PRIDE IN JUNE IS PRIDE IN CHRIST

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Jacinda Ardern was so proud to be the first NZ Prime Minister to march with Gay Pride, 2018 

  

“If this absolutely ignominious and abominable vice is not immediately stopped with an iron fist, the sword of Divine wrath will fall upon us, bringing ruin to many.” 

Well it took a few centuries, but the sword of Divine wrath has most certainly fallen now on New Zealand, known not so long ago as "Godzone". 

Jacinda Ardern heralded our descent into the kingdom of the Antichrist with her oh-so-proud participation in Auckland's Pride Parade in 2018 and "Chippy" Hipkins - being neither a deep thinker or a quick learner and by no means a man of God - with his sad friend Shaneel Lal (whom Kiwibank saw fit to call Young New Zealander of the Year, and Mental Health NZ to adopt as their poster boy) has dragged this country even deeper into the mire.

St Peter Damian was writing of the perversion and degradation of the sin of sodomy in 1049, when corruption was rife, especially in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. In his letter to Pope Leo IX he was very clear that his concern, and the primary concern of the Holy See also, was the salvation of souls. 

The saint distinguished between the various forms of sodomy and the stages of sodomical corruption beginning with solitary and mutual masturbation and ending with interfemoral (between the thighs) stimulation and anal coitus, noting that there is a tendency among prelates to treat the first three degrees of the vice with an "improper leniency," preferring to reserve dismissal from the clerical state for only those men proven to be involved in anal penetration. 

The result, Damian states, is that a man, guilty of the "lesser" degrees of the vice, accepts his milder penances, but remains free to pollute others without the least fear of losing his rank. The predictable result of his superior's leniency, says Damian, is that the vice spreads, the culprit grows more daring in his illicit acts knowing he will not suffer any critical loss of his clerical status, he loses all fear of God and his last state is worse than his first.

(A) religious superior guilty of sodomy has not only committed a sacrilege with his spiritual son, but has also violated the law of nature. Such a superior damns not only his own soul but takes another with him, Damian states.

Without fail it brings death to the body and destruction to the soul. It pollutes the flesh, extinguishes the light of the mind, expels the Holy Spirit from the temple of the human heart, and gives entrance to the devil, the stimulator of lust. It leads to error, totally removes truth from the mind. ... It opens up Hell and closes the Gates of Paradise.

This disease erodes the foundation of faith, saps the vitality of hope, dissolves the bond of love. It makes way with justice, demolishes fortitude, removes temperance, and blunts the edge of prudence. http://www.catholictradition.org/deceit-damian.htm

God always knew Lucifer's fiendish plan for the month of June in the twentyfirst century. So He made it over to the Most Sacred Heart of His Divine Son. With eyes opened to the gravity of the sin celebrated not just in New Zealand but the world over, in June, faithful Catholics must now do what we can by prayer, fasting and penance to reclaim June for Jesus. 

The month of June belongs to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

It’s already been claimed for His Majesty for centuries, and the Kingdom of His Sacred and Eucharistic Heart already holds sway over the universe since His glorious Ascension to His Throne – how much more a single month in the calendar year?

Our readers don’t need to be made aware what this month has become.

The good news is that it almost feels like God already knew this filth would happen, and already charged June with the liturgical power necessary to soften hardened hearts, and save souls and societies.

From the Apostles Fast, to the Octave of Corpus Christi, the Sacred Heart in the center, with the summer bonfire for St. John (that proto-martyr for marriage!) and Peter and Paul, culminating in First Vespers of the Feast of the Precious Blood (whose collect is an invocation against demons).

It dawned on me recently, that our two lay sodalities, the Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation and the Fellowship of St. Nicholas, act with one purpose in this month, according to the first intentions of our Patroness, Our Lady of Fatima under her Russian icon. And so we’re spending all of June focusing on the spiritual greatness thereof, and this June is only the beginning.

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1. Restore the Apostles Fast in your Domestic Church and Parish

We wonder why there is so much demonic activity in our society. Actually, His Majesty has already explained that: a demon of this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting (Mt. xvii. 20).

Let’s swallow the hard truth: it is because of our lukewarm penance that God is punishing us by unleashing demons in society. Read the Holy Scriptures (start with Judges). Read the message of Fatima.

This is how this works.

The answer is simple, but not easy. If we do not do penance, God will continue to pour out His wrath until we do. Therefore, brethren in Christ, hear the word of the Lord from the greatest of Prophets:

Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance. And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father. For I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doth not yield good fruit, shall be cut down, and cast into the fire (Mt. iii. 7-10)

I know fasting is hard – that’s the point.

Actually it's hard to start with, but it soon becomes habit. A reader of this blog now deceased used to say his years of fasting led to a distaste for food. He didn't feel like eating any more. But he lived to a ripe and very active old age. 

But don’t worry, you can join our lay sodality (English and Spanish) to do it together with other traditional Catholics from around the world! Fasting has a long tradition in Christendom of being done together to strengthen ourselves to complete it, and to corporately petition God.

OK, fine, but what is the Apostles Fast? It’s one of the things that God gave us in June centuries before June was usurped by Satan.

One of the most ancient features of June is the great feast of Peter and Paul. This is a universal feast on June 29, in both the Latin and Greek rites, which includes a significant fast of preparation from Monday after Trinity through the Vigil of Ss. Peter and Paul, June 28. This fast is not as strict as Lent, and the Latin custom was always a local custom (like St. Michael’s or St. Martin’s Lent).

If you can’t make the whole month, you can still join our sodality and follow the Tier 1 rules (required), and just add a little for the Apostles Fast every June: add Wednesday abstinence to Friday this year. Next year, add Mondays too, etc.

It’s better to attempt some fasting for penance and reparation with good intent and fail, than to do nothing during June. We have to make reparation to Almighty God for sins committed in June, which cry to heaven for vengeance. Do you want fire to come down from heaven and consume your city? I sure don’t. So let’s act like it.

And this fast is a perfect opportunity – in the month of the Octave of Corpus Christi before the Feast of the Precious Blood! – to offer fasting as Eucharistic Reparation in line with our central lay sodality, founded by Athanasius Schneider.

Crusade

I wholeheartedly support and bless this necessary and very important lay initiative for eucharistic revival in the Church of our day.
-Bishop Athanasius Schneider

The Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation is a lay sodality run by OnePeterFive in partnership with Benedictus and Mass of the Ages.

This crusade was called by His Excellency, Bishop Athanasius Schneider in June of 2020 in response to the profanations of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament during the COVID crisis. Now he has also added the intention of the reversal of Traditionis Custodes. 

A crusade is a spiritual war called by the clergy, but waged primarily by the laity. It is time to fight for the central dogma of our faith, which is under attack perhaps more than any other dogma: the Real Presence of Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar. 

https://youtu.be/G98tYUfX1xI

Intentions of this Crusade

1. To make reparation to God for the sins committed against the Blessed Sacrament
2. The restoration of the Latin Mass in the Church.

Requirements

1. One hour Adoration per month in reparation for the sins committed against the Blessed Sacrament.
2. Pray at least once per month the Prayer of the Crusade of Reparation to the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus written by Bishop Athanasius Schneider

3. Additional Devotions (Optional)

   3. Become a “Custos Traditionis” by praying the Memorare daily with weekly penance for the reversal of Traditionis Custodes.
   4. Be invested with the Crusader Cross using Bishop Schneider’s approved rite of blessing.
   5. Offer a weekly or even a daily Holy Hour in reparation for the same ends.

   Additional Efforts of the Crusade (Optional)

   1. Read and share the articles and reflections we have published on this topic.
   2. Share the Mass of the Ages Documentary series (Episode I, Episode II).
   3. Share Benedictus, the traditional Catholic companion.
   4. Promote, plan and execute a weekly, monthly, and/or annual reparation Mass and devotions in your parish and diocese. His Excellency suggests a “Day of Reparation for Crimes Against the Most Holy Eucharist” in each diocese as the octave day of Corpus Christi.
   5. Gather a group in your parish or diocese to pray regularly these prayers for your bishop to restore the Latin Mass in your diocese and root our liturgical abuses and sacrileges.
   6. Read and share Kwasniewski’s manifesto of Eucharistic Reparation: Holy Bread of Eternal Life: Restoring Eucharistic Reverence in an Age of Impiety
   7. Read Bishop Laise’s treatise against Communion in Hand (Holy Communion), and His Excellency’s Dominus Est and buy all these books for priests and bishops.

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   We offer all these intentions to Our Lady of Sorrows who stood at the foot of the Cross and likewise sees the continued abuse of her Son in the Blessed Sacrament, that she may purify these efforts and offer them to God by her hands. O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee, and for those who have no recourse to thee – especially the enemies of Holy Church!

   T. S. Flanders
   Editor

10 Ways to Restore June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus - OnePeterFive

 

JOHN TAMIHERE'S SHONKY FIEFDOM IN DANGER

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A reason for an astonishing comparison with Canada - and even Ozzie

Let's make the most of free speech while we still have it - before an Internal Affairs proposal for "regulating social media ... to safeguard New Zealanders" - with Maori of course, given a co-governing role - makes it into law in what now passes for a Parliament in this country. So here goes. 

John Tamihere. Such a poseur. Such a wide boy. Evidently an opportunist of the first water who knows how to parlay good looks and plausibility into what must be the plushiest set in Maoridom, surrounding himself with more Dames, Ladies and Knights of the realm than you could shake a stick at. 

He was born with the advantages of a staunchly Catholic mother, nine siblings (with two more later so spoilt youngest's not an excuse) and a Catholic education (St Mary's Avondale, St Peter's). One of those siblings is the unfortunately infamous David Tamihere, convicted of murdering Swedish tourists Urban Hoglin and Heidi Paakkonen in 1989. In June 2022 he had his appeal delayed for more than two years because the Crown is carrying out new DNA testing on crucial evidence.

After that little diversion it needs to be said - before Maori are awarded 'co-governance' on who gets to say what on social media - that John Tamihere would seem to prove that it's not what you know, it's who you know, that counts in Maoridom. 

And for the lowdown on today's Internal Affairs' proposal to pre-empt and preclude any real debate on Te Tiriti Waitangi (which has had its day) go to https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/132192663/internal-affairs-sets-out-big-plans-to-regulate-harmful-content-on-social-media.

But for the inside story on that, you need to get on the mailing list of Hobson's Pledge. For the inside story on Tamihere, here's Bassett Brash and Hide (two editions).

 

Ever since John Tamihere was humiliated in the 2019 Auckland mayoral race he has seemed determined to prove that Auckland voters were wise to reject him.

His stunts on behalf of the Maori Party keep downgrading the good work he started many years ago with the Waipareira Trust on behalf of de-tribalized Auckland Maori. He now looks determined to destroy public confidence in that trust and, as Thomas Cranmer has shown on this blog (Bassett Brash and Hide), turn it into some sort of fiefdom for his family and friends.

I doubt there is much confidence in the Maori Party of which Tamihere is now the chair, but there will be even less by the time he’s finished with it. “JT” which his fellow Roast-Busting radio clown Willie Jackson likes to call Tamihere, seems bent on destroying confidence in everything he is associated with.

Tamihere now struts about the place issuing grandiose demands to the Labour Party, where he was once a cabinet minister, that it should surrender the six Maori electorate seats which it holds in the current Parliament to the Maori Party. Instead it should concentrate on winning party votes from Maori in the seven Maori electorates. Tamihere says he believes that such a strategy would ensure victory for Labour, the Greens and the Maori Party in October.

But Tamihere doesn't have a smart look in regard to strategising, does he? A smart look in regard to white open-necked shirts, yes, but ... 

He hasn’t told us which seat he expects to stand for, but you can bet your life that he wants to grab one of them. His real worry is that his whole shonky personal fiefdom will crumble if it's subjected to careful scrutiny by a new government. His personal loans from taxpayer-funded Waipareira, his web of family connections, and money for the Maori Party could all be threatened.

In his view, what Chris Luxon has designated the “Coalition of Chaos” can save him. Which is all the more reason why Labour and the Greens must lose.

The push towards Maori tribalism that Labour never mentioned at the time of the 2020 election raced ahead under Jacinda Ardern, Nanaia Mahuta and Chris Hipkins.

Three Waters, He Puapua, Te Whatu Ora and co-governance, where the Maori aristocracy appoints people to boards rather than have them nominated by an organization answerable to Maori at elections, let alone be directly elected by Maori themselves, are just some of the decisions taken by the current Labour government as it moves away from the bedrock democratic principle of one person-one vote.

As a self-appointed member of that Maori aristocracy, Tamihere wants to ensure his personal fiefdom gets a favourable tick from the government when it finally comes under the microscope.

But will it ever come under the microscope? Isn't the legal profession in this country now seriously compromised by kowtowing to 'Te Tiriti' and its so-called principles?   

The worst part of all this is that Willie Jackson appears to agree with him. According to the Herald of 31 May, Jackson’s main worry is that now doesn’t seem to be the right time to hand over the Maori electorate seats. But, by inference, once the election is over, he’d be prepared to reconsider. Beware! We were caught last election with Labour saying one thing on the stump and doing something different afterwards.

In short, we can't trust Labour as far as we could kick 'em. And considering their aggregate avoirdupois - not the least being literally their propensity for lies, deceit and general dishonesty - that's no distance at all. 

The strange thing about all this is that ordinary Maori have been prepared over the years to trust the Labour Party to look after their interests. Money budgeted for them has always been expected to reach them for health, education or cultural purposes, for example. Times, however, have changed.

Who would have thought that the party of Micky Savage and Peter Fraser would eventually collapse into one willing to assist the Maori aristocracy to cream off money intended for the disadvantaged, lending it to themselves with no strings attached, and appointing their mates and relatives to boards, councils and trusts? Not appointed by those responsible to the wider public, but “placed” by the new Maori aristocracy.

Ordinary folk are now starting to confront the reality that Labour no longer stands for them. Rather, “their” party is in the grip of those who are already privileged.

Thomas Cranmer’s article should be closely studied by every candidate for Parliament in October. It contains some useful information about John Tamihere, with warnings about how not to conduct oneself when one works for a registered charity in receipt of taxpayer funds.

To make it really easy for you, Thomas Cranmer's article follows (below).

 

Wide boy Tamihere strategising with Michelle Boag and Matt McCarten during Auckland's mayoral race.
Odd bedfellows ... 

 

The Charities Services decision to require the Waipareira Trust to claw back $385,000 of interest-free loans from John Tamihere brings renewed attention to the links between Whānau Ora and the Trust.

Revelations earlier this month in the Herald that the social services charity Waipareira Trust had agreed with Charities Services to cease making political donations and take steps to claw back $385,000 of interest-free loans made to its chief executive, John Tamihere, has put the controversial politician and media commentator back in the spotlight for the wrong reasons.

It’s not the first time that a financial scandal has hit the trust or Tamihere. In October 2004, the then Labour Party MP was accused of dishonest financial dealings, including in relation to a $195,000 golden goodbye from the Waipareira Trust that he accepted when he was elected to Parliament in 1999.

As political pressure increased on Prime Minister Helen Clark, Tamihere resigned his ministerial portfolios. An inquiry was held into whether tax had been paid on the payment and other matters relating to the trust. At the time, ACT MP Rodney Hide wanted the inquiry into Tamihere to also cover a housing loan that he had received from the trust in 1991. Tamihere was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing in relation to those matters.

In the early 2000s the Waipareira Trust and a property developer, West Harbour Holdings, entered into a joint venture to build a 20-storey hotel at Gulf Harbour. It involved a $500,000 loan, made in 2008, which enabled Tamihere to buy a $1.36 million home on the Te Atatu Peninsula. The funds were raised after the Waipareira Trust released a mortgage that it held over a townhouse which was then sold and the proceeds loaned to Tamihere.

The dispute ended up in Court after West Harbour Holdings went into liquidation. Justice Andrews stated, “There is no documentation recording the loan to Mr Tamihere. I am satisfied that, just as there is a dispute as to who made the loan, and at what amount, there is a dispute as to what interest, if any, is payable. That dispute can only be resolved on the evidence, at trial.”

At one point, financial forecasts from Waterstone Insolvency indicated that the Waipareira Trust faced an expected shortfall of $2.2 million on its $4.6 million claim relating to the failed property development company.

Since then the Waipareira Trust has grown significantly and become a key service provider for Whānau Ora.

Whānau Ora was created in 2010 under the oversight of Dame Tariana Turia, who was tasked with developing the new model and working with other ministers to implement a cross-governmental approach. In essence, Whānau Ora is described as a Māori approach to delivering social and health services to whānau, created to address systemic inequities that have resulted in poorer outcomes for Māori.

We get the 'poorer outcomes' bit: they're horribly obvious. But just what are the 'systemic inequities' that are supposed to cause the 'poorer outcomes?   

In 2014 the approach evolved with the establishment of Whānau Ora commissioning agencies that would invest directly in their communities. The intention was that the creation of these agencies would help to ensure funding decisions were made closer to the communities they serve.

Whānau Ora commissioning agencies are contracted to fund and support initiatives that deliver Whānau Ora outcomes.  They act as brokers in matching the needs and aspirations of whānau with funding and support that will help them achieve their aspirations.

There are only three Whānau Ora commissioning agencies in the country. The North Island is covered by Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency. The South Island is covered by Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu. And Pasifika families across New Zealand are covered by Pasifika Futures.

For the North Island, the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency is actually the trading name of a company called Te Pou Matakana Limited. The Patrons of that entity include Dame Tariana Turia, Merepeka Raukawa-Tait and John Tamihere’s father-in-law, Sir Mason Durie. The chief executive is John Tamihere and the chief operating officer is his wife, Awerangi Tamihere.

According to information from the Companies Office, the company is owned 88% by the National Urban Māori Authority (NUMA), 9% by the Waipareira Trust and 3% by the Manukau Urban Māori Authority (MUMA).

In relation to NUMA, the chief executive is John Tamihere and the chairperson is Lady Tureiti Moxon. It’s website describes itself as, “a proactive collective influencing and advancing Māori economic and social development. NUMA’s primary goal is to advocate, promote and develop Māori achievement through strengthening and sustaining whānau success through a dedinnovative solutions.”

In relation to the Waipareira Trust, the chief executive is again John Tamihere and the chief operating officer is his wife, Awerangi Tamihere - mirroring their roles with the commissioning agency. Indeed, transactions between the commissioning agency and the trust are considered to be related party transactions for the purposes of the trust’s financial accounts.

Finally, in relation to MUMA, the chief executive is Tania Rangiheuea, the wife of the current Minister for Broadcasting, Willie Jackson. Set up over 30 years ago, MUMA describes itself as one of a founding group of pan-tribal organisations across New Zealand that set out to foster the economic, social and community development of Māori living in the cities. The first chief executive was Dame June Temuranga Jackson, and in 2009, Willie succeeded his mother as chief executive until he entered Parliament in 2017.

 Amongst other things, MUMA and the Waipareira Trust each own 50% of UMA Broadcasting Limited which holds and operates the radio licenses for Radio Waatea and George FM.

The Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency, NUMA and the Waipareira Trust are all located at the same Henderson commercial address and share administrative and back office support.

Undoubtedly it is a tight-knit group of individuals. Indeed, Tamihere’s father-in-law Sir Mason Durie was tapped to lead the steering group that made recommendations for the ministerial appointment of board members for the Māori Health Authority Board. In September 2021, Ministers Little and Henare made a joint announcement confirming the board members.

The Board, co-chaired by Tipa Mahuta, included NUMA Chair Lady Tureiti Moxon and Tamihere’s wife, Awerangi Tamihere of the Waipareira Trust. A NUMA press release confirmed, “Both Moxon and Tamihere were appointed alongside 7 others to the Board of the Māori Health Authority on the recommendation of Tā Mason Durie’s steering group that identified the best possible candidates.”

And under the current Labour government, the Waipareira Trust has had a golden run. In its accounts for the year ended 30 June 2016, the trust had revenue from services of $21,891,765, and had cash or term deposits of $6,950,998.

In its most recent accounts for the year ended 30 June 2022, the trust had revenue from services of $69,544,616, and had cash or term deposits of $50,379,806.

Over that six year period, administrative costs have ballooned from $2,138,592 to $5,919,525. And although senior management headcount has only increased from 14 to 15.25, remuneration and benefits for senior management have increased from $2,013,194 to $4,390,413.

For the financial year ended 30 June 2022, transactions from Te Pou Matakana Limited (trading as the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency) to the Waipareira Trust totalled $40,457,839.

Hauraki believed in him

 

That amount is included as a related party transaction in the trust’s latest accounts and is made up of the following line items:

• Whānau Ora commissioning funding - $16,873,845

• Annual management fees - $6,000,000

• Covid-19 funding - $10,444,000

• Research and evaluation funding - $2,000,000

• IT licenses and support - $3,681,529

• Lease expenses - $154,455

• Operating funding - $1,304,010

The management fee alone is an eye-watering amount and seems difficult to justify in the context of the services that the commissioning agency is seeking to fund.

Immediately after this year’s Budget, Minister for Whānau Ora, Peeni Henare issued a press release in which he stated, “Budget 2023 reflects the critical importance of Whānau Ora.”

“Whānau Ora navigators are our connectors to our whānau. They are often the first to recognise the needs for whānau and helping them to achieve their aspirations.

Needs for all whanau, or wants for Tamihere's friends and relations?  

“The job they do is so important, we are committing to their future with an additional $168.1 million over four years.”

“This Government has always recognised this and that is why we have increased funding by 145 percent since 2017,” Peeni Henare said.

Despite the well-scripted press releases and slick advertising campaigns, many Māori believe that not enough funding from Whānau Ora is making its way to those in need. Their concerns seem to be justified.

 

St Justin, Martyr, on your feast day please pray for us