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NEWS OF THE GREAT JUBILEE
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
The bishops' Jubilee News page has updated links to reports on ....
Jubilee of the World of Entertainment (Dec 15-17) The Jubilee of the World of Entertainment was the last of the special events by category on the official Jubilee calendar. There were a few famous names but many street artists, actors of minor theaters and circuses and musicians. We have links to reports on the Jubilee's Eucharistic Celebration and the associated congress on 'the Church and the Movie Industry'
Jubilee of the Fashion world (Dec 16) Although not in the Holy Year's official calendar, this Jubilee event was celebrated in St. Peter's Square. It was organized in less than a month by the National Chamber of Italian Fashion, Pitti Immagine and the Jubilee General Secretariat. The day began with a Mass at 8:30 a.m. attended by 2,000 people, in the Church of the Holy Spirit in Sassia next to the Vatican ...
Christmas in the Year of Our Lord 2000 (Dec 25) : - 8th Vatican Christmas Concert : From Gospel Choirs to Irish Bagpipers
New Year's Eve (Dec. 31 Jan 1) - Prayer Vigil - International children's celebration
Preview of the closing ceremonies of the Jubilee (Jan 5 - 6)
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EDUCATION
Rosmini College, Takapuna is on the Web at: http://www.rosmini.school.nz
St Joseph's School, Fairfield (Hamilton dio.) has a new site address: http://www.stjosephs.school.nz (Anthony, could you draw this to the attention of the Hamilton Ed Office please, or update the school's directory listing yourself. Many thanks.)
By my count - and I'm sure I missed one or two - Rosmini College's site brings the total number of Websites for New Zealand Catholic secondary schools (= high schools, commonly called "colleges") to 36 sites out of 48 schools (including Garin College, Nelson which has a Website but doesn't open until 2002).
By diocese, the breakdown is: Auckland: 15 secondary schools .... 9 Web sites Hamilton: 4 secondary schools .... 4 Web sites Palmerston North: 9 secondary schools .... 5 Web sites Wellington: 9 secondary schools .... 8 Web sites Christchurch: 7 secondary schools .... 6 Web sites Dunedin: 4 secondary schools .... 4 Web sites
You can see who's got what in the school directory pages of the NZ Catholic Education Office, starting at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/schools/intro.html Secondary schools are at the bottom of each diocese's page.
For a smart-looking set of pages at a modest price, I recommend 'Webbuilders': info@webbuilders.co.nz (careful with the double 'b').
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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'O come all ye faithful to church this Christmas ' NZ Herald 23.12.2000 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=166280 Traditional church services attract some of their biggest congregations of the year on Christmas Eve. Around the country as many, if not more, Christians pack these services as the ones on Christmas Day. Auckland's St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral in Wyndham St expects at least 1000 worshippers at midnight Mass, preceded by an hour of carol singing .... [Brief details of Christmas services at other North Island Catholic churches follow],
'A time of togetherness for people from far and wide' (photo) NZ Herald 23.12.2000 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=166287 Whether they be English aliens struggling to come to terms with bikinis and barbies on Boxing Day or Somalis mourning missing relatives, everyone's thoughts turn to family at Christmastime ....
'Editorial: May goodness, charity reign for all ' NZ Herald 23.12.2000 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=166185 As the Weekend Herald portrayals show today, the Catholic refugee from East Timor embraces Christmas in a far different manner from the traditional New Zealand festivities. As does the South African and the Pacific Islander. Even English immigrants must acquaint themselves with the alien concept of Christmas under, we all hope, sunny skies...........
'Builders set to start new Catholic college ' The Nelson Mail 23 DECEMBER 2000 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,561193a1931,FF.html Building will start soon on Garin College in Richmond after a $7 million construction contract was signed this week .........
'Priest cracks carol's secret code' Manawatu Evening Standard 23 DECEMBER 2000 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,561174a1902,FF.html Information unearthed by priestly researchers reveals Britain's enigmatic Christmas carol, 'The 12 Days of Christmas', to be less a carol than an aide memoire to their faith used by underground Catholics about 400 years ago. [I know I included a link on this topic a few weeks ago, but this particular article describes the research that lies behind the claim. Well worth printing and keeping for reference if you think someone might ask you about this. ML]
'People are what count for priest' (photo) Nelson Mail 21 DECEMBER 2000 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,556991a1932,FF.html As Nelson's newly ordained Catholic priest prepares to take up his first posting in Masterton, he talks with Catherine Hutton about his life before the priesthood and the road to it. Sitting in a large cool room inside Nelson's Catholic presbytery, Father Anthony Kearns, or Tony as he prefers, looks like a man without a care in the world. And we are a world away from the corporate culture of Carter Holt Harvey where Tony once worked as an accountant .........
'More donations than usual boost charities'(photo) http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH22Dec2000/edit\ orial/content/MLD49I0590JC.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial Otago Daily Times 22 December Christmas spirit is overwhelming Dunedin social service agencies this year. Agencies approached by the Otago Daily Times yesterday said they had received "remarkable" and "extraordinarily generous" donations compared to last year ..........
'As respect for life is a cornerstone of our society ... Will legal euthanasia lead to a `culture of death'?' Otago Daily Times 18 Dec 2000 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=18Dec2000/edi\ torial/content/M7E27B7653GH.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial The Dutch parliament recently passed laws permitting terminal euthanasia, and in this country a private member's Bill is being promoted by New Zealand First MP Peter Brown. Brian Fenton, a Roman Catholic priest living in Wanaka, has been prompted by these events to suggest that legitimising euthanasia would be a gravely retrograde step..........
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EVENTS
29 Dec 2000 to 7 Jan 2001 Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer Camp. Sacred Heart College, Auckland. http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/heartsaflame
19-21 January 2001 Firepower Catholic Youth Conference, Cambridge, Hamilton. Details on: http://www.firepower.org.nz/conf2001.html and from Christine (Wellington) tel. 04 939 9890
22-24 January 2001 Seminar: "Reaching Youth through Music, Cambridge, Hamilton. The speakers will be Patrick Keady and James Garrahy from Brisbane with many years experience in music ministry. Registration forms available from parish offices and newspaper tables.
26-29 January 2001 Parachute Festival Extreme: Totara Springs, Matamata http://www.parachute.co.nz/para2001/para2001.htm The major annual Christian music festival
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EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Principal, Catholic Institute of Theology http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/auckland/cit The Catholic Institute of Theology is a centre for theological education, inquiry and research established by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland. Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23; 'Wel-com' December 2000 p.19; and from Professor Michael Pender, CIT Council Chairperson, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland. Closing date: 31 January 2001
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Wishing you a very happy Christmas and all God's blessings ...
Mike Leon,
'kiwicath' list manager
Sunday, December 24, 2000
Sunday, December 17, 2000
NEWS OF THE GREAT JUBILEE http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
The bishops' Jubilee News page has fresh links to reports on the Jubilee of Catechists and Teachers of Religion (December 10) and on this weekend's Jubilee of the World of Entertainment. That's the last of the special events by category on the Jubilee calendar. There will be few famous names present but many street artists, actors of minor theaters and circuses, and more than 70 musical bands are expected to take part.
At present we have links to the following reports ... The official Presentation of the Jubilee ... The cinema paid homage to John Paul II and his apostolate in the media with the fourth version of the "Tertio Millennio" Festival, the only cinematographic expression of the Jubilee... The Pope received in audience the artists who, this weekend will participate in the traditional "Christmas in the Vatican" concert, held in the Paul VI Hall ... A new television documentary, "John Paul II, Witness of the Invisible," follows the Holy Father’s trips plus his interior, spiritual trek. It was presented within the framework of the study conference on "John Paul II and the Cinema," a prologue to this weekend’s Jubilee of the World of Entertainment.
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EDUCATION
'Good News and the News' volume 11, November 2000 http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/pubs/gnatn/index.html The New Zealand Catholic Education Office's Broadsheet of Good Practice in Integrated Schools. Theme of this issue: Good Practice occuring in some of our Parish-School Relationships.
'Lighting New Fires Issue 5, November 2000 http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/pubs/lnf/lnf.html NZCEO's bi-monthly newsletter reporting the accomplishments of New Zealand's Catholic and other integrated shcools, plus new teaching resources
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
Full-text articles from this weekend's 'NZ Catholic' newspaper: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/nzc/page2.html (This is the final issue of NZ Catholic for the year. The next issue will be published on January 28 and the website will be updated at this time also.)
'EUTHANASIA 'PRESENTS THREAT TO VULNERABLE'' The decision to legalise euthanasia in Holland has placed modern civilisation at a critical juncture, says the president of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference, Bishop Peter Cullinane... Related Links: 'Sick and poor fear for their lives, with good reason' Cardinal Simonis: 'Still a chance to stop euthanasia in the Netherlands' Pontifical Academy for Life. "Respect for the Dignity of the Dying" (summary)
'EDUCATORS JOIN IN OPPOSING LEGALISATION OF MARIJUANA' The decriminalisation of marijuana will simply give the green light to young people that drug taking is acceptable and part of a normal way of life, according to leaders of education organisations... Related Links: New Zealand Drug Foundation. Cannabis policy documents Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Education (FADE). Cannabis pamphlets catalogue NZ Ministry of Health. Cannabis: the Public Health Issues (1995-1996) NZ Ministry of Health. Cannabis and Health in New Zealand (1995)
'HOW TO GIVE THE GOVT YOUR POINT OF VIEW' Just how do you go about letting the Government know what you think? If you want, for example, to have your say on two issues currently under debate, legalising cannabis and decriminalising prostitution, who do you tell and how? You can make a submission, an effective way of making your views known and helping influence Government policy... [Related Link: Clerk of the House of Representatives: Select Comittee Guidelines. Texts of recent Bills. ]
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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'Bishop thrilled with babies' NZ Herald 15 Dec 2000 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=165266 The Catholic Bishop of Auckland is rejoicing at the number of babies who have been born since he vowed in March to help women who choose life over abortion. At least 72 girls and women chose to become mothers following Bishop Pat Dunn's public vow ...
'Pay bill or no report: school ' NZ Herald 15 Dec 2000 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=165224 St Columba's Catholic School in Hamilton is withholding school reports from parents who have outstanding accounts. Ministry of Education spokesman Colin Hagan said schools had a statutory obligation to provide reports and could not withhold them for any reason ......
'Antenna upsets Island Bay parents' The Dominion (Wellington) 16 Dec 2000 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,547464a1701,FF.html Angry Island Bay parents and children gathered outside Telecom House, Wellington, yesterday to protest against the company's cellphone antenna at St Francis de Sales Catholic School. The cell site has been on the steeple of St Francis de Sales church, near the school playground, for six years ...
'Ripples in sea of tranquillity' (photo) The Evening Post (Wellington) 12 Dec 2000 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,541106a1700,FF.html The tranquillity of Karori's Futuna Retreat Centre is about to be broken as neighbours, architects and others prepare to fight development plans for the former Catholic Church property. The Catholic order Society of Mary which for 50 years owned the Friend St property, site of the original Kirkcaldie homestead, sold it earlier this year to property developer Eyal Aharoni of Prime Property Group Ltd. His retirement village proposal contained in a resource consent application to Wellington City Council has alarmed neighbours ......
'Catholics unite for jubilee Mass' (Photo) The Southland Times 11 DECEMBER 2000 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,537527a1940,FF.html Massed choirs, concelebrating clergy, combined collections, communion queues – it was all your Sundays come at once when 1700 Southland Catholics gathered for a Jubilee Mass at Stadium Southland in Invercargill on Sunday ......
'Many gather to celebrate' (photo) Otago Daily times 4 December 2000 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=04Dec2000/edi\ torial/content/M3F21C5592RJ.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial One of the largest gatherings of Catholics in Dunedin occurred in the city yesterday. About 2400 people took part in the Jubilee Mass at the Dunedin Town Hall, part of the celebrations for the Jubilee 2000 year announced by Pope John Paul II ...
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EVENTS
Christmas Day December 2000 10 am TV One Re-broadcast of Celebrate Jesus 2000 (4 November), an open-air celebration which brought together 25,000 members of all the Christian denominations in the Wellington region to celebrate our Saviour and our faith.
29 Dec 2000 to 7 Jan 2001 Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer Camp. Sacred Heart College, Auckland. http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/heartsaflame
19-21 January 2001 Firepower Catholic Youth Conference, Cambridge, Hamilton. Details on: http://www.firepower.org.nz/conf2001.html and from Christine (Wellington) tel. 04 939 9890
22-24 January 2001 Seminar: "Reaching Youth through Music, Cambridge, Hamilton. The speakers will be Patrick Keady and James Garrahy from Brisbane with many years' experience in music ministry. Registration forms available from parish offices and newspaper tables.
26-29 January 2001 Parachute Festival Extreme: Totara Springs, Matamata http://www.parachute.co.nz/para2001/para2001.htm The major annual Christian music festival
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EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Principal, Catholic Institute of Theology http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/auckland/cit The Catholic Institute of Theology is a centre for theological education, inquiry and research established by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland. Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23; 'Wel-com' December 2000 p.19; and from Professor Michael Pender, CIT Council Chairperson, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland Closing date: 31 January 2001
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
The bishops' Jubilee News page has fresh links to reports on the Jubilee of Catechists and Teachers of Religion (December 10) and on this weekend's Jubilee of the World of Entertainment. That's the last of the special events by category on the Jubilee calendar. There will be few famous names present but many street artists, actors of minor theaters and circuses, and more than 70 musical bands are expected to take part.
At present we have links to the following reports ... The official Presentation of the Jubilee ... The cinema paid homage to John Paul II and his apostolate in the media with the fourth version of the "Tertio Millennio" Festival, the only cinematographic expression of the Jubilee... The Pope received in audience the artists who, this weekend will participate in the traditional "Christmas in the Vatican" concert, held in the Paul VI Hall ... A new television documentary, "John Paul II, Witness of the Invisible," follows the Holy Father’s trips plus his interior, spiritual trek. It was presented within the framework of the study conference on "John Paul II and the Cinema," a prologue to this weekend’s Jubilee of the World of Entertainment.
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EDUCATION
'Good News and the News' volume 11, November 2000 http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/pubs/gnatn/index.html The New Zealand Catholic Education Office's Broadsheet of Good Practice in Integrated Schools. Theme of this issue: Good Practice occuring in some of our Parish-School Relationships.
'Lighting New Fires Issue 5, November 2000 http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/pubs/lnf/lnf.html NZCEO's bi-monthly newsletter reporting the accomplishments of New Zealand's Catholic and other integrated shcools, plus new teaching resources
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
Full-text articles from this weekend's 'NZ Catholic' newspaper: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/nzc/page2.html (This is the final issue of NZ Catholic for the year. The next issue will be published on January 28 and the website will be updated at this time also.)
'EUTHANASIA 'PRESENTS THREAT TO VULNERABLE'' The decision to legalise euthanasia in Holland has placed modern civilisation at a critical juncture, says the president of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference, Bishop Peter Cullinane... Related Links: 'Sick and poor fear for their lives, with good reason' Cardinal Simonis: 'Still a chance to stop euthanasia in the Netherlands' Pontifical Academy for Life. "Respect for the Dignity of the Dying" (summary)
'EDUCATORS JOIN IN OPPOSING LEGALISATION OF MARIJUANA' The decriminalisation of marijuana will simply give the green light to young people that drug taking is acceptable and part of a normal way of life, according to leaders of education organisations... Related Links: New Zealand Drug Foundation. Cannabis policy documents Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Education (FADE). Cannabis pamphlets catalogue NZ Ministry of Health. Cannabis: the Public Health Issues (1995-1996) NZ Ministry of Health. Cannabis and Health in New Zealand (1995)
'HOW TO GIVE THE GOVT YOUR POINT OF VIEW' Just how do you go about letting the Government know what you think? If you want, for example, to have your say on two issues currently under debate, legalising cannabis and decriminalising prostitution, who do you tell and how? You can make a submission, an effective way of making your views known and helping influence Government policy... [Related Link: Clerk of the House of Representatives: Select Comittee Guidelines. Texts of recent Bills. ]
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on the bishops' News page at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
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'Bishop thrilled with babies' NZ Herald 15 Dec 2000 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=165266 The Catholic Bishop of Auckland is rejoicing at the number of babies who have been born since he vowed in March to help women who choose life over abortion. At least 72 girls and women chose to become mothers following Bishop Pat Dunn's public vow ...
'Pay bill or no report: school ' NZ Herald 15 Dec 2000 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=165224 St Columba's Catholic School in Hamilton is withholding school reports from parents who have outstanding accounts. Ministry of Education spokesman Colin Hagan said schools had a statutory obligation to provide reports and could not withhold them for any reason ......
'Antenna upsets Island Bay parents' The Dominion (Wellington) 16 Dec 2000 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,547464a1701,FF.html Angry Island Bay parents and children gathered outside Telecom House, Wellington, yesterday to protest against the company's cellphone antenna at St Francis de Sales Catholic School. The cell site has been on the steeple of St Francis de Sales church, near the school playground, for six years ...
'Ripples in sea of tranquillity' (photo) The Evening Post (Wellington) 12 Dec 2000 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,541106a1700,FF.html The tranquillity of Karori's Futuna Retreat Centre is about to be broken as neighbours, architects and others prepare to fight development plans for the former Catholic Church property. The Catholic order Society of Mary which for 50 years owned the Friend St property, site of the original Kirkcaldie homestead, sold it earlier this year to property developer Eyal Aharoni of Prime Property Group Ltd. His retirement village proposal contained in a resource consent application to Wellington City Council has alarmed neighbours ......
'Catholics unite for jubilee Mass' (Photo) The Southland Times 11 DECEMBER 2000 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,537527a1940,FF.html Massed choirs, concelebrating clergy, combined collections, communion queues – it was all your Sundays come at once when 1700 Southland Catholics gathered for a Jubilee Mass at Stadium Southland in Invercargill on Sunday ......
'Many gather to celebrate' (photo) Otago Daily times 4 December 2000 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=04Dec2000/edi\ torial/content/M3F21C5592RJ.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial One of the largest gatherings of Catholics in Dunedin occurred in the city yesterday. About 2400 people took part in the Jubilee Mass at the Dunedin Town Hall, part of the celebrations for the Jubilee 2000 year announced by Pope John Paul II ...
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EVENTS
Christmas Day December 2000 10 am TV One Re-broadcast of Celebrate Jesus 2000 (4 November), an open-air celebration which brought together 25,000 members of all the Christian denominations in the Wellington region to celebrate our Saviour and our faith.
29 Dec 2000 to 7 Jan 2001 Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer Camp. Sacred Heart College, Auckland. http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/heartsaflame
19-21 January 2001 Firepower Catholic Youth Conference, Cambridge, Hamilton. Details on: http://www.firepower.org.nz/conf2001.html and from Christine (Wellington) tel. 04 939 9890
22-24 January 2001 Seminar: "Reaching Youth through Music, Cambridge, Hamilton. The speakers will be Patrick Keady and James Garrahy from Brisbane with many years' experience in music ministry. Registration forms available from parish offices and newspaper tables.
26-29 January 2001 Parachute Festival Extreme: Totara Springs, Matamata http://www.parachute.co.nz/para2001/para2001.htm The major annual Christian music festival
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EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Principal, Catholic Institute of Theology http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/auckland/cit The Catholic Institute of Theology is a centre for theological education, inquiry and research established by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland. Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23; 'Wel-com' December 2000 p.19; and from Professor Michael Pender, CIT Council Chairperson, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland Closing date: 31 January 2001
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
Sunday, December 10, 2000
Dear friends,
I would like to put together a list of Christmas radio and TV broadcasts
for our forum members next Sunday or soon after. If you know of some
already already from any source including TV Guide and the The Listener,
I would be grateful to receive them at: leon@xtra.co.nz. The more the
merrier :-)
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NEWS OF THE GREAT JUBILEE
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
The bishops' Jubilee News page has links to reports on ...
* Jubilee of the Disabled (December 3)
On the first Sunday of Advent the Pope presided at a Eucharistic
celebration marking the occasion of the Jubilee of the Disabled. The
Pope told the disabled and their families that "disability is not only
need, it is also and above all a stimulus and an incentive. ... Your
reality questions those concepts of life that are linked only to
satisfaction, appearances, speed and efficiency..."
* Jubilee of the World of Entertainment (December 15-17)
* Jubilee of Catechists and Teachers of Religion (December 10)
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
CaritasUpdate, (Newsletter of the NZ Catholic bishops agency for
justice, peace and development.)
Issue No. 25, Summer 2000
http://www.caritas.org.nz/Update/xmas%202000/update_25_index.htm
(Contents summary: Letter from Anne Dickinson, Caritas' Director ... The
Latest from Timor Lorosa'e (East Timor) ... Working for Water in Bolivia
... Country Brief (JPD developments around the world) ... Letter of
Thanks from Aitape (Papua New Guinea, site of a tsunami disaster) &
Progress on Banning Landmines ... School Spotlight: 'Tales of Aitape
shared with schools and parishes'.
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on
the bishops' News page at:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
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directly on them after connecting to the Internet or Select, Copy and
Paste them into your browser's address panel.. ]
'Father Campbell to say goodbye' (Photo)
The Southland Times 6 Dec 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,528352a1940,FF.html
Hundreds of Catholics are expected to attend the Jubilee Mass in
Invercargill at Stadium Southland in Invercargill on Sunday.
For the newly appointed rector of Holy Cross College, Southlander Fr
Colin Campbell, the coming together of so many old friends is a chance
to say goodbye ...
'Otago charity pioneer may become saint'
National News 4 Dec 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,524418a11,FF.html
A 19th century civil engineer, architect and MP with strong links to
Otago has been proposed for canonisation in the Catholic Church. With
Marist priest Father Petijean, Charles Gordon O'Neill co-founded the St
Vincent de Paul charitable organisation in New Zealand in 1877 ...
'Compulsory sex classes won't work: heads'
NZ Herald 05.12.2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=163145
The move to compulsory sex education in schools has been called an
attack on family values by principals - most of them at religious
schools - opposed to the forced teaching of the subject. [Comments by
Kieran Fouhy, principal of St Peter's College in Epsom, Auckland, and Br
Pat Lynch , director of the NZ Catholic Education Office.]
'School glad HIV teacher named' (Photo)
NZ Herald 07.12.2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=163513
The former head of religious studies at Auckland's Hato Petera College,
Kaperiere Petera Leef, has been named as the HIV-positive man charged
with indecently assaulting male students. The school believes the
lifting of the man's name suppression by the High Court at Auckland
today will make it easier for any worried students or parents to come
forward ...
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EVENTS
Sunday 17 December 7:30 am TV One
Christmas Day December 2000 10 am TV One
Re-broadcast of Celebrate Jesus 2000 (4 November), an open-air
celebration which brought together 25,000 members of all the Christian
denominations in the Wellington region to celebrate our Saviour and our
faith.
29 Dec 2000 to 7 Jan 2001
Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer Camp. Sacred Heart College, Auckland.
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/heartsaflame
19-21 January 2001
Firepower Catholic Youth Conference, Cambridge, Hamilton.
Details on: http://www.firepower.org.nz/conf2001.html and from Christine
(Wellington) tel. 04 939 9890
26-29 January
Parachute Festival Extreme: Totara Springs, Matamata
http://www.parachute.co.nz/para2001/para2001.htm
The major annual Christian music festival
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EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Receptionist, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
http://www.cda.org.nz/main.htm
Full-time position, word processing skills required. Further details
from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Cecilia or Myra, tel:
378 4380; fax: 376 2829; email: ceciliav@cda.org.nz or from:
Administration, Private Bag 47904, Ponsonby, Auckland
Principal Coordinator. Relief Co-ordinator (2 paid positions), Pregnancy
Help Inc. Auckland.
Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Betty
Edmond, tel.: 309 5115; fax 309 5114; PO Box 5329 Wellesley Street,
Auckland.
Finance /Administration Manager, The Leprosy Mission.
The Leprosy Mission New Zealand is an international Christian aid
agency.
Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Linda,
tel: 09 630 2818; PO Box 10 227 Auckland 1030. E-mail:
linda@tlmnz.org.nz
Closing date: 14 December 2000
Coordinator/Editor, Religious Education, National Centre for Religious
Studies, Wellington
The appointee will take a leading role in revising the secondary school
religious education programme 'Understanding Faith'.
Details in 'Wel-com' newspaper, December 2000 p.19 and from The
Director, National Centre for Religious Studies, Wellington. E-mail:
ncrsnz@clear.net.nz
NCRS in the national Catholic Directory:
http://www.catholic.orgnewzealand/cathcom/directory/direct3m.html#2
Closing date: 15 December 2000
Principal, Catholic Institute of Theology
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/auckland/cit
The Catholic Institute of Theology is a centre for theological
education, inquiry and research established by the Catholic Bishop of
Auckland. Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23;
'Wel-com' December 2000 p.19; and from Professor Michael Pender, CIT
Council Chairperson, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland
Closing date: 31 January 2000
*******************************
Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
I would like to put together a list of Christmas radio and TV broadcasts
for our forum members next Sunday or soon after. If you know of some
already already from any source including TV Guide and the The Listener,
I would be grateful to receive them at: leon@xtra.co.nz. The more the
merrier :-)
****************************
NEWS OF THE GREAT JUBILEE
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
The bishops' Jubilee News page has links to reports on ...
* Jubilee of the Disabled (December 3)
On the first Sunday of Advent the Pope presided at a Eucharistic
celebration marking the occasion of the Jubilee of the Disabled. The
Pope told the disabled and their families that "disability is not only
need, it is also and above all a stimulus and an incentive. ... Your
reality questions those concepts of life that are linked only to
satisfaction, appearances, speed and efficiency..."
* Jubilee of the World of Entertainment (December 15-17)
* Jubilee of Catechists and Teachers of Religion (December 10)
***********************************
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
CaritasUpdate, (Newsletter of the NZ Catholic bishops agency for
justice, peace and development.)
Issue No. 25, Summer 2000
http://www.caritas.org.nz/Update/xmas%202000/update_25_index.htm
(Contents summary: Letter from Anne Dickinson, Caritas' Director ... The
Latest from Timor Lorosa'e (East Timor) ... Working for Water in Bolivia
... Country Brief (JPD developments around the world) ... Letter of
Thanks from Aitape (Papua New Guinea, site of a tsunami disaster) &
Progress on Banning Landmines ... School Spotlight: 'Tales of Aitape
shared with schools and parishes'.
****************************
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on
the bishops' News page at:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
[Please don't attempt to hand-copy these newspaper database links. Click
directly on them after connecting to the Internet or Select, Copy and
Paste them into your browser's address panel.. ]
'Father Campbell to say goodbye' (Photo)
The Southland Times 6 Dec 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,528352a1940,FF.html
Hundreds of Catholics are expected to attend the Jubilee Mass in
Invercargill at Stadium Southland in Invercargill on Sunday.
For the newly appointed rector of Holy Cross College, Southlander Fr
Colin Campbell, the coming together of so many old friends is a chance
to say goodbye ...
'Otago charity pioneer may become saint'
National News 4 Dec 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,524418a11,FF.html
A 19th century civil engineer, architect and MP with strong links to
Otago has been proposed for canonisation in the Catholic Church. With
Marist priest Father Petijean, Charles Gordon O'Neill co-founded the St
Vincent de Paul charitable organisation in New Zealand in 1877 ...
'Compulsory sex classes won't work: heads'
NZ Herald 05.12.2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=163145
The move to compulsory sex education in schools has been called an
attack on family values by principals - most of them at religious
schools - opposed to the forced teaching of the subject. [Comments by
Kieran Fouhy, principal of St Peter's College in Epsom, Auckland, and Br
Pat Lynch , director of the NZ Catholic Education Office.]
'School glad HIV teacher named' (Photo)
NZ Herald 07.12.2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=163513
The former head of religious studies at Auckland's Hato Petera College,
Kaperiere Petera Leef, has been named as the HIV-positive man charged
with indecently assaulting male students. The school believes the
lifting of the man's name suppression by the High Court at Auckland
today will make it easier for any worried students or parents to come
forward ...
************************
EVENTS
Sunday 17 December 7:30 am TV One
Christmas Day December 2000 10 am TV One
Re-broadcast of Celebrate Jesus 2000 (4 November), an open-air
celebration which brought together 25,000 members of all the Christian
denominations in the Wellington region to celebrate our Saviour and our
faith.
29 Dec 2000 to 7 Jan 2001
Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer Camp. Sacred Heart College, Auckland.
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/heartsaflame
19-21 January 2001
Firepower Catholic Youth Conference, Cambridge, Hamilton.
Details on: http://www.firepower.org.nz/conf2001.html and from Christine
(Wellington) tel. 04 939 9890
26-29 January
Parachute Festival Extreme: Totara Springs, Matamata
http://www.parachute.co.nz/para2001/para2001.htm
The major annual Christian music festival
*****************************
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Receptionist, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
http://www.cda.org.nz/main.htm
Full-time position, word processing skills required. Further details
from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Cecilia or Myra, tel:
378 4380; fax: 376 2829; email: ceciliav@cda.org.nz or from:
Administration, Private Bag 47904, Ponsonby, Auckland
Principal Coordinator. Relief Co-ordinator (2 paid positions), Pregnancy
Help Inc. Auckland.
Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Betty
Edmond, tel.: 309 5115; fax 309 5114; PO Box 5329 Wellesley Street,
Auckland.
Finance /Administration Manager, The Leprosy Mission.
The Leprosy Mission New Zealand is an international Christian aid
agency.
Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Linda,
tel: 09 630 2818; PO Box 10 227 Auckland 1030. E-mail:
linda@tlmnz.org.nz
Closing date: 14 December 2000
Coordinator/Editor, Religious Education, National Centre for Religious
Studies, Wellington
The appointee will take a leading role in revising the secondary school
religious education programme 'Understanding Faith'.
Details in 'Wel-com' newspaper, December 2000 p.19 and from The
Director, National Centre for Religious Studies, Wellington. E-mail:
ncrsnz@clear.net.nz
NCRS in the national Catholic Directory:
http://www.catholic.orgnewzealand/cathcom/directory/direct3m.html#2
Closing date: 15 December 2000
Principal, Catholic Institute of Theology
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/auckland/cit
The Catholic Institute of Theology is a centre for theological
education, inquiry and research established by the Catholic Bishop of
Auckland. Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23;
'Wel-com' December 2000 p.19; and from Professor Michael Pender, CIT
Council Chairperson, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland
Closing date: 31 January 2000
*******************************
Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
Sunday, December 3, 2000
Dear friends,
NEWS OF THE GREAT JUBILEE
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
This past week more than five hundred Catholic lay leaders from all over
the world came to Rome to celebrate the Jubilee of Laypeople and attend
the Jubilee Congress of Catholic Laity with the theme: "Witnesses of
Christ in the New Millennium." On the bishops' Jubilee News page
there's full coverage of the event in the form of links to reports of
the Jubilee celebrations and the proceedings of the Congress. Here's a
summary:
** "... the most important thing is to awaken this great giant, the
world of Christian laity" : Interview with Bishop Stanislaw Rylko,
Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Laity
** "If you live Christianity without compromise, you can light up the
world." Pope John Paul's homily at the Eucharistic Celebration for the
Jubilee of Lay Faithful
** Witnesses of Christ in the New Millennium: special reports by FIDES
on the apostolates of lay Catholics in underdeveloped countries
**********Congress of Catholic Laity**********
** In his message to the Congress's opening session John Paul II called
for a "serious examination of conscience" by all Catholics worldwide,
[asking] "What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ
really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life?
Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?"
** Summaries of presentations to the Congress by representatives of the
United States, Europe, East Asia, Africa and the Middle East
** "A Christian's call to holiness is the very foundation of the lay
apostolate"
** Globalisation and Christian witness in America: Congress address by
Harvard Law School professor Mary Ann Glendon
** "The real problem is not in being a minority, but in becoming
irrelevant or useless for the world." Archbishop Stanislaus Rylko, the
secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, in his address to the
Congress of the Laity
** "People are not persuaded by continuous repetition of the Christian
message, but are touched by a personal encounter" : The Congress's final
statement
** "Open paths for the Gospel on all the world's frontiers ... Christ is
the cornerstone for every genuinely human construction": Closing address
by Guzman Carriquiry, undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for the
Laity
***********************************
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
Three full text stories from this weekend's issue of 'NZ Catholic'
(December 3, 2000) at:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/nzc/page2.html
'Founder of St Vincent de Paul Society in NZ a saint? '
The principal founder of the St Vincent de Paul Society in New Zealand
and Australia is being proposed for canonisation. Charles Gordon O'Neill
- engineer, architect and a member of Parliament in New Zealand - is to
be the subject of a formal research project by the Australian Catholic
University ...
[Links to the St Vincent de Paul Society, New Zealand and a biographical
article in the Sydney Catholic Weekly.]
'Reminder on health services '
Catholic schools are being reminded to make sure student health care
services are consistent with Catholic moral teaching. A policy on
school-based health services is being sent to all Catholic secondary
schools at the direction of the board of directors of the Catholic
Education Office, and proprietors of Catholic integrated schools ...
[ Links to NZ Catholic Education Office and the Ministry of Education's
Health and Physical Well-being Curriculum Statements.
'Concerns raised over proposals on adoption law '
Homosexual and unmarried couples will be able to adopt children if
recommendations of the Law Commission become law. So will single males.
The recommendations fly in the face of responses to a section on
adoption and joint parenting in a Ministry of Justice discussion paper,
"Same Sex Couples and the Law". Eighty-two per cent of respondents
opposed same-sex couples being able to adopt children ...
[Link to the New Zealand Law Commission's report 'Adoption and its
Alternatives: A Different Approach and a New Framework'
****************************
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on
the bishops' News page at:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
[Please don't attempt to hand-copy these newspaper database links. Click
directly on them after connecting to the Internet or Select, Copy and
Paste them into your browser's address panel.. ]
'Sing a song of Christmas cheer '
NZ Herald 2 Dec. 2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=entertainment&thesubsectio\
n=&storyID=162784
Christmas carols are capsules of faith, memory and celebration that mark
the passing of the years as reliably as birthdays or seasons. But what
are the stories behind the carols? Where did they come from?.........
( According to this article, 'Twelve Days of Christmas' is not simply
the tale of a generous suitor, but an underground Catholic catechism
created in England in the centuries when Catholicism was outlawed.)
'Right philosophy and advance planning make all the difference at Xmas '
NZ Herald 2 Dec 2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=entertainment&thesubsectio\
n=&storyID=162787
....... And where does God fit into the framework of the modern,
stressed-out Christmas? Lindsay Freer of Catholic Communications is
up-beat. "Our cathedral and every parish church has them swinging from
the rafters." Certainly at St Patrick's Cathedral 1200-odd people, of
varying degrees of piety and drunkenness, squash themselves into pews
for midnight Mass and carols every Christmas Eve as "people who consider
themselves Catholics, in other words 'retired,' feel the need to go"
.........
'Catholic college ready to go '
Nelson Mail 29 November 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,517892a1931,FF.html
The way has been cleared for construction to begin of Garin College, the
new Catholic secondary school planned for Richmond. A planning appeal
against the college by Nelson Bays Meat Producers has been withdrawn
after negotiations between the company and the Catholic Education
Management Board ......
************************
EVENTS
Christmas Day December 2000 10 am TV One
Re-broadcast of Celebrate Jesus 2000 (4 November), an open-air
celebration which brought together 25,000 members of all the Christian
denominations in the Wellington region, to celebrate our Saviour and
our faith.
29 Dec 2000 to 7 Jan 2001
Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer Camp. Sacred Heart College, Auckland.
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/heartsaflame
26-29 January
Parachute Festival Extreme: Totara Springs, Matamata
http://www.parachute.co.nz/para2001/para2001.htm
The major annual Christian music festival
*****************************
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Receptionist, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
http://www.cda.org.nz/main.htm
Full-time position, word processing skills required. Further details
from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Cecilia or Myra, tel:
378 4380; fax: 376 2829; email: ceciliav@cda.org.nz or from:
Administration, Private Bag 47904, Ponsonby, Auckland
Principal Coordinator. Relief Co-ordinator (2 paid positions), Pregnancy
Help Inc. Auckland.
Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Betty
Edmond, tel.: 309 5115; fax 309 5114; PO Box 5329 Wellesley Street,
Auckland.
Religious Education Consultant, Catholic Education Centre, Wellington
Required to work with Religious Education in parishes, with Samoan
Sunday School teachers and secondary schools. Further details from 'NZ
Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from The Director, Catholic
Education Centre, PO Box 1937, Wellington. Tel: 04 496 1710; fax: 04 496
1715 ; E-mail: pbray@wcec.org.nz
Closing date: 6 December
Finance /Administration Manager, The Leprosy Mission.
The Leprosy Mission New Zealand is an international Christian aid
agency.
Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Linda,
tel: 09 630 2818; PO Box 10 227 Auckland 1030. E-mail:
linda@tlmnz.org.nz
Closing date: 14 December 2000
Principal, Catholic Institute of Theology
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/auckland/cit
The Catholic Institute of Theology is a centre for theological
education, inquiry and research established by the Catholic Bishop of
Auckland. Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and
from Professor Michael Pender, CIT Council Chairperson, 16 Waterloo
Quadrant, Auckland
Closing date: 31 January 2000
*******************************
Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
NEWS OF THE GREAT JUBILEE
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
This past week more than five hundred Catholic lay leaders from all over
the world came to Rome to celebrate the Jubilee of Laypeople and attend
the Jubilee Congress of Catholic Laity with the theme: "Witnesses of
Christ in the New Millennium." On the bishops' Jubilee News page
there's full coverage of the event in the form of links to reports of
the Jubilee celebrations and the proceedings of the Congress. Here's a
summary:
** "... the most important thing is to awaken this great giant, the
world of Christian laity" : Interview with Bishop Stanislaw Rylko,
Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Laity
** "If you live Christianity without compromise, you can light up the
world." Pope John Paul's homily at the Eucharistic Celebration for the
Jubilee of Lay Faithful
** Witnesses of Christ in the New Millennium: special reports by FIDES
on the apostolates of lay Catholics in underdeveloped countries
**********Congress of Catholic Laity**********
** In his message to the Congress's opening session John Paul II called
for a "serious examination of conscience" by all Catholics worldwide,
[asking] "What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ
really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life?
Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?"
** Summaries of presentations to the Congress by representatives of the
United States, Europe, East Asia, Africa and the Middle East
** "A Christian's call to holiness is the very foundation of the lay
apostolate"
** Globalisation and Christian witness in America: Congress address by
Harvard Law School professor Mary Ann Glendon
** "The real problem is not in being a minority, but in becoming
irrelevant or useless for the world." Archbishop Stanislaus Rylko, the
secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, in his address to the
Congress of the Laity
** "People are not persuaded by continuous repetition of the Christian
message, but are touched by a personal encounter" : The Congress's final
statement
** "Open paths for the Gospel on all the world's frontiers ... Christ is
the cornerstone for every genuinely human construction": Closing address
by Guzman Carriquiry, undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for the
Laity
***********************************
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
Three full text stories from this weekend's issue of 'NZ Catholic'
(December 3, 2000) at:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/nzc/page2.html
'Founder of St Vincent de Paul Society in NZ a saint? '
The principal founder of the St Vincent de Paul Society in New Zealand
and Australia is being proposed for canonisation. Charles Gordon O'Neill
- engineer, architect and a member of Parliament in New Zealand - is to
be the subject of a formal research project by the Australian Catholic
University ...
[Links to the St Vincent de Paul Society, New Zealand and a biographical
article in the Sydney Catholic Weekly.]
'Reminder on health services '
Catholic schools are being reminded to make sure student health care
services are consistent with Catholic moral teaching. A policy on
school-based health services is being sent to all Catholic secondary
schools at the direction of the board of directors of the Catholic
Education Office, and proprietors of Catholic integrated schools ...
[ Links to NZ Catholic Education Office and the Ministry of Education's
Health and Physical Well-being Curriculum Statements.
'Concerns raised over proposals on adoption law '
Homosexual and unmarried couples will be able to adopt children if
recommendations of the Law Commission become law. So will single males.
The recommendations fly in the face of responses to a section on
adoption and joint parenting in a Ministry of Justice discussion paper,
"Same Sex Couples and the Law". Eighty-two per cent of respondents
opposed same-sex couples being able to adopt children ...
[Link to the New Zealand Law Commission's report 'Adoption and its
Alternatives: A Different Approach and a New Framework'
****************************
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on
the bishops' News page at:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
[Please don't attempt to hand-copy these newspaper database links. Click
directly on them after connecting to the Internet or Select, Copy and
Paste them into your browser's address panel.. ]
'Sing a song of Christmas cheer '
NZ Herald 2 Dec. 2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=entertainment&thesubsectio\
n=&storyID=162784
Christmas carols are capsules of faith, memory and celebration that mark
the passing of the years as reliably as birthdays or seasons. But what
are the stories behind the carols? Where did they come from?.........
( According to this article, 'Twelve Days of Christmas' is not simply
the tale of a generous suitor, but an underground Catholic catechism
created in England in the centuries when Catholicism was outlawed.)
'Right philosophy and advance planning make all the difference at Xmas '
NZ Herald 2 Dec 2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=entertainment&thesubsectio\
n=&storyID=162787
....... And where does God fit into the framework of the modern,
stressed-out Christmas? Lindsay Freer of Catholic Communications is
up-beat. "Our cathedral and every parish church has them swinging from
the rafters." Certainly at St Patrick's Cathedral 1200-odd people, of
varying degrees of piety and drunkenness, squash themselves into pews
for midnight Mass and carols every Christmas Eve as "people who consider
themselves Catholics, in other words 'retired,' feel the need to go"
.........
'Catholic college ready to go '
Nelson Mail 29 November 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,517892a1931,FF.html
The way has been cleared for construction to begin of Garin College, the
new Catholic secondary school planned for Richmond. A planning appeal
against the college by Nelson Bays Meat Producers has been withdrawn
after negotiations between the company and the Catholic Education
Management Board ......
************************
EVENTS
Christmas Day December 2000 10 am TV One
Re-broadcast of Celebrate Jesus 2000 (4 November), an open-air
celebration which brought together 25,000 members of all the Christian
denominations in the Wellington region, to celebrate our Saviour and
our faith.
29 Dec 2000 to 7 Jan 2001
Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer Camp. Sacred Heart College, Auckland.
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/heartsaflame
26-29 January
Parachute Festival Extreme: Totara Springs, Matamata
http://www.parachute.co.nz/para2001/para2001.htm
The major annual Christian music festival
*****************************
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Receptionist, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
http://www.cda.org.nz/main.htm
Full-time position, word processing skills required. Further details
from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Cecilia or Myra, tel:
378 4380; fax: 376 2829; email: ceciliav@cda.org.nz or from:
Administration, Private Bag 47904, Ponsonby, Auckland
Principal Coordinator. Relief Co-ordinator (2 paid positions), Pregnancy
Help Inc. Auckland.
Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Betty
Edmond, tel.: 309 5115; fax 309 5114; PO Box 5329 Wellesley Street,
Auckland.
Religious Education Consultant, Catholic Education Centre, Wellington
Required to work with Religious Education in parishes, with Samoan
Sunday School teachers and secondary schools. Further details from 'NZ
Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from The Director, Catholic
Education Centre, PO Box 1937, Wellington. Tel: 04 496 1710; fax: 04 496
1715 ; E-mail: pbray@wcec.org.nz
Closing date: 6 December
Finance /Administration Manager, The Leprosy Mission.
The Leprosy Mission New Zealand is an international Christian aid
agency.
Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Linda,
tel: 09 630 2818; PO Box 10 227 Auckland 1030. E-mail:
linda@tlmnz.org.nz
Closing date: 14 December 2000
Principal, Catholic Institute of Theology
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/auckland/cit
The Catholic Institute of Theology is a centre for theological
education, inquiry and research established by the Catholic Bishop of
Auckland. Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and
from Professor Michael Pender, CIT Council Chairperson, 16 Waterloo
Quadrant, Auckland
Closing date: 31 January 2000
*******************************
Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
Sunday, November 26, 2000
NEWS OF THE GREAT JUBILEE http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
On the bishops' Jubilee News page this week you will find new links to this weekend's "Jubilee within the Jubilee": the Congress of Catholic Lay People and the Jubilee of the Lay Apostolate. Six hundred Catholic lay leaders from all over the world are attending the week-long Congress with the theme of "Witnesses of Christ in the New Millennium." It is intended to be a forum for "dialogue, exchange, witness and common prayer, but also for comparing and evaluating different ecclesial experiences."
There are also new links to reports on last week's Jubilee of the Armed Forces and Police.
************************
"FAMILY, MARRIAGE, AND DE FACTO UNIONS"
The Pontifical Council for the Family has just published a new study with this title. You can open it at: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/family/documents/rc_pc_fam\ ily_doc_20001109_de-facto-unions_en.html
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NEW WEB SITES
St Joseph's Primary School Hastings has opened its Web site at http://www.stjos.school.nz and the school's Sacred Heart Parish followed suit: http://www.sacredheart.org.nz
All the New Zealand Catholic parish and schools' Web sites I come across are listed on the appropriate pages of the bishops' Web site. To open them click either the 'Dioceses and Parishes' or 'Education' buttons on the home page at http://www.catholic.org/newzealand
****************************
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
There are three full-text stories from the November 19 issue of 'NZ Catholic', at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/nzc/page2.html
'Wellington Unites to Celebrate Jesus' Birth' Wellington's Celebrate Jesus 2000 stadium event attended by 25,000 people was a first for New Zealand and, most likely, a first for the world. Convenor Gordon Copeland said it was God's doing, and way beyond anything he ever dreamed of ... [Link to photos of 'Celebrate Jesus 2000']
'Dioceses combine on Reconciliation programme ' The three dioceses of Palmerston North, Hamilton and Auckland are working on a programme to prepare children for Reconciliation. Two of the reasons for the joint religious education project are to reduce duplication of effort and to build an awareness of biculturalism into Reconciliation ...
'Adult and single in a Church geared mainly to families ' What's life like for single, adult Catholics? You are the first to be asked to baby-sit, but no one offers to carry out your weekly garbage. Everyone thinks you have more free time (or "no life") so you must be available for parish committees, charitable works, cleaning the church, playing the organ and doing the flowers, but you are seldom, if ever, mentioned as a group or vocation, in sermons or the Prayers of the Faithful ... [Link to a reflection on chastity and the single life, by Dorothy Day]
****************************
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on the bishops' News page at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
[Please don't attempt to hand copy these newspaper database links. Click directly on them after connecting to the Internet or Select, Copy and Paste them into your borrower's address panel.. ]
'Dunedin Priest Appointed Rector' Otago Daily Times Saturday, 25 November 2000 A former Dunedin Roman Catholic priest has been appointed rector of the church's national priest training centre in Auckland. Fr Colin Campbell, parish priest at Waikiwi in Invercargill, will take up his new position at Holy Cross Seminary in the new year. He is well known to Dunedin Catholics, having been parish priest at St Joseph's Cathedral from 1986 to 1992, and priest at St Peter Channel in Green Island from 1992 to 1995. Fr Campbell has been involved in Catholic education administration since the 1970s and is at present a member of the Religious Education Advisory Board for the Dunedin diocese. He said he had enjoyed parish life but was looking forward to moving into a new field.
'Final resting place for pioneer bishop ' NZ Herald 22 Nov. 2000 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=160896 The final resting place for the remains of Bishop Jean-Baptiste Pompallier has been confirmed at Hokianga, with an interment planned on the 164th anniversary of his first Mass in New Zealand ...
'Catholic school to open ' Mount and Papamoa Times 24 Nov. 2000 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,508776a1910,FF.html Kathleen Joblin realises that her new job as principal at St Thomas More Catholic School is a bit special. "Colleagues keep telling me that it is a once in a lifetime opportunity and I feel privileged that I have been given this chance," she said. St Thomas More Catholic School opens in Mount Maunganui next year ...
************************
EVENTS
Sunday 17 November 2000 7.30 am TV One Christmas Day December 2000 10 am TV One Re-broadcast of Celebrate Jesus 2000 (4 November), an open-air event which brought together 25,000 members of all the Christian denominations in the Wellington region to celebrate our Saviour and our faith.
29 Dec 2000 to 7 Jan 2001 Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer Camp. Sacred Heart College, Auckland. http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/heartsaflame
26-29 January Parachute Festival Extreme: Totter Springs, Matamamta http://www.parachute.co.nz/para2001/para2001.htm The major annual Christian music festival
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EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Diocesan General Manager, Catholic Diocese of Auckland Responsible for a full range of management services to New Zealand's largest Catholic diocese. Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19 2000, p.23 and from Heather King, John Robertson & Associates, Auckland. E-mail: heather@hrconsulting.co.nz Diocesan Web site: http://www.cda.org.nz/main.htm Closing Date: 30 November
Catholic Schools Support Consultant (Primary), Catholic Education Office, Dunedin The consultant provides curriculum advice and support, professional development opportunities and special character review and evaluation to Catholic primary schools in Otago and Southland. Details from the Director, Catholic Education Office, Private Bag 1941 Dunedin. Ph: (03) 477 2527; Fax: (03) 477 2528. Web site: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~mpeyroux/diocese.htm Closing date: 30 November
Religious Education Resource Support Adviser, Catholic Education Office Dunedin: (Religious Order Stipend Position) Provides resource support to the Catholic Education Office team, assists with field work and co-ordinates the Walk by Faith course. Details from the Director, Catholic Education Office, Private Bag 1941 Dunedin Ph: (03) 477 2527; Fax: (03) 477 2528. Web site: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~mpeyroux/diocese.htm Closing date: 30 November
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Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
On the bishops' Jubilee News page this week you will find new links to this weekend's "Jubilee within the Jubilee": the Congress of Catholic Lay People and the Jubilee of the Lay Apostolate. Six hundred Catholic lay leaders from all over the world are attending the week-long Congress with the theme of "Witnesses of Christ in the New Millennium." It is intended to be a forum for "dialogue, exchange, witness and common prayer, but also for comparing and evaluating different ecclesial experiences."
There are also new links to reports on last week's Jubilee of the Armed Forces and Police.
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"FAMILY, MARRIAGE, AND DE FACTO UNIONS"
The Pontifical Council for the Family has just published a new study with this title. You can open it at: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/family/documents/rc_pc_fam\ ily_doc_20001109_de-facto-unions_en.html
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NEW WEB SITES
St Joseph's Primary School Hastings has opened its Web site at http://www.stjos.school.nz and the school's Sacred Heart Parish followed suit: http://www.sacredheart.org.nz
All the New Zealand Catholic parish and schools' Web sites I come across are listed on the appropriate pages of the bishops' Web site. To open them click either the 'Dioceses and Parishes' or 'Education' buttons on the home page at http://www.catholic.org/newzealand
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
There are three full-text stories from the November 19 issue of 'NZ Catholic', at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/nzc/page2.html
'Wellington Unites to Celebrate Jesus' Birth' Wellington's Celebrate Jesus 2000 stadium event attended by 25,000 people was a first for New Zealand and, most likely, a first for the world. Convenor Gordon Copeland said it was God's doing, and way beyond anything he ever dreamed of ... [Link to photos of 'Celebrate Jesus 2000']
'Dioceses combine on Reconciliation programme ' The three dioceses of Palmerston North, Hamilton and Auckland are working on a programme to prepare children for Reconciliation. Two of the reasons for the joint religious education project are to reduce duplication of effort and to build an awareness of biculturalism into Reconciliation ...
'Adult and single in a Church geared mainly to families ' What's life like for single, adult Catholics? You are the first to be asked to baby-sit, but no one offers to carry out your weekly garbage. Everyone thinks you have more free time (or "no life") so you must be available for parish committees, charitable works, cleaning the church, playing the organ and doing the flowers, but you are seldom, if ever, mentioned as a group or vocation, in sermons or the Prayers of the Faithful ... [Link to a reflection on chastity and the single life, by Dorothy Day]
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on the bishops' News page at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
[Please don't attempt to hand copy these newspaper database links. Click directly on them after connecting to the Internet or Select, Copy and Paste them into your borrower's address panel.. ]
'Dunedin Priest Appointed Rector' Otago Daily Times Saturday, 25 November 2000 A former Dunedin Roman Catholic priest has been appointed rector of the church's national priest training centre in Auckland. Fr Colin Campbell, parish priest at Waikiwi in Invercargill, will take up his new position at Holy Cross Seminary in the new year. He is well known to Dunedin Catholics, having been parish priest at St Joseph's Cathedral from 1986 to 1992, and priest at St Peter Channel in Green Island from 1992 to 1995. Fr Campbell has been involved in Catholic education administration since the 1970s and is at present a member of the Religious Education Advisory Board for the Dunedin diocese. He said he had enjoyed parish life but was looking forward to moving into a new field.
'Final resting place for pioneer bishop ' NZ Herald 22 Nov. 2000 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=160896 The final resting place for the remains of Bishop Jean-Baptiste Pompallier has been confirmed at Hokianga, with an interment planned on the 164th anniversary of his first Mass in New Zealand ...
'Catholic school to open ' Mount and Papamoa Times 24 Nov. 2000 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,508776a1910,FF.html Kathleen Joblin realises that her new job as principal at St Thomas More Catholic School is a bit special. "Colleagues keep telling me that it is a once in a lifetime opportunity and I feel privileged that I have been given this chance," she said. St Thomas More Catholic School opens in Mount Maunganui next year ...
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EVENTS
Sunday 17 November 2000 7.30 am TV One Christmas Day December 2000 10 am TV One Re-broadcast of Celebrate Jesus 2000 (4 November), an open-air event which brought together 25,000 members of all the Christian denominations in the Wellington region to celebrate our Saviour and our faith.
29 Dec 2000 to 7 Jan 2001 Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer Camp. Sacred Heart College, Auckland. http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/heartsaflame
26-29 January Parachute Festival Extreme: Totter Springs, Matamamta http://www.parachute.co.nz/para2001/para2001.htm The major annual Christian music festival
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EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Diocesan General Manager, Catholic Diocese of Auckland Responsible for a full range of management services to New Zealand's largest Catholic diocese. Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19 2000, p.23 and from Heather King, John Robertson & Associates, Auckland. E-mail: heather@hrconsulting.co.nz Diocesan Web site: http://www.cda.org.nz/main.htm Closing Date: 30 November
Catholic Schools Support Consultant (Primary), Catholic Education Office, Dunedin The consultant provides curriculum advice and support, professional development opportunities and special character review and evaluation to Catholic primary schools in Otago and Southland. Details from the Director, Catholic Education Office, Private Bag 1941 Dunedin. Ph: (03) 477 2527; Fax: (03) 477 2528. Web site: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~mpeyroux/diocese.htm Closing date: 30 November
Religious Education Resource Support Adviser, Catholic Education Office Dunedin: (Religious Order Stipend Position) Provides resource support to the Catholic Education Office team, assists with field work and co-ordinates the Walk by Faith course. Details from the Director, Catholic Education Office, Private Bag 1941 Dunedin Ph: (03) 477 2527; Fax: (03) 477 2528. Web site: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~mpeyroux/diocese.htm Closing date: 30 November
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Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
Sunday, November 19, 2000
Dear friends,
"Welcome aboard" to Father Paul Rankin OP at St Benedict's Parish in
Auckland. Thank you very much for the intro Father Paul. Your report
about the number of e-mail addresses in the parish is a timely reminder
that e-mail and Web pages have become an ordinary means of communication
which anyone who wants to communicate something must take in their
stride.
This weekend's issue of 'NZ Catholic' newspaper includes an e-mail and
Web site directory of Catholic organisations in New Zealand. There are
many more NZ Catholic Web sites than are listed in the paper however.
Quite a few are listed in the National Catholic Directory Web pages ...
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/newzealand/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html
and many more on the diocesan Web sites ....
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/dioceses/frdioceses.html
Wanda, our new member in Jacksonville, Florida - of which all of us can
now recite the names of at least four counties :-) - is interested in
the New Zealand Justice system. For you Wanda, and everyone else
interested, here are a few links worth browsing:
'Creating New Hearts: Moving from Retributive to Restorative Justice'
(1995) is a pastoral letter by our bishops on penal reform, at:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/bishops/letters/restore.html
'A Consistent Ethic of Life' (1997) is another pastoral letter which
partly deals with the same topic:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/newzealand/cathcom/bishops/letters/consistent\
.html
The New Zealand Ministry of Justice - http://www.justice.govt.nz - is
our government's principal justice policy agency. Its 'Links' page -
http://www.justice.govt.nz/contacts/links.html - lists the home pages of
the Department of Corrections (prisons and probation services), the
Department for Courts, and the Prime Minister's Crime Prevention Unit.
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NEWS OF THE GREAT JUBILEE
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
On the bishops' Jubilee News page there are fresh links this weekend to
reports of the recent Jubilee of Agriculture (major themes were world
hunger and the issues surrounding genetically modified food); and the
Jubilee of Government Leaders and Politicians ("Is there any room for
ethics in global village politics? Can a politician today have moral
convictions and integrity?").
There is also a preliminary report on this weekend's "Jubilee within the
Jubilee", that of the Armed forces and Police.
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EDUCATION
The Web site has recently opened of Hato Petera College, an Auckland
Catholic High school with a Maori character:
http://www.hatopetera.school.nz/main.htm
There's a full list of all the Catholic schools in New Zealand with
links on the Web site of our sponsor New Zealand Catholic Education
Office, starting at:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/schools/intro.html
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on
the bishops' News page at:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
[Please don't attempt to hand-copy these newspaper database links. Click
directly on them after connecting to the Internet or Select, Copy and
Paste them into your browser's address panel.. ]
'School students set sail for success' (photo)
The Press 18 Novenmber 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,496942a1934,FF.html
Fingers were crossed and prayers were said when Catholic Cathedral
College students put their handywork to the ultimate test. Four firebug
yachts, built by students of the college's construction class, were
launched for the first time at the Pleasant Point Yacht Club on Thursday
...
'Church needs cash for community venue'
Western Leader 18 November 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,496381a1501,FF.html
A Catholic girls' school is seeking council support as it looks for cash
needed to build a $4 million performing arts centre in Waitakere City.
The 1000-seat auditorium at Henderson's St Dominic's College will have a
hydraulically elevated stage, moveable seats, the latest sound and
lighting, a chapel or small drama area, louvre roof, glass walls and a
courtyard with waterways ...
'Catholics gather to celebrate their faith' (Photo)
Hauraki Herald 17 November 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,496111a1908,FF.html
The sun shone on a colourful scene on Sunday when 350 Catholics from
around the region gathered in Coromandel to celebrate the year of the
Great Jubilee ...
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EVENTS
29 Dec 2000 to 7 Jan 2001
Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer Camp. Sacred Heart College, Auckland.
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/heartsaflame
26-29 January
Parachute Festival Extreme: Totara Springs, Matamamta
http://www.parachute.co.nz/para2001/para2001.htm
The major annual Christian music festival
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EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Lay Tertiary Chaplain, Catholic Chaplaincy, Wellington
A fulltime position in Wellington. Details in Wel-com November 2000 p.
19. or from Fr Kevin Connors: catholic@vuw.ac.nz
Chaplaincy Website: http://www.vuw.ac.nz/chaplains/kohanga.html
Closing date: 20 november 2000
Part-time Office Support position, NZCEO, Wellington
NZ Catholic Education Office has an opportunity for a person familiar
with quality management systems and skilled in MS Office 2000. Details
in 'Wel-com' November 2000 or from Maureen Condliffe:
m.condliffe@xtra.co.nz
Closing date: 24 November
Diocesan General Manager, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
Responsible for a full range of management services to New Zealand's
largest Catholic diocese. Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19 2000, p.23
and from Heather King, John Robertson & Associates, Auckland. E-mail:
heather@hrconsulting.co.nz
Diocesan Web site: http://www.cda.org.nz/main.htm
Closing Date: 30 November
Catholic Schools Support Consultant (Primary), Catholic Education
Office, Dunedin
The consultant provides curriculum advice and support, professional
development opportunities and special character review and evaluation to
Catholic primary schools in Otago and Southland. Details from the
Director, Catholic Education Office, Private Bag 1941 Dunedin. Ph: (03)
477 2527; Fax: (03) 477 2528.
Web site: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~mpeyroux/diocese.htm
Closing date: 30 November
Religious Education Resource Support Adviser, Catholic Education Office
Dunedin:
(Religious Order Stipend Position)
Provides resource support to the Catholic Education Office team, assists
with field work and co-ordinates the Walk by Faith course.
Details from the Director, Catholic Education Office, Private Bag 1941
Dunedin Ph: (03) 477 2527; Fax: (03) 477 2528.
Web site: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~mpeyroux/diocese.htm
Closing date: 30 November
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Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
"Welcome aboard" to Father Paul Rankin OP at St Benedict's Parish in
Auckland. Thank you very much for the intro Father Paul. Your report
about the number of e-mail addresses in the parish is a timely reminder
that e-mail and Web pages have become an ordinary means of communication
which anyone who wants to communicate something must take in their
stride.
This weekend's issue of 'NZ Catholic' newspaper includes an e-mail and
Web site directory of Catholic organisations in New Zealand. There are
many more NZ Catholic Web sites than are listed in the paper however.
Quite a few are listed in the National Catholic Directory Web pages ...
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/newzealand/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html
and many more on the diocesan Web sites ....
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/dioceses/frdioceses.html
Wanda, our new member in Jacksonville, Florida - of which all of us can
now recite the names of at least four counties :-) - is interested in
the New Zealand Justice system. For you Wanda, and everyone else
interested, here are a few links worth browsing:
'Creating New Hearts: Moving from Retributive to Restorative Justice'
(1995) is a pastoral letter by our bishops on penal reform, at:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/bishops/letters/restore.html
'A Consistent Ethic of Life' (1997) is another pastoral letter which
partly deals with the same topic:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/newzealand/cathcom/bishops/letters/consistent\
.html
The New Zealand Ministry of Justice - http://www.justice.govt.nz - is
our government's principal justice policy agency. Its 'Links' page -
http://www.justice.govt.nz/contacts/links.html - lists the home pages of
the Department of Corrections (prisons and probation services), the
Department for Courts, and the Prime Minister's Crime Prevention Unit.
**************************
NEWS OF THE GREAT JUBILEE
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
On the bishops' Jubilee News page there are fresh links this weekend to
reports of the recent Jubilee of Agriculture (major themes were world
hunger and the issues surrounding genetically modified food); and the
Jubilee of Government Leaders and Politicians ("Is there any room for
ethics in global village politics? Can a politician today have moral
convictions and integrity?").
There is also a preliminary report on this weekend's "Jubilee within the
Jubilee", that of the Armed forces and Police.
************************
EDUCATION
The Web site has recently opened of Hato Petera College, an Auckland
Catholic High school with a Maori character:
http://www.hatopetera.school.nz/main.htm
There's a full list of all the Catholic schools in New Zealand with
links on the Web site of our sponsor New Zealand Catholic Education
Office, starting at:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/schools/intro.html
****************************
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on
the bishops' News page at:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
[Please don't attempt to hand-copy these newspaper database links. Click
directly on them after connecting to the Internet or Select, Copy and
Paste them into your browser's address panel.. ]
'School students set sail for success' (photo)
The Press 18 Novenmber 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,496942a1934,FF.html
Fingers were crossed and prayers were said when Catholic Cathedral
College students put their handywork to the ultimate test. Four firebug
yachts, built by students of the college's construction class, were
launched for the first time at the Pleasant Point Yacht Club on Thursday
...
'Church needs cash for community venue'
Western Leader 18 November 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,496381a1501,FF.html
A Catholic girls' school is seeking council support as it looks for cash
needed to build a $4 million performing arts centre in Waitakere City.
The 1000-seat auditorium at Henderson's St Dominic's College will have a
hydraulically elevated stage, moveable seats, the latest sound and
lighting, a chapel or small drama area, louvre roof, glass walls and a
courtyard with waterways ...
'Catholics gather to celebrate their faith' (Photo)
Hauraki Herald 17 November 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,496111a1908,FF.html
The sun shone on a colourful scene on Sunday when 350 Catholics from
around the region gathered in Coromandel to celebrate the year of the
Great Jubilee ...
************************
EVENTS
29 Dec 2000 to 7 Jan 2001
Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer Camp. Sacred Heart College, Auckland.
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/heartsaflame
26-29 January
Parachute Festival Extreme: Totara Springs, Matamamta
http://www.parachute.co.nz/para2001/para2001.htm
The major annual Christian music festival
*****************************
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Lay Tertiary Chaplain, Catholic Chaplaincy, Wellington
A fulltime position in Wellington. Details in Wel-com November 2000 p.
19. or from Fr Kevin Connors: catholic@vuw.ac.nz
Chaplaincy Website: http://www.vuw.ac.nz/chaplains/kohanga.html
Closing date: 20 november 2000
Part-time Office Support position, NZCEO, Wellington
NZ Catholic Education Office has an opportunity for a person familiar
with quality management systems and skilled in MS Office 2000. Details
in 'Wel-com' November 2000 or from Maureen Condliffe:
m.condliffe@xtra.co.nz
Closing date: 24 November
Diocesan General Manager, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
Responsible for a full range of management services to New Zealand's
largest Catholic diocese. Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19 2000, p.23
and from Heather King, John Robertson & Associates, Auckland. E-mail:
heather@hrconsulting.co.nz
Diocesan Web site: http://www.cda.org.nz/main.htm
Closing Date: 30 November
Catholic Schools Support Consultant (Primary), Catholic Education
Office, Dunedin
The consultant provides curriculum advice and support, professional
development opportunities and special character review and evaluation to
Catholic primary schools in Otago and Southland. Details from the
Director, Catholic Education Office, Private Bag 1941 Dunedin. Ph: (03)
477 2527; Fax: (03) 477 2528.
Web site: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~mpeyroux/diocese.htm
Closing date: 30 November
Religious Education Resource Support Adviser, Catholic Education Office
Dunedin:
(Religious Order Stipend Position)
Provides resource support to the Catholic Education Office team, assists
with field work and co-ordinates the Walk by Faith course.
Details from the Director, Catholic Education Office, Private Bag 1941
Dunedin Ph: (03) 477 2527; Fax: (03) 477 2528.
Web site: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~mpeyroux/diocese.htm
Closing date: 30 November
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Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
Sunday, November 12, 2000
NEWS OF THE GREAT JUBILEE http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
This weekend it's agriculture's turn for a 'Jubilee within the Jubilee', focussing on the struggle against world hunger. The event coincides with an annual Day of Thanksgiving for the Gifts of Creation, in order to highlight the theme: "God's earth, man's earth". The bishops' Jubilee News page has links to preliminary reports on the Jubilee of Agriculture, and next week there'll be further reports on the events of the weekend.
Other linked events on the Jubilee News page include ...
'The Path to Rome', a Jubilee pilgrimage of converts to the Catholic faith promoted by "Miles Jesu" (soldiers of Christ), an institution that fosters a special Christian commitment for the laity. There's a link to the institute's Web site ...
... and (talk about a timely topic!!) The Jubilee of Government Leaders and Politicians. There are links to reports of the main events and to an interview on the topic. Here's a summary of it: "Is there any room for ethics in global village politics? Can one be honest as a politician? Can a Catholic participate in this world of agreements, pacts and special interests? These are the questions that have surfaced during the Jubilee of Governors and Legislators. For views on these questions for democracy, ZENIT interviewed George Weigel, an expert in ethics and public life. Before dedicating himself to writing "Witness of Hope," the biography of John Paul II, Weigel for six years was president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center ( http://www.eppc.org ) in Washington, D.C. ..."
CATHOLIC PRESS
'Wel-com', the monthly newspaper of the Wellington Archdiocese, was one of the newspapers for which I used to compose Web pages, and which stopped being updated when I stopped. Last I heard - which was month or so ago - Wel-com intended to re-start, possibly using the services of Webbuilders ( http://www.webbuildrs.co.nz ) which I recommend for a good deal to any NZ Catholic organisation. The November issue of 'Wel-com' was published this weekend, but articles from it have not yet appeared on its Web site -http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/welcom/front.html Still, here's hoping.
'NZ Catholic': 5 November, 2000 http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html After restarting last month with articles from the October 22 issue, our fortnightly national newspaper's Web site has struck a snag. Headlines and short summaries are up from the latest (Nov. 5) issue but they link to the articles from the previous issue! I have reported this to the editor, so hopefully it will be sorted out this week. Here are the Nov. 5 headlines and summaries:
'Cardinal promotes ethics for business' Responsible citizens cannot leave business ethics to corporate executives, Cardinal Tom Williams told the Wellington Council of Christians and Jews last month. Contradicting the view of Church as anti-business, he gave the Catholic perspective on business as vocation and suggested ways for shaping an ethical climate. ...
'Mercy Sisters sell Palmerston North hospital to local doctors ' The 30-bed Mercy Hospital in Palmerston North has been sold to a group of 22 local surgeons and anaesthetists for an undisclosed price. A spokesman for the new owners, orthopaedic surgeon David Brougham, said the former Catholic hospital would be taken over as a full going concern, with hopes for development in the future. ...
'To New York for a weekend ' The national co-ordinator of Catholic Overseas Volunteer Service, Tim Walsh, was taken wholly by surprise last month when he got a United Nations invitation to come to New York. The UN invited Mr Walsh to a weekend conference looking at setting up a world association of non-government organisations. ...
EDUCATION
'Lighting New Fires" October 2000 http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/pubs/lnf/lnf.html LNF is a newsletter of our sponsor the New Zealand Catholic Edcuation Office. It reports on thee achievements of New Zealand Catholic and other integrated schools* and announces newly-published teaching resources.
(* In New Zealand, Catholic and some other schools with a "special character" receive a certain amount of financial support from the government under certain conditions. This arrangement is called "integration" and schools which take part in it are called "integrated schools".)
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on the bishops' News page at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
[Please don't attempt to hand-copy these newspaper database links. Click directly on them after connecting to the Internet or Select, Copy and Paste them into your browser's address panel.. ]
'Connections made at concert ' Otago Daily Times, Wednesday, 8-November 2000 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=08Nov2000/edi\ torial/content/L7D34I4712GH.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial There may still be some people who feel concerts of secular music in a church contaminate the sacred purpose of worship, but none were evident at St Paul's Anglican Cathedral last Saturday night. Outside the soaring stone auditorium, sky-rockets whistled into the air, superficially in celebration of the capture of the Roman Catholic conspirators who tried to blow up James I and his Parliament in 1605. This set one's mind to thinking about possible connections involving what was happening inside the church ...
'Mercy Hospital holds special place in patients' hearts.' NZ Herald 11.11.2000 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=159459 This weekend Auckland's Mercy Hospital celebrates 100 years of service to the Auckland community. Over the century the nuns who run and own the hospital have shown rare flexibility, transforming the original Mater Misericordiae hospital of 1900 into the Mercy, a major, incorporated, private, surgical hospital, specialist centre and hospice that answers the needs of modern Auckland. Precisely how Mercy made the changes from an establishment run entirely by nuns in white wimples and veils, to the modern surgical unit it is today, is chronicled in a new book, The Mater, A History of Auckland's Mercy Hospital, 1900-2000, by Massey University lecturer in social policy Michael Belgrave...
'Celebrate Jesus 2000' http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/2f/a2/200011060049.f2abf508.html Celebrate Jesus 2000 saw 30,000 Christians from around New Zealand gather at the WestpacTrust Stadium in Wellington on Saturday. Scoop was on hand to capture the spirit of the occasion. [Seven photos of the 'Jesus 2000' event in Wellington]
'When bigotry ruled immigration' The Press 11 Nov 2000 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,485797a1861,FF.html Irish, both Catholic and Protestant, have been the forgotten immigrants in New Zealand. Ken Fraser finds a group of historians who plan to change that. Anti-Catholicism has deep roots in British society and was expressed in the reluctance of New Zealand colonial authorities to admit Irish immigrants, says Dr Lyndon Fraser, editor of a new book, A Distant Shore....
'Less famous Dobbyn honoured to meet PM' The Press 31 October 2000 NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE Tarawa, Kiribati -- Not many New Zealanders live in Kiribati but among the handful that do is the brother of Kiwi musician Dave Dobbyn, who says he was brought to the island by God. Kevin Dobbyn, a Catholic brother, was one of about 10 ex-pats living in the tiny South Pacific nation who met Prime Minister Helen Clark at the New Zealand High Commission on Sunday night.
'Beyond the measure of money' The Evening Post 26 October 2000 NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE Business leaders do not have an absolute right to close businesses down just to make more money, according to the leader of the Catholic Church in New Zealand. Cardinal Tom Williams told a public meeting on business ethics in Wellington last night that profit was an indicator of business success but not the only one. He did not believe a businessperson should close a business just because they saw an opportunity to make money elsewhere, to the detriment of employees.
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EVENTS
29 Dec 2000 to 7 Jan 2001 Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer Camp. Sacred Heart College, Auckland. http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/heartsaflame
26-29 January Parachute Festival Extreme: Totara Springs, Matamamta http://www.parachute.co.nz/para2001/para2001.htm The major annual Christian music festival
EMPLOYMENT (Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Development Fund Marketing Executive, Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. Details in 'NZ Catholic November 5, p.23 and from Geoff Kay, Hamilton diocesan Manager: geoffk@cdh.org.nz See also: "Major growth plan for DDF" in the Hamilton Diocesan Newsletter: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/hamilton/news.htm Closing date: 17 November 2000
Lay Tertiary Chaplain, Catholic Chaplaincy, Wellington A fulltime position in Wellington. Details in Wel-com November 2000 p. 19. or from Fr Kevin Connors: catholic@vuw.ac.nz Chaplaincy Website: http://www.vuw.ac.nz/chaplains/kohanga.html Closing date: 20 November 2000
Part-time Office support Position, NZCEO, Wellington NZ Catholic Education Office has an opportunity for a person familiar with quality management systems and skilled in MS Office 2000. Details in 'Wel-com' November 2000 or from Maureen Condliffe: m.condliffe@xtra.co.nz Web site: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo Closing date: 24 November
Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
This weekend it's agriculture's turn for a 'Jubilee within the Jubilee', focussing on the struggle against world hunger. The event coincides with an annual Day of Thanksgiving for the Gifts of Creation, in order to highlight the theme: "God's earth, man's earth". The bishops' Jubilee News page has links to preliminary reports on the Jubilee of Agriculture, and next week there'll be further reports on the events of the weekend.
Other linked events on the Jubilee News page include ...
'The Path to Rome', a Jubilee pilgrimage of converts to the Catholic faith promoted by "Miles Jesu" (soldiers of Christ), an institution that fosters a special Christian commitment for the laity. There's a link to the institute's Web site ...
... and (talk about a timely topic!!) The Jubilee of Government Leaders and Politicians. There are links to reports of the main events and to an interview on the topic. Here's a summary of it: "Is there any room for ethics in global village politics? Can one be honest as a politician? Can a Catholic participate in this world of agreements, pacts and special interests? These are the questions that have surfaced during the Jubilee of Governors and Legislators. For views on these questions for democracy, ZENIT interviewed George Weigel, an expert in ethics and public life. Before dedicating himself to writing "Witness of Hope," the biography of John Paul II, Weigel for six years was president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center ( http://www.eppc.org ) in Washington, D.C. ..."
CATHOLIC PRESS
'Wel-com', the monthly newspaper of the Wellington Archdiocese, was one of the newspapers for which I used to compose Web pages, and which stopped being updated when I stopped. Last I heard - which was month or so ago - Wel-com intended to re-start, possibly using the services of Webbuilders ( http://www.webbuildrs.co.nz ) which I recommend for a good deal to any NZ Catholic organisation. The November issue of 'Wel-com' was published this weekend, but articles from it have not yet appeared on its Web site -http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/welcom/front.html Still, here's hoping.
'NZ Catholic': 5 November, 2000 http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html After restarting last month with articles from the October 22 issue, our fortnightly national newspaper's Web site has struck a snag. Headlines and short summaries are up from the latest (Nov. 5) issue but they link to the articles from the previous issue! I have reported this to the editor, so hopefully it will be sorted out this week. Here are the Nov. 5 headlines and summaries:
'Cardinal promotes ethics for business' Responsible citizens cannot leave business ethics to corporate executives, Cardinal Tom Williams told the Wellington Council of Christians and Jews last month. Contradicting the view of Church as anti-business, he gave the Catholic perspective on business as vocation and suggested ways for shaping an ethical climate. ...
'Mercy Sisters sell Palmerston North hospital to local doctors ' The 30-bed Mercy Hospital in Palmerston North has been sold to a group of 22 local surgeons and anaesthetists for an undisclosed price. A spokesman for the new owners, orthopaedic surgeon David Brougham, said the former Catholic hospital would be taken over as a full going concern, with hopes for development in the future. ...
'To New York for a weekend ' The national co-ordinator of Catholic Overseas Volunteer Service, Tim Walsh, was taken wholly by surprise last month when he got a United Nations invitation to come to New York. The UN invited Mr Walsh to a weekend conference looking at setting up a world association of non-government organisations. ...
EDUCATION
'Lighting New Fires" October 2000 http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/pubs/lnf/lnf.html LNF is a newsletter of our sponsor the New Zealand Catholic Edcuation Office. It reports on thee achievements of New Zealand Catholic and other integrated schools* and announces newly-published teaching resources.
(* In New Zealand, Catholic and some other schools with a "special character" receive a certain amount of financial support from the government under certain conditions. This arrangement is called "integration" and schools which take part in it are called "integrated schools".)
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on the bishops' News page at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
[Please don't attempt to hand-copy these newspaper database links. Click directly on them after connecting to the Internet or Select, Copy and Paste them into your browser's address panel.. ]
'Connections made at concert ' Otago Daily Times, Wednesday, 8-November 2000 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=08Nov2000/edi\ torial/content/L7D34I4712GH.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial There may still be some people who feel concerts of secular music in a church contaminate the sacred purpose of worship, but none were evident at St Paul's Anglican Cathedral last Saturday night. Outside the soaring stone auditorium, sky-rockets whistled into the air, superficially in celebration of the capture of the Roman Catholic conspirators who tried to blow up James I and his Parliament in 1605. This set one's mind to thinking about possible connections involving what was happening inside the church ...
'Mercy Hospital holds special place in patients' hearts.' NZ Herald 11.11.2000 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=159459 This weekend Auckland's Mercy Hospital celebrates 100 years of service to the Auckland community. Over the century the nuns who run and own the hospital have shown rare flexibility, transforming the original Mater Misericordiae hospital of 1900 into the Mercy, a major, incorporated, private, surgical hospital, specialist centre and hospice that answers the needs of modern Auckland. Precisely how Mercy made the changes from an establishment run entirely by nuns in white wimples and veils, to the modern surgical unit it is today, is chronicled in a new book, The Mater, A History of Auckland's Mercy Hospital, 1900-2000, by Massey University lecturer in social policy Michael Belgrave...
'Celebrate Jesus 2000' http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/2f/a2/200011060049.f2abf508.html Celebrate Jesus 2000 saw 30,000 Christians from around New Zealand gather at the WestpacTrust Stadium in Wellington on Saturday. Scoop was on hand to capture the spirit of the occasion. [Seven photos of the 'Jesus 2000' event in Wellington]
'When bigotry ruled immigration' The Press 11 Nov 2000 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,485797a1861,FF.html Irish, both Catholic and Protestant, have been the forgotten immigrants in New Zealand. Ken Fraser finds a group of historians who plan to change that. Anti-Catholicism has deep roots in British society and was expressed in the reluctance of New Zealand colonial authorities to admit Irish immigrants, says Dr Lyndon Fraser, editor of a new book, A Distant Shore....
'Less famous Dobbyn honoured to meet PM' The Press 31 October 2000 NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE Tarawa, Kiribati -- Not many New Zealanders live in Kiribati but among the handful that do is the brother of Kiwi musician Dave Dobbyn, who says he was brought to the island by God. Kevin Dobbyn, a Catholic brother, was one of about 10 ex-pats living in the tiny South Pacific nation who met Prime Minister Helen Clark at the New Zealand High Commission on Sunday night.
'Beyond the measure of money' The Evening Post 26 October 2000 NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE Business leaders do not have an absolute right to close businesses down just to make more money, according to the leader of the Catholic Church in New Zealand. Cardinal Tom Williams told a public meeting on business ethics in Wellington last night that profit was an indicator of business success but not the only one. He did not believe a businessperson should close a business just because they saw an opportunity to make money elsewhere, to the detriment of employees.
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EVENTS
29 Dec 2000 to 7 Jan 2001 Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer Camp. Sacred Heart College, Auckland. http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/heartsaflame
26-29 January Parachute Festival Extreme: Totara Springs, Matamamta http://www.parachute.co.nz/para2001/para2001.htm The major annual Christian music festival
EMPLOYMENT (Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Development Fund Marketing Executive, Catholic Diocese of Hamilton. Details in 'NZ Catholic November 5, p.23 and from Geoff Kay, Hamilton diocesan Manager: geoffk@cdh.org.nz See also: "Major growth plan for DDF" in the Hamilton Diocesan Newsletter: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/hamilton/news.htm Closing date: 17 November 2000
Lay Tertiary Chaplain, Catholic Chaplaincy, Wellington A fulltime position in Wellington. Details in Wel-com November 2000 p. 19. or from Fr Kevin Connors: catholic@vuw.ac.nz Chaplaincy Website: http://www.vuw.ac.nz/chaplains/kohanga.html Closing date: 20 November 2000
Part-time Office support Position, NZCEO, Wellington NZ Catholic Education Office has an opportunity for a person familiar with quality management systems and skilled in MS Office 2000. Details in 'Wel-com' November 2000 or from Maureen Condliffe: m.condliffe@xtra.co.nz Web site: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo Closing date: 24 November
Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
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