Sunday, January 9, 2005

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TSUNAMI AFTERMATH

The Catholic news service AsiaNews, at: http://www.asianews.it , carries daily reports on the impact of the South Asian tsunami from its local correspondents, many of them church workers living in the stricken areas.

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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ

http://www.caritas.org.nz

NEWSROOM New Zealanders give generously to Caritas Tsunami Appeal 5 January 2005:The latest tally of donations made to Caritas New Zealand is in excess of $200,000. This money will go to support the work being done by Caritas Sri Lanka and our partners working in the Indonesian province of Acheh - Cordaid, Catholic Relief Services and Jesuit Refugee Services.....

Caritas Confederation Pledges $US 28 million to Tsunami Survivors 31 December, 2004: The Caritas Confederation, have collectively pledged $US 28 million, including $NZ 50,000 given by Caritas New Zealand donors, to assist those affected by the tsunamis that have ravaged the coasts of South Asia. "New Zealanders have been very generous in their response to this terrible disaster, and it is expected that further donations will be received in the coming week," said Mike Smith, Director of Caritas New Zealand. Caritas partners from Europe have flown in supplies of medicine, food, water and other relief equipment together with teams of emergency specialists to assist....

Caritas Asian Tsunami Appeal 27 December, 2004: Caritas is appealing for donations to assist victims of the devastating Tsunami which swept through Sri Lanka, Southern India, Sumatra and the coasts of other Southeast Asian countries on Boxing Day....

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Inter-faith prayer for tsunami victims in Phuket Heart-wrenching greeting for Aussie Aid Workers German organizers further plans for World Youth Day Top 10 films of 2004 according to US Catholic film office Lest we forget our neighbour, says Moscow Patriarch Catholics join latest debate on Pope Pius XII

ECUMENICAL NEWS

Inter-faith prayer for tsunami victims in Phuket Coptic Christians jailed since December set free Humanists and atheists prepare to battle against religious fundamentalism

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Michael Shanahan (obituary. photo) NZ Herald 07.01.05 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=9005893 Mick Shanahan will go down in Waitakere's history as someone who was larger than life and who really made a difference. He started school at Oamaru Convent in 1927, went on to Christchurch Cathedral Convent then to St Benedicts and Marist Brothers in Auckland. From there he went to Christian Brothers in Dunedin, ending with four years at Timaru Boys High School...

Most avoid church but still believe NZ Herald 07.01.05 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=9005812 More than two-thirds of New Zealanders say they believe in God but less than half of them go to church or pray....

[In an address to a conference on secularisation in Europe by Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, the Cardinal explains the consequences for society of the trend to "believing without belonging", and describes the activities of several types of Christian cultural organisations which are working to re-introduce citizens of Christian countries to their Christian heritage. Full text: http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=63746 ]

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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES

Holy Father Aims to Stay Active in 2005 Plans for World Youth Day and a Synod on the Eucharist http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=64280 Vatican City, Jan. 6, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Despite fragile health, John Paul II has begun the new year with the same program of celebrations and public events as last year....

The kind of world this is, by Guy Consolmagno The Tablet (UK) Saturday, 8 January 2005 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-00968 Martin Kettle, writing in The Guardian soon after the event, was among the first to dare ask the religious question: "What God sanctions an earthquake? What God protects against it? Why does the quake strike these places and these peoples and not others?....

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

From issue No. 203, December 19-January 29, 2005 ...

Relief and joy for Zaoui in Dominicans' care Auckland - With a huge smile on his face, Ahmed Zaoui entered the crypt of St Benedict's Church, accompanied by one of his lawyers, Deborah Manning, Assistant Bishop of Auckland Robin Leamy, SM, and Dominican friar Fr Peter Murnane....

"Vocation" is not just religious Christchurch - The concept of personal vocation is still not well understood in the Church....

Agencies show love in variety of ways Auckland - Christmas is a time of loving and giving, and Catholic charitable institutions have always been active in doing this....

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NZ CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE

'Lighting New Fires' -Newsletter for Integrated Schools December 2004 http://nzceo.catholic.org.nz/lightingnewfires.shtml Editorial: faithful citizenship requires both reflection and participation... Ministry of Education to fund Integrated schools for furniture and equipment ... School Boarding Bursaries to Increase ... Cardinal Thomas Williams' Silver Jubilee celebrated with a publication ... Two new books on children's education in New Zealand ... Latest statistics on foreign fee-paying students ... 200 UK schools expected to offer the International Baccalaureate ... Appreciation

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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 January 7, 2005 : Remembering Fr. Jacques Dupuis; an Italian satirist's view of the pope; John Paul's holidays; controversy, again, at the Vatican's annual Christmas concert; Cardinal Diogini Tettamanzi under fire; Cardinal Lubomyr Husar and Ukrainian politics; Greek Catholics move to Kiev; More on Fr. Marcial Maciel

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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 ]

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Catholic Tertiary Chaplaincy vacancies, Diocese of Christchurch 2-3 postions for tertiary co-ordinator and tertiary team workers Details in 'NZ Catholic' December 12-18 p.22, and from Mike Stopforth, Catholic Youth Team, PO Box 4544, Christchurch. Tel: (03) 366-9869; fax: (03) 379-8724; e-mail: mstopforth@chch.catholic.org.nz. Or after 20 December, Fr Michael Doyle, Tertiary priest-chaplain; e-mail: mjdoyle@paradise.net.nz Applications close 17 January 2005

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EVENTS

Parachute Music Festival Mystery Creek, Hamilton January 28-31 2005

The annual Christian music festival, takes place on Auckland Anniversary weekend (last weekend of January) at Totara Springs Christian Camp, Matamata.

Parachute Festival Website: http://websites.parachutemusic.com/festival/2005/default_noflash.asp

Catholics@Parachute: The young Catholic presence at Australasia's biggest Christian music festival is growing by the year.. The National Council for Young Catholics coordinates the bulk purchase of tickets and the set-up of a Catholic village on site. Contact Jamie Cox: jamiec@cdh.org.nz

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