Kete Korero May 2012

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CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF HAMILTON MAY - JULY A.D. 2012

SetFree

250 attend Catholic Youth Festival 15-17

He is Risen!

Easter Photos and reflections 4-7

Making a difference Young Vinnies in action 24-25 and more...

In this issue...

Read it online! www.proudtobecatholic.org.nz

Features

4 He is Risen! -Holy Week around the diocese 7 Easter Reflection- Fr Richard Laurenson 9 My child with spina bifida

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-Easter Reflections from a Hamilton Mum

12 100 years in Te Kuiti

-Celebrating St George’s centenary 18 God’s Road -Photo Exhibition on the Tyburn Monastery, Ngakuru 24 Making a difference -Vinnies in action

Te Kuiti Centenary

30 Letter from the Bishop

Our People

8 Tour de Frances of Assisi -Assisi Home and Hospital

Our Parishes

10 Parish Picnics: St Mary’s Rotorua

The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary

20 Fundraising at St Pius Katikati 21 Celebrating 50 Years- Jubilee of St Pius X Tokoroa 22 Secretaries Day

Young and Catholic

6 Easter Reflections

14 Exult Youth Conference 15 Catholic Youth Office News 16 Setfree Catholic Youth Festival

Our Schools

26 St Patrick’s and St Joseph’s celebrate 28 Rice day in Te Kuiti 28 St Joseph’s Morrinsville farewells Denise Plummer 29 Catholic Kids’ Corner

Opinion

23 Called to Mission and Holiness -Sue Jones 31 Survey

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SetFree Catholic Youth Festival

Cover: Bishop Denis blesses the Palms at SetFree Youth Festival.

Photo: Christian deVega

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Celebrating St Patrick’s Day

In this apostolic letter Pope Benedict has announced a Year of Faith that will begin on the 11 October 2012, the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. It will end on the Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ, Universal King, on the 24 November 2013. The starting date of 11 October this year also marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Pope Benedict looks upon the Year of Faith as a good opportunity to usher the whole Church into a time of particular reflection and rediscovery of the faith.

He also urges us to prepare for the Year of Faith by making every effort possible to rediscover the teaching of the Second Vatican Council.

Our Bishop

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n October 11 last year Pope Benedict XVI issued an apostolic letter entitled “Porta Fidei”. This letter began with these words: “the door of faith” (Acts 14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into a life of communion with God and offering entry into His Church. It is possible to cross that threshold when the Word of God is proclaimed in the heart that allows itself to be shaped by transforming grace. To enter through that door is to set out on a journey that lasts a lifetime. It begins with baptism (Romans 6:4), through which we can address God as Father and it ends with the passage through death to eternal life, fruit of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus whose will it was, by the gift of the Holy Spirit, to draw those who believe in Him into His own glory (John 17:22).

With that in mind, I am putting in place the diocesan opportunity for all of us to gather within the coming months and reflect upon the main documents of the Second Vatican Council. There are four of these documents, commonly known as Constitutions, and they relate well to the Diocesan Pastoral Plan, Proud to be Catholic, which is based on the spirit of Prayer, Evangelisation and Communio. I am in the process of forming a group who will be able to visit clusters of parishes and give people the opportunity to learn again of the beautiful teaching of the Second Vatican Council and the teaching that is proclaimed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Details of this opportunity will be published in the near future. Look at our diocesan website for further details: www.proudtobecatholic.org.nz.

This is a golden opportunity for us to catch again that enthusiasm in the faith that was evident in the early days after the completion of the Second Vatican Council.

In the 50 years that have elapsed since the Second Vatican Council began, we have seen many great changes in such areas as communication, global understanding and the place of the Church in modern society. Let us accept the opportunity that is now given to us and reflect on what God calls us to through Baptism.

I know that you will accept this invitation and participate in the opportunity that is now given to us to deepen our faith, our hope and our love. May the Spirit of the Risen Jesus be with us during this wonderful time of Easter and in the months that lie ahead.

God bless you Yours sincerely in Christ

Denis Browne BISHOP OF HAMILTON

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He is Risen!

It’s that time of the year again... Easter is ‘over’, the eggs and fluffy chicks are on clearance and all you have to look forward to is the dreary cold of winter... unless, of course, you are a Catholic!

Unlike the secular world, our celebrations do not end on Easter Sunday. After 40 days of fasting (Lent) we have 50 days of feasting, to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection. He is Risen indeed!

Here are some photos from Holy Week and Easter Celebrations from all around the diocese...

Palm Sunday

SetFree Youth Festival, Totara Springs, Matamata.

More on SetFree Catholic Youth Festival, pages 15-17

Chrism Mass

Bishop Denis Browne leads the renewal of Priestly Promises and blesses the Holy Oils.

Tuesday in Holy Week at the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hamilton.

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Holy Thursday For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me."

In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood.

Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

1 Corinthians 11: 23 - 26

Display representing the First Reading and The Presentation of the Oils at St Pius X Katikati.

Good Friday But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed.

Is53:5 St Mary’s, Rotorua.

The Washing of the Feet and The Holy Eucharist, St Pius X, Melville.

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THE EASTER VIGIL

Blessing of the Paschal Candle, St Pius X, Tokoroa.

This is the night when Christ broke the prisonbars of death, and rose victorious from the underworld.

The Exultet Baptisms at St Peter Chanel, Whakatane.

The Easter Fire at St Mary’s, Rotorua.

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Reflecting on Easter

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n New Zealand we sing a fairly well known Christmas carol. The opening lines go “Carol our Christmas an upside down Christmas | Snow is not falling and trees are not bare”. We recognise that many of our images of Christmas are upside down, referring to a northern winter rather than a southern summer. I wonder if people realise that we also celebrate an inside out Easter.

Lent is a spring festival, a spring cleaning of house and soul. The word itself is “Old English” for spring.

In most other languages including Latin, Lent is not called “spring” but the “40 days” Likewise the name ‘Easter’ comes from the ancient English name for the period in which the Passover of the Lord was celebrated, the month of the ancient goddess Easter.

Here in New Zealand we celebrate the festival of new life and resurrection when all around us is in decay and decline. The nights are drawing long, the temperatures falling, the Autumn days are setting in.

Many of the images we still use for the Resurrection of the Lord are of new life, of spring bunnies and eggs and chicks and warm spiced buns, all of them looking forward to the growth that is summer, rather than the harvest and storage of food for winter.

All of this could be a problem except for one thing.

The Paschal Feast we celebrate; when the Lord Himself became the Passover Lamb, when the Lord gave us both heavenly bread and flesh to eat... that Paschal Feast is an Eternal Reality.

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It does not matter if we are in the northern spring, the southern autumn. It does not matter if we are on Earth or someday on the Moon, or Mars. The Eternal Reality is that the Lord has saved the whole world from slavery to sin once and for all has set us free to worship him in spirit and in truth all the days of our lives.

The Pascal effect refers not only to us now and into the future, but God has rescued our past as well.

Not only those of us who, looking back into the past, hope for God, but those who hoping in God, looked forward to the future coming of Christ. The New Passover in Christ saved Rachel and Jacob, as much as it saves Richard and Jessica. It is true for all times, all places and all peoples. As the song sung before the Pascal Candle each Passover night proclaims...

The sanctifying power of this night dispels wickedness, washes faults away, restores innocence to the fallen, and joy to mourners.

O truly blessed night, when things of heaven are wedded to those of earth and the divine to the human.

-The Exultet Fr Richard Laurenson

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Tour de Frances of Assisi O

n Friday, February 24th, 2012, Atawhai Mercy Assisi held its annual “Tour de Frances of Assisi”, as part of February’s bikewise month. Staff were encouraged to ride a bike around the property (1 circuit = 1/2km, 4 circuits = 2 km). Residents joined in by going for a walk along the winding paths around the property—through the rose gardens, around the chapel, past the aviary and the fruit trees. This year we focused mainly on the hospital residents. We had plenty of volunteers—Thank you to everyone who answered the ad in the local church bulletins!

First, our resident priest, Father Graham Alexander, entertained us with a song before hopping on the “old nun’s bike”, and cycled his 2 kms, fixing the jumping gears along the way. Then our residents, bundled up in their wheelchairs, enjoyed the fresh air and company as they were wheeled around the grounds. A great day was had by all: Praise be to God for giving us good weather and lots of helpers!

Plenty of photos were taken and a display was put up for the residents and their families to enjoy.

Maggie Pouw

The residents enjoyed the fresh air and company as they were wheeled around the grounds.

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LEAVING A LEGACY FOR THE FUTURE

Miyoko Hammersley Hospital Chaplain

Sr Carmel Horan RNDM Hospital Chaplain

Deacon Joe Haumaha Prison Chaplain

Deacon Viane Perez Prison & Tokelauan Community Chaplain

The diocese has a number of Catholic Chaplains including:

Sr Maria Vaughan RSJ Hospital Chaplain

Prison Chaplains - 5, Community Chaplains - 3, Hospital Chaplains - 6, Tertiary Chaplain - 1, Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Chaplain - 1, and Seafarers Chaplain - 1.

This chaplaincy work is an extension of the local church reaching into our diverse and multi-cultural society providing spiritual care to people

Booklet Guide

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My child with spina bifida has taught me how to love more deeply

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ust over a year ago I went for a twenty week scan for my first child, my husband and I were told he had spina bifida. Approximately a week later we were posed the question; ‘did we want to continue with the pregnancy?’ My husband and I are Catholic, so abortion was never going to be an option we would choose. More than our strong beliefs around abortion, our love for our son Eli was so strong that no doctor could put a price or worth on him. Eli is God’s gift to us; our gift to share with the world.

In my very short time of being a mother I have realised that all of us at some stage have been afraid of struggle. What my son has taught me in his nearly 11 months with us is that struggle never has to be an obstacle to love, in fact sometimes it can be the greatest sign of love.

This year, for the first time, I experienced Holy Week as a mother. It now has new meaning for me.

When I was pregnant with Eli, I knew he would suffer and I knew that Paul and I would suffer with him, what I did not prepare myself for was the love that is poured out in suffering and the profound joy that can be found in the little moments and achievements.

I think of Jesus in the agony of the garden, asking his Father if it was His will to let this cup pass Him by. I remember the moment I found out about Eli’s spina bifida, knowing my son would endure pain and suffering I had never faced, and never wanted any child of mine to face.

I think of Jesus on the cross, I remember Eli going in for his second surgery and my heart feeling like it was going to break with the lack of control over my son’s pain.

Adele and Paul with their son, Eli.

I also think of the love and mercy Jesus poured out for those He loved on that cross, and the fact that despite his struggle and agony in the garden he still healed a soldier’s ear severed off by violence. Jesus’ struggle and pain was never an obstacle to love.

My son has touched so many people with each smile and laugh, why does his smile and laugh touch others so deeply? – Because he has struggled, because he knows pain and he still loves.

My son teaches me every day that you have a choice – you can choose to focus on the struggle or see the opportunity to be Jesus, and show how deep your love and mercy runs, to share your love with the world despite your struggle and pain.

Some struggles are given to us for no explainable reason, I have found myself crying out why me?, Why Eli? However the answer is simple, it is not about the why or even the answer but about how much love we as a family can give no matter the pain or hardship we face. How can we live the Passion and Resurrection as a family? This year I have struggled and hurt more deeply than I ever imagined but I have also loved more deeply than I ever knew was possible.

Whatever your cross is, please don’t give up, but take hope in the fact that Jesus has walked this path first and can give you the strength this Easter to love more deeply than before, through whatever struggle and pain you may be facing.

Adele Findlay Originally posted on The Leading Edge, the blog of Brendan Malone.

Follow it at http://theleadingedgeblog.com

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Parish Picnics St Mary’s Rotorua

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he catalyst for the picnic was International Childrens Day; we are all children of God so came together and celebrate that.

The parish council got behind the day financially and Joe Killkelly from the council sizzled sausages until his face was beetroot red.

We had a bouncy ‘church’ , face painting, lolly scrambles, a sausage sizzle, and ice blocks. We held our picnic in the St Mary’s school grounds and could not have had such a fun time without the co operation and help of David Macmillian, school principal, who made available the school pool, P E equipment and other facilities. He was also a very capable lolly scrambler.

The students from JPC policed the bouncy church, life guarded and generally looked after the little ones until we set them free for a turn in the pool.

We were blessed with a beautiful day, truly blessed when you consider the Ironman was cancelled the day before!

Rosie Florence

Children enjoy the school pool and the bouncy castle at St Mary’s in Rotorua

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Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary

assionist Family Groups at the Cathedral got together on Sunday 4th March for their annual picnic event. This year the parish school Marian had also planned a family games day, so the parish arranged to combine these events into a great day of sharing food, fun, and games for the whole parish and school community. The event was held straight after the 10:30 Mass in the school grounds adjacent to the Cathedral, so timing was perfect for picnic lunch in the sun, making the most of the fine sunny weather. It was fantastic to see such a mix of people enjoying time together.

Children, Mums, Dads and grandparents participated in events such as egg and spoon races, sack races, water bomb relays, and the very competitively fought out tug of war. There was of course the mandatory sausage sizzle and the kids also enjoyed chocolate prizes for the various games. The school community also provided live music and song which helped make the day.

In all it was a great day for the whole parish community, and a great opportunity for us to get to know each other a little more by simply having fun together.

Clive Bleaken

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1912 – 2012

St George’s Te Kuiti celebrates 100 Years

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t George’s Church at Te Kuiti hosted about 120 people at their centenary celebrations on 10th March 2012.

Celebrations commenced with Mass with the Bishop, Most Reverend Denis Browne DD as Principal Celebrant. He was assisted by previous Parish Priests of Te Kuiti, Father Peter Gray, Father Paddy Kinsella SM and Father Peter Carde SM, and visiting Priests, Father Joseph Akkara CMI and Father Alex Kapiarumala. Present Parish Priest Father Eamon Kennedy was Master of Ceremonies.

The congregation enjoyed the singing of St Joseph’s School Choir, directed by Suzanne Downey and accompanied on the organ by Maryann Symonds, especially before Grace when they sang the Irish Blessing.

Following Mass a group photo was taken, followed by morning tea, speeches and lunch all outside in the sunshine on the Church and School grounds.

The centenary cake, made and donated by Eileen Burton, was amazing. There were four large cakes with a replica of the church on top of it. It was cut by the oldest and youngest parishioners; 90 year old Pauline Blackmore and Alex Rumbel (eight months).

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Fr Eamon Kennedy addresses the centenary crowd. In the foreground is the centenary cake, made by Eileen Burton.

A display of early photographs proved very popular, and many happy memories and reunions were enjoyed.

Ngaire Grayson - Jubilee Committee Member.

A Century of Faith

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lthough our parish did not become officially separate from Taumarunui until 1915, a group of committed Catholics were scattered on farms in and around Te Kuiti. These local Maori and Pakeha pioneer settlers were cared for by itinerant Mill Hill priests, to whom an enormous debt of gratitude is owed.

Diocesan Archives have records of an early land gift for a church from local Maori, followed by leaseholds from the Commissioner of Crown Lands. By 1910, correspondence to Auckland Diocese notes that building plans had already been sighted. The church was officially opened on March 24th 1912.

In the ensuing years, the original building has been moved to its present site to make way for the school . The traditional gothic architecture has been preserved faithfully with minimal changes of paint to the previously stained timber walls.

The addition of stained glass windows to replace the former boarded over rose glass have been a notable enhancement.

After weeks of preparation and last minute hiccups and panic buttons, our celebratory day dawned bright and clear; thank you Saints George and Joseph! Past Clergy, Religious and ex parishioners were warmly welcomed back to our parish to join us in thanksgiving for the past 100 years from the foundation “ stones” of the first pioneer Catholics and Clergy through to the present. St. Joseph’s Sisters traveled to join us as did Sister M. Frances Anna S.M.S.M. The day began at 7.00a.m for Maria McEwan – Jones and her band of catering assistants to sort and process the large amount of generously donated food into morning tea and luncheon banquets. Others erected gazebos, organized the sound systems and set out chairs in readiness for later speeches.

Bishop Denis, assisted by Fr Eamon and other clergy at the Mass to celebrate the centenary.

The cake is cut by the oldest and youngest parishioners; Pauline Blackmore and Alex Rumbel.

School children and parishoners enjoy the plentiful banquet.

A beautiful Mass began at 10.00. In his homily Bishop Browne acknowledged the dedication and sacrifices of the first Catholics and Clergy in our then remote and geographically challenging area.

The event was rounded off with an enjoyable dinner at the local Panorama and further opportunity to share more “remember” anecdotes.

Alison Taylor

Bishop Denis with Jim Bolger, who spoke at the centenary celebrations

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Exult 2012 T

he Lord’s blessings and mercy have been showered abundantly upon Jesus Youth New Zealand during their four day retreat called EXULT 2012. Exult 2012 was held at Narrows Park in Hamilton April 1013. There were about 60 participants from all around New Zealand.

We were blessed to have the Jesus Youth International Assistant Coordinator, Dony Peter, as our main resource person. Through his powerful sessions, he unlocked many questions that were dwelling deep in our hearts. His beaming smile and friendly persona made him more approachable for counseling and personal advice.

The most honorable day was the Eucharistic celebration by the Most Reverend Denis Browne, Bishop of Hamilton. Monsignor David Bennett, Rev. Fr. Seejo Antony, Fr. Gerard Boyce, Fr. Dan and Fr. Anselm, were a great support by celebrating

the Eucharist and the Sacrament of Reconciliation which enabled the participants to rekindle their love for Christ.

The Taize prayer led by Fr. Bernie Thomas was a unique experience for all. The participants departed with a commitment to live life with Christ guided by the Holy Spirit to promote the work of evangelization.

Exult 2012; only three words can explain this: Refined, Renewed and Radiant.

Sheril Matthew

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So we are finally back in business after Set Free... and what a weekend that was!! Filled with amazing talks, testimonies, music, and discussions .. we hope you left with new friends and a clearer understanding of our beautiful church. Now that it is over do not lose hope!!! Check out our FB page to get all the latest news on fun events coming up, like SonRise, youth groups and camps!! facebook, txt, email or drop into our office and we will help you out! Hope you had a blessed Easter, see you all soon. God’s Blessings!!!

Alex and Karen My Name is Janine and I am from the parish of St. Thomas More in Mount Maunganui.

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religious vocation is finding the path that will lead you to holiness - St Therese says “that our vocation is to Love” this is true for everyone, but by what means are you going to take to love? For me that path is as a Contemplative Sister of St. John.

I met the sisters while travelling and volunteering in India, and after a short time with the sisters I knew I had found my vocation. There was such an overflowing of peace and joy in my heart, this was the path that God was calling me on to holiness, to become a saint. I never thought that I would be a contemplative sister. When I first arrived at the convent I thought how can I stay here, to be a contemplative is so boring- but I couldn’t have been more wrong, from the first day life was so full on.

Our day is lived in three intertwined threads of Prayer, Study and Work. We have Holy Mass, Adoration in front of the Blessed Sacrament, and singing of the Divine Office together each day. We each have our own work too, including gardening, beekeeping, leather craft, and carpentry.The sisters desire to consecrate their intelligence to an intense search for truth and a deeper appreciation and love for the of the Word of God. The mission of the sisters is to be silent witness of Christ’s love for the Church and all men.

This journey so far has been amazing and God has blessed me abundantly. I carry you in my prayer and I ask for your prayers and support to life this life of light and love.

Janine – Sisters of St. John

Not even a couple weeks ago I along with 210 young people from all around NZ shared in one of the most amazing authentic weekends I have ever participated in. Set Free was an opportunity for the youth of our faith to really understand what our catholic church is really about. As a community we also got reminded of how fun and vibrant our faith truly is. Righteous B was amazing and inspiring. The music was awesome and it was refreshing to dance around without a care in the world.

Set free truly impacted my life and I cannot wait for next year!

See the next page for awesome photos (Thanks Luke and Christian!) and comments from SetFree 2012!

Karen

SEtFR tFRee 2012 tFR

I have just begun my journey with the Sisters of Saint John.

Thanks Thach!

A huge thanks and farewell to Thach Tran who has been working part-time in the Catholic Youth Office and at St John’s College over the past year.

Thanks Thach for all your hard work and dedication- we’re definitely going to miss you!

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The speakers were so inspirational and passionate about their subjects which made me listen and take in as much as possible!!

Setfree has been one of the best experiences in my life, I will never forget it :) bring on SETFREE 2013 :D

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Set Free helped me grow closer to God. It honestly SET ME FREE !!!!!

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God’s Road Photographs by Andrew Warner Tyburn Monastery, Ngakuru

Rotorua Photographer Andrew Warner’s perceptive and respectful photographs were taken over a two year period and record the daily life of the nuns at the embryonic Tyburn Monastery in Ngakuru.

They reveal the essence of lives of devotion spent in a spiritual sanctuary.

This insightful and moving exhibition first showed at the Rotorua Arts Village in November last year.

Due to popular demand it will be returning to the venue from the 4th to the 26th of May. All of the photographs are for sale as high quality, signed, limited edition stretched canvas prints with twenty per cent of all sales going back to the Monastery.

For any information contact Andrew at awphotography@clear.net.nz

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Tyburn Convent Gloria Deo Have you ever wondered what life in a Benedictine community is really like? Michael Luke Davies, a former West End fashion and beauty photographer, in collaboration with the Tyburn Nuns, has created Gloria Deo, a beautiful film documentary of the Nuns’ holy life of prayer and work, centred on devotion to the Eucharist.

This film celebrates the mystery and beauty of the silence, simplicity, joy and daily round of activities within these monasteries where normally outsiders do not enter. Highlights include a young woman receiving the habit of a novice in Ecuador, a young Australian making her solemn profession of vows and scenes from a Tyburn monastery in New Zealand.

This is not your average ‘Nun’ documentary. One viewer commented: “Prepare to be blown away! You will find yourself transformed to another world of beauty and peace and will be so disappointed when it ends that you will want to re-watch it straight away!”

Gloria Deo is available from the Tyburn Nuns in Ngakuru (see advertisement on the right).

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Ongoing fundraising at Katikati

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lready three years have gone by since Bishop Denis Browne opened the new church in Katikati. Parishioners are immensely proud that they have been able to cover all of the costs of this building project themselves, but are aware that fundraising efforts need to be ongoing to return the loans that their parish members have made.

The greatest fundraising success has been the establishment of the Katikati Plant & Produce Market. Now into its fifth year, the market is held every Friday except Good Friday from 4-6pm at the A&P Show grounds. The Katikati Community at large has embraced the market with such enthusiasm that it is now a firm event on the town calendar.

The initial idea for starting the market came from parishioners with an abundance of plants and produce in their home garden, who wondered whether there may be others who would like the opportunity to pass their surplus around, rather than letting it waste. For three months prior to opening, organisers personally visited potential stallholders in the surrounding district. Katikati is blessed with a temperate climate enabling growth of a wide variety of plants and produce, and the possibility to have a successful market was soon apparent. The local growers quickly caught on to the idea, and when the market gates opened for the first time on 15 February 2008, the organisers were greeted by 25 stallholders with a variety of products, ranging from nuts and berries to fruit and vegetables and plants of all kinds.

Asking only $5 as a stall fee (with all proceeds going towards the St Pius X Building Fund) the market is open to anyone with surplus produce, with the opportunity to ‘make a dollar’ there for everyone.

St Pius X, Katikati.

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Each year before Easter is the time to pickle onions. The parish centre is abuzz with people peeling the onions, bottling and labelling over 350 jars which are then sold to the shoppers at the market.

Running the market each week is the responsibility of the Katikati St Pius X parishioners, with a regular team of about eight people. The parish community has its own weekly stall at the market, which also contributes to the building fund. The changing of the seasons means the stock on the table is constantly changing and always interesting.

Regular ‘working bees’ are a reality for parish members. One was organised when a local flower grower donated hundreds of calla lily bulbs to the parish. 17 volunteers gathered one morning to clean these bulbs which were then sold on the parish market stall.

The Katikati parish is alive and well and we all look forward to the day when we can say the debt has all been repaid. We are so enjoying the facilities that our new church and parish centre offers to all of us.

Pauline van Rijen

St Pius X, Tokoroa celebrates 50 years O n Saturday 3 March 2012 we celebrated our Golden Jubilee of the opening of our beautiful church. We were blessed with a fine day after a few wet and windy days. The celebrations started at 3pm with afternoon tea supplied by the Catholic Women’s League who did a mighty job catering for the people who arrived and mingled in the hall until Mass at 5.30pm. The hall was beautifully decorated with yellow and gold, with photo displays and a power point showing photos of events that had occurred in the Parish over the years.

Ten priests and deacons, lead by Bishop Denis Browne celebrated Mass at 5.30pm and close to 350 people filled the church to celebrate this milestone.

During the sermon, special thanks were given to the people who persevered in building the church and to Father John O’Connor who was the Parish Priest at that time. “Father O’Connor had the ability to inspire and encourage all the community to help with the building of the church. Hearing about his work is beautiful and amazing.” Bishop Browne told the congregation.

After Mass we returned to the hall where a meal had been prepared for 300 people. Mrs Graewyn O’Sullivan led the group responsible for the cooking and the serving. Over the meal, stories were told and people had a chance to catch up with former parishioners who returned to join with us for this occasion.

We have had positive feedback from our celebration.

“Entering the hall on the Saturday and seeing so many familiar faces was special, as were the photos boards which brought back so many fine memories.

And then the celebration of Mass felt like ‘coming home’ to the church and community at which I worshipped for so many years” was one comment given to us.

People catching up and chatting

Another; “The Mass was beautiful and the food wonderful and the friendship of the whole Community was a special time. I have had memorable times at the church and although that was 30 years ago it is still a treasured memory”.

Special thanks to Graewyn O’Sullivan and the Jubilee Committee for their hard work for bringing this event to the occasion that it was. Thanks also to all our visitors, Priests and past parishioners who travelled to be with us for this day.

God bless you all.

Jill Seerden

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Celebrating Secretaries Day O

ver the past 10 years the Diocese has organised an annual Parish Secretaries Day, where Parish Secretaries from around the Diocese spend time together discussing their roles and the support they provide to their Parish Priests and Parishioners.

This year Parish Secretaries Day was held on 29 February. Twenty-two secretaries attended the day in Hamilton, commencing with the celebration of Mass with Bishop Denis Browne where he welcomed the secretaries and gave his personal thanks for the valuable support they provide in their respective Parishes.

After morning tea and meeting with Chanel Centre Staff, the Secretaries joined Sr June Hickland in Newstead for a reflective session before joining with their peers to share ideas and best practice.

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The Parish Secretaries with Bishop Denis in front of the Chanel Centre

Called to Mission and Holiness T

he new translation of the Mass marks the passing of the first phase of post-Vatican II life. When young people hear the words “Vatican II” they perhaps have little idea of the magnitude of this event in the life of our Church.

The Second Vatican Council was opened in 1962 by Pope John XXIII and closed in 1965 by Pope Paul VI. The Council looked at the way the Church relates to the modern world. It was a pastoral Council, concerned with how Catholics live out their faith. It was not a council that laid down rules about belief and practice. My adult life has been lived in the light of this historic event and my faith has deepened through the challenging times that followed it.

If there is one word that sums up what Vatican II meant to those of my generation and older it is ‘change’. After fifty years of ‘change’ we seem unable to view developments like the new liturgy except through the eyes of ‘change’.

If there is one word that turns the young off Vatican II it is ‘change’.

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New Zealand Bishops at the Second Vatican Council: Bishops Delargey Snedden and Kavanagh (second row) and Bishop Joyce (third row)

When we began to feel the effects of Vatican II at local level there was a perception that it was for us. It was an exciting time to be a Catholic.

We were the people charged with ‘changing’ the Church into a Church that could relate to the modern world. That attitude of exclusive ownership still exists today despite it being obvious that Vatican II was much bigger than anything we could handle in our lifetime.

The special place where the laity, (all who are not priests, brothers or sisters), is to be holy and missionary is in the world, not inside the Church. If my generation has given young people the idea that being a minister of something, being involved in programmes and small fellowship type groups is what lay Catholic life is all about in the modern world then somehow we have got that part of post Vatican II life wrong.

Much of the excitement has gone from faith life. Young people do not care too much about ‘change’, whether we kneel or sit, say the old Our Father or the new one, whether we have greatly sinned or say man or leave it out. Young people do not care too much about arguing whether any particular ‘change’ “is in the spirit of Vatican II” and therefore another issue over which to takes sides.

Vatican II declared that we are a Eucharistic People. Young people do not need to know much about the Second Vatican Council. They do need to go to Mass on Sunday, and like everyone else learn how to love well. It is up to young people to discover what it means to be a baptised person in the modern world in the light of Vatican II with the help of Church teaching, sacramental life, and the Gospel.

An important challenge to my faith in the last fifty years has been that Vatican II called everyone, not just priests and religious, to be holy and missionary.

Sue Jones

Look at our diocesan website for more about Vatican II www.proudtobecatholic.org.nz.

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Vinnies making a difference Fact : There is poverty in the midst of prosperity in Aotearoa New Zealand.

There are around 583,800 people in poverty in this country or one in seven households.

Around 163,000 of people in poverty are children.

If you or your children have attended a Catholic School, chances are that you either were a member of, or at least have heard about Vinnies, the youth branch of the St Vincent de Paul Society.

In the Hamilton Diocese there 11 groups of Vinnies in both primary and secondary schools, trying to make a difference to the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable in their local communities.

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Vinnies from St Paul’s Ngaruawahia raised • money to buy grocery items for families from the community. The Vinnies purchased the groceries and put them into bags to give to 10 needy families in time for Christmas.

Marian Catholic School Vinnies collected boxes • of canned and non-perishable food items which were then given to the Women’s Night Shelter.

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Girls from St Peter Chanel Vinnies: $700.00 was raised through fundraising to buy stationery for new refugee families arriving in Hamilton. Boxes were decorated by the Vinnies for the stationery items to go into.

A Sacred Heart Vinnie helping young children from Cross Rose, where Mums are taught skills to help them with parenting.

Vinnies Commissioning Mass

Who are the Vinnies Youth?

The Vinnies Commissioning Mass was held on Wednesday the 7th of March at 6pm, in the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was a huge success and was a great evening enjoyed by all who attended.

Vinnies youth are the young volunteers of the Society of St Vincent de Paul. There are hundreds of these groups across New Zealand.

The supper was great and on behalf of the Marian Catholic School Vinnie’s, we would like to say thank you to all of the adults who helped set up the hall and who assisted on the night, and for providing us with delicious refreshments afterwards.

We had the pleasure to meet with other Vinnies from different schools, who are also helping others by their wonderful Vinnies work. Each of the schools was presented with a candle, scroll and St Vincent de Paul badges that we can wear, with pride in our school community.

Thank you to those from other schools, not just for coming but so that we had a chance to see that we are all part of a great faithful community, which was one of the most enjoyable parts of the evening.

by Petra and Kellie, Marian Catholic School.

They are groups of young people aged 11-30yrs who get together within their schools, universities, tertiary institutions and local communities, to help those in need. Vinnies seek to make a difference in their local communities by engaging with social justice issues and taking part in good works projects.

What does a Vinnies group do?

Vinnies is not just about doing good works in the community, but it is also about young people meeting to talk, to share ideas and concerns about life. It is also about the sharing of personal journeys, having fun and supporting each other. The Vinnies model of ‘ See, Reflect, Act ’ is a great way to get young people thinking and talking about issues in their community, engaging with these issues and finding ways to really make a difference in their own lives and the lives of others.

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Celebrating St Patrick’s Day...

It has been a busy first term with many of our schools celebrating their school Saint’s feast day.

Here are a few stories from schools around the diocese sharing how they celebrated their day.

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n Friday the twenty-third of March, St Patricks Catholic Taumarunui celebrated St Patrick’s Day. Being a Catholic school we started the day with a prayer assembly and sang the Irish Blessing. Then we all went and showed off our awesome and wacky green outfits in an outside parade, to Irish music of course! The students and staff were also treated to green lollies and a green cake!

The day was brought to a perfect end with exciting house activities with a green theme, such as paper, scissors, shamrock (paper, scissors, rock) and green, green, orange (duck, duck, goose!)

It was a fantastic St Patricks day, but amongst all of the fun we did not forget the reason for it, St Patrick, our school saint.

Caitlin

St Pats is on You Tube “St Pats News” has begun on You-Tube and the broadcasts are up to show people in not just our community but around the world of what has been happening at St. Patricks Taumarunui lately.

The year 7 and 8 students have gathered together in a group to edit, film and direct this project. “It has been very successful and it is fun to edit the projects and sometimes be in front of the camera” says a year 7 student. “Mr Kidd has taught us a lot about editing and filming the assignments that we are given,” says a year 8 student. We are constantly trying to get more views! So go on to You Tube and search St Pats News to watch our episodes.

Tanira Hepi, Year 8 student, St Patricks TMN

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he children of St Patrick’s Catholic School in Taupo celebrated St Patrick’s Day in style this year! We began our celebrations a whole day early on Friday, 16 March with a liturgy in the Church where each child made a shamrock and placed it in a special basket. After the liturgy we paraded around our local neighbourhood delivering ‘Happy St Patrick’s Day’ cards to our community.

This was followed by green ice-creams for all, courtesy of our PTA, and lots of fun on five huge bouncy castles on the back field. The celebrations continued on Saturday with a parish Mass in the morning and the Top School competition in the afternoon.

After the liturgy we paraded around our local neighbourhood...

...delivering ‘Happy St Patrick’s Day’ cards to our community.

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t St Patrick’s Catholic School in Te Awamutu, we celebrated St Patrick’s Day with a Liturgy and a green lunch. The PTA also sold green jellies, green popcorn and shamrock tattoos. Everyone dressed in green and we had a competition for the Best Dressed. Everyone had an enjoyable time with the seniors helping the five year olds and many parents and parishioners joining the celebrations.

The following Monday, we celebrated St Joseph’s Day with a parish Mass and morning tea for our Josephite Sisters, the founding order of our school.

Raewyn Jackman

The children enjoy green popcorn and jellies at lunchtime.

Everyone dressed in green and we had a competition for the best dressed

... and St Joseph’s Day! PAEROA, WAIHI, TE AROHA

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Our visitors arrived and because of the rain, had to assemble in the hall. Moments later we all came to the church to enjoy a shared mass between the three schools. Two house leaders did the readings and two seniors from each school did Prayers of the Faithful. We had the honour of having Monsignor Frank from Waihi being at our mass.

When the visitors arrived in Te Aroha, they assembled in the Parish Hall ready to go to Mass in the church. When Mass ended Paeroa and Waihi went back to the hall to feast on scrumptious sausages and juicies, that Te Aroha had set out. Te Aroha students went back to class to eat their lunch.

n Monday 19th of March, St Josephs Paeroa Waihi and Te Aroha came to for a day of celebration of St Josephs Day.

At lunch time mostly everyone enjoyed a delicious hot sausage and tasty juicey. After lunch we had to cancel our tabloids and sports because of the weather, and instead the seniors did some cluster t shirt designs, and the juniors did some awesome St Josephs activities.

In the end we all gathered together in the hall and two leaders did some good -bye speeches to the two schools. We are all looking forward to celebrating the day in Paeroa next year.

Marieka, St Josephs Te Aroha.

n the 19th of March the Catholic Schools Paeroa Waihi and Te Aroha gathered for St Josephs Day. They do this every year because their schools name is St Joseph.

The visitors were then sent to classrooms to do some exciting art. The weather had turned to rain so they couldn’t do their tabliods and sport. Instead the juniors did art on St Josephs Day and the seniors designed cluster t shirts.

After a while the hosts and guests gathered once again in the hall and two school leaders said farewell to end the exciting day. The guests were then sent home happy and exhausted.

Helena, St Josephs Te Aroha.

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Children brought along a gold coin donation. Funds raised went to Caritas.

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Jennifer Lim, Rachel Stubbs and Jasmin Camitan (left to right) dish out the rice to the children at lunch time.

Farewell Mrs Plummer A

t the end of last term, St Joseph’s Morrinsville farewelled their principal Denise Plummer. Denise had provided a long a dedicated service to the school and will be greatly missed by staff, students and the wider school community.

Denise Plummer with the junior school children on ‘Camp Day’.

William writes: You always turn situations into bright bowls of sunshine. As a young kid I used to be scared of the ‘big boss principal’, but then I realized how kind and thoughtful you really were. I know your ability to brighten peoples’ lives rubs off in our school. Your generosity has been one of your main attributes at St Joseph’s.

You are always ready to give up time for the school and your fellow staff mates. You also have a unique way of entertaining people with your great, past memories, (I will never forget the great biscuit run). You will always be our school guardian angel and I hope we all never forget the memories you’ve left with us.

Thank you Mrs Plummer.

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A letter from the Bishop My Sisters and Brothers in Jesus Christ, The year of 2012 offers us an opportunity to reflect upon the life of the Church in this Diocese of Hamilton and also to reflect again on the way in which the pastoral needs of the people of God are being catered for.

Towards the end of this year Pope Benedict is asking us all to launch into a Year of Faith as we remember 50 years of the life of the Church since the beginning of the Second Vatican Council. It is also the 20th Anniversary of the publication of the Catechism for the Catholic Church. Pope Benedict is also likely to appoint a new bishop for this diocese in the course of this year. While there may be a little uncertainty about this, it is important that we maintain a good level of pastoral care for the priests and deacons, the religious and the people of the diocese.

Those responsible for the continuing pastoral care of the diocese need to be aware of it’s changing pace and the need for us to be proactive in catering for the needs of our people.

Just recently, I met with a working party that I have established to address these matters. It consisted of representatives of the Council of Priests, each deanery in the diocese and the Permanent Deacons. The result of a day’s prayerful reflection and discussion has indicated the need for us to seriously look at the pastoral needs of the diocese in the immediate future.

For that purpose I hope to expand the working party to include the Religious and members of the laity, so that we can jointly work together in planning for the future. I think it is important that this process be underway so that an incoming bishop will not have to start from scratch as it were.

Looking back over recent years it is easy to see that there have been many changes in the makeup of the diocese. While the diocese does not change geographically it certainly has changed demographically, especially in recent years. The face of the diocese seems to be changing very rapidly. In recent years we have welcomed people from other cultures into the life of the diocese and tried to make them welcome as they become absorbed into the culture of this diocese. All of us have experienced the increase in the number of Catholics from the Pacific and Asian countries who now make up a good proportion of the worshiping community in the diocese. We welcome all those fellow Catholics from the Pacific Islands, India, Korea, the Philippines, South Africa, Zimbabwe and other countries who have come to settle in this beautiful part of God’s world. We have also welcomed priests from these different cultures.

They have become very welcomed and appreciated members of the presbyterate of Hamilton Diocese.

I invite you to pray with the rest of the diocese for the success of this venture. The spiritual nourishment of everyone in the diocese is of paramount importance.

We need to be aware of the fact that we are likely to have a reduction in the number of actively pastoral priests in the diocese while at the same time we pray for an increase of vocations and we pray for those young men who have generously offered themselves for consideration as future priests.

As we face the future we are also aware of the fact that the role of the Church continues to be one that calls all of us, the baptised, to ensure that the community of the disciples of Jesus in this diocese is well served in sacramental, educative and spiritual ways. These matters have been at the forefront of discussion at the level of the Council of Priests during recent months.

Denis Browne

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Any of you who have ideas or suggestions about these very important topics is welcome to make contact with me.

I take this opportunity of expressing my gratitude to you for being people of faith. The Year of Faith gives us an opportunity to deepen our acknowledgement of God’s love for us and His presence in our lives.

God bless you Yours sincerely in Christ

BISHOP OF HAMILTON

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