'NZ CATHOLIC'
No 186, May 2-15, 2004
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Formal inquiry considers Mother Aubert for sainthood Wellington - An archdiocesan inquiry into the possible beatification and canonisation of Mother Suzanne Aubert - who founded New Zealand's only indigenous religious order, the Sisters of Compassion - began on April 18....
One parish welcomes 17 into Church Takapau - The parish of Holy Trinity in Central Hawke's Bay received 17 people into the Church at Easter...
PM rejects booklet against euthanasia Wanganui - Prime Minister Helen Clark responded with a political statement when a Wanganui group sent her their publication against euthanasia, and for dying with dignity...
Also in the print edition ... Instruction corrects liturgical abuses ... Vibrant parishes aim of Auckland plan ... Bay of Islands symposium wove multi-hued tapestry ... The American who runs Vatican City ... Vocations up except in the West... Couple sees prayer as key to successful parenting ... Nostalgic holy cards making a comeback
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CATHOLICTV.NET
Wellington Archdocesan Media Centre
http://www.catholictv.net
New videos:
** Bishop John Dew: Pastoral areas. (The third and final video in this series)
** Hikoi of protest against the Government’s new foreshore and seabed legislation (video highlights without commentary)
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Church group to pray then march with hikoi NZPA 03 May 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2895902a8153,00.html A Catholic Church group said today it will march through Wellington later this week with the hikoi protesting against proposed foreshore and seabed legislation. Wellington Catholic Peacemakers Group spokesman, Father Gerard Burns, said members would pray at St Mary of the Angels, before joining the hikoi as it passed through the city to Parliament on Wednesday....
PM urges Catholic Church to focus on growth areas for schools NZPA 03 May 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2894788a7694,00.html The Catholic Church should focus on growth areas when building new schools, says Helen Clark. Speaking at the opening of Sancta Maria College in Botany South yesterday, the Prime Minister said the Catholic education system benefited the community....
Growth and Decline Across Education Requires Budget Action Press Release: Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC Scoop Monday, 3 May 2004 http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0405/S00007.htm Some media commentators have suggested the new Catholic secondary school in East Auckland represents more parents wanting their children to receive a Catholic education but in reality all schools in high income communities – state or integrated - turn away children who want to enrol while schools in low income communities – including Catholic schools – can often struggle to attract enrolments. Some Catholic schools have closed in recent years as a result ...
Barriers falling for embryo donations NZ Herald 08.05.2004 http://tinyurl.com/2saqb New Zealand couples who have surplus IVF embryos will be able to donate them to other infertile couples under proposed new guidelines. The new option, which has been released for public consultation, has the support of the Catholic Church and the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child....
New Catholic School For Wanaka (full text) NewstalkZB 04/05/2004 The Catholic Church has purchased 2.1 hectares of land in Wanaka to build a new school. Planning had been on hold for several months after a previous attempt to establish a school last year on an existing site did not receive the necessary resource consents. Bishop Len Boyle says the new property on the corner of Aubrey Road and Ironwood Crescent is large enough to include a church and an associated residence. The Catholic Education Office plans to have the school up and running as soon as possible.
Hundreds farewell elderly victim (full text) NZ City 4 May 2004 More than 200-hundred people have packed into Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Inglewood for the funeral of Bernard Boylan. The 79-year-old was found dead in the back of a 1991 Subaru station wagon in Waitara last Tuesday. He died from head and neck injuries suffered in an assault. Eulogies at the service painted Mr Boylan as a quiet gentleman, whose passions were his family, attending Mass, his Irish heritage and playing the piano accordion. A 47-year-old woman faces multiple charges in relation to Mr Boylan's death. She returns to the New Plymouth District Court next week.
Fiji buries Ratu Mara, warrior chief and president NZPA 04 May 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2896081a12,00.html Fiji Catholic Archbishop Petero Mataca walked barefoot at the head of a procession as soldiers dressed in scarlet tunics and sulu skirts carried the flag-draped coffin of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, the South Pacific nation's founding father ...
Expelled Sri Lankan teenager escapes to Hong Kong NZ Herald 05.05.2004 http://tinyurl.com/3dzjo A 16-year-old Sri Lankan expelled from New Zealand to her homeland has fled to Hong Kong rather than be forced to testify against a sexually abusive uncle...
Church in push for new priests to fight numbers crisis Catholics mark Vocation Sunday with recruitment drive, but hierarchy unyielding on celibacy or ban on ordaining women The Guardian (UK) May 3, 2004 http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,2763,1208347,00.html Catholics around the world celebrated Vocation Sunday yesterday by focusing on those who commit their working lives to the church. But many prayers were more fervent than usual after renewed predictions that the number of Catholic priests in Britain is set to halve in the next decade...
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS CEO head says male teacher win just a start Catholic office says Vic Budget will help poor East Timor's Bishop Belo rules out politics China drops ban on outspoken Hong Kong bishop Swiss Guards mark 500 years with Pope Greek Orthodox targets Catholics with English services
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS && NEWS AGENCIES
Church in Ireland: Divining the Future Maynooth's Father Vincent Twomey on the State of the Faith (interview) Maynooth, Ireland, May 6, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Despite the decline of Ireland's ancient Catholic culture over the past few decades, a native theologian has hope for the Church here. Father Vincent Twomey, a lecturer in moral theology at Maynooth College and the editor in chief of the Irish Theological Quarterly, recently wrote "The End of Irish Catholicism?" (Ignatius). He shared with ZENIT his findings: that the faith and loyalty of many laity and clerics have kept the Church strong and have the potential to still bear much fruit... Part one: http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=53173 Part two: http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=53261
33 New Swiss Guards Poised for Swearing In Commander Doesn't Foresee Women in the Ranks Anytime Soon http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=53113 Vatican City, May 5, 2004 (Zenit.org).- On Thursday 33 new recruits will be sworn in as members of the Swiss Guard, the corps that protects the Pope. The recruits will be sworn-in in four languages: 23 in German, seven in French, two in Italian, and one in Romansh, a dialect in Switzerland. The corps will have 110 members....
British Bishops comment on new English Mass draft http://www.cathnews.com/news/405/12.php The liturgy office of the Bishops of England and Wales has praised the International Committee for English (ICEL) for its preference for the use of inclusive language in the 'green book' new English Mass translation draft currently circulating among bishops in English-speaking countries...
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter by the paper's full-time Vatican correspondent John L. Allen
Summary of the column for May 7, 2004: The future of Catholic higher education in America; Vatican conferences on globalisation and intergenerational solidarity; Georgetown University's Muslim chaplain on crucifixes; John Paul II to visit Switzerland in June; 20th century martyr-saint of the pro-life movement; Nathan Mitchell on liturgy and ecumenism; conference on St. John Chrysostom; more on just war
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
Chaplain, Sacred Heart College for Girls, Napier http://www.sacredheartnapier.school.nz and St John's College for Boys, Hastings http://www.stjohns.school.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic', April 18-May 1 2004 p.19, and from The Principal, Sacred Heart College, Convent Road, Napier. Tel: (06) 8353 761; E-mail: pr.sec@sacredheartnapier.school.nz Applications close 28 May 2004
General Manager, Catholic Caring Foundation, Auckland http://www.catholic.org.nz/auckland/caring.htm Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 2-15 p.23 and from Neil Barr, Catholic Caring foundation, Private Bag 47904, Auckland 1034
Presenters, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper 'NZC' wishes to employ good communicators in Northland, Auckland, Hawkes Bay, Wellington, Nelson-Marlborough, West Coast, Otago and Southland. Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 2-15 p.23 and from Dennis Augustine, NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034 Tel. (09) 360 3049
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