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ORDINATION OF BISHOP CAMPBELL
Church rejoices at ordination (photo) Otago Daily Times 10 July 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/otago/0,2106,2967477a6017,00.html With a simple laying on of hands, the Very Rev Bishop Colin Campbell was ordained as Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin last night. The Mass brought together 1500 members of the Otago-Southland Catholic church; 10 bishops of New Zealand, including Cardinal Thomas Williams; the papal diplomatic representative in New Zealand, Archbishop Patrick Coveney; 80 priests; and 450 invited guests, including Dunedin Mayor Sukhi Turner, at the Dunedin Town Hall last night...
New shepherd for Otago flock hailed (photo) Southland Times 10 July 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,2967444a6011,00.html
Cardinal's moral message endorsed Otago Daily Times 9-July 2004 http://tinyurl.com/34po7 Fr Campbell first thought of becoming a priest after reading [The Far East] a missionary magazine to which his mother, Agnes, subscribed...
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
The curse among the clergy Sunday Times 11 July 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/0,2106,2968369a6619,00.html It's a a tough time to be a Catholic priest. Falling numbers of clergy, an increasingly secular community and the stigma of being a church leader at a time when sexual abuse revelations seem an almost weekly bad news story, must make this the least attractive time to have "the calling"...
Priest in tune with pop world (photo) Western Leader 08 July 2004 http://tinyurl.com/2ftzv A Catholic priest with connections to west Auckland could be on his way to pop stardom. Critics say a recording by Father Chris Skinner is even better than the original...
High priest of heavenly pop (photo) NZ Herald 10.07.2004 http://tinyurl.com/2qrlj His select group of fans think his voice is divine. And while Catholic priest Chris Skinner has been privately producing recordings of his own songs for 15 years, he could now be on the verge of becoming an international act...
Pioneer Filmmaker Mike Walker Dies Scotsman.com 10th July 2004 http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3163900 New Zealand filmmaker Mike Walker, who pioneered movies that highlighted the struggles of the country’s indigenous Maori people, has died at the age of 72...
Obituary: Mike Walker NZ Herald 10.07.2004 http://tinyurl.com/38e33 New Zealand film-maker, artist and photographer Mike Walker has died in Palmerston North hospital, aged 72...
Sisters set for amalgamation Otago Daily Times 3-July 2004 http://tinyurl.com/2jhur New Zealand's four congregations of the Sisters of Mercy are preparing a formal petition to Rome to become one congregation...
Dominican friars re-elect Prior Provincial http://www.cathnews.com/news/407/54.php Dominican Friars gathered in Canberra for their Province Chapter this week re-elected ethicist Fr Tom Cassidy as Prior Provincial. Born in Melbourne in 1941, Fr Cassidy worked in New Zealand, as a parish priest and National Director of Catholic Communications...
Battle lines drawn on V8 circuit NZ Herald 06.07.2004 http://tinyurl.com/ysrjk The Catholic Church says yes but Transit says no to the proposed V8 supercar race around an inner-city Auckland circuit...
Sophie's miracle could mean Mother Mary's sainthood (photo) Sydney Morning Herald July 5, 2004 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/04/1088879374560.html?oneclick=true
Priests Risking Their Lives in Search of Peace for Colombians ABC News/The Associated Press http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040622_42.html
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
The Habit: A History of the Clothing of Catholic Nuns, by Elizabeth Kuhns (book review) National Catholic Reporter July 2, 2004 http://www.natcath.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2004c/070204/070204r.htm
The hidden wonder of new life The Tablet (UK) Saturday, 10 July 2004 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-00913 A pioneer of pregnancy scans has published extraordinary pictures of human beings in the womb. Professor Stuart Campbell told Mian Ridge how they have changed his view of early life and of abortion...
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'WEL-COM'
http://www.welcom.org.nz
Monthly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese of Palmerston North
From the July 2004 issue ...
The Cardinal's column: Cardinal Williams describes the spiritual bankrupcy of liberalism
Bishop John Dew's Reflection: Pope's prophetic warning in The Gospel of Life
Suzanne Aubert’s cause now on its way to Rome Mass at Wellington’s Sacred Heart Cathedral last Sunday evening marked the closure of the Archdiocesan Inquiry into the Cause of Suzanne Aubert...
World's worst humanitarian crisis in Darfur As Caritas launches an appeal for the people in Darfur, Anna Sussmilch describes the background to this crisis...
A defining issue for New Zealand An outstanding seminar was held in Wellington last month which explored the Foreshore and Seabed issue...
What led to the Court of appeal decision which sparked the controversy? Dr Maui John Mitchell, a social researcher, is media spokesman for the eight iwi of Nelson and Marlborough whose actions sparked the controversy over the foreshore and seabed issue...
A solution can be found through restoration of mana to Maori Pat Snedden is an Auckland businessman. A Pakeha, he has had more than the 30 years experience working with Maori communities in health and employment related activities and for 25 years has been economic adviser to Auckland’s Ngati Whatua...
Maori customary rights over the foreshore and seabed were never extinguished Grant Powell is the lawyer who represented the Marlborough iwi in their court cases and has been involved in Waitangi Tribunal claims. He has an expert knowledge on these issues and has made a detailed study of the Foreshore and Seabed Bill....
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
The national Website of the Catholic Church in New Zealand -http://www.catholic.org.nz - is now in its ninth year, having been launched in June 1996. The pages have just been re-designed, displaying descriptive links to the most common categories of information visitors to the site are likely to seek. The Website is a service of Catholic Communications NZ, the information office of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference. The current Webmaster is Father John Murphy sm of the Society of Mary's Marist Internet Ministry.
International News, on http://www.cathcom.org.nz ....
'Protestant Pope' to visit Australia World Council of Churches (WCC) General Secretary Rev Dr Sam Kobia arrives in Australia tomorrow to take part in the national forum of the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) in Adelaide.
Education official reopening of 1950s class war wounds An official at the Catholic Education Commission NSW has said that by starting a costly battle that could take years, the NSW Teachers Federation is opening wounds from the past, dragging the education system back to the 1950s and reigniting a war that was settled decades ago.
Church in South Africa rolls out AIDS drug program
Vietnam tightening religious freedom
UNESCO puts Cologne Cathedral on danger list
Angolan bishop worried about witchdoctors
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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ
'Caritas Update', Winter 2004 http://www.caritas.org.nz/update.asp This issue includes articles on third world debt, the strained relationship between Australia and East Timor over disputed oil and gas reserves, work Caritas is doing with Maasai communities in Tanzania, a look ahead to Social Justice week 2004 and the response from school students to the 2004 Lent theme.
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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 July 9, 2004: Who is in charge at the Vatican?; Financing development; The Portland archdiocese files for bankruptcy; Pope John Paul on holiday; More on a papal trip to Ireland; A talk with Archbishop O'Malley; More about life-sustaining medical treatment; What Ratzinger wanted from the American bishops; New Jesuit liturgical association
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EVENTS
Worship and Healing Conference, 27-29 August 2004 St Patrick's College, Silverstream Sponsored by the Archdiocesan Service Group for Catholic Charismatic Renewal Details from Cherylynn Passmore, tel: (04) 526 6914; fax: (04) 526 2189; e-mail: cherylynn.passmore@xtra.co.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 ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
Chief Executive, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand http://www.caritas.org.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic' July 11-24 2004 p.27, 'Wel-com' July 2004 p.17, and from Mike Hurdle or Catharina Vossen at MiCah Partners, tel (04) 499 4749; fax: (04) 499 7375; e-mail: contact@micahpartners.co.nz; PO Box 499, Wellington. Applications close 23 July 2004
Supervisor, Catholic Worker House of Hospitality, Palmerston North Details in 'NZ Catholic' July 11-24 2004 p.27, and from M. Eastham, 11 Suffolk Crescent, Feilding; tel: (06) 323 8684; e-mail: m.eastham@xtra.co.nz Applications close 30 July 2004
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