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LENT 2005

We Fear Nothing With Christ, Says Father Cantalamessa Pontifical Household Preacher Comments on Sunday's Gospel http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=66258 Rome, Feb. 11, 2005 (Zenit.org).- In his commentary on the Gospel of the first Sunday of Lent (Matthew 4:1-11), Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the preacher of the Pontifical Household, alerts the faithful about the devil's action and reminds them that Christ has conquered him....

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

From issue No. 205, February 13-26, 2005 ...

Two new schools opened Wellington - Two new Catholic primary schools opened their doors at the beginning of the school year -- Stella Maris at Silverdale, north of Auckland, and St Claudine Thevenet at Wainuiomata, Wellington....

Religious orders meet for first time in nearly 170 years Wellington - Three hundred and fifty religious men and women representing congregations from New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, East Timor and Australia gathered to celebrate the first National Conference for Religious of Aotearoa New Zealand, from January 20 to 23 in Wellington.....

New Mahitahi co-ordinator is a former volunteer Hamilton - The new co-ordinator of Mahitahi, the New Zealand bishops' project assistance agency, is a former volunteer who worked in Papua New Guinea for two spells in the 1980s....

Also in this issue ...

NATIONAL Priests get together for silver anniversary ... Former head boy's grades get dean's attention ... Wellington student wins $2400 scholarship ... ERO File

FEATURES Religious orders meet for first time in nearly 170 years ... Cathedral restoration fund reaches $7 million ... Vatican Letter ... Conservation scheme afoot for Jerusalem ... Lay groups gain in maturity ... Praising God at Parachute ... Obtaining indulgence not something mechanical ... Cycle of Scripture readings explained ... Lived life to the full Third ... Catholic Festival in April ... Faith-based approach succeeds in prison

INTERNATIONAL Eucharist emphasised by Vatican prefect ... Cardinal sends letter on children and the Eucharist ... Gift of animals chosen to respect culture ... The Pope: Media should promote harmony ... Place of tribal values stressed... Hope seen in new UNICEF appointment ... UN leans on Paraguay ... Mexican priest to lead Legionaries ... Xavier exposition ends ... Condoms "legitimate" in limited situations ... Still a need for healing ... Australian priests call for rethink on celibacy ... Election excites bishops... Catholics urged to accept evolution ... Fertility collapses while divorce rises ... Vatican shows screen gems ... Nominations for The Passion... In Brief

OPINION Ronald Rolheiser: Lost is a place too ... Pat Lynch: Seeing ourselves as part of the global community ... Others Say ... Editorial: Party leaders undervalue the family ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters

REGULAR FEATURES Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Clips, Net Scene, Tape Deck, Scripture, The Doolans, Cryptic Crossword, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Holy Lives, Kit's Corner, Photo Prayer, That Word!, Wit's End.

ADVERTISING FEATURES Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand Lent appeal 2005

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

'Bishop' Tamaki puzzles churches http://tinyurl.com/6ptkj Dunedin church leaders are puzzled by Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki's new title of bishop. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin, the Most Rev Colin Campbell, said when contacted that in the Catholic tradition, bishops were ordained in an unbroken line of succession going back to the Apostles of Jesus. "To my knowledge, Destiny Church has no link with Apostolic tradition."

Clergymen bailed, appeal pending http://tinyurl.com/4odvr A Sydney religious brother fighting extradition to New Zealand to face child sex charges has been hospitalised after a suspected heart attack, his lawyer said today. Brother Rodger Maloney, 69, and Catholic priest Father Raymond John Garchow, 59, face a total of 32 sex assault charges against former students at Marylands School in Christchurch between 1966 and 1979...

Unclothed Christ draws protest (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3188998a6009,00.html Bold naked images of Jesus in new relief sculptures installed in Christchurch's Catholic Cathedral have attracted angry protests from parishioners....

Time to go The Press - Opinion - 14 Feb 2005 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3186431a6528,00.html The poignant appearance of the Pope at his hospital window produced admiration for his resolve and concern that the Catholic Church is led by so physically broken a man. There is also sadness that John Paul, who has made such a vigorous contribution to our age, should diminish his record by remaining in office long after he has lost the power to carry out its duties, writes The Press in an editorial....

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Landmark church vineyard for sale The Dominion Post, 16 Feb 2005, Edition 1, Page 8. A group of Hawke's Bay businessmen have put the historic St Mary's of Meeanee church and presbytery site up for sale after plans for a restaurant fell over. The turn-of-the-century church is a landmark in the area -- it has a category two rating with the Historic Places Trust, meaning the exterior is preserved....

Philippines culture on show in the Waikato Waikato Times - Features - 15 Feb 2005 The Little Miss Valentine pageant helps Filipino immigrants teach their children about their culture. The bi-annual event was held at Melville Primary's school hall on Saturday. A Filipino Mass held every third week in Frankton has stopped until a new Filipino priest can be found to give a sermon in Tagalog, the language of the Philippines.... *******************************************

Pope Recalls Attempt on His Life in New Book http://tinyurl.com/3ojnu In a new book, Pope John Paul recalls that after a near-fatal shooting in 1981 he was "already on the other side", but says that before losing consciousness he felt confident he would survive. In "Memory and Identity," which includes transcripts of the Pope's conversations with friends in 1993, the Pontiff repeats his conviction that divine intervention saved him from death...

The life and brutal death of Sister Dorothy, a rainforest martyr http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=611216 On the lawless fringe of Brazil's Amazon jungle - where illegal loggers have devastated the rainforest - the American nun Dorothy Stang defended the poor. Then the gunmen came for her ...

Sister Lucia, last of the three shepherd children who saw the Virgin Mary, is buried http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=611471 Thousands of devout followers of Sister Lucia, one of three shepherd children who saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary near the Portuguese village of Fatima in 1917, flocked to Coimbra yesterday for her funeral....

Vatican Raps 'Religion Of Health' http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/17/health/main674756.shtml (AP) Vatican officials Thursday decried what they called a "religion of health" in affluent societies. "The medicine of desires, egged on by the health-care market, increases the request for pharmaceutical and medical-surgical services, soaks up public resources beyond all reasonableness," said Rev. Maurizio Faggioni, a theologian and morality expert on the Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Life, at a news conference....

Catholic priests get training to deal with rise in satanism http://tinyurl.com/4665e Rome (AFP) - With Italian police warning that satanism and devil worship are on the increase, a Roman Catholic university began an exorcism course for priests in Rome...

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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES

Little Church in the Pacific welcomes new vocations: new members for Dominican sisters and brothers http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0502/17_4071.html Honiara (Fides Service) - New vocations in Solomon Islands are a great encouragement for the local Church. In a report sent to Fides Honiara archdiocese says that an increasing number of young men and women are choosing to give their life to God and to serve the local Church as Sisters or Brothers in one of the many religious Congregations present in the area...

Fatima's Last Visionary Dies Sister Lucia, 97, Was a Witness to Our Lady http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=66365 Coimbra, Portugal, Feb. 14, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Sister Lucia, the last surviving of the three little shepherds of Fatima who saw Our Lady, died Sunday in her Carmelite convent. She was 97....

Pope's new book : Europe's nihilism, abortion as a new Holocaust http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=2602 In his fifth book, "Memory and Identity: Conversations Between Millenniums, Pope John Paul II warns Eastern Europe to guard against the nihilism that dominates in the West. He also compares the abortion laws that exist in many states to Nazism, the bane of abortion to a new Holocaust....

Patriarch and Nuncio to visit village where Druze attacked Christians http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=2603 This Sunday leaders from all Christian Churches will visit the village of Maghar where Druze attacks forced 2,000 Christians to flee as Israeli police looked on. Israeli authorities call the violence against Melkite Catholics a pogrom. Christians did not respond to the attacks....

Archeologists discover St Paul´s tomb http://www.cathnews.com/news/502/107.php Vatican archeologists believe that they have identified the tomb in Rome´s St Paul Outside the Walls basilica, following the discovery of a stone coffin during excavations carried out over the past three years....

No to the new 'religion of health' which denies the right to life http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=2598 The Pontifical Academy of Sciences wants to highlight the difference between the absolute respect for the person and the notion of 'quality of life' which justifies abortion, the destruction of the foetus and euthanasia...

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Public servant defends funding for Church pregnancy advice Tribunal welcomes new annulment guidelines Pontifical Academy seeks to redefine "quality of life" Archeologists discover St Paul?s tomb Exorcists say real Satanic possession is rare German bishops warn against alternative burials

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CARITAS AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

NEWS http://www.caritas.org.nz

Caritas Lenten Appeal 2005 9 February 2005: Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent is also the start of the Caritas Lenten Appeal. The theme for this year is "Peace is the calm, generous contribution of all for the good of all." It is taken from a quote by Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador....

CARITAS SCHOOLS' RESOURCES, LENT 2005 http://www.caritas.org.nz/school.php

Each Lent Caritas puts together resources for use on our Catholic primary and secondary schools. This year, the Caritas Schools' page offers resources for primary and secondary schools created by Caritas Education Coordinator, Elaine Jepsen.

The primary school units focus on the country of Papua New Guinea and students will also learn about the Catholic Social Teaching principles of solidarity, subsidiarity and stewardship.

For secondary students the focus will be the relationship between Catholic Social Teaching and human rights within the current climate of increased security concerns. They will examine these issues in the context of Ahmed Zaoui, Guatemala and Indonesia.

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"THE WORD FROM ROME"

http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/

A weekly column by the National Catholic Reporter's full-time correspondent in Rome, John L. Allen Jr.

Summary of the column for Feb. 18 2005 : Looking ahead to a consistory and an election; Israelis and Palestinians to meet pope officially and together; The last of the Fatima visionaries; Cardinal Law's Lenten preaching; a note on prayer in U.S. public schools.

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EVENTS

The Eucharistic Convention, Auckland Friday April 1st to Sunday 3 April 2005 http://www.eucharistic-convention.com The Eucharistic Convention is an annual event organised by lay people of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Auckland, New Zealand.

Catholic Festival, Auckland St Patrick's Cathedral and vicinity, Saturday 9 April 2005. Opening Mass 11 am. http://www.catholicfestival.org The Catholic Festival is a celebration of our faith that will be joyful, prayerful, reflective, informative and educational. The Festival is an opportunity for all Catholics to display the gifts that God has given them, thereby stengthening their faith and Catholic identity, to celebrate our rich cultural diversity and to grow together in unity. The Festival is also an opportunity for the many groups and religious communities to promote their apostolates and seek members and vocations...

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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 ]

Programmes Officer, Asia/Pacific, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand. http://www.caritas.org.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 205, Feb.13-28 p.23, and from Claire Beaumont, tel: (04) 496 1742; e-mail: claire@caritas.org.nz Applications close 25 February 2005

Pastoral Development Co-ordinator, Hibiscus Coast Catholic Parish (St Francis, Manly; St John the Evangelist, Orewa) http://www.hbcparish.org.nz Further details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan 30 - Feb 12 2005 p. 19, and from The Secretary, Staffing Committee, St John's Parish, 180 Centreway Road, Orewa. E-mail: Jamarell@xtra.co.nz

Assistant Editor, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper. Details in 'NZ Catholic' no. 205, Feb.13-28 p.22, and from Pat McCarthy, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland, Tel: (09) 360 3069; e-mail: catholic@iconz.co.nz

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