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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Catholics celebrate first mass (photo)
Northland Catholics have celebrated the 175th anniversary of their first mass on New Zealand soil.
Church members went to Hokianga at the weekend to mark the first Mass on Kiwi soil, writes Lyndsay Freer (photo)
Napier Civic Service calls for action against poverty and abuse
'Let Our Children Live' is the theme for this year's annual Civic Service being held on Sunday 27 January at 10.30am at Trinity Methodist Church Napier. The service is organised by the Napier Inner-City Covenant Churches, comprising St Paul's Presbyterian, St John's Anglican Cathedral, St Patrick's Catholic and Trinity Methodist...
Hohepa's pain finally subsides (photo)
There was soft singing and light rain amid the surrounding green hills as descendants of Whanganui River man Hohepa Te Umuroa unveiled his gravestone yesterday. It was an historic ceremony, because Te Umuroa died of tuberculosis in an Australian prison in 1847 and his remains were not returned to his own country until 1988. The unveiling rituals at Roma Urupa (Cemetery) near Hiruharama/Jerusalem included Catholic prayers and poipoi, a recitation of genealogy set to the rhythm of poi.
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PODCASTS
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LIGHT OF THE WORLD - Otago Catholic Access Radio
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13 January – Part 2 of Dominican Fr Paul Murray's explanation of The Task of Happiness, plus a brief interview with Jean Vanier about the L'Arche communities.
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STATION XV
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Station XV: Episode 64 — Saints, sinners and silliness
The panel kicks off the new year with a debate on the ongoing process of the expected canonisation of Blessed John Paul II. Is it happening too fast? How do we judge that? And what's the purpose of sainthood? The billboard deemed not to have caused "widespread offence" is also discussed, along with the new reproductive health bill in the Philippines, passed against the Catholic bishops' wishes. The Catholic ethos of Les Miserables and a wacky petition to have the Catholic Church designated a hate group round off the first show of 2013.
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'BEING FRANK' - New Zealand Catholic blogs
** Off to school… Catholic, public, or at home?
** The same mentality – disregard for human life (the Euthanasia debate in New Zealand)
** Men can't speak on abortion… (six reasons why they can)
** Hearts Aflame 2013: Light Up the Darkness (ten days with Hearts Aflame)
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NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC PERIODICALS & NEWSLETTERS
'NZ Catholic' is a national newspaper published by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland.http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. 'Kete Korero'. http://proudtobecatholic.org.nz/news-events/kete-korero/
Catholic Dioceses of Palmerston North and Wellington. 'Wel-com' http://www.welcom.org.nz
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25
Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. 'The Tablet' http://www.cdd.org.nz/the-tablet
The Nathaniel Centre. The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. 'The Nathaniel Report'http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/?sid=5
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_lighting_new_fires.html
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Good News and the News' http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resources/resources_good_news.html
Society of Mary. 'Marist Messenger' http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
St Columban's Mission Society. 'The Far East' http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652
'Tui Motu Interislands'. An independent Catholic magazine. http://www.tuimotu.org/articles
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NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARIES ON THE SUNDAY READINGS
Living the Word - Fr Frank Bird sm http://livingtheword.org.nz
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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FACEBOOK
Pompallier's People: The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
Bishop Patrick Dunn
Catholic Discipleship College
Diocesan Young Catholics, Palmerston North
Youth and Young Adults Ministries, Christchurch
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NEWS OF THE CHURCH IN NZ AND THE WORLD
http://www.romereports.com (video)
http://www.youtube.com/vatican (video news of Pope Benedict)
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EVENTS
Parachute Music Festival, Hamilton, 25-27 January 2013
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised on the Website of the Education Gazette:http://www.edgazette.govt.nz ]
[Job vacancies at the Archdiocese of Wellington are listed on http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/jobs ]
[Catholic overseas volunteer vacancies are listed on the Vacancies page of http://www.mahitahi.org ]
Director, Pastoral Services, Archdiocese of Wellington
Details in Wel-com December 2012, p.2 and from info@wn.catholic.org.nz
Leader, The Logos Project
Details in 'NZ Catholic' December 16 - 26 January p.11, and at http://www.logos.org.nz/index.php/80-news/116-leader-wanted Applications close 21 January 2013
