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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
Mary MacKillop to become Australia's first saint (February 21, 2010)
Pope Benedict XVI has announced that Mary MacKillop will be canonised on Sunday 17 October 2010. In December of last year the Pope recognised MacKillop's second miracle, which was the cure of a woman of inoperable lung cancer during the 1990s. The first was the cure of a woman of leukaemia in the 1950s..
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'WEL-COM'
http://www.welcom.org.nz
News
Ploughshares protesters acquitted
Maori chaplain honoured with korowai
The gratitude attitude: a disciple's response to stewardship, by Lorraine McArthur
World News
Timor-Leste turns 10 as it struggles against poverty
Papuan justice worker tells of undermining of rights
Rosa Moiwend visits Wellington as a guest of Wellington Peacemakers
Papuan justice worker tells of undermining of rights: West Papuan priest risks life to speak of oppression
Columns
Editorial: suffering and hope in Lent, by Cecily McNeill
Year of the Priest: wholly/holy human, by Kieran Fenn FMS
Archbishop's column : MacKillop a woman for all seasons, by Archbishop John Dew
Schools
Five days plus 48 teenagers equals a whole lot of fun!
Hutt students win new regional writing competition
Narrative Week inspires young writers
Features
Vatican II - between the lines
Tools for those curly junior questions about God
Oscar Romero murdered 30 years ago this month
Wellington
Convent Old Girls celebrate 75 years on the court
Palmerston North
Sending forth the students with pearls
Lay Carmelite beginnings in Palmerston North
Welcoming into the PN Catholic fold
Reflect: Fifth Sunday of Lent Year C, by Veronica Lawson RSM
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
A life spent tending those who had lost their way
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/features/weekend/3479946/A-life-spent-tending-those-who-had-lost-their-way
The night before Teresa O'Connor was buried, friends and family gathered at the family home at Appleby to honour her. The reminiscences went on for a long time. Everyone had a story to tell about this singular woman whose life was a practical expression of her religious faith. Most touched on her concern for others, her hospitality and humour.
Pulling up daisies (photos)
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/yjoorue
A wrought iron fence surrounds a child-sized grave. A small sarcophagus commemorates a soldier. This is Mount St Cemetery, Wellington's original Catholic cemetery consecrated by Bishop Pompallier in 1841.
The Centre offers spiritual ambience (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/3468891/The-Centre-offers-spiritual-ambience
Christians, Muslims, Buddhists and atheists are all welcome at a new centre for reflection at Massey University.
Celebrating Easter at Uxbridge (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/eastern-courier/3471912/Celebrating-Easter-at-Uxbridge
Three weeks of Easter celebrations at Uxbridge Creative Centre in Howick start today. Crossings Easter Festival, incorporating art, drama, movies and music, runs until April 7.
Compassion to be swept aside by motorway construction (photos)
The Wellingtonian
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/the-wellingtonian/3465180/Compassion-to-be-swept-aside-by-motorway-construction
Many Wellingtonians know the Basin Reserve is significant historically, as well as having great recreational and cultural meaning. However, some of the features of this historic area are not so well known. Who knows about the small building where the woman, who will possibly be New Zealand's first saint, set up her "daylight home for babies"?
Was justice done in Waihopai spy base verdict?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10632732
Three peace protesters have been found not guilty of an attack on a top-secret South Island spy base, despite freely admitting causing damage put at $1 million.
Leak damages church (photo)
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article/?id=16463
The centre of the Gisborne Catholic community, the church of St Mary Star of the Sea, has been affected by the leaky-building syndrome that has plagued the building industry in recent years. The church tower will have to be removed. Further assessment of the damage also requires the removal of cladding.
It's all go for the gala
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/northland/local-news/whangarei-leader/3451263/Its-all-go-for-the-gala
A whole heap of fun, face-painting, food and music is on the menu for the annual St Francis Xavier Catholic School gala on Saturday.
History of area (photo)
http://www.times.co.nz/cms/news/2010/03/history_of_area.php
What's the relationship, asked local historian Alan La Roche when told the place he lived in would be called Te Irirangi in the new Auckland super-city.
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St Patrick's Day in New Zealand
Forty shades of blue as St Pat's boys go marching in (photo)
The Dominion Post
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/3467923/Forty-shades-of-blue
Instead of being overrun by St Patrick's Day greenery, downtown Wellington was teeming with boys in blue from St Patrick's College. The school's 777 pupils completed the annual pilgrimage, to the tune of When The Saints Go Marching In, from Te Aro Park to St Mary of the Angels church on Boulcott St for mass yesterday.
St Patrick proves hat-trick for priest (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/3468188/St-Patrick-proves-hat-trick-for-priest
It's about as Irish as you can get on the opposite side of the world - a Catholic priest of Irish descent with a birthday on St Patrick's Day. But there's more. Father Martin Patrick Flannery is the parish priest of St Patrick's Catholic Church, in Invercargill.
Schoolkids go green for St Patrick's Day (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/3468187/Schoolkids-go-green-for-St-Patricks-Day
Wintry winds were not enough to slow St Patrick's Day celebrations in Queenstown yesterday as a swarm of green overran the resort. At St Joseph's Primary School in Queenstown, principal Trich Inder said the pupils had been allowed to dress in green for a gold coin donation and had raised $200.50 for Catholic charity Caritas, to be distributed in Tonga.
School gala grand affair, to be sure
Kapiti Observer
http://tinyurl.com/yfdolej
All things Irish will be celebrated at St Patrick's School's twilight gala in Paraparaumu on Wednesday.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
** Energy for Charity **
Martin de Jong talks to Sister Senolita Vakata rsm about her role as director of Caritas Tonga.
** Easter **
The Passion according to Luke (Luke 23): a reading and discussion with Suzanne O'Rourke and Claire Mullarkey
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
http://station15.libsyn.com
** Station XV - Episode 30 - Around the world
A great show that takes us all over the world this month! We talk about the debate around adopting the upcoming changes to the Mass missal, the NZ Medical Council losing the plot and forcing Catholic doctors to refer for abortions, how Christian are the Christian Democrats in Germany, atheists failing to get on the bus with their ad campaign copied from the UK, and a French project for dialling in for Confession. Turns out, that's not allowed. Check it out, and follow us on facebook.com/station15
** Familia - Episode 17
Back from our break, this month Familia explores the following questions:
- Is adultery the the "exception" to the Catholic teachings which oppose divorce?
- Do you have any practical tips on how to go about having a family prayer time?
- Can you provide practical advice about raising the birds and the bees with children?
- What do we do if we have a child who doesn't want to go to church anymore?
- Does the Catholic Church have any teachings about whether it should be the husband or the wife who goes out to work and earn money for the family?
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Snares of the Devil (Stephen Versalko and the relief of getting caught)
** 'Homer, I just used our last time-out to call and congratulate you on averting that nuclear holocaust.' (what a lucky species we are)
** Living it up? (on Laetare Sunday, and the need for Liturgical Education)
** Would the muzungu in the house of the Lord please stand up? (at Sunday Mass in Congo)
** Sideshow Dawkins comes to town (the visit of Richard Dawkins)
** How do you figure? (the media and child abuse in the Church)
** Sensible Sentencing? (the Three Strikes legislation)
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm
http://livingtheword.wordpress.com
Reflect - Veronica Lawson RSM
http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column)
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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PASTORAL LETTER TO THE CATHOLICS OF IRELAND
Pastoral Letter of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI to the Catholics of Ireland: full text and summary:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/letters/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20100319_church-ireland_en.html
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Memo to Munich: get it out now
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/memo-munich-get-it-out-now
Cardinal Sean Brady of Ireland, currently under fire for his role in an investigation of sex abuse claims against a priest in the 1970s, delivered a homily on St. Patrick's Day calling for a "sincere, wholehearted and truthful acknowledgement of our sinfulness," insisting that the Irish bishops must "own up to, and take responsibility for, any mismanagement or cover-up of child abuse." "We have to stop the drip, drip, drip of revelations of failure," Brady said. That's excellent advice, and especially pertinent at the moment for church officials in Munich.
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FACEBOOK
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
'The Fifteenth Station'
http://www.facebook.com/station15
Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://ko-kr.facebook.com/pages/Youth-for-Family-and-Life-YFL-New-Zealand/292888828797
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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
Eucharistic Convention 2010
April 9-11 Westlake Boys High Auditorium, Takapuna, North Shore, Auckland Convention Website:
http://www.eucharistic-convention.com/q_2010/q_2010_menu.htm
Convention Social Networking Site: http://eucharist.ning.com
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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 ]
Counsellor, Catholic Social Services, Wellington
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=153
Details in 'Wel-com' March 2010 p.11, and from reception@wn-catholicsocialservices.org.nz Applications close 12 March
2010.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - March 14-27, No. 336
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In the current issue ... Cardinal Williams turning 80 ... Mixed-faith women break down barriers at forum ... Archbishop says letter didn't imply he backs Waihopai accused ... Catholics' Bible habits disappoint ... Board of Trustees get standards reminder ... [MetService weather ambassador Bob McDavitt]'s your faithful uncle ... Sophie's Nazi resistance inspired by Cardinal Newman .. New Roman Missal teaching readied .. Sainthood for Australian will cap 85 years of work ... Advertising Feature: 2010 Eucharistic Convention
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Smashing service comes to an end (photo)
Auckland City Harbour News
http://tinyurl.com/yffcw35
The retirement of Pompallier Tennis Club founder Ray Keenan from its committee marks the end of a 47-year association with the club.
Call for study of religion in primary schools
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f81491a2
The Catholic Education Office and a Victoria University academic are joining calls for educators to focus on the study of religion in primary schools.
Radio NZ. Sunday Morning, with Chris Laidlaw
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday
8:12 Insight: Christianity in State Primary Schools
In an increasingly diverse and secular country, the provision of Christian education in state-run primary schools is under threat.
Advertising feature: Boarding schools: A beautiful place to shine
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/ye8u2tv
Every student has the opportunity to shine at Garin College, regardless of whether they're artistically, academically or athletically adept.
Designer retires at 85 (photo)
Matamata Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/yekskc4
After more than half a century in designing Matamata buildings, Jim Cotter is taking it easy. Sort of.
Mission marks 125 years
Franklin County News
http://tinyurl.com/ybj3pw8
The Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions are hosting their 125th Jubilee this year to celebrate 125 years of Catholic education in Pukekohe.
Brother Steve off to Hong Kong (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/3428819/Brother-Steve-off-to-Hong-Kong
Mangere is a long way from the bustling streets of Hong Kong as De La Salle College principal Brother Steve Hogan is about to find out.
Radio New Zealand Newswire - 09 Mar 2010 (full text)
The Catholic Church in New Zealand believes there's nothing to suggest priests in this country have been involved in sexual abuse during the past 20 years. Germany's justice minister yesterday criticised the Vatican for what she called a wall of silence over abuse allegations that emerged recently. Claims of sexual abuse are being investigated in 18 of Germany's 27 Catholic dioceses. The national director for professional standards for the Catholic Church in New Zealand, John Jamieson, says he has received some complaints from more than 20 years ago. But he says because they're historical, accused offenders are often dead by the time an investigation takes place.
Armed youths stopped by police
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/6907041/armed-youths-stopped-by-police/
Police managed to prevent a potentially deadly situation when they intercepted an armed group of Rotorua secondary school students on their way to "deal to" students from another school. Weapons were found on students wearing Rotorua Boys' High School uniforms who were walking home through the John Paul College grounds.
Youngsters celebrate Kiwiana (photos)
Children get their Jaffas rolling during Kiwiana Day at St Mark's Catholic Primary School in Pakuranga. Times photos Wayne Martin.
http://www.times.co.nz/cms/news/2010/03/youngsters_celebrate_kiwiana.php
Missionary letters reveal gritty lives
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/national/3421477/Missionary-letters-reveal-gritty-lives
New insights into New Zealand's history have come to light from a project to transcribe and translate thousands of letters written by French missionaries in the 1800s. The letters, from between 1836 and 1854, were transcribed on to computer files in the past 12 years to preserve them by United States' Catholic priest Charles Girard. They are now being translated into English through an internet project.
Interview with Waihopai protester Peter Murnane (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/415756
"I've got some swords I'd like to turn into ploughshares," says the blog post. "I'd like to use their heads as anvils." The actions of the men who allegedly broke into the Waihopai spy base with a pair of insulated bolt cutters and two $10 sickles bought from Bunnings Warehouse have not won universal approval. But Dominican friar Peter Murnane is - no pun intended - unrepentant.
Spy base 'disarmed for Jesus', court told
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10631125
A man on trial for attacking the Waihopai spy base has told Wellington District Court how he and two fellow activists planned and executed their mission.
Accused 'trying to save lives overseas'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3421078/Waihopai-accused-trying-to-save-lives-overseas
Three peace protesters who broke into Marlborough's Waihopai Valley satellite communications station, where a dome was slashed, plan to defend their criminal charges by saying they were trying to save lives overseas.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
** Hold on to your passion **
"Don't let people look down on you because you are young", St Paul wrote to Timothy (1Tm 4:12), and Owen Braaksma doesn't.
*** Solidarity **
A reflection by Sr Mary Scanlan
** A son returns **
Luke 15:1-3,11-32: a reading and discussion with Suzanne O'Rourke and Claire Mullarkey
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Get your act together AUSA (the struggle continues for a prolife club at Auckland Uni)
** "Wow! Joseph of Arimathea! (football and religion)
** Cohabitation (its effects on marriage)
** A change of scenery and some Eucharistic Swahili. (from DR Congo)
** And now for the news. (satire on the trial of Fr Murnane and companions)
** Outside looking in (judging - Catholics and others - from outside)
** Should we increase GST?
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm
http://livingtheword.wordpress.com
Reflect - Veronica Lawson RSM
http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column)
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
A status report on Haiti: Money flows, leadership lags
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/status-report-haiti-money-flows-leadership-lags
While Sean Penn may be splashed across American TV for his relief efforts in Haiti, on the ground easily the most substantial private humanitarian operation belongs to Catholic Relief Services. With a history in Haiti dating back fifty-five years and a staff of 300 even before the most recent crisis, CRS was delivering food, water and shelter to victims by the next day after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake.
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FACEBOOK
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://ko-kr.facebook.com/pages/Youth-for-Family-and-Life-YFL-New-Zealand/292888828797
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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
Eucharistic Convention 2010
April 9-11 Westlake Boys High Auditorium, Takapuna, North Shore, Auckland Convention Website:
http://www.eucharistic-convention.com/q_2010/q_2010_menu.htm
Convention Social Networking Site: http://eucharist.ning.com
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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 ]
'NZ CATHOLIC' - March 14-27, No. 336
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In the current issue ... Cardinal Williams turning 80 ... Mixed-faith women break down barriers at forum ... Archbishop says letter didn't imply he backs Waihopai accused ... Catholics' Bible habits disappoint ... Board of Trustees get standards reminder ... [MetService weather ambassador Bob McDavitt]'s your faithful uncle ... Sophie's Nazi resistance inspired by Cardinal Newman .. New Roman Missal teaching readied .. Sainthood for Australian will cap 85 years of work ... Advertising Feature: 2010 Eucharistic Convention
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Smashing service comes to an end (photo)
Auckland City Harbour News
http://tinyurl.com/yffcw35
The retirement of Pompallier Tennis Club founder Ray Keenan from its committee marks the end of a 47-year association with the club.
Call for study of religion in primary schools
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f81491a2
The Catholic Education Office and a Victoria University academic are joining calls for educators to focus on the study of religion in primary schools.
Radio NZ. Sunday Morning, with Chris Laidlaw
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday
8:12 Insight: Christianity in State Primary Schools
In an increasingly diverse and secular country, the provision of Christian education in state-run primary schools is under threat.
Advertising feature: Boarding schools: A beautiful place to shine
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/ye8u2tv
Every student has the opportunity to shine at Garin College, regardless of whether they're artistically, academically or athletically adept.
Designer retires at 85 (photo)
Matamata Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/yekskc4
After more than half a century in designing Matamata buildings, Jim Cotter is taking it easy. Sort of.
Mission marks 125 years
Franklin County News
http://tinyurl.com/ybj3pw8
The Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions are hosting their 125th Jubilee this year to celebrate 125 years of Catholic education in Pukekohe.
Brother Steve off to Hong Kong (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/3428819/Brother-Steve-off-to-Hong-Kong
Mangere is a long way from the bustling streets of Hong Kong as De La Salle College principal Brother Steve Hogan is about to find out.
Radio New Zealand Newswire - 09 Mar 2010 (full text)
The Catholic Church in New Zealand believes there's nothing to suggest priests in this country have been involved in sexual abuse during the past 20 years. Germany's justice minister yesterday criticised the Vatican for what she called a wall of silence over abuse allegations that emerged recently. Claims of sexual abuse are being investigated in 18 of Germany's 27 Catholic dioceses. The national director for professional standards for the Catholic Church in New Zealand, John Jamieson, says he has received some complaints from more than 20 years ago. But he says because they're historical, accused offenders are often dead by the time an investigation takes place.
Armed youths stopped by police
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/6907041/armed-youths-stopped-by-police/
Police managed to prevent a potentially deadly situation when they intercepted an armed group of Rotorua secondary school students on their way to "deal to" students from another school. Weapons were found on students wearing Rotorua Boys' High School uniforms who were walking home through the John Paul College grounds.
Youngsters celebrate Kiwiana (photos)
Children get their Jaffas rolling during Kiwiana Day at St Mark's Catholic Primary School in Pakuranga. Times photos Wayne Martin.
http://www.times.co.nz/cms/news/2010/03/youngsters_celebrate_kiwiana.php
Missionary letters reveal gritty lives
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/national/3421477/Missionary-letters-reveal-gritty-lives
New insights into New Zealand's history have come to light from a project to transcribe and translate thousands of letters written by French missionaries in the 1800s. The letters, from between 1836 and 1854, were transcribed on to computer files in the past 12 years to preserve them by United States' Catholic priest Charles Girard. They are now being translated into English through an internet project.
Interview with Waihopai protester Peter Murnane (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/415756
"I've got some swords I'd like to turn into ploughshares," says the blog post. "I'd like to use their heads as anvils." The actions of the men who allegedly broke into the Waihopai spy base with a pair of insulated bolt cutters and two $10 sickles bought from Bunnings Warehouse have not won universal approval. But Dominican friar Peter Murnane is - no pun intended - unrepentant.
Spy base 'disarmed for Jesus', court told
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10631125
A man on trial for attacking the Waihopai spy base has told Wellington District Court how he and two fellow activists planned and executed their mission.
Accused 'trying to save lives overseas'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3421078/Waihopai-accused-trying-to-save-lives-overseas
Three peace protesters who broke into Marlborough's Waihopai Valley satellite communications station, where a dome was slashed, plan to defend their criminal charges by saying they were trying to save lives overseas.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
** Hold on to your passion **
"Don't let people look down on you because you are young", St Paul wrote to Timothy (1Tm 4:12), and Owen Braaksma doesn't.
*** Solidarity **
A reflection by Sr Mary Scanlan
** A son returns **
Luke 15:1-3,11-32: a reading and discussion with Suzanne O'Rourke and Claire Mullarkey
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Get your act together AUSA (the struggle continues for a prolife club at Auckland Uni)
** "Wow! Joseph of Arimathea! (football and religion)
** Cohabitation (its effects on marriage)
** A change of scenery and some Eucharistic Swahili. (from DR Congo)
** And now for the news. (satire on the trial of Fr Murnane and companions)
** Outside looking in (judging - Catholics and others - from outside)
** Should we increase GST?
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm
http://livingtheword.wordpress.com
Reflect - Veronica Lawson RSM
http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column)
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
A status report on Haiti: Money flows, leadership lags
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/status-report-haiti-money-flows-leadership-lags
While Sean Penn may be splashed across American TV for his relief efforts in Haiti, on the ground easily the most substantial private humanitarian operation belongs to Catholic Relief Services. With a history in Haiti dating back fifty-five years and a staff of 300 even before the most recent crisis, CRS was delivering food, water and shelter to victims by the next day after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake.
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Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
Youth for Family and Life (YFL) New Zealand
http://ko-kr.facebook.com/pages/Youth-for-Family-and-Life-YFL-New-Zealand/292888828797
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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
Eucharistic Convention 2010
April 9-11 Westlake Boys High Auditorium, Takapuna, North Shore, Auckland Convention Website:
http://www.eucharistic-convention.com/q_2010/q_2010_menu.htm
Convention Social Networking Site: http://eucharist.ning.com
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
Sunday, March 7, 2010
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LENT 2010
Caritas Aotearoa NZ - http://www.caritas.org.nz
Lent: "Working together in true communion".
"The development of peoples depends, above all, on a recognition that the human race is a single family working together in true communion, not simply a group of subjects who happen to live side by side." - Pope Benedict XVI: 'Caritas in Veritate', 2009.
As we begin Lent, the reflection above reminds us of our common humanity and calling - and provides the inspiration for our Lenten theme "working together in true communion". The Lent Appeal is Caritas' main appeal of the year. Resources have been sent to schools and parishes.
Our schools' resource features the popular Lent Lifestyle Calendar and a songwriting competition. Our popular Reflection Programme is available in English, Samoan and Tongan. There is also additional scripture reflection and a Way of the Cross meditation. Find out more at http://www.caritas.org.nz
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
For a song and a prayer (photos)
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/y9cvnf8
They were built for worship, but with congregations dwindling, many of provincial New Zealand's small churches need a new use.
A calling for practical devotion (photo)
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/ybzorpp
Sister Anne Galvin was at Prime Minister Norman Kirk's bedside when he died at the Home of Compassion in 1974. She was matron, a top nurse and a hospital administrator who devoted her life to the Sisters of Compassion.
Editorial: City council's last gasp of excess must be stopped
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10630191
What on Earth is the dying Auckland City Council up to with ratepayers' money? The council, soon to be dissolved through the formation of the Super City, will spend $15 million buying, demolishing and rebuilding elsewhere an entirely adequate primary school in Mt Roskill.
St Luke's holds 50th jubilee
North Shore Times
http://tinyurl.com/yelvq5r
To mark its 50th anniversary, St Luke's Catholic Church is planning two events in April to remeber all those who have contributed to the life of the church.
Doing what comes naturally (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/3404565/Doing-what-comes-naturally
Schoolwork comes naturally to Paul Harris but he still got a shock when he received his exam results. The Mangere teenager came top in New Zealand in A level further maths in the Cambridge international examinations. He was also awarded two New Zealand Qualifications Authority outstanding scholarships in physics and maths with calculus and a scholarship in statistics and modelling. To top that off Paul was dux of St Peter's College last year.
Story of Sacred Heart convent captured on DVD (photos)
TheTimaru Herald
http://tinyurl.com/ykd3h9u
A tour of Timaru's long-gone landmark buildings is now available. A DVD has been compiled featuring scenes in and around Timaru's Sacred Heart convent, built in 1880 and demolished in 1984.
'We've taken on a school twice our size and won'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/college-sport/3396667/St-Pats-take-McEvedy-Shield
St Patrick's College athletes have sprinted away with the coveted McEvedy Shield, snatching the prestigious schoolboys' athletics competition late in the day from defender Wellington College.
Archdeacon backs atheist-ads-on-buses campaign
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10629319&pnum=0
Archdeacon Glynn Cardy, vicar of St Matthew-in-the-City, has given his support to an atheist campaign asking people to question the existence of God.
10 parties appeal rezoning of Frankton land
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/queenstown/95743/10-parties-appeal-rezoning-frankton-land
A pre-hearing conference was held yesterday into the appeal against the Queenstown Lakes District Council's decision to grant resource consent to the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Dunedin to build a school on Speargrass Flat Rd.
Kiwi couple thought they would die in quake (Source: Reuters)
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/kiwi-couple-thought-they-would-die-in-quake-3385591
New Zealand couple Sean and Rose Hallissey prayed out loud because they believed they were about to die in the devastating earthquake which hit Chile over the weekend.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
** Turn away from death **
Luke 13:1-9 - a reading and discussion with Violet Kudzotsa and Zenaida Savill.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Washing Feet? Who, me? (Who's feet is God asking me to wash?)
** Wait it Out? (changes to the missal)
** A little faith in the workplace. (faith in the workplace in Congo)
** Doesn't this change the nature of the game? (Family Planning Association in Catholic schools)
** Tweet this! (an abortion on Twitter)
** Anti-abortion doctors challenge guidelines
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm
http://livingtheword.wordpress.com
Reflect - Veronica Lawson RSM
http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column)
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Like him or not, Denver's Chaput is a very 21st century bishop
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/him-or-not-denvers-chaput-very-21st-century-bishop
Bill Veeck, the P.T. Barnum of sports franchise owners, once said there are only two seasons -- winter and baseball. I'm a convinced Veeckian on that score, so I tend to seek diversions to occupy the long emptiness until Opening Day. One thought exercise I've come up with is this: Sit down and try to compile a list of the ten most consequential Catholic bishops in America. By that, I don't mean the bishops you like most or agree with, but those who seem to have the most impact...
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FACEBOOK
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
LENT 2010
Caritas Aotearoa NZ - http://www.caritas.org.nz
Lent: "Working together in true communion".
"The development of peoples depends, above all, on a recognition that the human race is a single family working together in true communion, not simply a group of subjects who happen to live side by side." - Pope Benedict XVI: 'Caritas in Veritate', 2009.
As we begin Lent, the reflection above reminds us of our common humanity and calling - and provides the inspiration for our Lenten theme "working together in true communion". The Lent Appeal is Caritas' main appeal of the year. Resources have been sent to schools and parishes.
Our schools' resource features the popular Lent Lifestyle Calendar and a songwriting competition. Our popular Reflection Programme is available in English, Samoan and Tongan. There is also additional scripture reflection and a Way of the Cross meditation. Find out more at http://www.caritas.org.nz
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
For a song and a prayer (photos)
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/y9cvnf8
They were built for worship, but with congregations dwindling, many of provincial New Zealand's small churches need a new use.
A calling for practical devotion (photo)
The Dominion Post
http://tinyurl.com/ybzorpp
Sister Anne Galvin was at Prime Minister Norman Kirk's bedside when he died at the Home of Compassion in 1974. She was matron, a top nurse and a hospital administrator who devoted her life to the Sisters of Compassion.
Editorial: City council's last gasp of excess must be stopped
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10630191
What on Earth is the dying Auckland City Council up to with ratepayers' money? The council, soon to be dissolved through the formation of the Super City, will spend $15 million buying, demolishing and rebuilding elsewhere an entirely adequate primary school in Mt Roskill.
St Luke's holds 50th jubilee
North Shore Times
http://tinyurl.com/yelvq5r
To mark its 50th anniversary, St Luke's Catholic Church is planning two events in April to remeber all those who have contributed to the life of the church.
Doing what comes naturally (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/3404565/Doing-what-comes-naturally
Schoolwork comes naturally to Paul Harris but he still got a shock when he received his exam results. The Mangere teenager came top in New Zealand in A level further maths in the Cambridge international examinations. He was also awarded two New Zealand Qualifications Authority outstanding scholarships in physics and maths with calculus and a scholarship in statistics and modelling. To top that off Paul was dux of St Peter's College last year.
Story of Sacred Heart convent captured on DVD (photos)
TheTimaru Herald
http://tinyurl.com/ykd3h9u
A tour of Timaru's long-gone landmark buildings is now available. A DVD has been compiled featuring scenes in and around Timaru's Sacred Heart convent, built in 1880 and demolished in 1984.
'We've taken on a school twice our size and won'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/college-sport/3396667/St-Pats-take-McEvedy-Shield
St Patrick's College athletes have sprinted away with the coveted McEvedy Shield, snatching the prestigious schoolboys' athletics competition late in the day from defender Wellington College.
Archdeacon backs atheist-ads-on-buses campaign
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10629319&pnum=0
Archdeacon Glynn Cardy, vicar of St Matthew-in-the-City, has given his support to an atheist campaign asking people to question the existence of God.
10 parties appeal rezoning of Frankton land
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/queenstown/95743/10-parties-appeal-rezoning-frankton-land
A pre-hearing conference was held yesterday into the appeal against the Queenstown Lakes District Council's decision to grant resource consent to the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Dunedin to build a school on Speargrass Flat Rd.
Kiwi couple thought they would die in quake (Source: Reuters)
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/kiwi-couple-thought-they-would-die-in-quake-3385591
New Zealand couple Sean and Rose Hallissey prayed out loud because they believed they were about to die in the devastating earthquake which hit Chile over the weekend.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
** Turn away from death **
Luke 13:1-9 - a reading and discussion with Violet Kudzotsa and Zenaida Savill.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Washing Feet? Who, me? (Who's feet is God asking me to wash?)
** Wait it Out? (changes to the missal)
** A little faith in the workplace. (faith in the workplace in Congo)
** Doesn't this change the nature of the game? (Family Planning Association in Catholic schools)
** Tweet this! (an abortion on Twitter)
** Anti-abortion doctors challenge guidelines
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm
http://livingtheword.wordpress.com
Reflect - Veronica Lawson RSM
http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column)
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Like him or not, Denver's Chaput is a very 21st century bishop
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/him-or-not-denvers-chaput-very-21st-century-bishop
Bill Veeck, the P.T. Barnum of sports franchise owners, once said there are only two seasons -- winter and baseball. I'm a convinced Veeckian on that score, so I tend to seek diversions to occupy the long emptiness until Opening Day. One thought exercise I've come up with is this: Sit down and try to compile a list of the ten most consequential Catholic bishops in America. By that, I don't mean the bishops you like most or agree with, but those who seem to have the most impact...
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Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (news of Pope Benedict - video)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Vacancies section of the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
[Vacancies for Catholic youth workers are advertised on the Vacancies page of Connect.org.nz: http://www.connect.org.nz ]
Sunday, February 28, 2010
LENT 2010
Caritas Aotearoa NZ - http://www.caritas.org.nz
Lent: "Working together in true communion".
"The development of peoples depends, above all, on a recognition that the human race is a single family working together in true communion, not simply a group of subjects who happen to live side by side." - Pope Benedict XVI: 'Caritas in Veritate', 2009.
As we begin Lent, the reflection above reminds us of our common humanity and calling - and provides the inspiration for our Lenten theme "working together in true communion". The Lent Appeal is Caritas' main appeal of the year. Resources have been sent to schools and parishes.
Our schools' resource features the popular Lent Lifestyle Calendar and a songwriting competition. Our popular Reflection Programme is available in English, Samoan and Tongan. There is also additional scripture reflection and a Way of the Cross meditation. Find out more at http://www.caritas.org.nz
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - Feb. 28 - Mar. 13 2010
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In the current issue ... GPs fight abortion referral guideline ... South Islander comes home for youth ministry position ... New payroll scheme is expected to help church ... 'NZ Catholic' editor to leave in April ... Volcano's nature surprises priest at Mt Erebus memorial service ... Seminarians make south-north journey ... Cardinal promotes shared catechism ... Curtain comes down at St Brides ... Small families blamed for recession .. Salesians established in west Auckland parish ... Advertising Features: International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference ... Josephite Retreat Centre
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Apologetic former head dies (photo)
The Press
http://tinyurl.com/yeckmzm
Brother Peter Burke, 64, the former head of a troubled Catholic order who tried to help support sexual abuse victims, has died.
Fears held for missing man (photo)
Manukau Courier
http://tinyurl.com/y9krzu4
Staff from a Mangere nursing home are pleading for help to find a missing resident, Siafua Faleaupu.
Muslim head boy a first (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/3374505/Muslim-head-boy-a-first
Like his famous namesake Papatoetoe teenager Mohammed Ali knows how to stand out from the crowd. The 17-year-old has just been appointed head boy - or college captain - at De La Salle College.
Top sportsman dies
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/sport/3373228/Top-sportsman-dies
One of Marlborough's finest sportsmen, Geoff Hocquard, died in Blenheim on Tuesday, after a long illness. A British Empire Medal winner for his services to woodchopping, he won several world titles during an illustrious career, where he set a total of 22 New Zealand records during the 1960s and 70s.
Atheist lobby group disappointed bus company rejects ads
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/02/23/1247f2a8daf6
A group promoting atheism that raised thousands of dollars to put advertisements on buses, says NZ Bus is now refusing to allow them on their vehicles.
MacKillop sisters off to Rome for canonisation (photo)
http://north-shore-times.whereilive.com.au/news/story/mackillop-sisters-off-to-rome-for-canonisation1/
The Sisters of St Joseph at North Sydney will make their own pilgrimage to Rome for the canonisation of Mary MacKillop in October. Pope Benedict XVI will conduct the ceremony, on October 17.
Focus On St Thomas More Catholic School
Bay of Plenty Times - A005 - 22 February 2010
If you're a new face at St Thomas More Catholic School, don't expect to go unnoticed. As doors swing open and students faces turn _ you're in the spotlight. Small hands flutter up in unison, and wiggling fingers, follow a Mexican wave of ``hellos''. It's this kind of welcome that founding principal Kathleen Joblin would expect of her students...
School fears land sale
Central Leader
http://tinyurl.com/y9hb7hf
Another Auckland school fears its land will be the next target in the Auckland City Council's bid to develop Monte Cecilia Park.
Residents at Liston Retirement Village are staying put for now.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10628367
Auckland City Council is buying land owned by the Auckland Catholic diocese to extend Monte Cecilia Park in Hillsborough, which could mean Monte Cecilia School and Liston Village eventually having to move.
Shifting school would cost $15m (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10627676&pnum=0
Residents of Hillsborough and parents of Monte Cecilia Catholic school are upset by the lack of consultation over plans to shift the school to make way for an extended park - a move that will cost ratepayers at least $15 million.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
** Transfigured **
Luke 9: 28-36 - a reading and discussion with John Teariki and Simon McLellan
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** The Primacy of Family (in the absence of a father)
** 'You have entered "power drive". Now, push seven eight seven to swing.' (giving up gaming in Lent)
** How Refreshing! (contraception and health; care of the severely disabled)
** Spot the Franciscan Missionary. (the presence of religious orders in Congo)
** Water boarding - no, not the fun kind you do on your summer holiday (a Catholic defends torture)
** What if we just said wait? (outcomes of sex education)
** The pursuit of love - God and neighbour (on meeting someone you like who shares your values and faith)
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm
http://livingtheword.wordpress.com
Reflect - Veronica Lawson RSM
http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column)
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Foreign priests and the risk of plunder
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/foreign-priests-and-risk-plunder
When their longtime pastor recently retired, the Catholics of Hill City feared they would become yet another circuit-rider parish. Instead, the Diocese of Salina was able to assign a Fidei Donum priest from Burma (Myanmar). Fr. Henry is thus a symbol of one of the most important forces cutting through American Catholicism at the retail level: Estimates are that one in six Catholic priests currently serving in the States comes from abroad, and roughly 300 new international priests arrive every year...
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Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
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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
Catholic Youth Conference for school years 10-13
5-7 March 2010
St Thomas More Catholic Church, 17 Gloucester Road, Mt Maunganui 3116
Theme: "Set Free" (Galatians 5:1)
Conference site: http://www.catholicyouth.co.nz
Video promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0cNWXK7_-g
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Catholic-Youth-Conference-New-Zealand/184045426370?ref=search&sid=100000701925135.747740152..1
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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, February 21, 2010
LENT 2010
Caritas Aotearoa NZ - http://www.caritas.org.nz
Lent: "Working together in true communion".
"The development of peoples depends, above all, on a recognition that the human race is a single family working together in true communion, not simply a group of subjects who happen to live side by side." - Pope Benedict XVI: 'Caritas in Veritate', 2009.
As we begin Lent, the reflection above reminds us of our common humanity and calling - and provides the inspiration for our Lenten theme "working together in true communion". The Lent Appeal is Caritas' main appeal of the year. Resources have been sent to schools and parishes.
Our schools' resource features the popular Lent Lifestyle Calendar and a songwriting competition. Our popular Reflection Programme is available in English, Samoan and Tongan. There is also additional scripture reflection and a Way of the Cross meditation. Find out more at http://www.caritas.org.nz
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
Leaflet encourages Catholics to integrate prayer into lives (February 15, 2010)
As part of encouraging people to integrate prayer into their lives, New Zealand's Catholic Bishops have distributed leaflets around the country with prayers for different times of the day...
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Lent 2010
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Catholic Bishop makes YouTube debut
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1002/S00309.htm
In what is believed to be a first for the Catholic Church in New Zealand, Bishop Patrick Dunn of Auckland has recorded an online video message for Christians as they begin the 40-day season of Lent.
Bishop Pat's video message:
http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=Op_BmeTe3_Q&v=F8aij5EOgKo
Churches turn to internet for Ash Wednesday
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/93769/churches-turn-internet-ash-wednesday
Churches are turning to the internet to reach out to the public, with two new online initiatives to be launched tomorrow, on Ash Wednesday.
Easter preparations under way, by Fr Alan Roberts
Marlborough Midweek
http://tinyurl.com/yje8vhb
Today is Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of the Christian season of Lent... (Page 1 - top thumbnail image in the right-hand column - has a photo of Fr Alan distributing the Ashes)
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Mary MacKillop
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Australia's Mary MacKillop to be canonised (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/3353121/Australias-Mary-MacKillop-to-be-canonised/
The 84-year quest to recognise Australia's first saint came to fruition as it was announced in Rome that Mary MacKillop will be canonised in a ceremony at the Vatican on October 17.
Saint founded NZ schools
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10627395
[Everywhere that Mary went, her order named schools after their patron saint. And that's why, of the 194 primary (elementary) Catholic schools in New Zealand, 49 are called "St Joseph's", more than double the number of "St Mary's" (21) and "St Patrick's" (17) - ML]
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Emotions raised at gambling hearing
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/94173/emotions-raised-gambling-hearing
Ruined lives, misleading statistics and gambling machines which act like an abusive parent were the subjects of some emotional arguments for and against changes to Dunedin's gambling policy yesterday.
New school off to good start (photo)
Eastern Courier
http://tinyurl.com/yl2vekc
Sancta Maria Primary, a new school in Flat Bush, has started of the year with a hop, skip and a jump.
At home along the coast
http://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/home-garden/94126/link-slideshowat-home-along-coast
The spectacular coastline north of Dunedin is full of hidden gems and history. Charmian Smith does a reconnaisance for The Taieri Rotary Club's Heritage Homes of the Coastline tour on March 7. [The article includes a slideshow with a photo of the stained glass windows of St Barnabas]
Anti-abortion doctors challenge guidelines
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10627134&pnum=0
Anti-abortion doctors have gone to court to challenge new Medical Council guidelines on how physicians with personal objections to abortion must deal with patients. One of the doctors is believed to be Mary English, a Wellington GP and wife of Deputy Prime Minister Bill English.
Remember the refuge (photo)
The Horowhenua Mail
http://tinyurl.com/yafz55f
Events in the history of Poland 70 years ago were remembered in Kapiti on February 3. Catholic mass, followed by a pilgrimage up the hill to the statue of Our Lady, commemorated the 70th anniversary of the deportation of nearly two million Poles to Siberia.
Students get a feel for new home (photo)
North Shore Times
http://tinyurl.com/y9vm8n7
Before they settle into their studies for the year, Hato Petera College's newest pupils were getting the lay of the land.
School out of site? (photo)
http://www.theaucklander.co.nz/have-your-say/news/school-out-of-site/3910008/
It's Auckland City Council vs Monte Cecilia Primary School - both want the school's 1.1ha of land. Kieran Nash investigates who's entitled to it.
Caterers in league of their own (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/central-otago/94049/caterers-league-their-own
Maniototo's Catholic Women's League members are hanging up their aprons after 56 consecutive years of catering for the annual Maniototo A and P show.
Head Of Caritas Tonga Visiting New Zealand
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/head-caritas-tonga-visiting-new-zealand/5/38828
A leader in relief and development response in Tonga is visiting New Zealand over the coming weeks, a few days after a cyclone tore destruction down the length of Tonga.
Bishops: Keep Te Hurihanga
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/3333853/Bishops-Keep-Te-Hurihanga
Hamilton-based Catholic Church Bishop Denis Browne has joined his Anglican counterpart in speaking out against government mothballing of the Te Hurihanga youth justice facility.
Couple love to share (photo)
Page 1:
http://www.times.co.nz/cms/news/2010/02/couple_love_to_share.php
Page 2:
http://www.times.co.nz/cms/news/2010/02/couple_love_to_share.php?page=2
Throwing parties, travelling around the world and owning a business are not just for youngsters, according to Charles and Cathy Levine. The husband and wife believe staying active keeps you going and they are showing no signs of stopping, having just notched up 50 years of marriage. The couple live in Pakuranga and have a daughter and grandson.
Making a home away from home
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/national/3327409/Making-a-home-away-from-home
Taupo Tokelauan Island leader Isitolo Pakome does not regret deciding to stay in New Zealand, rather than return home to his village, after his education scholarship ended 35 years ago.
Staff attitude important for inclusion
The Daily Post (Rotorua) - B001 - 20 February 2010
Maureen, 20, was born in 1989, the year Section 8 of the Education Act was passed to give people with special educational needs equal rights to enrol and receive an education. Friendly, outgoing Maureen has attended Catholic schools since she was five...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
** To Samoa with love **
Warkworth couple Mark and Martha Farmer speak about their initiative to gather donations to aid Samoan villagers to rebuild homes which were wrecked by a tsunami last September.
** Forty Days **
Luke 4: 1-13 - a reading and discussion with Very Rev Frank Nelson and Rev Jenny Wilkins upstairs in the Flag Room at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington, overlooking the government centre (the pinnacle of the temple, so to speak).
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Faith for Granted (religious freedom, a relative rarity)
** "Hmmm, 'The Widowmaker?' Oh, that one's for the ladies. (at Mass in Westminster Cathedral)
** Our need for God. (Pope Benedict's message for Lent; on the emptying of holy water fonts)
** Part two of watching the good Congolese samaritan(s)
** Private opinions in Catholic school newsletters? (from Carmel College, on the new missal
** Where have all the sinners gone? (Reconciliation and the concept of sin)
** Is the Devil real?
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm
http://livingtheword.wordpress.com
Reflect - Veronica Lawson RSM
http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column)
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
The most talked-about nun in America
http://ncronline.org/node/17123
A little over a year ago, Mother Mary Clare Millea became the most talked-about nun in America almost overnight. In December 2008, the Vatican tapped Millea, a Connecticut native and superior general of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to run arguably the most controversial "apostolic visitation" ever carried out in this country: A sweeping review of women's congregations, capping decades of tension about the state of the soul of religious life in America. On Tuesday, Millea sat down for an interview at the U.S. headquarters of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Hamden, Connecticut, where she's set up an office for the Apostolic Visitation.
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FACEBOOK
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
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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
Catholic Youth Conference for school years 10-13
5-7 March 2010
St Thomas More Catholic Church, 17 Gloucester Road, Mt Maunganui 3116
Theme: "Set Free" (Galatians 5:1)
Conference site: http://www.catholicyouth.co.nz
Video promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0cNWXK7_-g
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Catholic-Youth-Conference-New-Zealand/184045426370?ref=search&sid=100000701925135.747740152..1
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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 ]
Caritas Aotearoa NZ - http://www.caritas.org.nz
Lent: "Working together in true communion".
"The development of peoples depends, above all, on a recognition that the human race is a single family working together in true communion, not simply a group of subjects who happen to live side by side." - Pope Benedict XVI: 'Caritas in Veritate', 2009.
As we begin Lent, the reflection above reminds us of our common humanity and calling - and provides the inspiration for our Lenten theme "working together in true communion". The Lent Appeal is Caritas' main appeal of the year. Resources have been sent to schools and parishes.
Our schools' resource features the popular Lent Lifestyle Calendar and a songwriting competition. Our popular Reflection Programme is available in English, Samoan and Tongan. There is also additional scripture reflection and a Way of the Cross meditation. Find out more at http://www.caritas.org.nz
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
Leaflet encourages Catholics to integrate prayer into lives (February 15, 2010)
As part of encouraging people to integrate prayer into their lives, New Zealand's Catholic Bishops have distributed leaflets around the country with prayers for different times of the day...
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Lent 2010
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Catholic Bishop makes YouTube debut
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1002/S00309.htm
In what is believed to be a first for the Catholic Church in New Zealand, Bishop Patrick Dunn of Auckland has recorded an online video message for Christians as they begin the 40-day season of Lent.
Bishop Pat's video message:
http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=Op_BmeTe3_Q&v=F8aij5EOgKo
Churches turn to internet for Ash Wednesday
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/93769/churches-turn-internet-ash-wednesday
Churches are turning to the internet to reach out to the public, with two new online initiatives to be launched tomorrow, on Ash Wednesday.
Easter preparations under way, by Fr Alan Roberts
Marlborough Midweek
http://tinyurl.com/yje8vhb
Today is Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of the Christian season of Lent... (Page 1 - top thumbnail image in the right-hand column - has a photo of Fr Alan distributing the Ashes)
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Mary MacKillop
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Australia's Mary MacKillop to be canonised (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/3353121/Australias-Mary-MacKillop-to-be-canonised/
The 84-year quest to recognise Australia's first saint came to fruition as it was announced in Rome that Mary MacKillop will be canonised in a ceremony at the Vatican on October 17.
Saint founded NZ schools
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10627395
[Everywhere that Mary went, her order named schools after their patron saint. And that's why, of the 194 primary (elementary) Catholic schools in New Zealand, 49 are called "St Joseph's", more than double the number of "St Mary's" (21) and "St Patrick's" (17) - ML]
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Emotions raised at gambling hearing
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/94173/emotions-raised-gambling-hearing
Ruined lives, misleading statistics and gambling machines which act like an abusive parent were the subjects of some emotional arguments for and against changes to Dunedin's gambling policy yesterday.
New school off to good start (photo)
Eastern Courier
http://tinyurl.com/yl2vekc
Sancta Maria Primary, a new school in Flat Bush, has started of the year with a hop, skip and a jump.
At home along the coast
http://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/home-garden/94126/link-slideshowat-home-along-coast
The spectacular coastline north of Dunedin is full of hidden gems and history. Charmian Smith does a reconnaisance for The Taieri Rotary Club's Heritage Homes of the Coastline tour on March 7. [The article includes a slideshow with a photo of the stained glass windows of St Barnabas]
Anti-abortion doctors challenge guidelines
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10627134&pnum=0
Anti-abortion doctors have gone to court to challenge new Medical Council guidelines on how physicians with personal objections to abortion must deal with patients. One of the doctors is believed to be Mary English, a Wellington GP and wife of Deputy Prime Minister Bill English.
Remember the refuge (photo)
The Horowhenua Mail
http://tinyurl.com/yafz55f
Events in the history of Poland 70 years ago were remembered in Kapiti on February 3. Catholic mass, followed by a pilgrimage up the hill to the statue of Our Lady, commemorated the 70th anniversary of the deportation of nearly two million Poles to Siberia.
Students get a feel for new home (photo)
North Shore Times
http://tinyurl.com/y9vm8n7
Before they settle into their studies for the year, Hato Petera College's newest pupils were getting the lay of the land.
School out of site? (photo)
http://www.theaucklander.co.nz/have-your-say/news/school-out-of-site/3910008/
It's Auckland City Council vs Monte Cecilia Primary School - both want the school's 1.1ha of land. Kieran Nash investigates who's entitled to it.
Caterers in league of their own (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/central-otago/94049/caterers-league-their-own
Maniototo's Catholic Women's League members are hanging up their aprons after 56 consecutive years of catering for the annual Maniototo A and P show.
Head Of Caritas Tonga Visiting New Zealand
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/head-caritas-tonga-visiting-new-zealand/5/38828
A leader in relief and development response in Tonga is visiting New Zealand over the coming weeks, a few days after a cyclone tore destruction down the length of Tonga.
Bishops: Keep Te Hurihanga
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/3333853/Bishops-Keep-Te-Hurihanga
Hamilton-based Catholic Church Bishop Denis Browne has joined his Anglican counterpart in speaking out against government mothballing of the Te Hurihanga youth justice facility.
Couple love to share (photo)
Page 1:
http://www.times.co.nz/cms/news/2010/02/couple_love_to_share.php
Page 2:
http://www.times.co.nz/cms/news/2010/02/couple_love_to_share.php?page=2
Throwing parties, travelling around the world and owning a business are not just for youngsters, according to Charles and Cathy Levine. The husband and wife believe staying active keeps you going and they are showing no signs of stopping, having just notched up 50 years of marriage. The couple live in Pakuranga and have a daughter and grandson.
Making a home away from home
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/national/3327409/Making-a-home-away-from-home
Taupo Tokelauan Island leader Isitolo Pakome does not regret deciding to stay in New Zealand, rather than return home to his village, after his education scholarship ended 35 years ago.
Staff attitude important for inclusion
The Daily Post (Rotorua) - B001 - 20 February 2010
Maureen, 20, was born in 1989, the year Section 8 of the Education Act was passed to give people with special educational needs equal rights to enrol and receive an education. Friendly, outgoing Maureen has attended Catholic schools since she was five...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
** To Samoa with love **
Warkworth couple Mark and Martha Farmer speak about their initiative to gather donations to aid Samoan villagers to rebuild homes which were wrecked by a tsunami last September.
** Forty Days **
Luke 4: 1-13 - a reading and discussion with Very Rev Frank Nelson and Rev Jenny Wilkins upstairs in the Flag Room at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington, overlooking the government centre (the pinnacle of the temple, so to speak).
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Faith for Granted (religious freedom, a relative rarity)
** "Hmmm, 'The Widowmaker?' Oh, that one's for the ladies. (at Mass in Westminster Cathedral)
** Our need for God. (Pope Benedict's message for Lent; on the emptying of holy water fonts)
** Part two of watching the good Congolese samaritan(s)
** Private opinions in Catholic school newsletters? (from Carmel College, on the new missal
** Where have all the sinners gone? (Reconciliation and the concept of sin)
** Is the Devil real?
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm
http://livingtheword.wordpress.com
Reflect - Veronica Lawson RSM
http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column)
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
The most talked-about nun in America
http://ncronline.org/node/17123
A little over a year ago, Mother Mary Clare Millea became the most talked-about nun in America almost overnight. In December 2008, the Vatican tapped Millea, a Connecticut native and superior general of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to run arguably the most controversial "apostolic visitation" ever carried out in this country: A sweeping review of women's congregations, capping decades of tension about the state of the soul of religious life in America. On Tuesday, Millea sat down for an interview at the U.S. headquarters of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Hamden, Connecticut, where she's set up an office for the Apostolic Visitation.
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Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
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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
Catholic Youth Conference for school years 10-13
5-7 March 2010
St Thomas More Catholic Church, 17 Gloucester Road, Mt Maunganui 3116
Theme: "Set Free" (Galatians 5:1)
Conference site: http://www.catholicyouth.co.nz
Video promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0cNWXK7_-g
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Catholic-Youth-Conference-New-Zealand/184045426370?ref=search&sid=100000701925135.747740152..1
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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, February 14, 2010
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - Feb 14 - 27 2010
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In the current issue ... War rages over Auckland school relocation ... Auckland justice and peace body reinstated ... RSM's QSMs honour 21 years of service ... Reject sin and seek unity at Lent ... Religion often apparent in sport ... Stay put, Mideast Christians urged ... New Tongan priest has NZ connection ... Chch Catholic radio broadcasting resumed ... Caritas Special Feature: Lent 2010: Working together in true communion
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Widow offers drunk driver forgiveness (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625893
About 20 years ago, Andrea Krueger read a book that influences her to this day. The title, translated from German, was: "To understand, to forgive and to reconcile." "Those three words never left me," she told the Weekend Herald.
New principal has faith in his school (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/3317055/New-principal-has-faith-in-his-school
He's swapped the peaceful Far North for the hustle and bustle of Auckland. But Daniel Pepper is excited about his new role as principal of St Dominic's Primary School after being at the helm of Kaitaia's Pompallier Catholic School since 2005.
NCEA supporters cheer as poorer schools catch up
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10625694&pnum=0
New Zealand's once-yawning gap in student achievement between schools in rich and poor areas has closed by almost a third in the past five years.
Move to Delete Budget to Evict Monte Cecilia
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1002/S00108.htm
At tomorrow's Combined Committees, City Vision Councillors will move to delete the budget for the purchase of the land under Monte Cecilia School and the cost of rebuilding the school in another location.
Schools boycott ministry training
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/3314013/Schools-boycott-ministry-training
Between 200 and 300 teachers from Invercargill and surrounds will boycott workshops aimed at preparing teachers for the introduction of National Standards.
St John's new facility
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/yh97t2o
Halswell charitable trust St John of God last week bolstered not only its national profile but national care capacity as well.
Faith, family, sport centre of life (photo)
Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/yj5zn9e
Margaret O'Sullivan's life was dominated by her home and faith. A member of Petone's Catholic McNeil sporting dynasty, she died peacefully at Hutt hospital on January 18.
School yard spruce up (photo)
Kapi Mana News
http://tinyurl.com/yg34fb7
Students aty St Theresa's School in Plimmerton had an extra reason to look forward to school this year with the completion of their new courtyard during the holidays.
Touching tributes for Aquinas principal
Bay of Plenty Times - A005 - 08 February 2010
Aquinas College's foundation principal Brendan Schollum was given a moving and often amusing farewell mass yesterday in which speakers spoke of the huge energy and devotion he put into building up a school from scratch.
Library opens its doors (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/yce8m79
The Marlborough Express
A community effort to raise $140,000 for a new library at St Mary's School has paid off with the opening of the refurbished building.,
Priest, 90, still fulfilled by role (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3301670/Priest-90-still-fulfilled-by-role
A Christchurch priest who has just celebrated his 90th birthday has no plans to retire. Tom Powers, of St Peter's Catholic Church in Beckenham, turned 90 yesterday and said he may now be the oldest active priest in New Zealand.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
** Parachute turns 20 **
Parachute Music Festival's twentieth celebration
** Books for the blind **
Sr Clare Mulrooney and Sr Mary Pat, residents of McAuley House, Dunedin, talk about the library service of the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind
** Blessed are the Poor **
Luke 6:17, 20-26 - a reading and discussion with Rev Jenny Wilkins and Gillian Nelson at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
The Fifteenth Station
http://station15.libsyn.com
Catechiwi - 10 February 2010
'Living Lent Well' : Catechiwi's resident expert Fr Merv Duffy speaks about Lent, the season of preparation for the pinnacle of the Church's year, Easter. Fr Merv talks to Gavin Abraham about the origins of Lent, the three Christian actions we are called to focus on during Lent and speaks about the significance of the number "40" in Christian and Jewish history.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** 40 days of what?!? (the journey to Easter)
** "It's not that I don't have a spiritual side ..." (life without God; the will of God)
** Superbowl weekend - apparently a time to discuss "women's health"
** Watching the Good Samaritan story unfold, Congolese style.
** Prolific NZ blog follower accidentally spends 3 days debating with himself (satire)
** Probably imposterble (is monogamy possible?)
** A new tax system and a new flag? (reflections after Waitangi Day)
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm
http://livingtheword.wordpress.com
Reflect - Veronica Lawson RSM
http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column)
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Lessons from a Vatican soap opera, Irish sex abuse summit looms, and a conversation with the pope's liturgist
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/round-week-rome
Married couples who are at one another's throats sometimes try to explain to a friend or a counselor what they're fighting about, only to discover they don't really understand it themselves. That's a bit what it's like trying to narrate the Vatican scandal that erupted this week for anyone outside Italy, because it's an exquisitely local story that even insiders struggle to grasp...
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FACEBOOK
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
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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
Catholic Youth Conference for school years 10-13
5-7 March 2010
St Thomas More Catholic Church, 17 Gloucester Road, Mt Maunganui 3116
Theme: "Set Free" (Galatians 5:1)
Conference site: http://www.catholicyouth.co.nz
Video promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0cNWXK7_-g
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Catholic-Youth-Conference-New-Zealand/184045426370?ref=search&sid=100000701925135.747740152..1
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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 ]
Director, Catholic Family and Community Services, Auckland
http://www.cfcs.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' No. 333, Jan 31 - Feb 13 2010 p.23, 'Wel-com' February 2010 p.16, and from Eric Allan, Catholic Family and Community Services, tel: (09) 378 9650 Applications close 17 February 2009.
Archdiocese of Wellington. Assistant Advisor, Youth and Young Adult Ministry
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=16
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2010 p.19, and from Lorraine McArthur, Director, Archdiocesan Pastoral Services, tel: (04) 496 1706; e-mail: l.mcarthur@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 19 February 2010
'NZ CATHOLIC' - Feb 14 - 27 2010
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
In the current issue ... War rages over Auckland school relocation ... Auckland justice and peace body reinstated ... RSM's QSMs honour 21 years of service ... Reject sin and seek unity at Lent ... Religion often apparent in sport ... Stay put, Mideast Christians urged ... New Tongan priest has NZ connection ... Chch Catholic radio broadcasting resumed ... Caritas Special Feature: Lent 2010: Working together in true communion
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Widow offers drunk driver forgiveness (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625893
About 20 years ago, Andrea Krueger read a book that influences her to this day. The title, translated from German, was: "To understand, to forgive and to reconcile." "Those three words never left me," she told the Weekend Herald.
New principal has faith in his school (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/3317055/New-principal-has-faith-in-his-school
He's swapped the peaceful Far North for the hustle and bustle of Auckland. But Daniel Pepper is excited about his new role as principal of St Dominic's Primary School after being at the helm of Kaitaia's Pompallier Catholic School since 2005.
NCEA supporters cheer as poorer schools catch up
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10625694&pnum=0
New Zealand's once-yawning gap in student achievement between schools in rich and poor areas has closed by almost a third in the past five years.
Move to Delete Budget to Evict Monte Cecilia
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1002/S00108.htm
At tomorrow's Combined Committees, City Vision Councillors will move to delete the budget for the purchase of the land under Monte Cecilia School and the cost of rebuilding the school in another location.
Schools boycott ministry training
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/3314013/Schools-boycott-ministry-training
Between 200 and 300 teachers from Invercargill and surrounds will boycott workshops aimed at preparing teachers for the introduction of National Standards.
St John's new facility
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/yh97t2o
Halswell charitable trust St John of God last week bolstered not only its national profile but national care capacity as well.
Faith, family, sport centre of life (photo)
Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/yj5zn9e
Margaret O'Sullivan's life was dominated by her home and faith. A member of Petone's Catholic McNeil sporting dynasty, she died peacefully at Hutt hospital on January 18.
School yard spruce up (photo)
Kapi Mana News
http://tinyurl.com/yg34fb7
Students aty St Theresa's School in Plimmerton had an extra reason to look forward to school this year with the completion of their new courtyard during the holidays.
Touching tributes for Aquinas principal
Bay of Plenty Times - A005 - 08 February 2010
Aquinas College's foundation principal Brendan Schollum was given a moving and often amusing farewell mass yesterday in which speakers spoke of the huge energy and devotion he put into building up a school from scratch.
Library opens its doors (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/yce8m79
The Marlborough Express
A community effort to raise $140,000 for a new library at St Mary's School has paid off with the opening of the refurbished building.,
Priest, 90, still fulfilled by role (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3301670/Priest-90-still-fulfilled-by-role
A Christchurch priest who has just celebrated his 90th birthday has no plans to retire. Tom Powers, of St Peter's Catholic Church in Beckenham, turned 90 yesterday and said he may now be the oldest active priest in New Zealand.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
** Parachute turns 20 **
Parachute Music Festival's twentieth celebration
** Books for the blind **
Sr Clare Mulrooney and Sr Mary Pat, residents of McAuley House, Dunedin, talk about the library service of the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind
** Blessed are the Poor **
Luke 6:17, 20-26 - a reading and discussion with Rev Jenny Wilkins and Gillian Nelson at St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
The Fifteenth Station
http://station15.libsyn.com
Catechiwi - 10 February 2010
'Living Lent Well' : Catechiwi's resident expert Fr Merv Duffy speaks about Lent, the season of preparation for the pinnacle of the Church's year, Easter. Fr Merv talks to Gavin Abraham about the origins of Lent, the three Christian actions we are called to focus on during Lent and speaks about the significance of the number "40" in Christian and Jewish history.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** 40 days of what?!? (the journey to Easter)
** "It's not that I don't have a spiritual side ..." (life without God; the will of God)
** Superbowl weekend - apparently a time to discuss "women's health"
** Watching the Good Samaritan story unfold, Congolese style.
** Prolific NZ blog follower accidentally spends 3 days debating with himself (satire)
** Probably imposterble (is monogamy possible?)
** A new tax system and a new flag? (reflections after Waitangi Day)
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm
http://livingtheword.wordpress.com
Reflect - Veronica Lawson RSM
http://www.welcom.org.nz/?sid=394
Daily Reflections (right-hand column)
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
Lessons from a Vatican soap opera, Irish sex abuse summit looms, and a conversation with the pope's liturgist
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/round-week-rome
Married couples who are at one another's throats sometimes try to explain to a friend or a counselor what they're fighting about, only to discover they don't really understand it themselves. That's a bit what it's like trying to narrate the Vatican scandal that erupted this week for anyone outside Italy, because it's an exquisitely local story that even insiders struggle to grasp...
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Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
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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
Catholic Youth Conference for school years 10-13
5-7 March 2010
St Thomas More Catholic Church, 17 Gloucester Road, Mt Maunganui 3116
Theme: "Set Free" (Galatians 5:1)
Conference site: http://www.catholicyouth.co.nz
Video promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0cNWXK7_-g
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Catholic-Youth-Conference-New-Zealand/184045426370?ref=search&sid=100000701925135.747740152..1
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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 ]
Director, Catholic Family and Community Services, Auckland
http://www.cfcs.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' No. 333, Jan 31 - Feb 13 2010 p.23, 'Wel-com' February 2010 p.16, and from Eric Allan, Catholic Family and Community Services, tel: (09) 378 9650 Applications close 17 February 2009.
Archdiocese of Wellington. Assistant Advisor, Youth and Young Adult Ministry
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=16
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2010 p.19, and from Lorraine McArthur, Director, Archdiocesan Pastoral Services, tel: (04) 496 1706; e-mail: l.mcarthur@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 19 February 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Monte Cecilia
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School to face closure
Central Leader
http://tinyurl.com/y9esl5r
A Hillsborough school community is in shock after a decision by the Auckland City Council to take the land it sits on.
School's future uncertain
Central Leader
http://tinyurl.com/y9retpw
School and church at odds over move
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/6759208/school-and-church-at-odds-over-move/
Monte Cecilia School Given Death Sentence By Council
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/monte-cecilia-school-given-death-sentence-council/5/37230
Delay wanted over acquisition of school
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/02/03/1247f1772777
Secret Decision On Monte Cecilia School's Closure A Shocker
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/secret-decision-monte-cecilia-school039s-closure-shocker/5/36888
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Unknown Peace (photo)
Central Leader
http://tinyurl.com/ydewgfe
Being the wild card has proved to be the winner for a local reggae band. Eight-piece group Unknown Peace beat the odds to come out on top at the traditionally rock-dominated Battle of the Bands national finals recently.
People the principal concern (photo)
The Timaru Herald
http://tinyurl.com/ya7h8o6
Twenty-four hours in the life of David Armstrong, the principal of Timaru's Sacred Heart School.
Dom - a nun for 80+ years (photo)
The Southland Times
http://tinyurl.com/yenhnx3
The death at the weekend of Sister Mary Dominic, a Mercy nun living at Calvary Home in Invercargill for the past 14 months, brought to an end what is thought to be one of the longest lives of an ordained professed religious in Australasia.
Bibby's big birthday bash (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/3275589/Bibby-s-big-birthday-bash
Although her ancestors were among Puhoi's first Bohemian founders, it was to her childhood home of Mangawhai that Bibby Cotter's memories increasingly returned as her 100th birthday approached.
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
** Holiday Renewal **
Jenny O'Brien on school holidays
** Spreading the net **
Luke 5: 1-11, a reading and commentary by Fr Ted Tyler
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Economic Fertility (The 'Population Bomb')
** "Oh! My son doesn't stand a chance! The whole world's gone gay!" (the UK Equality Bill)
** I love your work, Ricky Gervais but not your ethics (eugenics)
** What would Jesus have done? Tongue poking or not? (at Mass in Kinshasa)
** Is sexual reproduction an example of irreducible complexity?
** Putting your money where stupid is (Telecom's donation to the FPA)
** How to stop worrying and start living (on reading 'How to stop worrying and start living')
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
A Dallas experiment in orthodoxy and openness
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/dallas-experiment-orthodoxy-and-openness
In Georges Bernanos' Diary of a Country Priest, the elderly Curé de Torcy gives his young priest friend a bit of advice about proclaiming the Gospel: "The Word of God is a red-hot iron," he says. "Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes later." One could probably craft a meditation on the state of the Catholic soul today in terms of the tension between those two values -- truth and comfort. The $64,000 question is, can we do both? Can the Catholic church be both the "sacrament of the unity of the human race" and a fearless evangelical force? ...
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FACEBOOK
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
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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
Catholic Youth Conference for school years 10-13
5-7 March 2010
St Thomas More Catholic Church, 17 Gloucester Road, Mt Maunganui 3116
Theme: "Set Free" (Galatians 5:1)
Conference site: http://www.catholicyouth.co.nz
Video promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0cNWXK7_-g
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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 ]
Director, Catholic Family and Community Services, Auckland
http://www.cfcs.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' No. 333, Jan 31 - Feb 13 2010 p.23, 'Wel-com' February 2010 p.16, and from Eric Allan, Catholic Family and Community Services, tel: (09) 378 9650 Applications close 17 February 2009.
Archdiocese of Wellington. Assistant Advisor, Youth and Young Adult Ministry
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=16
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2010 p.19, and from Lorraine McArthur, Director, Archdiocesan Pastoral Services, tel: (04) 496 1706; e-mail: l.mcarthur@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 19 February 2010
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Monte Cecilia
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School to face closure
Central Leader
http://tinyurl.com/y9esl5r
A Hillsborough school community is in shock after a decision by the Auckland City Council to take the land it sits on.
School's future uncertain
Central Leader
http://tinyurl.com/y9retpw
School and church at odds over move
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/6759208/school-and-church-at-odds-over-move/
Monte Cecilia School Given Death Sentence By Council
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/monte-cecilia-school-given-death-sentence-council/5/37230
Delay wanted over acquisition of school
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/02/03/1247f1772777
Secret Decision On Monte Cecilia School's Closure A Shocker
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/secret-decision-monte-cecilia-school039s-closure-shocker/5/36888
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Unknown Peace (photo)
Central Leader
http://tinyurl.com/ydewgfe
Being the wild card has proved to be the winner for a local reggae band. Eight-piece group Unknown Peace beat the odds to come out on top at the traditionally rock-dominated Battle of the Bands national finals recently.
People the principal concern (photo)
The Timaru Herald
http://tinyurl.com/ya7h8o6
Twenty-four hours in the life of David Armstrong, the principal of Timaru's Sacred Heart School.
Dom - a nun for 80+ years (photo)
The Southland Times
http://tinyurl.com/yenhnx3
The death at the weekend of Sister Mary Dominic, a Mercy nun living at Calvary Home in Invercargill for the past 14 months, brought to an end what is thought to be one of the longest lives of an ordained professed religious in Australasia.
Bibby's big birthday bash (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/3275589/Bibby-s-big-birthday-bash
Although her ancestors were among Puhoi's first Bohemian founders, it was to her childhood home of Mangawhai that Bibby Cotter's memories increasingly returned as her 100th birthday approached.
****************************************
INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net
** Holiday Renewal **
Jenny O'Brien on school holidays
** Spreading the net **
Luke 5: 1-11, a reading and commentary by Fr Ted Tyler
****************************************
'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz
** Economic Fertility (The 'Population Bomb')
** "Oh! My son doesn't stand a chance! The whole world's gone gay!" (the UK Equality Bill)
** I love your work, Ricky Gervais but not your ethics (eugenics)
** What would Jesus have done? Tongue poking or not? (at Mass in Kinshasa)
** Is sexual reproduction an example of irreducible complexity?
** Putting your money where stupid is (Telecom's donation to the FPA)
** How to stop worrying and start living (on reading 'How to stop worrying and start living')
******************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC, by John L. Allen, Jr.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic
A Dallas experiment in orthodoxy and openness
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/dallas-experiment-orthodoxy-and-openness
In Georges Bernanos' Diary of a Country Priest, the elderly Curé de Torcy gives his young priest friend a bit of advice about proclaiming the Gospel: "The Word of God is a red-hot iron," he says. "Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes later." One could probably craft a meditation on the state of the Catholic soul today in terms of the tension between those two values -- truth and comfort. The $64,000 question is, can we do both? Can the Catholic church be both the "sacrament of the unity of the human race" and a fearless evangelical force? ...
*****************************************
Bishop Pat Dunn's diary
http://www.facebook.com/bishoppatrick
Catholic Discipleship College
http://www.facebook.com/cdcnz
*****************************************
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
Catholic Youth Conference for school years 10-13
5-7 March 2010
St Thomas More Catholic Church, 17 Gloucester Road, Mt Maunganui 3116
Theme: "Set Free" (Galatians 5:1)
Conference site: http://www.catholicyouth.co.nz
Video promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0cNWXK7_-g
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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 ]
Director, Catholic Family and Community Services, Auckland
http://www.cfcs.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' No. 333, Jan 31 - Feb 13 2010 p.23, 'Wel-com' February 2010 p.16, and from Eric Allan, Catholic Family and Community Services, tel: (09) 378 9650 Applications close 17 February 2009.
Archdiocese of Wellington. Assistant Advisor, Youth and Young Adult Ministry
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=16
Details in 'Wel-com' February 2010 p.19, and from Lorraine McArthur, Director, Archdiocesan Pastoral Services, tel: (04) 496 1706; e-mail: l.mcarthur@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 19 February 2010
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