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NEWS & NOTES - 14 June 2009 - The Body and Blood of Christ
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
Registrations open for St Paul E-Conference (June 10, 2009)
New Zealand Catholics are being encouraged to take part in Australia’s first ever national E-Conference being held by the Broken Bay Institute and Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. The half day E-Conference – “Paul – The Man, the Mission and Message for Today” – will take place 30 June, two days after the closing of the Year of St Paul...
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - June 14-27 2009 - No. 318
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Career diplomat named NZ ambassador to Holy See .. 50-year-old church may be classified as historic ... NZ Church gets communication tips ... New Plymouth college celebrates its golden jubuilee .. Christian agencies have mixed reaction to budget .. Pilgrims rate World Youth Day in Sydney highly, latest research shopw ... Beyond the horizon: a review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act ... Pope commends generosity of kiwis as he welcomes NZ's new ambassador .. Priest explains postures for Mass ... Couples for Christ gather in Auckland ... Cathedral concert boosts hopes for Croatian church
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Turbulent priest
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/features/2496159/Turbulent-priest
Blood spilt on an Israeli memorial took Gerard Burns from parish priest to pariah. In his first interview since facing the justice system, he speaks about violence, inequality and inspiration from the prophets of the Old Testament.
Amazin gRace: connecting with Papakura youth (photo)
Papakura Courier
http://tinyurl.com/lau2mt
The amazin gRace, which was held last Sunday, was a creative, stimulating and fun youth event that aimed to bring teens together and break down the walls between different faith denominations and beliefs.
From war to peace (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/2494747/From-war-to-peace
From a war zone in Europe to giving holy communion at the Catholic Holy Family Church in west Auckland, Father Stanko Grubic has seen a lot in his 34 years.
Filipinos get ready to celebrate
North Shore Times
http://tinyurl.com/m67c7c
The shore will host the 11th Philippines Independence Day celebration this weekend.
Sixty-plus years of the 'L' word
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/2480767/Sixty-plus-years-of-the-L-word
It was the year after World War II ended when Maria met Henk Tegelaars at a dance hall in Holland 63 years ago, and their love was instantaneous. "No-one believes in that now, but it was love at first sight..."
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Sharing a meal **
A reading and discussion of Mark 14 12-16, 22-26 with Fr Barry Scannell at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
http://station15.libsyn.com
** Familia - Episode 9 - Mon, 1 June 2009 **
This month's edition of the Familia Podcast features a special interview with Danielle and Becky, our two pro-life interns who have spent the last six weeks participating in our intensive pro-life and leadership formation program. They talk about their experience on the internship as well as their feelings about how the pro-life issues they have been learning about impact upon the wider culture.
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'BEING FRANK' - http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Lay Ministry or Lay Apostolate? ... Double Standards…I think so (a test for the sex of unborn baby) ... A prickly moral question… (co-operating in a moral evil) ... Getting away with murder (the David Bain verdict) ... The audacity of faith (conversations with atheists) ... The Church militant
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
From Italy to Iran, voters hand the church a mandate on Islam
Early summer is campaign season in various corners of the world, including parliamentary races last week in the European Union and in Lebanon and today's hotly contested presidential race in Iran. Taking stock of it all, a grand irony emerges: While moderates appear to be gaining ground in the Islamic world, hardliners are on the march across the Old Continent...
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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
'Be the Change': NZ Catholic Education Convention
29 - 31 July Wellington Convention Centre
Full details and registration: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed09
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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, June 14, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
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NEWS & NOTES - 7 June 2009 - The Holy Trinity
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
Catholics to receive pastoral letter on prayer (29 May 2009)
"In its various forms, prayer is at once praise and thanksgiving, an appeal for mercy and our hope in time of need". These words are from a pastoral letter written by the New Zealand Catholic bishops to help Catholics towards a new appreciation of the relevance and accessibility of holiness – a focus of the bishops’ Pastoral Priorities plan for 2008-2013. The letter has been distributed to parishes around the country this week to be given out in churches on Pentecost Sunday, which is when the gift of the Holy Spirit is celebrated. Bishop Barry Jones of the Christchurch diocese says the booklet is a "gentle reminder to busy people about how crucial it is to foster the habit of prayer, without which our love for God cannot flourish" ....
'Prayer in the Busyness of Life'
http://www.catholic.org.nz/statements/0905prayer.php
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'WEL-COM' - a newspaper for the dioceses of Wellington and Palmerston North
http://www.welcom.org.nz
News
Brutal revelations in voices of Israeli soldiers ... 'Peace will come' to the land of Christ's birth ... Book of letters hailed as unique historical source
World News
Columns
The Year of Paul: from mission to gospel living, by Kieran Fenn FMS ... Archbishop's column: World Youth Day a year on, by Archbishop John Dew ... Editorial: Raising questions of power, by Cecily McNeill
Schools
St Cath's new charity initiative ... Hutt school tops wearable arts ... Marist St Pat's takes the prized Swindale after eight tries
Features
From the Year of Paul to the Year of the Priest ... Living in the crossfire ... Book Review: The Franciscan Story
Wellington
Old hands steer pathway into a new era ... Newtown People's Market a regular ... June 20 marks the 160th anniversary of the opening of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Palmerston North
Sharing the gospel using social context ... Prisoners share Lenten message of hope ... Southern Delights
Reflect: Trinity Sunday Year B, by Veronica Lawson RSM
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Learning leadership in the capital (photos)
The Motueka Golden Bay News, 04 Jun 2009. Page 3
http://tinyurl.com/ow9wgb
A judge's perspective on honesty and the impressive colossal squid were among the stand-out features of the Youth Leaders Conference for the students of Motueka's St Peter Chanel School.
School helps brothers
Hawkes Bay Today
http://www.hbtoday.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3798481&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
An appeal fund has been established to support injured Dannevirke brothers Tarshaye and Rico Ryder, whose parents and sister died in a head-on crash during Queen's Birthday weekend. The appeal has been established by Dannevirke's St Joseph's School, where Tarshaye, 10, and his sister Monique, 9, were pupils.
Reporting scandal: Media coverage of abuse helps victims, church
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0902590.htm
Vatican City (CNS) -- The embarrassment and scandal raised by each new report of a case of sex abuse in the church also has a positive effect of giving other victims the courage to come forward and increasing the church's commitment to ending abuse, said experts meeting at the Vatican. The Anglophone Conference, which began in the 1990s as an informal network of English-speaking bishops meeting to share strategies for fighting abuse, held its 10th formal meeting at the Vatican June 1-5.
God Walks with Today’s Refugees
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0906/S00055.htm
Caritas Aotearoa's resources prepared for the Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants (June 21) remind us that God has always walked alongside refugees and continues to do so today.
Poet shines new light on Baxter's Jerusalem (photo)
A review of of 'The Double Rainbow:James K. Baxter, Ngati Hau and the Jerusalem Commune', by John Newton
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10576205
Budget 2009: how will the poorest fare?
http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/06/03/budget-2009-how-will-the-poorest-fare/
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has both reservations and relief over the government's 2009 Budget.
Support Jean-Luc and friends
The Daily Post (Rotorua) — A004 — 06 June 2009
Even though the original movie took the world by storm in 1977, Star Wars still captures the imagination of Rotorua 6-year-old Jean-Luc Woollacott. The St Mary's Catholic School student is autistic and his family is one of 493 supported by Autism New Zealand's Bay of Plenty branch, which is holding its annual appeal week.
School bank on patience
Hawkes Bay Today — A011 — 05 June 2009
Success is built on patience and oodles of investment in the young. That's exactly what Sacred Heart College sports co-ordinator Robyn Hocking is banking on with her Napier college netball teams after the high school hosted the annual Mission Cup tournament last weekend.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Work Purpose **
Rebels for God: A member of Opus Dei explains its special character.
** Three in One **
A reading and discussion of Matthew 28:16-20 with Kyle Macdonald and Rev. Jenny Wilkins at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK' - http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Peace Be With You (peace of heart) ... "Stop it! Stop it! Can’t you see this barnyard noise guessing game is tearing us apart?" (on predictions of cataclysmic events) ... Who murders the mass murderers? (on the murder of Dr Tiller) ... Those little eyes (on seeing a street child in Senegal) ... I no understand (standig up for kneeling down)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
'Remarkable congruence' between pope and president on Islam
If anyone is still puzzled about why the Vatican sat out the fuss over President Barack Obama's appearance at Notre Dame -- and more generally, why the Vatican has refused to allow its relationship with Obama to be defined by obvious differences over abortion -- the president's speech to the Muslim world yesterday in Cairo should go a long way toward clearing things up...
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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
'Be the Change': NZ Catholic Education Convention
29 - 31 July Wellington Convention Centre
Full details and registration: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed09
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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 ]
NEWS & NOTES - 7 June 2009 - The Holy Trinity
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
Catholics to receive pastoral letter on prayer (29 May 2009)
"In its various forms, prayer is at once praise and thanksgiving, an appeal for mercy and our hope in time of need". These words are from a pastoral letter written by the New Zealand Catholic bishops to help Catholics towards a new appreciation of the relevance and accessibility of holiness – a focus of the bishops’ Pastoral Priorities plan for 2008-2013. The letter has been distributed to parishes around the country this week to be given out in churches on Pentecost Sunday, which is when the gift of the Holy Spirit is celebrated. Bishop Barry Jones of the Christchurch diocese says the booklet is a "gentle reminder to busy people about how crucial it is to foster the habit of prayer, without which our love for God cannot flourish" ....
'Prayer in the Busyness of Life'
http://www.catholic.org.nz/statements/0905prayer.php
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'WEL-COM' - a newspaper for the dioceses of Wellington and Palmerston North
http://www.welcom.org.nz
News
Brutal revelations in voices of Israeli soldiers ... 'Peace will come' to the land of Christ's birth ... Book of letters hailed as unique historical source
World News
Columns
The Year of Paul: from mission to gospel living, by Kieran Fenn FMS ... Archbishop's column: World Youth Day a year on, by Archbishop John Dew ... Editorial: Raising questions of power, by Cecily McNeill
Schools
St Cath's new charity initiative ... Hutt school tops wearable arts ... Marist St Pat's takes the prized Swindale after eight tries
Features
From the Year of Paul to the Year of the Priest ... Living in the crossfire ... Book Review: The Franciscan Story
Wellington
Old hands steer pathway into a new era ... Newtown People's Market a regular ... June 20 marks the 160th anniversary of the opening of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Palmerston North
Sharing the gospel using social context ... Prisoners share Lenten message of hope ... Southern Delights
Reflect: Trinity Sunday Year B, by Veronica Lawson RSM
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Learning leadership in the capital (photos)
The Motueka Golden Bay News, 04 Jun 2009. Page 3
http://tinyurl.com/ow9wgb
A judge's perspective on honesty and the impressive colossal squid were among the stand-out features of the Youth Leaders Conference for the students of Motueka's St Peter Chanel School.
School helps brothers
Hawkes Bay Today
http://www.hbtoday.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3798481&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
An appeal fund has been established to support injured Dannevirke brothers Tarshaye and Rico Ryder, whose parents and sister died in a head-on crash during Queen's Birthday weekend. The appeal has been established by Dannevirke's St Joseph's School, where Tarshaye, 10, and his sister Monique, 9, were pupils.
Reporting scandal: Media coverage of abuse helps victims, church
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0902590.htm
Vatican City (CNS) -- The embarrassment and scandal raised by each new report of a case of sex abuse in the church also has a positive effect of giving other victims the courage to come forward and increasing the church's commitment to ending abuse, said experts meeting at the Vatican. The Anglophone Conference, which began in the 1990s as an informal network of English-speaking bishops meeting to share strategies for fighting abuse, held its 10th formal meeting at the Vatican June 1-5.
God Walks with Today’s Refugees
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0906/S00055.htm
Caritas Aotearoa's resources prepared for the Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants (June 21) remind us that God has always walked alongside refugees and continues to do so today.
Poet shines new light on Baxter's Jerusalem (photo)
A review of of 'The Double Rainbow:James K. Baxter, Ngati Hau and the Jerusalem Commune', by John Newton
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10576205
Budget 2009: how will the poorest fare?
http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/06/03/budget-2009-how-will-the-poorest-fare/
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has both reservations and relief over the government's 2009 Budget.
Support Jean-Luc and friends
The Daily Post (Rotorua) — A004 — 06 June 2009
Even though the original movie took the world by storm in 1977, Star Wars still captures the imagination of Rotorua 6-year-old Jean-Luc Woollacott. The St Mary's Catholic School student is autistic and his family is one of 493 supported by Autism New Zealand's Bay of Plenty branch, which is holding its annual appeal week.
School bank on patience
Hawkes Bay Today — A011 — 05 June 2009
Success is built on patience and oodles of investment in the young. That's exactly what Sacred Heart College sports co-ordinator Robyn Hocking is banking on with her Napier college netball teams after the high school hosted the annual Mission Cup tournament last weekend.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Work Purpose **
Rebels for God: A member of Opus Dei explains its special character.
** Three in One **
A reading and discussion of Matthew 28:16-20 with Kyle Macdonald and Rev. Jenny Wilkins at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
*******************************************
'BEING FRANK' - http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Peace Be With You (peace of heart) ... "Stop it! Stop it! Can’t you see this barnyard noise guessing game is tearing us apart?" (on predictions of cataclysmic events) ... Who murders the mass murderers? (on the murder of Dr Tiller) ... Those little eyes (on seeing a street child in Senegal) ... I no understand (standig up for kneeling down)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
'Remarkable congruence' between pope and president on Islam
If anyone is still puzzled about why the Vatican sat out the fuss over President Barack Obama's appearance at Notre Dame -- and more generally, why the Vatican has refused to allow its relationship with Obama to be defined by obvious differences over abortion -- the president's speech to the Muslim world yesterday in Cairo should go a long way toward clearing things up...
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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
'Be the Change': NZ Catholic Education Convention
29 - 31 July Wellington Convention Centre
Full details and registration: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed09
****************************
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, May 31, 2009
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NEWS & NOTES - 31 May 2009 - Pentecost Sunday
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - May 31 - June 13 2009 - No. 317
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Bishops alter decision on kneeling ... Postulator of Mother Teresa's cause visits NZ ... Christians tread carefully in Iran ... Carved kauri captures Christ's sacrifice on the cross ... Film review: Many mistakes in 'Angels and Demons' ... ... Advertising feature: Funerals - Growing trend to pseudo-committal rites unfortunate; Religious imagery dwindling in cemeteries; Mass is the greatest prayer for our dead
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Churches work to suit new generation
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/58714/churches-work-suit-new-generation
As society in general turns away from traditional church services, Dunedin's youth are finding new, modern ways to worship. Ellie Constantine looks into a fresh take on spirituality.
Rewarding community heroes (photo)
Rodney Times
http://tinyurl.com/m922xh
Some of Rodney's greatest volunteers have been recognised at the Rodney Community Service Awards.
Pioneer woman dies
Motueka Golden Bay News
http://tinyurl.com/net5ev
One of Takaka's oldest residents, Agnes Bell, has died at the age of 99.
Bishops: We have already said sorry to abuse victim
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10575467
Catholic bishops in Christchurch say they have already apologised to a victim of alleged abuse who has written a book called 'Say Sorry'.
Catholic abuse book set to hit stores
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2450511/Catholic-abuse-book-set-to-hit-stores
A new book alleging abuse at two Catholic orphanages in Christchurch will be released on Monday. In 'Say Sorry', Christchurch woman Ann Thompson, 68, tells of the physical, mental and sexual abuse she endured as a child at St Joseph's Catholic Orphanage for Girls and Nazareth House in Christchurch.
Society benefits from tolerance, interreligious dialogue, pope says
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0902460.htm
Vatican City (CNS) -- In separate speeches May 29 to new ambassadors from India and from New Zealand, Pope Benedict XV discussed religious freedom, dialogue and the role of religion in public life.
Island Bay Catholic landmark up for review (photo)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0905/S00398.htm
A review of the historic and heritage significance of the Erskine College site in Wellington is being undertaken by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT).
Statue an inspiration for school (photo)
East and Bays Courier
http://tinyurl.com/lmn6dv
Students at Baradene college have welcomed a familiar figure to their school. A bronzxe statue of the school's founder, Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, was unveiled on Monday last week.
Historic items go online
Dargaville News
http://tinyurl.com/nu29so
A team of five cataloguers hired by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust is going through historic artifacts associated with Pompallier Mission with a fine toothcomb.
School goes wacky to aid chopper (photo)
Cambridge Edition
http://tinyurl.com/kkgp9q
Weird and wacky is what Waikato Westpac wanted and that's exactly what St Peter's Catholic School gave them last Friday.
Police warned wanted man's family
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/2441332/Police-warned-wanted-mans-family
Police warned a wanted man's family that they would attend his father's funeral if he didn't hand himself in.
Priest chides police
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2437160/Priest-chides-police
A Catholic priest has condemned Christchurch police as "tactless" after they staked out a funeral and allegedly stopped a car-load of mourners at gunpoint in an effort to find the dead man's fugitive son.
Former Invercargill mayor's selfless service to community remembered (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/2441810/Former-Invercargill-mayors-selfless-service
A life spent working for the city he loved was marked yesterday as hundreds turned out to farewell former Invercargill mayor David Harrington.
Old school ties still bind brothers (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/2446512/School-ties-still-bind-brothers
It has been 50 years since the front gates of Francis Douglas Memorial College swung open and this weekend the jubilee celebrations begin.
Horsing around is such good fun
http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/local/news/horsing-around-is-such-good-fun/3900173/
Benedict Larkin loves the feeling of being on a horse. The 6-year-old St Mary's Catholic School pupil was among a group of young haemophilia sufferers yesterday who proved their condition doesn't mean they have to be wrapped up in cotton wool.
Priest completes diversion, escapes conviction
Mon, 25 May 2009 12:59p.m.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Priest-completes-diversion-escapes-conviction/tabid/423/articleID/105706/cat/64/Default.aspx
A Catholic priest who defaced an Israeli monument during a protest has escaped conviction after completing tasks set by police to earn a diversion.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** New chapel detail **
The stained glass window of the Mother Aubert chapel at St Joseph's Church, Wellington
** In front of our eyes **
A reading and discussion of John 20:19-23 with Rev. Judith Wigglesworth and Rev. Jenny Wilkins at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK' - http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Big Win for Marriage (the California State Supreme Court decision on marriage) ... “Stacy, please, I must have you back” (children's toys, and prospects for union with other churches) ... Notre Dame (more about President Obama's speech) ... Tangled in my Christological mozzie net (on discussing the major Christological Church Councils) ... Another day, another hikoi, another confused whitey! (on Maori seats for Auckland's super city) ... Are we doing enough? (Holy Church, unholy scandals) ... Moving) (on learning about faith from flatmates)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
'With Diaz nomination, Obama passes major Catholic test'
By extending an olive branch to pro-lifers during his commencement address at Notre Dame, President Barack Obama seemed to pass his first major Catholic test. This week, by naming an envoy to the Vatican who doesn’t have a public track record of challenging the bishops on abortion, he’s in effect passed his second...
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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
Knights of the Southern Cross. Pauline Year Writing Competition
Topic: Why is Saint Paul important? What does Saint Paul say to me?
$1,000 in total prizes divided between three age categories
Details in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.17 Closing date: 6 June 2009
'Be the Change': NZ Catholic Education Convention
29 - 31 July Wellington Convention Centre
Full details and registration: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed09
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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 ]
NEWS & NOTES - 31 May 2009 - Pentecost Sunday
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - May 31 - June 13 2009 - No. 317
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Bishops alter decision on kneeling ... Postulator of Mother Teresa's cause visits NZ ... Christians tread carefully in Iran ... Carved kauri captures Christ's sacrifice on the cross ... Film review: Many mistakes in 'Angels and Demons' ... ... Advertising feature: Funerals - Growing trend to pseudo-committal rites unfortunate; Religious imagery dwindling in cemeteries; Mass is the greatest prayer for our dead
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Churches work to suit new generation
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/58714/churches-work-suit-new-generation
As society in general turns away from traditional church services, Dunedin's youth are finding new, modern ways to worship. Ellie Constantine looks into a fresh take on spirituality.
Rewarding community heroes (photo)
Rodney Times
http://tinyurl.com/m922xh
Some of Rodney's greatest volunteers have been recognised at the Rodney Community Service Awards.
Pioneer woman dies
Motueka Golden Bay News
http://tinyurl.com/net5ev
One of Takaka's oldest residents, Agnes Bell, has died at the age of 99.
Bishops: We have already said sorry to abuse victim
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10575467
Catholic bishops in Christchurch say they have already apologised to a victim of alleged abuse who has written a book called 'Say Sorry'.
Catholic abuse book set to hit stores
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2450511/Catholic-abuse-book-set-to-hit-stores
A new book alleging abuse at two Catholic orphanages in Christchurch will be released on Monday. In 'Say Sorry', Christchurch woman Ann Thompson, 68, tells of the physical, mental and sexual abuse she endured as a child at St Joseph's Catholic Orphanage for Girls and Nazareth House in Christchurch.
Society benefits from tolerance, interreligious dialogue, pope says
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0902460.htm
Vatican City (CNS) -- In separate speeches May 29 to new ambassadors from India and from New Zealand, Pope Benedict XV discussed religious freedom, dialogue and the role of religion in public life.
Island Bay Catholic landmark up for review (photo)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0905/S00398.htm
A review of the historic and heritage significance of the Erskine College site in Wellington is being undertaken by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT).
Statue an inspiration for school (photo)
East and Bays Courier
http://tinyurl.com/lmn6dv
Students at Baradene college have welcomed a familiar figure to their school. A bronzxe statue of the school's founder, Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, was unveiled on Monday last week.
Historic items go online
Dargaville News
http://tinyurl.com/nu29so
A team of five cataloguers hired by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust is going through historic artifacts associated with Pompallier Mission with a fine toothcomb.
School goes wacky to aid chopper (photo)
Cambridge Edition
http://tinyurl.com/kkgp9q
Weird and wacky is what Waikato Westpac wanted and that's exactly what St Peter's Catholic School gave them last Friday.
Police warned wanted man's family
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/2441332/Police-warned-wanted-mans-family
Police warned a wanted man's family that they would attend his father's funeral if he didn't hand himself in.
Priest chides police
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2437160/Priest-chides-police
A Catholic priest has condemned Christchurch police as "tactless" after they staked out a funeral and allegedly stopped a car-load of mourners at gunpoint in an effort to find the dead man's fugitive son.
Former Invercargill mayor's selfless service to community remembered (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/2441810/Former-Invercargill-mayors-selfless-service
A life spent working for the city he loved was marked yesterday as hundreds turned out to farewell former Invercargill mayor David Harrington.
Old school ties still bind brothers (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/2446512/School-ties-still-bind-brothers
It has been 50 years since the front gates of Francis Douglas Memorial College swung open and this weekend the jubilee celebrations begin.
Horsing around is such good fun
http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/local/news/horsing-around-is-such-good-fun/3900173/
Benedict Larkin loves the feeling of being on a horse. The 6-year-old St Mary's Catholic School pupil was among a group of young haemophilia sufferers yesterday who proved their condition doesn't mean they have to be wrapped up in cotton wool.
Priest completes diversion, escapes conviction
Mon, 25 May 2009 12:59p.m.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Priest-completes-diversion-escapes-conviction/tabid/423/articleID/105706/cat/64/Default.aspx
A Catholic priest who defaced an Israeli monument during a protest has escaped conviction after completing tasks set by police to earn a diversion.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** New chapel detail **
The stained glass window of the Mother Aubert chapel at St Joseph's Church, Wellington
** In front of our eyes **
A reading and discussion of John 20:19-23 with Rev. Judith Wigglesworth and Rev. Jenny Wilkins at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK' - http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Big Win for Marriage (the California State Supreme Court decision on marriage) ... “Stacy, please, I must have you back” (children's toys, and prospects for union with other churches) ... Notre Dame (more about President Obama's speech) ... Tangled in my Christological mozzie net (on discussing the major Christological Church Councils) ... Another day, another hikoi, another confused whitey! (on Maori seats for Auckland's super city) ... Are we doing enough? (Holy Church, unholy scandals) ... Moving) (on learning about faith from flatmates)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
'With Diaz nomination, Obama passes major Catholic test'
By extending an olive branch to pro-lifers during his commencement address at Notre Dame, President Barack Obama seemed to pass his first major Catholic test. This week, by naming an envoy to the Vatican who doesn’t have a public track record of challenging the bishops on abortion, he’s in effect passed his second...
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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
Knights of the Southern Cross. Pauline Year Writing Competition
Topic: Why is Saint Paul important? What does Saint Paul say to me?
$1,000 in total prizes divided between three age categories
Details in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.17 Closing date: 6 June 2009
'Be the Change': NZ Catholic Education Convention
29 - 31 July Wellington Convention Centre
Full details and registration: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed09
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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, May 24, 2009
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NEWS & NOTES - 24 May 2009 - The Ascension of the Lord
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'WEL-COM' - A Catholic newspaper for the Wellington and Palmerston North
dioceses
http://www.welcom.org.nz
News
Book of letters hailed as unique historical source ... NZ and Oz blamed for troubles in Fiji ... Commission members see justice in action
World News
Columns
Editorial: Anzac Day begs the question, by Cecily McNeill ... Archbishop's column: the Year of the Priest, by Archbishop John Dew ... The Year of Paul: Ephesians puzzle and pearl, by Kieran Fenn FMS
Schools
St Cath's new charity initiative ... Ss Peter and Paul's school tops wearable arts ... Marist St Pat's takes the prized Swindale after eight tries
Features
The marriage adventure ... St Paul's conversion inspires reflection in Mt Victoria ... Shepherding the flock
Wellington
Labyrinth reopens at Hutt Hospital ... Newtown People's Market a regular ... The cathedral 160 years ago
Palmerston North
Sharing the gospel using social context ... Prisoners share Lenten message of hope ... Southern Delights
Reflect: The Feast of the Ascension May 24, 2009, by Veronica Lawson RSM
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
When the wall came down
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/2434732/When-the-wall-came-down
Sister Philippa Reed didn't hear the diggers that demolished the sturdy red brick wall in Hamilton East early on Thursday a week ago. "I slept right through it," she says, as she looks at the exposed earthworks and higgledy-piggledy heaps of bricks on the corner of Clyde and Grey Sts.
Diamond anniversary (photo)
Central Leader
http://tinyurl.com/qbsxda
Hillsborough residents Aiden and Winnie Gladstone celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary on April 18.
'Ordinary folk' take gold (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/ppy5r5
Gordon and Pam Shaw married in St Mary's Catholic church, Paeroa on April 11 1959.
Bulging roll brings hall back into use (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/2434917/Bulging-roll-brings-hall-back-into-use/
History is repeating for children at St Joseph's Catholic School in New Plymouth. Fifty years ago a bulging role meant the school's Fatima Hall was filled with desks and used as classroom space.
Farewell to Gina
http://tinyurl.com/qonyrv
A framed photo of a smiling woman sits atop a small, white coffin. It's a smile familiar to the many people who knew and loved Georgina Yabo Forrest, known as Gina.
Death robs Gina of last wish
http://tinyurl.com/q7w5ty
Catering for elderly worshippers
Northern Courier (Wellington)
http://tinyurl.com/pqrpsy
Continuing our series on the issues surrounding an increasingly ageing population we look at how churches are catering for their elderly parishioners...
Conversation required over Foreshore and Seabed
Press Release: Caritas Aotearoa 20-5-2009 09:36
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/quotlonger-conversationquot-required-over-foreshore-and-seabed/5/14441
Kids give helicopter a funding boost (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/east-bays-courier/2422719/Kids-give-helicopter-a-funding-boost
Kids are getting fit while the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust gets a funding boost thanks to the Chopper Challenge at St Mary’s Catholic School in Ellerslie.
Burnside parish had tough start
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/2418480/Burnside-parish-had-tough-start
Worries about meeting bank loan repayments are not confined to the secular world. More than 2000 parishioners celebrated the 50th jubilee of Christchurch's largest Catholic parish, Christ the King at Burnside, at the weekend.
Parents hesitant about cervical cancer vaccination
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/2418526/Parents-hesitant-about-cervical-cancer-vaccination
Some Canterbury parents are hesitating to get their daughters vaccinated against cervical cancer because they fear it will make the teenagers sexually active.
Counselling Awareness Week Launched.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/counselling-awareness-week-launched/5/14308
The third counselling awareness week ( May 17 - 22nd) was launched this morning. It will send a message to those under stress that "Its better to talk" and that counselling can make all the difference in how you deal with a distressing situation.
Reinforcing Faith In New Zealand Society
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0905/S00306.htm
Press Release: ACT New Zealand Hon Heather Roy, ACT Deputy Leader
A 'Dominion Post' article caught my eye this week and got me thinking about what it is that sets New Zealanders apart. The article was about Kiwi physiotherapist and former Wellingtonian Damon Newrick - now living in London - who recently received a commendation from police for rescuing a woman from three brutal attackers...
** Canterbury Catholic social welfare expo **
The diversity of social welfare activities by Canterbury Catholic groups were on display on Saturday at an expo at St Bede's College organised by the Diocesan Welfare Council. The theme for the biennial event is "God's work in our hands". The expo was covered by three reports in The Press which are not available on the newspaper's free Website (details below). They can be read at the public library and the libraries' free Newztext service:
Expo showcases welfare works
The Press, 21 May 2009, Edition 2, Page 6.
The diversity of social welfare activities undertaken by groups within the Catholic Church will be on display on Saturday afternoon at an expo at St Bede's College, organised by the Diocesan Welfare Council. More than 20 organisations will showcase the work they do in fields that range from traditional charity to mutual support groups of families...
Giving witness critical
The Press, 21 May 2009, Edition 2, Page 6.
The church has the responsibility of always giving witness to Christ's teaching, and one of His great teachings was to practise charity, to be a good neighbour to anyone in need, says the Most Rev Barry Jones, Bishop of the Christchurch Diocese...
Gospel values celebrated by the church
The Press, 21 May 2009, Edition 2, Page 6.
The words of Jesus Christ recorded in St Matthew's Gospel resonate as much in the Catholic Church today as any other period in its history...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** To Vanuatu with a mission **
Natalie and John Paul are off to Vanuatu on the Mahitahi (Catholic Overseas volunteers) Connect mission trip to build classrooms and a water tank. Natalie reports on a previous mission trip.
** Mary on Mary **
Sister Mary Scanlan on Jesus' mother's role in his upbringing.
** Going out to the world **
A reading and discussion of Mark 16:15-20 with Suzanne O'Rourke and Fr David Kennerley 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 ...
Our Holy Father - Internets Master! ... "We live in a society of laws. Why do you think I took you to all those ‘Police Academy’ movies?" (the Catholic Church in the media) ... I never really thought about it like that (the morality of gambling) ... No Regrets (what does Scripture - and the Church - say about regret?) ... A mixed bag today (Swine flu restrictions; Christine Rankin; Obama Notre Dame) ... 20 week insight (on re-educating fathers about sex)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
'We're all in the same boat'
Whenever an aging prelate pipes up on some controversial issue, he generally draws one of two reactions. Those who disagree will say, "This guy's an anachronism who doesn't realize the world has passed him by," while those who concur will sigh, "Too bad he had to wait until the end of his career to tell it like it is." I make it a point to listen to these guys for another reason: I think that anyone who's spent a lifetime of leadership in the church deserves a hearing...
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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
NZ Catholic Tennis Wind-up
Renouf Tennis Centre, Brooklyn Road, Wellington
Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31 2009 (Queen's Birthday weekend)
Details and registration at: http://www.nzcatholictennis.org.nz , in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.15 and from Brian Kennedy, briken@xtra.co.nz tel: (04) 479 9153; 027 675 8844
Knights of the Southern Cross. Pauline Year Writing Competition
Topic: Why is Saint Paul important? What does Saint Paul say to me? $1,000 in total prizes divided between three age categories
Details in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.17 Closing date: 6 June 2009
'Be the Change': NZ Catholic Education Convention
29 - 31 July Wellington Convention Centre
Full details and registration: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed09
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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 ]
NEWS & NOTES - 24 May 2009 - The Ascension of the Lord
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'WEL-COM' - A Catholic newspaper for the Wellington and Palmerston North
dioceses
http://www.welcom.org.nz
News
Book of letters hailed as unique historical source ... NZ and Oz blamed for troubles in Fiji ... Commission members see justice in action
World News
Columns
Editorial: Anzac Day begs the question, by Cecily McNeill ... Archbishop's column: the Year of the Priest, by Archbishop John Dew ... The Year of Paul: Ephesians puzzle and pearl, by Kieran Fenn FMS
Schools
St Cath's new charity initiative ... Ss Peter and Paul's school tops wearable arts ... Marist St Pat's takes the prized Swindale after eight tries
Features
The marriage adventure ... St Paul's conversion inspires reflection in Mt Victoria ... Shepherding the flock
Wellington
Labyrinth reopens at Hutt Hospital ... Newtown People's Market a regular ... The cathedral 160 years ago
Palmerston North
Sharing the gospel using social context ... Prisoners share Lenten message of hope ... Southern Delights
Reflect: The Feast of the Ascension May 24, 2009, by Veronica Lawson RSM
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
When the wall came down
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/2434732/When-the-wall-came-down
Sister Philippa Reed didn't hear the diggers that demolished the sturdy red brick wall in Hamilton East early on Thursday a week ago. "I slept right through it," she says, as she looks at the exposed earthworks and higgledy-piggledy heaps of bricks on the corner of Clyde and Grey Sts.
Diamond anniversary (photo)
Central Leader
http://tinyurl.com/qbsxda
Hillsborough residents Aiden and Winnie Gladstone celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary on April 18.
'Ordinary folk' take gold (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/ppy5r5
Gordon and Pam Shaw married in St Mary's Catholic church, Paeroa on April 11 1959.
Bulging roll brings hall back into use (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/2434917/Bulging-roll-brings-hall-back-into-use/
History is repeating for children at St Joseph's Catholic School in New Plymouth. Fifty years ago a bulging role meant the school's Fatima Hall was filled with desks and used as classroom space.
Farewell to Gina
http://tinyurl.com/qonyrv
A framed photo of a smiling woman sits atop a small, white coffin. It's a smile familiar to the many people who knew and loved Georgina Yabo Forrest, known as Gina.
Death robs Gina of last wish
http://tinyurl.com/q7w5ty
Catering for elderly worshippers
Northern Courier (Wellington)
http://tinyurl.com/pqrpsy
Continuing our series on the issues surrounding an increasingly ageing population we look at how churches are catering for their elderly parishioners...
Conversation required over Foreshore and Seabed
Press Release: Caritas Aotearoa 20-5-2009 09:36
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/quotlonger-conversationquot-required-over-foreshore-and-seabed/5/14441
Kids give helicopter a funding boost (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/east-bays-courier/2422719/Kids-give-helicopter-a-funding-boost
Kids are getting fit while the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust gets a funding boost thanks to the Chopper Challenge at St Mary’s Catholic School in Ellerslie.
Burnside parish had tough start
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/2418480/Burnside-parish-had-tough-start
Worries about meeting bank loan repayments are not confined to the secular world. More than 2000 parishioners celebrated the 50th jubilee of Christchurch's largest Catholic parish, Christ the King at Burnside, at the weekend.
Parents hesitant about cervical cancer vaccination
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/2418526/Parents-hesitant-about-cervical-cancer-vaccination
Some Canterbury parents are hesitating to get their daughters vaccinated against cervical cancer because they fear it will make the teenagers sexually active.
Counselling Awareness Week Launched.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/counselling-awareness-week-launched/5/14308
The third counselling awareness week ( May 17 - 22nd) was launched this morning. It will send a message to those under stress that "Its better to talk" and that counselling can make all the difference in how you deal with a distressing situation.
Reinforcing Faith In New Zealand Society
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0905/S00306.htm
Press Release: ACT New Zealand Hon Heather Roy, ACT Deputy Leader
A 'Dominion Post' article caught my eye this week and got me thinking about what it is that sets New Zealanders apart. The article was about Kiwi physiotherapist and former Wellingtonian Damon Newrick - now living in London - who recently received a commendation from police for rescuing a woman from three brutal attackers...
** Canterbury Catholic social welfare expo **
The diversity of social welfare activities by Canterbury Catholic groups were on display on Saturday at an expo at St Bede's College organised by the Diocesan Welfare Council. The theme for the biennial event is "God's work in our hands". The expo was covered by three reports in The Press which are not available on the newspaper's free Website (details below). They can be read at the public library and the libraries' free Newztext service:
Expo showcases welfare works
The Press, 21 May 2009, Edition 2, Page 6.
The diversity of social welfare activities undertaken by groups within the Catholic Church will be on display on Saturday afternoon at an expo at St Bede's College, organised by the Diocesan Welfare Council. More than 20 organisations will showcase the work they do in fields that range from traditional charity to mutual support groups of families...
Giving witness critical
The Press, 21 May 2009, Edition 2, Page 6.
The church has the responsibility of always giving witness to Christ's teaching, and one of His great teachings was to practise charity, to be a good neighbour to anyone in need, says the Most Rev Barry Jones, Bishop of the Christchurch Diocese...
Gospel values celebrated by the church
The Press, 21 May 2009, Edition 2, Page 6.
The words of Jesus Christ recorded in St Matthew's Gospel resonate as much in the Catholic Church today as any other period in its history...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** To Vanuatu with a mission **
Natalie and John Paul are off to Vanuatu on the Mahitahi (Catholic Overseas volunteers) Connect mission trip to build classrooms and a water tank. Natalie reports on a previous mission trip.
** Mary on Mary **
Sister Mary Scanlan on Jesus' mother's role in his upbringing.
** Going out to the world **
A reading and discussion of Mark 16:15-20 with Suzanne O'Rourke and Fr David Kennerley 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 ...
Our Holy Father - Internets Master! ... "We live in a society of laws. Why do you think I took you to all those ‘Police Academy’ movies?" (the Catholic Church in the media) ... I never really thought about it like that (the morality of gambling) ... No Regrets (what does Scripture - and the Church - say about regret?) ... A mixed bag today (Swine flu restrictions; Christine Rankin; Obama Notre Dame) ... 20 week insight (on re-educating fathers about sex)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
'We're all in the same boat'
Whenever an aging prelate pipes up on some controversial issue, he generally draws one of two reactions. Those who disagree will say, "This guy's an anachronism who doesn't realize the world has passed him by," while those who concur will sigh, "Too bad he had to wait until the end of his career to tell it like it is." I make it a point to listen to these guys for another reason: I think that anyone who's spent a lifetime of leadership in the church deserves a hearing...
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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
NZ Catholic Tennis Wind-up
Renouf Tennis Centre, Brooklyn Road, Wellington
Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31 2009 (Queen's Birthday weekend)
Details and registration at: http://www.nzcatholictennis.org.nz , in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.15 and from Brian Kennedy, briken@xtra.co.nz tel: (04) 479 9153; 027 675 8844
Knights of the Southern Cross. Pauline Year Writing Competition
Topic: Why is Saint Paul important? What does Saint Paul say to me? $1,000 in total prizes divided between three age categories
Details in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.17 Closing date: 6 June 2009
'Be the Change': NZ Catholic Education Convention
29 - 31 July Wellington Convention Centre
Full details and registration: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed09
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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, May 17, 2009
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NEWS & NOTES - 17 May 2009
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 316 - May 17 - 30 2009
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In this issue: Bishops keeping a close eye on swine flu status .. 78 schools say no to Gardasil ... Children's book gives birds-eye view of Pope Benedict's daily routine ... View from the trenches: a personal reflection, by Joy Cowley ... NZ children will learn of Maori girl's inspiring faith ... Advertising feature: Legal services
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Rush to bring Gina's brother to Wanganui
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3797930&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
All the stops have been pulled out to bring cancer sufferer Gina Forrest's brother from the Philippines to her bedside in Wanganui next week.
Catholic church opens in Katikati (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/plgend
A special mass was held last sunday to celebrate the opening of the new St Pius X Catholic Church and Parish community Centre in Beach Rd., Katikati.
Waitara church is significant
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/2416167/Waitara-church-is-significant
It may not be an ancient cathedral, but St Joseph's church in Waitara could soon have similar status. The Nelson St building is being considered by New Plymouth District Council for addition to the district plan as a category A historic building, meaning it will have the highest possible protection. [To see the church in Google Street View, open: http://maps.google.co.nz ; enter: 17 Nelson Street, Waitara; click the small photograph over 'Street View'; when the view opens, move three clicks right-wards]
Other schools want the winning recipe (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/2413239/Taranaki-speakers-take-the-cake/
There's something special giving Taranaki students the gift of the gab. The recipe has been demanded by schools from Napier to Wellington but Bayley Roylance, 17, of Sacred Heart Girls' College and George Grainger, 15, of Francis Douglas Memorial College are staying mum.
Colleges pool talents (photo)
Hamilton Press
http://tinyurl.com/oy6pny
Hamilton's Catholic secondary schools have combined to stage a right-rollicking outer space adventure, in a combined production of Return to the Forbidden Planet.
Still room at St Joseph's (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/feilding-herald/2412106/Still-room-at-St-Josephs
Feilding's St Joseph's School, an integrated Catholic school, is promoting the idea that it has room on its roll for non-Catholic children.
Divine intervention (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/features/2407419/Divine-intervention
He was the kind of man you'd pass in the street without a second glance a good, solid, salt-of-the-earth type who'd always been able to support his family with his skills. Now he sits slumped in a chair in a church office, looking down at his clenched workingman's hands. The events of the last few weeks have stripped him of pride.
Public Asked To Comment On The Future Of Cemeteries
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/public-asked-comment-future-cemeteries/5/13996
As Christchurch continues to grow and we become more multi-cultural, the future development of cemeteries and methods of burial is shifting into focus.
Pupils come first, says new head
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/kaikoura/2407146/Pupils-come-first-says-new-head
Mary Gray is no stranger to St Joseph's School, Blenheim, having taught there since 2004. But now she is taking on an entirely different role, having recently been appointed principal of the 82-pupil Catholic primary school.
Tougher times see churches increase attendance
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/2406010/Tougher-times-see-churches-increase-attendance
Church flocks are growing as people search for a deeper meaning during the recession.
Church to be a beacon (illustration)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/2401921/Church-to-be-a-beacon
A European-style Catholic church in the heart of Te Atatu is taking shape thanks to the Croatian Cultural Society.
One step from heaven
New Zealand Herald — H003 — 16 May 2009
There aren't too many developers who can say the successful sale of their latest luxurious clifftop creation features in the prayers of 20 nuns. Award-winning builder-developers Nigel and Jackie Benton built this palatial new masonry home with panoramic sea views on land subdivided off the grounds of the neighbouring Catholic rest home. The Marian Rest Home is a small facility within spacious grounds, catering for elderly Catholic nuns and laywomen.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Speaking out **
The O'Shea Shield public speaking competition for Catholic secondary schools was hosted this year by St Mary's College, Wellington.
** Giving your life for a friend **
A reading and discussion of John 15:9-17 with Suzanne O'Rourke and Fr David Kennerley at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
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NZ CATHOLIC PODCASTS
http://station15.libsyn.com
** Station XV ** - Episode 21
Holy Father's Holy Land holiday?
In this month's episode, we cover the Holy Father's trip to the Holy Land, the Swine Flu restrictions on reception of Communion, the anti-Catholic media bias, offering women who seek abortions the opportunity to view the ultrasound, and Our Lady appearing in a...coffee stain?
** Familia ** - Episode 8
In this month's edition of the Familia Podcast we explore the following questions: 1. What are the 'original experiences of man'? 2. Why did God create people with homosexual desires? 3. How can you counsel people who are pregnant and worried to keep their babies without moralizing? 4. How do you deal with friends who are sleeping together - how do we love them without condoning their actions? 5. When we give our lives to Christ do we really have to cease to exist as an individual?
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'BEING FRANK' - http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Catholics and sport ... "They fed us gruel, they forced us to make wallets for export, and one of the campers was eaten by a bear!" (lessons from an American summer camp) ... Shameless plug (introducing a new women's forum) ... No fullstops on a family pilgrimage (report from Dakar) ... The Holy Father in the Holy Land ... Good Shepherds (on Good Shepherd Sunday)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
'The most demanding high-wire act of his papacy'
Jerusalem -- After the most demanding high-wire act of his papacy, a grueling week that saw the 82-year-old pontiff deliver 28 speeches while shuttling among Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, it seems terribly simplistic to offer a report card, but here we go nonetheless: Give Benedict XVI an A for effort, and a B for execution...
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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)
**********************************************
EVENTS
NZ Catholic Tennis Wind-up
Renouf Tennis Centre, Brooklyn Road, Wellington
Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31 2009 (Queen's Birthday weekend)
Details and registration at: http://www.nzcatholictennis.org.nz , in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.15 and from Brian Kennedy, briken@xtra.co.nz tel: (04) 479 9153; 027 675 8844
Knights of the Southern Cross. Pauline Year Writing Competition
Topic: Why is Saint Paul important? What does Saint Paul say to me?
$1,000 in total prizes divided between three age categories. Details in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.17 Closing date: 6 June 2009
'Be the Change': NZ Catholic Education Convention
29 - 31 July Wellington Convention Centre
Full details and registration: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed09
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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 ]
Reasearch and Advocacy Officer, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand (part-time)
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 315, May 3 - 16, 2009 p. 26, in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.14, and from Claire Beaumont, tel: (04) 496 1742; e-mail: claire@caritas.org.nz Applications close 22 May 2009.
NEWS & NOTES - 17 May 2009
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 316 - May 17 - 30 2009
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In this issue: Bishops keeping a close eye on swine flu status .. 78 schools say no to Gardasil ... Children's book gives birds-eye view of Pope Benedict's daily routine ... View from the trenches: a personal reflection, by Joy Cowley ... NZ children will learn of Maori girl's inspiring faith ... Advertising feature: Legal services
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Rush to bring Gina's brother to Wanganui
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3797930&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
All the stops have been pulled out to bring cancer sufferer Gina Forrest's brother from the Philippines to her bedside in Wanganui next week.
Catholic church opens in Katikati (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/plgend
A special mass was held last sunday to celebrate the opening of the new St Pius X Catholic Church and Parish community Centre in Beach Rd., Katikati.
Waitara church is significant
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/2416167/Waitara-church-is-significant
It may not be an ancient cathedral, but St Joseph's church in Waitara could soon have similar status. The Nelson St building is being considered by New Plymouth District Council for addition to the district plan as a category A historic building, meaning it will have the highest possible protection. [To see the church in Google Street View, open: http://maps.google.co.nz ; enter: 17 Nelson Street, Waitara; click the small photograph over 'Street View'; when the view opens, move three clicks right-wards]
Other schools want the winning recipe (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/2413239/Taranaki-speakers-take-the-cake/
There's something special giving Taranaki students the gift of the gab. The recipe has been demanded by schools from Napier to Wellington but Bayley Roylance, 17, of Sacred Heart Girls' College and George Grainger, 15, of Francis Douglas Memorial College are staying mum.
Colleges pool talents (photo)
Hamilton Press
http://tinyurl.com/oy6pny
Hamilton's Catholic secondary schools have combined to stage a right-rollicking outer space adventure, in a combined production of Return to the Forbidden Planet.
Still room at St Joseph's (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/feilding-herald/2412106/Still-room-at-St-Josephs
Feilding's St Joseph's School, an integrated Catholic school, is promoting the idea that it has room on its roll for non-Catholic children.
Divine intervention (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/features/2407419/Divine-intervention
He was the kind of man you'd pass in the street without a second glance a good, solid, salt-of-the-earth type who'd always been able to support his family with his skills. Now he sits slumped in a chair in a church office, looking down at his clenched workingman's hands. The events of the last few weeks have stripped him of pride.
Public Asked To Comment On The Future Of Cemeteries
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/public-asked-comment-future-cemeteries/5/13996
As Christchurch continues to grow and we become more multi-cultural, the future development of cemeteries and methods of burial is shifting into focus.
Pupils come first, says new head
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/kaikoura/2407146/Pupils-come-first-says-new-head
Mary Gray is no stranger to St Joseph's School, Blenheim, having taught there since 2004. But now she is taking on an entirely different role, having recently been appointed principal of the 82-pupil Catholic primary school.
Tougher times see churches increase attendance
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/2406010/Tougher-times-see-churches-increase-attendance
Church flocks are growing as people search for a deeper meaning during the recession.
Church to be a beacon (illustration)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/2401921/Church-to-be-a-beacon
A European-style Catholic church in the heart of Te Atatu is taking shape thanks to the Croatian Cultural Society.
One step from heaven
New Zealand Herald — H003 — 16 May 2009
There aren't too many developers who can say the successful sale of their latest luxurious clifftop creation features in the prayers of 20 nuns. Award-winning builder-developers Nigel and Jackie Benton built this palatial new masonry home with panoramic sea views on land subdivided off the grounds of the neighbouring Catholic rest home. The Marian Rest Home is a small facility within spacious grounds, catering for elderly Catholic nuns and laywomen.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Speaking out **
The O'Shea Shield public speaking competition for Catholic secondary schools was hosted this year by St Mary's College, Wellington.
** Giving your life for a friend **
A reading and discussion of John 15:9-17 with Suzanne O'Rourke and Fr David Kennerley at St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
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NZ CATHOLIC PODCASTS
http://station15.libsyn.com
** Station XV ** - Episode 21
Holy Father's Holy Land holiday?
In this month's episode, we cover the Holy Father's trip to the Holy Land, the Swine Flu restrictions on reception of Communion, the anti-Catholic media bias, offering women who seek abortions the opportunity to view the ultrasound, and Our Lady appearing in a...coffee stain?
** Familia ** - Episode 8
In this month's edition of the Familia Podcast we explore the following questions: 1. What are the 'original experiences of man'? 2. Why did God create people with homosexual desires? 3. How can you counsel people who are pregnant and worried to keep their babies without moralizing? 4. How do you deal with friends who are sleeping together - how do we love them without condoning their actions? 5. When we give our lives to Christ do we really have to cease to exist as an individual?
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'BEING FRANK' - http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Catholics and sport ... "They fed us gruel, they forced us to make wallets for export, and one of the campers was eaten by a bear!" (lessons from an American summer camp) ... Shameless plug (introducing a new women's forum) ... No fullstops on a family pilgrimage (report from Dakar) ... The Holy Father in the Holy Land ... Good Shepherds (on Good Shepherd Sunday)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
'The most demanding high-wire act of his papacy'
Jerusalem -- After the most demanding high-wire act of his papacy, a grueling week that saw the 82-year-old pontiff deliver 28 speeches while shuttling among Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, it seems terribly simplistic to offer a report card, but here we go nonetheless: Give Benedict XVI an A for effort, and a B for execution...
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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
NZ Catholic Tennis Wind-up
Renouf Tennis Centre, Brooklyn Road, Wellington
Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31 2009 (Queen's Birthday weekend)
Details and registration at: http://www.nzcatholictennis.org.nz , in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.15 and from Brian Kennedy, briken@xtra.co.nz tel: (04) 479 9153; 027 675 8844
Knights of the Southern Cross. Pauline Year Writing Competition
Topic: Why is Saint Paul important? What does Saint Paul say to me?
$1,000 in total prizes divided between three age categories. Details in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.17 Closing date: 6 June 2009
'Be the Change': NZ Catholic Education Convention
29 - 31 July Wellington Convention Centre
Full details and registration: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed09
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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 ]
Reasearch and Advocacy Officer, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand (part-time)
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 315, May 3 - 16, 2009 p. 26, in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.14, and from Claire Beaumont, tel: (04) 496 1742; e-mail: claire@caritas.org.nz Applications close 22 May 2009.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
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NEWS & NOTES - 10 May 2009
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Where it all started (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/features/2398474/Where-it-all-started/
'Icon" could be one of the most abused words in the English language. Its traditional religious meaning has long been drowned out by chatter about "iconic" this and "iconic" that, and there's no way that the quiet, and largely unnoticed, visit of an Australian man to Nelson this week could have done anything to rescue the word's original meaning and intent...
Mother Teresa’s associate visits Auckland
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0905/S00107.htm
Canadian-born Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, Mother Teresa’s associate of 20 years and promoter of her canonisation, visits Auckland this weekend ...
Refocusing Aid – Will the Poor be Lost From View?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0905/S00065.htm
Catholic aid and development agency Caritas is deeply disappointed that the government has reintegrated government aid agency NZAID back into the Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry, and shifted its prime focus from poverty elimination to sustainable economic growth...
Caritas Looking For New Zealand To Sharpen Up On Human Rights
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/caritas-looking-new-zealand-sharpen-human-rights/5/13615
Catholic social justice agency Caritas is looking for New Zealand to sharpen up its human rights record at home, as the government's performance is put under the spotlight by the United Nations (UN) today...
Praise for this makeover
The Dominion Post 2 May 2009 Page: 103
St Mary of the Assumption is a romantic picture postcard of a church, situated down a leafy lane at the fringe of Napier. Built in 1863 for the Society of Mary, it was subsequently enlarged sixfold into the grand Carpenter’s Gothic pile we see today,...
Vows taken again after 80 years (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/2381204/Nun-takes-vows-again-after-80-years
A Southland-born Catholic nun is thought to have made history by celebrating 80 years of religious profession. Sister Mary Dominic, 101, was professed a Sister of Mercy in 1929, three years after entering the teaching order in Dunedin...
Flu-fearing faithful keep their distance
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/2381174/Flu-fearing-faithful-keep-their-distance
Churchgoers around South Canterbury had to adjust their communion practices yesterday as a precautionary measure against swine flu...
Flu fears sees halt to Holy Communion at masses (video: St Patrick's
Cathedral, Auckland)
http://www.3news.co.nz/News/NationalNews/Flu-fears-sees-halt-to-Holy-Communion-at-masses/tabid/423/articleID/102320/cat/64/Default.aspx
There was no communion wine at catholic masses throughout the country today, as New Zealand catholic bishops recommended it stop as a precautionary measure while swine flu is around...
Churches respond to flu scare (video: Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington)
http://tvnz.co.nz/health-news/churches-respond-flu-scare-2698534
While New Zealand authorities are confident they have got the H1N1 influenza virus under control, there is still plenty of caution being shown - especially on the holy day...
First Mass for new church
Bay of Plenty Times — A002 — 07 May 2009 (full text)
An official Mass and Blessing will open Katikati's newest church on Sunday with an expected congregation of 250. Construction of the Catholic church began in late October and while a target completion date of March 31 was not met, an impressive new facility now stands on Beach Rd. The Mass will be led by Bishop Denis Browne of the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton.
Church complex to be blessed
Hauraki Herald May 8 2009 p.4
The congregation of St Pius X Catholic Church in Katikati is preparing for the opening of its new complex on Beach Road this Sunday ...
‘Comfortable’ priest felt for people deeply
Waikato Times 9 May 2009 Page: 20
Monsignor Pat Holland was a joyfully rotund Roman Catholic priest who loved all people, and was loved in return.
Oggi Advertising wins eight year battle over school's billboards
The National Business Review 2009 - 8 May 2009
After an eight-year battle, Gordon Frykberg's Oggi Advertising has won a dispensation from the Auckland City Council bylaws allowing three billboards to stay on the grounds of St Francis Schools at Pt Chevalier, Auckland. Under this arrangement, the school and parish had earned $254,000 over 15 years...
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
'Catholic Bishops oppose “Three strikes” Bill' (6 May 2009)
New Zealand Catholic Bishops and Catholic social justice agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand will oppose the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill at the Law and Order Select Committee’s first hearings on the legislation on Wednesday 6 May. In a joint submission, the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference and Caritas said the Bill runs the risk of having the exact opposite effect to that intended of protecting the community from violent offenders...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Referendum Time **
Should smacking by parents be a criminal offence? Comments by Sister Marcellin, a member of the steering committe of 'Every Child Counts' http://www.everychildcounts.org.nz
** Fruit aplenty **
A reading and discussion of John 15:1-8 with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Father James Lyons at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK' - http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
'Our Father' (the gift of the Lord's Prayer) ... “On closer inspection, these are loafers” (about the film "End of Days") ... A Burning question (to kill or not to kill) ... The call to work, with St Joseph the Worker (a reflection for the feast of St Joseph the Worker) ... The flu and the liturgy ... Don’t you stick your tongue out at me! ... Bye bye to the family dog… the family drive… the family dinner… (the “death of the traditional family”)
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PERIODICALS AND NEWSLETTERS
NZ Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' - May 2009
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' - May 2009 with Catholic Schools' Supplement
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resourcesubpages/lighting-new-fires.html
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' - April 2009
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25
NZ Marist Brothers. 'Marist Family News' - March 2009
http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Marist%20Family%20News.htm
The Nathaniel Centre: The NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' Issue 27 April 2009
http://www.nathaniel.org.nz
'Tui Motu InterIslands' - April 2009
http://www.tuimotu.org
Society of Eucharistic Adoration. 'Newsletter' - January 2009
http://www.divinenet.org.nz/adoration.html
St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East' - May 2009
http://www.columban.org.au/publications/the_far_east.html
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Coverage of the Pope's Mideast Trip
John L. Allen Jr. is traveling with Pope Benedict XVI in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories May 8-15. Read NCRonline.org daily for his dispatches from the Holy Land.
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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
NZ Catholic Tennis Wind-up
Renouf Tennis Centre, Brooklyn Road, Wellington
Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31 2009 (Queen's Birthday weekend)
Details and registration at: http://www.nzcatholictennis.org.nz , in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.15 and from Brian Kennedy, briken@xtra.co.nz tel: (04) 479 9153; 027 675 8844
Knights of the Southern Cross. Pauline Year Writing Competition
Topic: Why is Saint Paul important? What does Saint Paul say to me?
$1,000 in total prizes divided between three age categories. Details in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.17 Closing date: 6 June 2009
'Be the Change': NZ Catholic Education Convention
29 - 31 July Wellington Convention Centre
Full details and registration: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed09
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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 ]
Reasearch and Advocacy Officer, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand (part-time)
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 315, May 3 - 16, 2009 p. 26, in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.14, and from Claire Beaumont, tel: (04) 496 1742; e-mail: claire@caritas.org.nz Applications close 22 May 2009.
NEWS & NOTES - 10 May 2009
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Where it all started (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/features/2398474/Where-it-all-started/
'Icon" could be one of the most abused words in the English language. Its traditional religious meaning has long been drowned out by chatter about "iconic" this and "iconic" that, and there's no way that the quiet, and largely unnoticed, visit of an Australian man to Nelson this week could have done anything to rescue the word's original meaning and intent...
Mother Teresa’s associate visits Auckland
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0905/S00107.htm
Canadian-born Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, Mother Teresa’s associate of 20 years and promoter of her canonisation, visits Auckland this weekend ...
Refocusing Aid – Will the Poor be Lost From View?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0905/S00065.htm
Catholic aid and development agency Caritas is deeply disappointed that the government has reintegrated government aid agency NZAID back into the Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry, and shifted its prime focus from poverty elimination to sustainable economic growth...
Caritas Looking For New Zealand To Sharpen Up On Human Rights
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/caritas-looking-new-zealand-sharpen-human-rights/5/13615
Catholic social justice agency Caritas is looking for New Zealand to sharpen up its human rights record at home, as the government's performance is put under the spotlight by the United Nations (UN) today...
Praise for this makeover
The Dominion Post 2 May 2009 Page: 103
St Mary of the Assumption is a romantic picture postcard of a church, situated down a leafy lane at the fringe of Napier. Built in 1863 for the Society of Mary, it was subsequently enlarged sixfold into the grand Carpenter’s Gothic pile we see today,...
Vows taken again after 80 years (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/2381204/Nun-takes-vows-again-after-80-years
A Southland-born Catholic nun is thought to have made history by celebrating 80 years of religious profession. Sister Mary Dominic, 101, was professed a Sister of Mercy in 1929, three years after entering the teaching order in Dunedin...
Flu-fearing faithful keep their distance
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/2381174/Flu-fearing-faithful-keep-their-distance
Churchgoers around South Canterbury had to adjust their communion practices yesterday as a precautionary measure against swine flu...
Flu fears sees halt to Holy Communion at masses (video: St Patrick's
Cathedral, Auckland)
http://www.3news.co.nz/News/NationalNews/Flu-fears-sees-halt-to-Holy-Communion-at-masses/tabid/423/articleID/102320/cat/64/Default.aspx
There was no communion wine at catholic masses throughout the country today, as New Zealand catholic bishops recommended it stop as a precautionary measure while swine flu is around...
Churches respond to flu scare (video: Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington)
http://tvnz.co.nz/health-news/churches-respond-flu-scare-2698534
While New Zealand authorities are confident they have got the H1N1 influenza virus under control, there is still plenty of caution being shown - especially on the holy day...
First Mass for new church
Bay of Plenty Times — A002 — 07 May 2009 (full text)
An official Mass and Blessing will open Katikati's newest church on Sunday with an expected congregation of 250. Construction of the Catholic church began in late October and while a target completion date of March 31 was not met, an impressive new facility now stands on Beach Rd. The Mass will be led by Bishop Denis Browne of the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton.
Church complex to be blessed
Hauraki Herald May 8 2009 p.4
The congregation of St Pius X Catholic Church in Katikati is preparing for the opening of its new complex on Beach Road this Sunday ...
‘Comfortable’ priest felt for people deeply
Waikato Times 9 May 2009 Page: 20
Monsignor Pat Holland was a joyfully rotund Roman Catholic priest who loved all people, and was loved in return.
Oggi Advertising wins eight year battle over school's billboards
The National Business Review 2009 - 8 May 2009
After an eight-year battle, Gordon Frykberg's Oggi Advertising has won a dispensation from the Auckland City Council bylaws allowing three billboards to stay on the grounds of St Francis Schools at Pt Chevalier, Auckland. Under this arrangement, the school and parish had earned $254,000 over 15 years...
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
'Catholic Bishops oppose “Three strikes” Bill' (6 May 2009)
New Zealand Catholic Bishops and Catholic social justice agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand will oppose the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill at the Law and Order Select Committee’s first hearings on the legislation on Wednesday 6 May. In a joint submission, the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference and Caritas said the Bill runs the risk of having the exact opposite effect to that intended of protecting the community from violent offenders...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Referendum Time **
Should smacking by parents be a criminal offence? Comments by Sister Marcellin, a member of the steering committe of 'Every Child Counts' http://www.everychildcounts.org.nz
** Fruit aplenty **
A reading and discussion of John 15:1-8 with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Father James Lyons at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK' - http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
'Our Father' (the gift of the Lord's Prayer) ... “On closer inspection, these are loafers” (about the film "End of Days") ... A Burning question (to kill or not to kill) ... The call to work, with St Joseph the Worker (a reflection for the feast of St Joseph the Worker) ... The flu and the liturgy ... Don’t you stick your tongue out at me! ... Bye bye to the family dog… the family drive… the family dinner… (the “death of the traditional family”)
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PERIODICALS AND NEWSLETTERS
NZ Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' - May 2009
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' - May 2009 with Catholic Schools' Supplement
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resourcesubpages/lighting-new-fires.html
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' - April 2009
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25
NZ Marist Brothers. 'Marist Family News' - March 2009
http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Marist%20Family%20News.htm
The Nathaniel Centre: The NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report' Issue 27 April 2009
http://www.nathaniel.org.nz
'Tui Motu InterIslands' - April 2009
http://www.tuimotu.org
Society of Eucharistic Adoration. 'Newsletter' - January 2009
http://www.divinenet.org.nz/adoration.html
St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East' - May 2009
http://www.columban.org.au/publications/the_far_east.html
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Coverage of the Pope's Mideast Trip
John L. Allen Jr. is traveling with Pope Benedict XVI in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories May 8-15. Read NCRonline.org daily for his dispatches from the Holy Land.
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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
NZ Catholic Tennis Wind-up
Renouf Tennis Centre, Brooklyn Road, Wellington
Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31 2009 (Queen's Birthday weekend)
Details and registration at: http://www.nzcatholictennis.org.nz , in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.15 and from Brian Kennedy, briken@xtra.co.nz tel: (04) 479 9153; 027 675 8844
Knights of the Southern Cross. Pauline Year Writing Competition
Topic: Why is Saint Paul important? What does Saint Paul say to me?
$1,000 in total prizes divided between three age categories. Details in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.17 Closing date: 6 June 2009
'Be the Change': NZ Catholic Education Convention
29 - 31 July Wellington Convention Centre
Full details and registration: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed09
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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 ]
Reasearch and Advocacy Officer, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand (part-time)
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 315, May 3 - 16, 2009 p. 26, in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.14, and from Claire Beaumont, tel: (04) 496 1742; e-mail: claire@caritas.org.nz Applications close 22 May 2009.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
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NEWS & NOTES - 3 May 2009
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE - Media Releases
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
'Bishops take action to reduce spread of influenza' (April 30, 2009)
'Swine flu update from bishops' (April 29, 2009)
'Bishops watching influenza situation' (April 27, 2009)
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - Issue 315, May 3 - 16, 2009
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
NATIONAL
Abortions get rubber stamp, stats suggest ... Bishops' visit to Rome delayed till 2010 ... Marist letters give insights into early colonial history ... Auckland's last Rosminian leaves ... Reasons for abortion drop queried ... Nuns expand to Hamilton ... Church voice in broadcasting shuts up shop ... Wellington priest granted diversion ... Deacon Ryan retires from leadership role ... Defunct pro-life branches revived ... Fr Morris dies in Dunedin ... St Peter's, Gore, wins Bishop's Shield
FEATURES
Loreto Sister helps the poor in Vietnam ... Opus Dei priest a systematic teacher ... Easter in NZ and around the world ... Down's syndrome kids find hope and homes with organisation's help ... Sr Anna Marie marks 60 years of profession ... NZ's Ukrainian Catholics get support again from Australia ... Knights offer $1000 for young writers ... Awkward-looking Susan's singing stops sniggers
OPINION
Paul O'Connor: Are we the flat-earth Church? ... Pew Point: Pondering our Christian roots ... Ronald Rolheiser: Hatred and true religion ... Editorial: Let's stop judging by appearances ... Malcolm Evans' cartoon ... Letters ... Vatican Letter: Our scholarly Pope is drawn to St Francis
INTERNATIONAL
Pope's Mid-East visit expected to offer hope ... Mexican Masses cancelled ... Cardinal gives from the pocket to help the poor ... Turkish bishop welcomes Obama's remarks ... Identity cards for Catholics promoted ... The Pope: Easter is based on a true event ... Holy Father celebrates 82nd birthday ... Rome rebuffs criticism from Belgium ... President was Father dad ... Priests asked to tithe ... Rome rejects racism at conference in Geneva ... Coalition builds against Notre Dame University president ... Rebel priest takes up exile nearby ... In Brief ... Recession lifting Mass counts? ... Pope was ready to resign in war ... Pell defends papal remarks ... Haven plan panned
REGULAR FEATURES
Papal Prayer, Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Clips, Catholic.Geek, Tape Deck, Scripture, Feasts, Liturgical Calendar, The Doolans, Family Talk, Crossword, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Kit's Corner, Holy Lives, That Word!, Photo Prayer, Wit's End.
ADVERTISING FEATURE
Schools (6 pages)
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
NZ's Catholic Church brings in swine flu measures
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10569593
New Zealand's Catholic bishops have issued hygiene recommendations for church services in preparation for a swine flu pandemic.
Mass held for Lady with the Lantern (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/53027/mass-held-lady-with-lantern
Foundress of the Order of Presentation, Sr Nano Nagle died 225 years ago. Her work around issues of justice led to her inspiring sisters all over the world.
Bet paying dividends 50 years on (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/cf3bm8
A staffroom wager that young mechanic Maurice Smith wouldn't ask a female colleague on a date was the beginning of something special.
Community church opens its doors (photo)
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/djz6fx
The Diamond Harbour Christian community opened its first church on Sunday.
Paddy's passing a huge blow to community (photo)
South Waikato News
http://tinyurl.com/cfswgw
Tokoroa has lost one of its icons. Paddy Hannon died peacefully in Waikato hospital after a short illness.
Real impact from abortions a hidden story of trauma says pro-lifer (photo)
Kapiti Observer
http://tinyurl.com/dyc2vw
In trying to liberate women, the feminist movement of the 70s may have inadvertently 'thrown the baby out with the bathwater', preganacy counselling service volunteer Catherine Gillies told a Kapiti audience last week.
School addresses ERO concerns (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/c9473o
St Joseph's Catholic School in Paeroa is back on the ERO's regular three-yearly review cycle.
Caritas Pledges Support for People of Sri Lanka
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0904/S00268.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged NZ$50,000 to support civilian victims in Sri Lanka's civil war, as the government closes in on Tamil Tiger rebels in the north.
Deacon of hope, 83, eyes new direction
The Daily Post (Rotorua) — A003 — 30 April 2009
Rotorua's Mike Ryan was the first Catholic deacon in New Zealand. Mr Ryan is handing over the reins for an office which he has built from the ground up. He was the director of the Hamilton Diocesan Diaconate Office but had been maintaining his position from Rotorua.
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TV ONE. 'Leo's Pride'. Sunday 3 May 2009, 11:20 PM
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1589718
Dame Sister Mary Leo was New Zealand's most famous singing teacher. Talented, ambitious and proud, she taught, among many others, our country's three best opera talents: Kiri Te Kanawa, Malvina Major and Mina Foley, whose early careers were shaped by the determination of this small nun...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Easter/Anzac Nexus **
A reflection by Sister Mary Scanlan.
** Easter continues **
A reading and discussion of John 10:11-18 with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Father James Lyons at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK' - http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Religion and science: “isolation is not an option” ... “Don’t worry, sweetheart. If I’m wrong, I’ll recant on my deathbed.” (dialogue with atheists) ... Is a facebook friend a real friend? ... World Youth Day meets Africa… ... Don’t get the pig AIDS!!!! (the media and swine flu) ... Better than I could have said it (Cardinal Pell on aids and condoms) ... Morning after pill via text message now?
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Mahony on ministry; headaches in the Holy Land
Few American bishops have pondered the future of ministry in the Catholic church as thoroughly as Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles. He issued a pastoral letter on the subject in 2000 called “As I Have Done For You,” presided over an archdiocesan synod in which ministry was a major focus, and sponsored three subsequent documents on leadership by the ordained and non-ordained, the role of a lay administrator in a priestless parish, and parish-based evangelization...
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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
NZ Catholic Tennis Wind-up
Renouf Tennis Centre, Brooklyn Road, Wellington
Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31 2009 (Queen's Birthday weekend)
Details and registration at: http://www.nzcatholictennis.org.nz , in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.15 and from Brian Kennedy, briken@xtra.co.nz tel: (04) 479 9153; 027 675 8844
Knights of the Southern Cross. Pauline Year Writing Competition
Topic: Why is Saint Paul important? What does Saint Paul say to me?
$1,000 in total prizes divided betwenn three age categories
Details in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.17 Closing date: 6 June 2009
'Be the Change': NZ Catholic Education Convention 29 - 31 July Wellington Convention Centre
Full details and registration: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed09
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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 ]
Reasearch and Advocacy Officer, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand (part-time)
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 315, May 3 - 16, 2009 p. 26, in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.14, and from Claire Beaumont, tel: (04) 496 1742; e-mail: claire@caritas.org.nz Applications close 22 May 2009.
NEWS & NOTES - 3 May 2009
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE - Media Releases
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
'Bishops take action to reduce spread of influenza' (April 30, 2009)
'Swine flu update from bishops' (April 29, 2009)
'Bishops watching influenza situation' (April 27, 2009)
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - Issue 315, May 3 - 16, 2009
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
NATIONAL
Abortions get rubber stamp, stats suggest ... Bishops' visit to Rome delayed till 2010 ... Marist letters give insights into early colonial history ... Auckland's last Rosminian leaves ... Reasons for abortion drop queried ... Nuns expand to Hamilton ... Church voice in broadcasting shuts up shop ... Wellington priest granted diversion ... Deacon Ryan retires from leadership role ... Defunct pro-life branches revived ... Fr Morris dies in Dunedin ... St Peter's, Gore, wins Bishop's Shield
FEATURES
Loreto Sister helps the poor in Vietnam ... Opus Dei priest a systematic teacher ... Easter in NZ and around the world ... Down's syndrome kids find hope and homes with organisation's help ... Sr Anna Marie marks 60 years of profession ... NZ's Ukrainian Catholics get support again from Australia ... Knights offer $1000 for young writers ... Awkward-looking Susan's singing stops sniggers
OPINION
Paul O'Connor: Are we the flat-earth Church? ... Pew Point: Pondering our Christian roots ... Ronald Rolheiser: Hatred and true religion ... Editorial: Let's stop judging by appearances ... Malcolm Evans' cartoon ... Letters ... Vatican Letter: Our scholarly Pope is drawn to St Francis
INTERNATIONAL
Pope's Mid-East visit expected to offer hope ... Mexican Masses cancelled ... Cardinal gives from the pocket to help the poor ... Turkish bishop welcomes Obama's remarks ... Identity cards for Catholics promoted ... The Pope: Easter is based on a true event ... Holy Father celebrates 82nd birthday ... Rome rebuffs criticism from Belgium ... President was Father dad ... Priests asked to tithe ... Rome rejects racism at conference in Geneva ... Coalition builds against Notre Dame University president ... Rebel priest takes up exile nearby ... In Brief ... Recession lifting Mass counts? ... Pope was ready to resign in war ... Pell defends papal remarks ... Haven plan panned
REGULAR FEATURES
Papal Prayer, Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Clips, Catholic.Geek, Tape Deck, Scripture, Feasts, Liturgical Calendar, The Doolans, Family Talk, Crossword, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Kit's Corner, Holy Lives, That Word!, Photo Prayer, Wit's End.
ADVERTISING FEATURE
Schools (6 pages)
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
NZ's Catholic Church brings in swine flu measures
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10569593
New Zealand's Catholic bishops have issued hygiene recommendations for church services in preparation for a swine flu pandemic.
Mass held for Lady with the Lantern (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/53027/mass-held-lady-with-lantern
Foundress of the Order of Presentation, Sr Nano Nagle died 225 years ago. Her work around issues of justice led to her inspiring sisters all over the world.
Bet paying dividends 50 years on (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/cf3bm8
A staffroom wager that young mechanic Maurice Smith wouldn't ask a female colleague on a date was the beginning of something special.
Community church opens its doors (photo)
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/djz6fx
The Diamond Harbour Christian community opened its first church on Sunday.
Paddy's passing a huge blow to community (photo)
South Waikato News
http://tinyurl.com/cfswgw
Tokoroa has lost one of its icons. Paddy Hannon died peacefully in Waikato hospital after a short illness.
Real impact from abortions a hidden story of trauma says pro-lifer (photo)
Kapiti Observer
http://tinyurl.com/dyc2vw
In trying to liberate women, the feminist movement of the 70s may have inadvertently 'thrown the baby out with the bathwater', preganacy counselling service volunteer Catherine Gillies told a Kapiti audience last week.
School addresses ERO concerns (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/c9473o
St Joseph's Catholic School in Paeroa is back on the ERO's regular three-yearly review cycle.
Caritas Pledges Support for People of Sri Lanka
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0904/S00268.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged NZ$50,000 to support civilian victims in Sri Lanka's civil war, as the government closes in on Tamil Tiger rebels in the north.
Deacon of hope, 83, eyes new direction
The Daily Post (Rotorua) — A003 — 30 April 2009
Rotorua's Mike Ryan was the first Catholic deacon in New Zealand. Mr Ryan is handing over the reins for an office which he has built from the ground up. He was the director of the Hamilton Diocesan Diaconate Office but had been maintaining his position from Rotorua.
*******************************************
TV ONE. 'Leo's Pride'. Sunday 3 May 2009, 11:20 PM
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1589718
Dame Sister Mary Leo was New Zealand's most famous singing teacher. Talented, ambitious and proud, she taught, among many others, our country's three best opera talents: Kiri Te Kanawa, Malvina Major and Mina Foley, whose early careers were shaped by the determination of this small nun...
********************************************
INSPIRATIONAL TV - http://inspirationaltv.net
** Easter/Anzac Nexus **
A reflection by Sister Mary Scanlan.
** Easter continues **
A reading and discussion of John 10:11-18 with Very Rev. Frank Nelson and Father James Lyons at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
*******************************************
'BEING FRANK' - http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
New Zealand Catholic Blogs. Some current topics ...
Religion and science: “isolation is not an option” ... “Don’t worry, sweetheart. If I’m wrong, I’ll recant on my deathbed.” (dialogue with atheists) ... Is a facebook friend a real friend? ... World Youth Day meets Africa… ... Don’t get the pig AIDS!!!! (the media and swine flu) ... Better than I could have said it (Cardinal Pell on aids and condoms) ... Morning after pill via text message now?
*****************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Mahony on ministry; headaches in the Holy Land
Few American bishops have pondered the future of ministry in the Catholic church as thoroughly as Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles. He issued a pastoral letter on the subject in 2000 called “As I Have Done For You,” presided over an archdiocesan synod in which ministry was a major focus, and sponsored three subsequent documents on leadership by the ordained and non-ordained, the role of a lay administrator in a priestless parish, and parish-based evangelization...
*****************************************
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)
**********************************************
EVENTS
NZ Catholic Tennis Wind-up
Renouf Tennis Centre, Brooklyn Road, Wellington
Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31 2009 (Queen's Birthday weekend)
Details and registration at: http://www.nzcatholictennis.org.nz , in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.15 and from Brian Kennedy, briken@xtra.co.nz tel: (04) 479 9153; 027 675 8844
Knights of the Southern Cross. Pauline Year Writing Competition
Topic: Why is Saint Paul important? What does Saint Paul say to me?
$1,000 in total prizes divided betwenn three age categories
Details in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.17 Closing date: 6 June 2009
'Be the Change': NZ Catholic Education Convention 29 - 31 July Wellington Convention Centre
Full details and registration: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed09
****************************
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 ]
Reasearch and Advocacy Officer, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand (part-time)
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue 315, May 3 - 16, 2009 p. 26, in 'Wel-com' May 2009 p.14, and from Claire Beaumont, tel: (04) 496 1742; e-mail: claire@caritas.org.nz Applications close 22 May 2009.
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