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Mike Leon Compiler of 'News & Notes'
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'NZ CATHOLIC'
No 191, July 11-24, 2004
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Abortion law puts schools at risk WELLINGTON - A law allowing girls of any age the right to an abortion without the knowledge or consent of their parents "is radically out of step with today's social and educational climate", according to Br Pat Lynch, the chief executive officer of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office....
Four Sisters of Mercy congregations agree to combine DUNEDIN - The Sisters of Mercy from the four New Zealand congregations are preparing a petition to the Apostolic See to become one congregation...
Students invent device to detect cellphones CHRISTCHURCH - Young entrepreneurs at St Thomas of Canterbury College believe they are on a winning path with their invention, the Cell-Trac-r, aimed at solving the nuisance of cellphone use of classrooms....
Also in the print edition ... Pro-abortion politicians warned by US bishops; NZ¹s first saint? (beginning a series on Suzanne Aubert); Gains in globalisation outdone by losses; Cardinal Williams: The spiritual bankruptcy of liberalism; Priestly and Religious Vocations feature.
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Evidence for sainthood being sent to Rome NZ Herald 17.07.2004 http://tinyurl.com/3lhup Catholics have compiled evidence supporting a bid to declare Suzanne Aubert New Zealand's first saint and will send it to Rome for consideration by the Congregation for Saints...
Hate mail targets Waikato church members (photo) Waikato times 14 July 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2971815a10,00.html Members of Matamata's Catholic church are being targeted by hate mail. For six months members of the Holy Angels Catholic Church, including Father Eamon Kennedy, have found anti-Catholic material in their letterboxes and hidden in their mail ....
From Polish war hero to caring Balclutha family doctor (obituary) Otago Daily Times 10-July 2004 http://tinyurl.com/5dtmr Stanislaw Josef (Stan) Muller was a man who lived three separate lives in his 85 years: growing up in a peaceful Poland, enduring the ravages of war, and then finally settling in New Zealand...
Explicit abortion film set for NZ NZ Herald 17.07.2004 http://tinyurl.com/6a2zs TVNZ is considering screening a confrontational English documentary that shows a woman having an abortion and doctors examining the remains of an aborted foetus...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
Waiting and praying for the Filipino hostage http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1148 Manila (AsiaNews/Agencies) – People are still waiting and hoping that Angelo de la Cruz, the Filipino hostage captured by Islamic terrorists, may soon be free....
How great these are, by Ian Bradley The Tablet (UK) Saturday, 10 July 2004 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/register.cgi/tablet-00915 [How great Thou art] belongs very much to the Protestant evangelical stable and it is perhaps surprising to see it coming out top in a Catholic poll of favourite hymns ...
Attracting and Integrating Newcomers across Four Countries http://www.cathnews.com/news/407/doc/15ncls.html Nerida’s story is the combined story of real people. Her perspective is important as newcomers measure the relevance of church beyond its own walls. Does Nerida remind you of anyone you know? What can we learn from Nerida and other newcomers to church life? ....
UNAIDS head says churches critical to fight http://www.cathnews.com/news/407/65.php
In Nature, Pope Sees an "Epiphany of God" http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=56707
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/index.php
International News:
Australian Catholic Education Commission welcomes Labor's needs-based funding plan
Tentative Catholic Health support for ALP health reform agenda
Queensland religious orders launch Federal Election campaign
Mercies working together to counter 'climate of fear'
Christian Brothers in WA confirm decision to leave schools
Sydney bishop responds to Hong Kong Catholic concern on religious freedom
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MARIST BROTHERS' NEW ZEALAND PROVINCE
Marist Champagnat Family Newsletter Winter Edition 2004 http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/MFN1Winter2004.htm
"Emmaus", by Joy Cowley ... Waiwhetu Grove community is a first for Marist Brothers ... Brothers on the move ... Recent deaths ... Brother Paul Scott’s book: A Rock Of Sense, the life and times of Brother Borgia... Pacific Islands Ministry ... Visitors
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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 16, 2004 : The Church in Peru: Cardinal Cipriani, conservative champion; Liberation theology pioneer Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez; the Japanese embassy siege; why evangelical Protestant movements are growing; Maria Luisa Chumpitaz and her centre for women and children ..... Sexual misconduct in Europe
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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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