... Why are you not deluded? (looking at the basic foundations of our faith)
EMPLOYMENT
'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 309, Feb. 8 - 21 2009
In the current issue: SSPX priests in NZ thankful for Holy
Father's 'generosity' ... 24 traineee deacons still in programme ...
Liturgy Office head appointed ... School funding concerns new St Peter's principal ... Parachuite landing for Catholics .. Mission sister to lead new youth office ... 'Spare' human embryos need protection, says bioethics centre
Liturgy Office head appointed ... School funding concerns new St Peter's principal ... Parachuite landing for Catholics .. Mission sister to lead new youth office ... 'Spare' human embryos need protection, says bioethics centre
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Fighting Fat (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10555475
This time last year, Anna's family ate takeaways every second day. Anna (not her real name), who was then 15 and in year 11 at McAuley High School in
Otahuhu, weighed 138kg...
Bishop seeks alternative to collar (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/eveningstandard/4838848a6502.html
Palmerston North Bishop Peter Cullinane is spearheading a national campaign to a get a new symbol to identify Catholic clergy.
Money still needed for church upgrade (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4836558a6497.html
Work is well under way to strengthen St Michael’s Catholic Church in Remuera, a landmark church built during the Depression. But $200,000 is still
needed.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Parachute Spectacular: Vox pops from the Parachute Music Festival at Mystery Creek.
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New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Just A Normal Guy (Jesus back home) ... “Uh, this is very sad news, and it wouldnt’ve never happened if the wedding would’ve been inside the church with God (on the wedding of a younger brother) ... The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? (on thinking about death) ... Instant community…just add water (Catholic life in the Moslem world) ... Stuff, things, you know what I’m talking about bro! (why some religious orders flourish) ... Dressing up (on what to wear at Mass) ... Why are you not deluded? (looking at the basic foundations of our faith)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
Transparency: The watchword in the Catholic world this week Within the past seven days, three major stories on the Catholic news beat have raised eyebrows, stirred discussion, and generated diverse reactions both inside the church and out ...
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EVENTS
Legacy: "Witness the Spirit"
21 - 22 February 2009
Tahaki Reserve, 250 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland
World Youth Day follow-up for ages 16-35
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 307 Dec. 21 - Jan 24 2008 p.8, and from Jo van
Kempen, tel: (09) 360 3023; (027) 249 1448
Tahaki Reserve, 250 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland
World Youth Day follow-up for ages 16-35
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 307 Dec. 21 - Jan 24 2008 p.8, and from Jo van
Kempen, tel: (09) 360 3023; (027) 249 1448
Legacy '09 - "A free WYD follow-up event"
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 February 2009
Beaumont Centre, 98 Beaumont St;, Auckland City.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Feb. 8 - 21 2009 p.14, and from Jo: tel. (09) 360
3023
Beaumont Centre, 98 Beaumont St;, Auckland City.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Feb. 8 - 21 2009 p.14, and from Jo: tel. (09) 360
3023
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
Secondary Schools' Advisor, Catholic Education Centre, Archdiocese of
Wellington
http://www.wcec.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan 25 -Feb 7 2009 p.23, and from John Butterfield, General Manager, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937,
Wellington; tel: (04) 496 1788; e-mail: j.butterfield@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 16 February 2009
http://www.wcec.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan 25 -Feb 7 2009 p.23, and from John Butterfield, General Manager, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937,
Wellington; tel: (04) 496 1788; e-mail: j.butterfield@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 16 February 2009
St Patrick's College, Silverstream. College Chaplain
http://www.stream.school.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2 and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's college, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz Applications close 1 March 2009.
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2 and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's college, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz Applications close 1 March 2009.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
NEWS & NOTES - 1 February 2009
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Church sold above GV (photo)
Naseby's 102-year-old Sacred Heart Church was sold yesterday for an undisclosed price, although it was above its $138,000 government valuation...
Plan to build new school upsets residents
The Catholic Church faces a battle with several prominent Queenstown residents over its plans to build a primary school in the middle of a rural residential zone...
Protest priest charged
A Catholic priest who smeared paint on an Israeli memorial during a pro-Palestinian protest is to face criminal charges...
Sisters celebrate century of service (photos)
One hundred years of dedicated service to the people of Petone were acknowledged recently with a special Mass for the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions ..
Clean crew (photo)
Thirty young Catholics from the Christchurch and Dunedin dioceses gathered at Mosgiel's Holy Cross Centre from January 22 to 25 for the Ignite Camp ...
The up side of Down
A New Zealand mother who has raised two children with an intellectual disability cannot comprehend the view that such lives are "not worth living" ...
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MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS
Society of Mary. Marist Messenger - February 2009
NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre. The Nathaniel Report - December 2008
Tui Motu InterIslands - December 2008
St Columban's Mission Society. The Far East - Jan-Feb 2009
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'BEING FRANK'
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Holy Mary, My Mother ... Domestics (Pope Benedict on the family and society) ... You face Mecca, while I pray the Benedictus… (blogging from the Moslem world) ... A little chat about exterior decorating of Wellington memorials (Fr Burns and the Rabin memorial) ... Is beauty random? (lessons from the beauty of nature) ... The Sabbath (the value of rest)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
The Lefebvrite case: what was the Vatican thinking?
On the lecture circuit, I'm sometimes asked for my opinion about the Vatican's communications strategy. My glib answer generally is, "As soon as they have one, I'll be glad to tell you what I think of it." The line usually draws a few chuckles. However, this week's furor over the lifting of the excommunication of four traditionalist bishops, including one who's a Holocaust denier, offers a reminder that the lack of PR savvy in Rome is actually no laughing matter...
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EVENTS
Legacy: "Witness the Spirit"
21 - 22 February 2009
Tahaki Reserve, 250 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland
World Youth Day follow-up for ages 16-35
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 307 Dec. 21 - Jan 24 2008 p.8, and from Jo van Kempen, tel: (09) 360 3023; (027) 249 1448
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette ]
Secondary Schools' Advisor, Catholic Education Centre, Archdiocese of Wellington
http://www.wcec.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan 25 -Feb 7 2009 p.23, and from John Butterfield, General Manager, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937, Wellington; tel: (04) 496 1788; e-mail: j.butterfield@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 16 February 2009
St Patrick's College, Silverstream. College Chaplain
http://www.stream.school.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2 and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's college, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz Applications close 1 March 2009.
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Church sold above GV (photo)
Naseby's 102-year-old Sacred Heart Church was sold yesterday for an undisclosed price, although it was above its $138,000 government valuation...
Plan to build new school upsets residents
The Catholic Church faces a battle with several prominent Queenstown residents over its plans to build a primary school in the middle of a rural residential zone...
Protest priest charged
A Catholic priest who smeared paint on an Israeli memorial during a pro-Palestinian protest is to face criminal charges...
Sisters celebrate century of service (photos)
One hundred years of dedicated service to the people of Petone were acknowledged recently with a special Mass for the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions ..
Clean crew (photo)
Thirty young Catholics from the Christchurch and Dunedin dioceses gathered at Mosgiel's Holy Cross Centre from January 22 to 25 for the Ignite Camp ...
The up side of Down
A New Zealand mother who has raised two children with an intellectual disability cannot comprehend the view that such lives are "not worth living" ...
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MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS
Society of Mary. Marist Messenger - February 2009
NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre. The Nathaniel Report - December 2008
Tui Motu InterIslands - December 2008
St Columban's Mission Society. The Far East - Jan-Feb 2009
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'BEING FRANK'
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Holy Mary, My Mother ... Domestics (Pope Benedict on the family and society) ... You face Mecca, while I pray the Benedictus… (blogging from the Moslem world) ... A little chat about exterior decorating of Wellington memorials (Fr Burns and the Rabin memorial) ... Is beauty random? (lessons from the beauty of nature) ... The Sabbath (the value of rest)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
The Lefebvrite case: what was the Vatican thinking?
On the lecture circuit, I'm sometimes asked for my opinion about the Vatican's communications strategy. My glib answer generally is, "As soon as they have one, I'll be glad to tell you what I think of it." The line usually draws a few chuckles. However, this week's furor over the lifting of the excommunication of four traditionalist bishops, including one who's a Holocaust denier, offers a reminder that the lack of PR savvy in Rome is actually no laughing matter...
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EVENTS
Legacy: "Witness the Spirit"
21 - 22 February 2009
Tahaki Reserve, 250 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland
World Youth Day follow-up for ages 16-35
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 307 Dec. 21 - Jan 24 2008 p.8, and from Jo van Kempen, tel: (09) 360 3023; (027) 249 1448
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette ]
Secondary Schools' Advisor, Catholic Education Centre, Archdiocese of Wellington
http://www.wcec.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan 25 -Feb 7 2009 p.23, and from John Butterfield, General Manager, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937, Wellington; tel: (04) 496 1788; e-mail: j.butterfield@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 16 February 2009
St Patrick's College, Silverstream. College Chaplain
http://www.stream.school.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2009 p.2 and from Mrs Gerardine Parkinson, Rector's Secretary, St Patrick's college, PO Box 14-022, Wellington 6021; e-mail: gparkinson@stpats.school.nz Applications close 1 March 2009.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - no. 308, Jan 25 -Feb 7 2009
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In this issue ... Priest explains his motivation behind his controversial
Gaza protest ... Mystery mey forever surround the intended place for Maori
madonna .. Doubt over priest's behaviour makes a telling point for today
(film review) ... Catholic shcoopls need to have more of a focus on
evangelisation
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Pope launches Vatican on YouTube (full text)
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/01/24/124598b5c1cb
Pope Benedict XVI has launched his own dedicated channel on YouTube (
http://www.youtube.com/vatican ) The Vatican says video and audio footage of
his speeches as well as news of the Holy See will be posted on the popular
video sharing website. Initially they will be in English, German, Spanish
and Italian. Vatican officials say it is aimed at everyone from devout
Catholics to the casual web user. The Vatican already has its own website
( http://www.vatican.va )which was launched in 1995. The Vatican's
Osservatore Romano newspaper says the aim is to "secure the Pope's presence
on the web."
'Priceless' marble statue vandalised at Teschemakers (photo)
Otago Daily Times
http://tinyurl.com/cxvuey
A "priceless" Italian marble statue of St Dominic, in the grounds of
Teschemakers, has been vandalised beyond repair and will have to be
removed...
Charity begins ... at the local church
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10553416&pnu\
m=0
As the financial crisis deepens, the economy of faith is also expected to
suffer. Many religious groups have invested solely in property, and are
heavily dependent on donations to maintain cash flow.
Thousands Parachute in for best show in town
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4828691a1860.html
Forget the Big Day Out. Parachute 09, at Mystery Creek, is the highlight of
the year for music fans both Christian and non-Christian...
Priest shortage forcing change
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4828039a6571.html
A shortage of priests in the Timaru District and around the country will see
big changes in the structure of parishes...
50 years of parish service celebrated
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4827548a6571.html
It was a special anniversary for the Mackenzie parish priest recently.
Father Jim Nicholas celebrated 50 years since being ordained in Rome, on
November 23, 1958...
Church gets a makeover (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4823288a22402.html
Holy Cross parishioners in Henderson aim to have church renovations
completed in time for their centennial celebrations in 2011...
'Doubt' (film review)
http://www.usccb.org/movies/d/doubt.shtml
The New York and London Pulitzer Prize-winning stage hit "Doubt" (Miramax)
makes an equally engrossing movie experience, and one that -- despite the
reminder of a dark chapter in the church's recent history -- should resonate
with Catholic viewers.
Preserving St. Patrick's Basilica, Erika Currie,
Heritage Matters, Summer 2008/09; n.17:p.27 (
http://www.heritagematters.co.nz/ )
The history, design and restoration of the Catholic Church in Waimate.
Briefly recounts the life of local identity Adam Henry Cahill.
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Hearts Aflame 2009 (on the New Zealand Catholic summer school) ... "You know
the one with all the well- meaning rules that don’t work out in real life"
(how to rev-up the Mass) ... Beauty, beauty, how we need thee (two beautiful
African churches) ... Decoding the Divinity Code (on 'The Divinity Code', by
Ian Wishart. ... Simple shattering realisations that are really really hard
to learn (Peter Kreeft on the way to happiness)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Approach to Obama in contrast to conservative U.S. Catholics
A year into Benedict XVI’s papacy, the early line was that the people most
disappointed were the same ones most jazzed by his election. The late Fr.
Richard John Neuhaus had voiced “palpable uneasiness,� pointing to what some
saw as a lack of disciplinary muscle and a few ill-advised appointments.
Over time, that uneasiness receded as Benedict took several steps more
reassuring to the right, such as his lecture in Regensburg challenging
Islamic radicalism and his revival of the Latin Mass. Today, a new winter of
discontent may be stirring, based on the Vatican’s strikingly upbeat
approach to U.S. President Barack Obama...
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EVENTS
Legacy: "Witness the Spirit"
21 - 22 February 2009
Tahaki Reserve, 250 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland
World Youth Day follow-up for ages 16-35
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 307 Dec. 21 - Jan 24 2008 p.8, and from Jo van
Kempen, tel: (09) 360 3023; (027) 249 1448
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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 ]
Secondary Schools' Advisor, Catholic Education Centre, Archdiocese of
Wellington
http://www.wcec.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan 25 -Feb 7 2009 p.23, and from John
Butterfield, General Manager, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937,
Wellington; tel: (04) 496 1788; e-mail: j.butterfield@wn.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 16 February 2009
'NZ CATHOLIC' - no. 308, Jan 25 -Feb 7 2009
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In this issue ... Priest explains his motivation behind his controversial
Gaza protest ... Mystery mey forever surround the intended place for Maori
madonna .. Doubt over priest's behaviour makes a telling point for today
(film review) ... Catholic shcoopls need to have more of a focus on
evangelisation
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Pope launches Vatican on YouTube (full text)
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/01/24/124598b5c1cb
Pope Benedict XVI has launched his own dedicated channel on YouTube (
http://www.youtube.com/vatican ) The Vatican says video and audio footage of
his speeches as well as news of the Holy See will be posted on the popular
video sharing website. Initially they will be in English, German, Spanish
and Italian. Vatican officials say it is aimed at everyone from devout
Catholics to the casual web user. The Vatican already has its own website
( http://www.vatican.va )which was launched in 1995. The Vatican's
Osservatore Romano newspaper says the aim is to "secure the Pope's presence
on the web."
'Priceless' marble statue vandalised at Teschemakers (photo)
Otago Daily Times
http://tinyurl.com/cxvuey
A "priceless" Italian marble statue of St Dominic, in the grounds of
Teschemakers, has been vandalised beyond repair and will have to be
removed...
Charity begins ... at the local church
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10553416&pnu\
m=0
As the financial crisis deepens, the economy of faith is also expected to
suffer. Many religious groups have invested solely in property, and are
heavily dependent on donations to maintain cash flow.
Thousands Parachute in for best show in town
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4828691a1860.html
Forget the Big Day Out. Parachute 09, at Mystery Creek, is the highlight of
the year for music fans both Christian and non-Christian...
Priest shortage forcing change
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4828039a6571.html
A shortage of priests in the Timaru District and around the country will see
big changes in the structure of parishes...
50 years of parish service celebrated
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4827548a6571.html
It was a special anniversary for the Mackenzie parish priest recently.
Father Jim Nicholas celebrated 50 years since being ordained in Rome, on
November 23, 1958...
Church gets a makeover (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4823288a22402.html
Holy Cross parishioners in Henderson aim to have church renovations
completed in time for their centennial celebrations in 2011...
'Doubt' (film review)
http://www.usccb.org/movies/d/doubt.shtml
The New York and London Pulitzer Prize-winning stage hit "Doubt" (Miramax)
makes an equally engrossing movie experience, and one that -- despite the
reminder of a dark chapter in the church's recent history -- should resonate
with Catholic viewers.
Preserving St. Patrick's Basilica, Erika Currie,
Heritage Matters, Summer 2008/09; n.17:p.27 (
http://www.heritagematters.co.nz/ )
The history, design and restoration of the Catholic Church in Waimate.
Briefly recounts the life of local identity Adam Henry Cahill.
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Hearts Aflame 2009 (on the New Zealand Catholic summer school) ... "You know
the one with all the well- meaning rules that don’t work out in real life"
(how to rev-up the Mass) ... Beauty, beauty, how we need thee (two beautiful
African churches) ... Decoding the Divinity Code (on 'The Divinity Code', by
Ian Wishart. ... Simple shattering realisations that are really really hard
to learn (Peter Kreeft on the way to happiness)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Approach to Obama in contrast to conservative U.S. Catholics
A year into Benedict XVI’s papacy, the early line was that the people most
disappointed were the same ones most jazzed by his election. The late Fr.
Richard John Neuhaus had voiced “palpable uneasiness,� pointing to what some
saw as a lack of disciplinary muscle and a few ill-advised appointments.
Over time, that uneasiness receded as Benedict took several steps more
reassuring to the right, such as his lecture in Regensburg challenging
Islamic radicalism and his revival of the Latin Mass. Today, a new winter of
discontent may be stirring, based on the Vatican’s strikingly upbeat
approach to U.S. President Barack Obama...
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
********************************
EVENTS
Legacy: "Witness the Spirit"
21 - 22 February 2009
Tahaki Reserve, 250 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland
World Youth Day follow-up for ages 16-35
Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 307 Dec. 21 - Jan 24 2008 p.8, and from Jo van
Kempen, tel: (09) 360 3023; (027) 249 1448
********************************
EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]
Secondary Schools' Advisor, Catholic Education Centre, Archdiocese of
Wellington
http://www.wcec.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan 25 -Feb 7 2009 p.23, and from John
Butterfield, General Manager, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937,
Wellington; tel: (04) 496 1788; e-mail: j.butterfield@wn.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 16 February 2009
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