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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Euthanasia not validated by High Court decision NewsTalk ZB http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/41176.htm The decision to stay the prosecution of an elderly man who killed his Alzheimer's-afflicted wife is not a validation of euthanasia, according to the National Catholic Bioethics Centre....
Southland Catholic schools plan for future Stuff National News 17 November 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2728108a7694,00.html Catholic schools are taking a proactive approach to their future, according to the Otago-Southland Catholic Education director Tony Hanning. Mr Hanning was in Invercargill last week to meet Catholic schools' principals, boards of trustees chairmen and parish priests from Invercargill and surrounding districts....
Gerry Brownlee, upstart with the big voice NZ Herald 22.11.2003 http://tinyurl.com/w32m Gerry Brownlee [the new deputy leader of the National Party] grew up in a close, extended Catholic family, the head of which remains the MP's grandfather, 97-year-old Alec Brownlee, who ran a family timber yard business with three of his 10 children....
Estate of victim to receive $35,000 Order pays dead man over abuse Otago Daily Times Friday, 21-November 2003 http://tinyurl.com/w32n A Christchurch victim of a Catholic sex abuse scandal is getting $35,000 compensation - three years after his death. The St John of God Order has already paid out more than $4 million to 56 men abused as boys at its Marylands school, but this is the first offer made posthumously....
Abuse payout sent direct to handicapped victim, lawyer bypassed Stuff National News 22 November 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2734628a11,00.html A Catholic Order at the centre of a sex abuse scandal sent an $80,000 cheque directly to a long-term psychiatric patient. The 44-year-old patient hid the St John of God Order's cheque at first, then tried to cash it a few days later. His family discovered what had happened and alerted its lawyer, who dissuaded the bank from cashing it....
Food situation in North Korea Voice of America, 20 Novemmber 2003 http://tinyurl.com/w32r (radio bulletin transcript - full text] The United Nations has made a new appeal for food and medical aid for North Korea. VOA's Katherine Maria reports that only about 57 percent of the needed aid has been pledged so far this year. [Note: this is an unedited copy of a radio news item script, hence the peculiar format. "1st ACT and "END ACT" mark the start and end of a recorded comment.]
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Vatican condemns terrorist bombing in Turkey A statement released by the Holy See Press Office late last night has regretted the loss of innocent life in yesterday's terrorist attack in Istanbul...
Vatican officials say migration brings opportunities for Catholics Migration brings with it an opportunity for Catholics to experience the universality of their church, to forge bonds with other Christians and to discover the way God is at work in other religions, Vatican officials have said....
Bishop says mob violence no way to fight corruption Bishop Darius Nggawa from Indonesia's East Flores region this week expressed regret over the actions of a mob objecting to a court verdict against the head of the diocesan Justice and Peace Commission....
Australian motifs in vestments on show at ACU Australian Catholic University is exhibiting the work of a student who has designed a Pentecost chasuble incorporating Australian bushfire imagery....
Brisbane Catholic Education absorbs insurance fee rises Brisbane Catholic Education has decided absorb a 30% rise in public liability insurance, and will restrict 2004 school fee increases in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI)....
Rome scotches Fatima multifaith rumours A top Vatican official has quashed rumours that the world-famous Fatima shrine is to be turned into a multi-faith pilgrim centre....
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FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Prayers for peace in Trafalgar Square Independent Catholic News 20 Nov 2003 http://www.indcatholicnews.com/praftraf.html Around 500 people of all faiths gathered in Trafalgar Square this afternoon for a silent peace vigil before the start of the national demonstration. The quiet gathering of Buddhist monks and nuns, Moslems, Hindus, and Christians of all denominations - carrying posters depicting white doves and rainbow coloured Pax Christi flags contrasted with a more boisterous demonstration of school children on the other side of the Square....
"The Da Vinci Code, the Catholic Church, and Opus Dei " A statement from the Prelature of Opus Dei in the United States on The Da Vinci Code. http://www.opusdei.org.nz/art.php?w=68&p=6437 In March of this year Doubleday published Dan Brown’s novel, The Da Vinci Code. The novel is based on the idea that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and that core Christian teachings about the Divinity of Christ and his Resurrection are an ancient fraud....
Fr Paul Gardiner, postulator for the cause of Blessed Mary MacKillop -Lack of ‘miracle culture’ delays Mary’s sainthood The Catholic Weekly Online, Sydney, 16 November 2003 http://www.catholicweekly.com.au/03/nov/16/14.html Vatican bureaucracy, recalcitrant doctors, red tape and “the lack of a culture of miracles in Australia” are all combining to delay the canonisation of Bl Mary MacKillop, says Jesuit priest Fr Paul Gardiner, the postulator for Mary MacKillop’s cause....
Vatican officials say migration brings opportunities for Catholics http://www.cathnews.com/news/311/117.php Migration brings with it an opportunity for Catholics to experience the universality of their church, to forge bonds with other Christians and to discover the way God is at work in other religions, Vatican officials have said....
Conference examines 'genius' of Thérèse National Catholic Reporter November 21, 2003 http://www.natcath.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2003d/112103/112103n.php Roman Catholic theology of sainthood holds that everything begins with a cult. When it works properly, it is the most democratic process in the church. The people of a given time or place decide that someone has lived a life of special sanctity, and the hierarchy comes in only after the fact, authenticating this popular choice. Few cases illustrate this democratic ethos better than St. Thérèse of Lisieux, popularly known as “the Little Flower of Jesus.”...
Joy to the World: Third Annual International Nativity Exhibit November 21, 2003 - January 25, 2004 http://www.jp2cc.org/events/events.asp A nativity the size of a walnut and almost 200 others bedazzle visitors to the extraordinary Third Annual International Nativity Exhibit at the Museums at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center. Nativities representing every inhabited continent are on view beginning November 21. Joy to the World: the Third Annual International Nativity Exhibit is sure to intrigue visitors of all ages...
Gospel values alive in L’Arche The Catholic Weekly Online (Sydney) 23 November 2003 http://www.catholicweekly.com.au/03/nov/23/19.html Many people have heard of Canadian Jean Vanier, the founding father of L’Arche and its sister organisation, Faith and Light, international organisations that consist of family-style households and networks that typically offer lifestyle support to people with an intellectual disability. Perhaps not quite so well known is Australia’s own ‘Jean Vanier’ figure: Eileen Glass, one of the founding mothers of L’Arche in Australia and a driving force in its leadership ever since....
A Life Dedicated to Unity of Eastern and Western Christians Interview with Cardinal Thomas Spidlik http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=44753 VATICAN CITY, NOV. 18, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Among the unexpected new cardinals installed last month was Father Thomas Spidlik, a Jesuit from the Czech Republic, whose life has been a veritable bridge between Eastern and Western Christians. A professor at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Cardinal Spidlik lives and works in Rome's Aletti Center, which promotes personal contacts with scholars of Eastern Europe. In the 1990s he carried out important missions to Russia, which included a meeting with President Boris Yeltsin and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II in 1992....
Pope says Church can assist depression sufferers http://www.cathnews.com/news/311/91.php Pope John Paul II has called depression a "spiritual trial", and suggested that those suffering from the illness should receive special support from their priests and parish communities....
Iraq - “We do not want Iraq to be another Palestine! No state, a nation left at the mercy of terrorists”: heartfelt plea to Fides by Superior General of Chaldean Catholic monks http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2003/0311/14_1181.html
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The flow of new features on this site has been interrupted due to the illness of a member of the team, Fr Bernard Hehir, who is now convalescing. In the meantime, when you open the home page, a slideshow automatically begins of "Memorable Quotations of Pope John Paul II" interspersed with photographs. This feature will be extended in the next week or two.
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DICTIONARY OF NZ BIOGRAPHY
Garin, Antoine Marie 1810 - 1889 Priest, missionary, educationalist http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1G4
Antoine Marie Garin was born on 23 July 1810 at St Rambert-en-Bugey, in the department of Ain, France. He was the son of Joseph Marie Garin, a notary public, and his wife, Françoise Margueritte Augerd. He was ordained a priest for his local diocese, Belley, on 19 October 1834. For three years he worked in the parish of Chalamont, but feeling the call to overseas missionary work joined the Society of Mary (Marists) in Lyons in 1837. After making his profession in 1840 he was assigned to New Zealand, where he arrived with 10 other members of the society on the Mary Grey at the Bay of Islands on 14 June 1841. These missionaries joined Bishop J. B. F. Pompallier at Kororareka (Russell)....
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"Hearts Aflame" Catholic Summer School 2-11 January 2004 Website: http://heartsaflame.catholic.org.nz NB: The Website has not yet been updated with details of the 2004 School
The Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer School offers young adults (18-35 years old) an opportunity to learn more about the teachings of the Church, through: An opportunity to deepen your spiritual life through personal, communal and liturgical prayer and through celebration of the sacraments A discovery of the richness of Catholic spirituality and tradition. An experience of living a common life of prayer, service and recreation An introduction to theology and scripture An examination of some of the many issues facing the Church
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"Pompallier: Te Hokinga Mai": The Journey home of Bishop Pompallier Auckland Museum 18 October 2003 to 18 January 2004. Website: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/web/content.cfm?Id=565 An exhibition of over 100 photographs supplemented by a number of Pompallier's personal effects including his travelling altar and cope.
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Catholic Festival: A Celebration of the Catholic Faith Auckland Town Hall, Friday 27 - Sunday 29 February 2004 Website: http://www.catholicfestival.org "The Catholic Festival is a celebration of our faith that will be joyful, prayerful, reflective, informative and educational. We hope that it will be inspiring and life-changing for all who participate... We seek to provide the opportunity for anyone to display the gifts that God has given them... We also wish to celebrate our cultural diversity and to grow together in unity. From the centre of Auckland, we also have the opportunity to witness to our faith and help others to see its richness and beauty. Finally, there is the opportunity for the many groups and religious communities to promote their apostolates and seek members and vocations."
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Parachute Music Festival, Mystery Creek, Hamilton, 23-26 January 2004 Website: http://p04.parachutemusic.com/frameset.asp
The annual Christian music festival. Every year a Catholic "tent city" is set up at the Festival, and an all-comers Mass is celebrated, undoubtedly the first experience of a Catholic liturgy for most Festival-goers. Co-ordinator: Jamie Cox. E-mail: jamiec@cdh.org.nz
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
LECTURER IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the position of Lecturer in Religious Education. The appointee is expected to be employed full-time within the Catholic Institute of Theology, Auckland. Further details at: http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php and from: The Registrar, Catholic Institute of Theology, Newman Hall, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland 1001, New Zealand. Ph: (09)379 6424, Fax: (09)379 6426, Email: cit@auckland.ac.nz Applications close 30 November 2003.
