MASS TIMES
Auckland: http://catholic.org/newzealand/auckland/mainparish.htm Hamilton: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/hamilton/mass.htm Palmerston North: http://www.catholic.org.nz/palmerston (Palmerston North diocese only has a single-page Website with contact details). Wellington: http://www.catholic.org.nz/wellington/wellington/Clergy/Parishes/parishes.html Christchurch: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/christchurch (click 'Parishes' link) Dunedin: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~mpeyroux/masstimes.htm (or possibly on the new diocesan Website at http://www.catholic.org.nz/dunedin )
VACATION E-MAILS
If you are going away this Christmas it may be useful to know that you can turn off messages from the 'kiwicath' forum without quitting altogether. To do this, you are welcome to write to me directly at leon@xtra.co.nz , and I will fix it for you (don't forget to write again when you come back, so you can start getting e-mails again) , or ...
* Open the 'kiwicath' home page at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kiwicath/ and click on "Edit My Membership" in the right-hand column
* On the "Membership" page, scroll down to "Message Delivery". Click in the circle beside "No e-mail"
* Go down to the bottom of the page and click the "Save changes" button.
On the other hand, if you really want to quit 'kiwicath' altogether send a message to: kiwicath-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
BISHOP POMPALLIER
In mid-January 2002 the remains of New Zealand's first Catholic bishop, Jean-Baptiste Pompallier (1802-1871), are to be re-interred in this country. The New Zealand Catholic bishops' Website has a special feature on the life and times of Bishop Pompallier, the historic buildings associated with him, and the ceremonies of the return and reinterment at Hata Maria Church, Motuti, Northland. At http://www.catholic.org.nz click the 'Pompallier' link (bottom left).
WORLD DAY OF PEACE, JAN 1 2001
Pope John Paul writes a special message for this annual day of prayer for world peace. The message for the coming Day, "No peace without Justice. No Justice without forgiveness", is on the NZ bishops' Website. At http://www.catholic.org.nz click 'News', 'What's New' and the link is at the top of the page.
Written "in the shadow of the dramatic events of 11 September last", the message affirms that the foundation of true peace is justice, "completed by the forgiveness which heals and rebuilds troubled human relations in circumstances great and small ... Forgiveness is in no way opposed to justice, as if to forgive meant to overlook the need to right the wrong done. It is rather the fullness of justice, leading to that tranquillity of order which is much more than a fragile and temporary cessation of hostilities, involving the deepest healing of the wounds which fester in human hearts. Justice and forgiveness are both essential to such healing...."
LORD OF THE RINGS, PART 1: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
http://decentfilms.com/reviews/lordoftherings1.html " There can be no more fitting tribute to Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring than to apply to it the words with which C. S. Lewis acclaimed the original book when Tolkien first wrote it: “Here are beauties that pierce like swords or burn like cold iron; here is a [film] that will break your heart" .....”
The Decent Films reviewer cautions that scenes in the film are likely to be frightening for children under the age of ten, and Nat made a similar point. On the other hand, there's another way of looking at this aspect of the stories. This is from a review of the books (not the film): "A fearful dart across the Shire ends with a roaring fire and mushroom casserole at Farmer Maggot's. The Old Man Willow adventure ends with baths and thick mattresses at Tom Bombadil's. A brush with Black Riders is resolved by a good dinner at the Prancing Pony. The Dead Marshes, then stewed rabbit in Ithilien. Pippin's flight through war-torn Gondor, then cheese and wrinkly apples in the buttery at Minas Tirith. A stripe of hardship, flight, terror, is always followed by one of safety, plenty, hospitality. Scary, safe again. Scary, safe again...."
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
Catholic Enquiry Centre Newsletter. October 2001 http://www.catholic.org.nz/cec (This new Website's Newsletter is the successor to the evangelisation magazine 'EV 2000' which ceased publication last year.)
* Editorial: New York, New York * "I Took Communion for the First Time " * The Passing of Monsignor Maurice Ryan, co-founder of the Catholic Enquiry Centre * London Enquiry Centre: new publications * Our Catholic schools - navigators of hope. * Inward Mail of Late (brief accounts of the writers' journeys of faith) * Meet Moira Christenhusz, keeper of the records at CEC * Evangelisation News from home and abroad
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
"The quiet rebirth of Catholic England : The Establishment has been rapidly transformed, but no one has noticed" The Times (UK) http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,248-2001590523,00.html “As English is the natural tongue, so Protestantism is the intellectual and moral language of the body politic,” said John Henry Newman in his Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England. Not now, it isn’t. The great Victorian cardinal would not be turning in his grave, since he himself converted to Rome. But he would surely be surprised that, of our three main party leaders, two-and-a-half are Roman Catholic. And what is even more astonishing is that no one seems either to notice or care .........
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Parish Pastoral Worker, Immaculate Conception Parish, Stratford, Taranaki Details in 'Wel-com' December 2001 p.19 and from the parish secretary, stratcath@xtra.co.nz
L'Arche New Zealand: full-time live-in assistant, Paraparaumu (north-west of Wellington) Details in 'Wel-com' December 2001 p.19 and from Angela Capes, angela@larche.org.nz
Prison Chaplain, Paremoremo Details in 'NZ Catholic' 16 December 2001 p.21 and from Eric Allen, Director, Catholic Family and Community Services, tel (09) 378 9650
Part-time Youth Coordinator, Society of St Vincent de Paul A salaried position promoting the Society to children and young adults throughout the central North Island. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 16 December 2001 and from Society of St Vincent de Paul, PO Box 529 Rotorua. Applications close 12 January 2002
Diocesan Manager, Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North The appointee will be responsible for all the administration functions of the diocese. Further information in 'NZ Catholic' 18 November 2001 p.20 and in 'Wel-com' December 2001 p.19 and from the Bishops' Office, Private Bag,11-012, Palmerston north. Tel (06) 356 1980. Applications close 22 January 2002
