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'WEL-COM'
Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the diocese of Palmerston
north
Maori better off now than 20 years ago - Treaty educator
An educator in the Treaty of Waitangi is optimistic about the state of Maori
in this country, saying that Maori are much more visible than they were 20
years ago. Robert Consedine's optimism comes from the fact that in almost 20
years of running treaty workshops 95 percent of evaluations said such
workshops should be compulsory for all New Zealanders....
Top NZ Mercy chosen to head international body
Denise Fox rsm, Aotearoa New Zealand, has been elected as the new president
of Mercy International Association. This association is an organisation of
the leaders of Mercy congregations, institutes and federations throughout
the world, founded to serve the Sisters of Mercy, their associates and
colleagues in ministry...
Every child counts
A new coalition of organisations working to have children placed at the
centre of public policy development has been launched. The Every Child
Counts campaign is drawing together research and statistics on children's
welfare in New Zealand. It is not a pretty sight. Sr Marcellin Wilson of
Caritas says New Zealand's child poverty and abuse rates, in a country which
has always prided itself as a good place to bring up children, are crimes
against humanity....
No relief in the Budget for children
The government's Budget, delivered last month, shows no mercy for the
families with children suffering from poverty-related illnesses such as
meningococcal disease. This is the view of Auckland paediatrician, Innes
Asher, speaking to the Child Poverty Action Group at a Budget breakfast on
20 May, the day the Budget was delivered...
Wel-com appoints a theology graduate as its new editor
The Wellington Archdiocese has appointed Cecily McNeill as the editor of its
monthly newspaper, Wel-com. Cecily graduated from Australian Catholic
University last year with a Master of Arts degree, in theology which she had
studied over the previous two years...
Protest vigil in support of Palestinians
On the eve of 14 May a candlelit vigil in Wellington's Civic Square picketed
celebrations marking the establishment of the modern state of Israel. This
is the day Israel declared its independence in 1948. Palestinians mark this
day as Al Nakba - the catastrophe. Christians, Jews, Muslims and people of
no particular faith gathered to remind those attending the celebrations that
until the occupation is ended and justice done in Palestine there will be
little chance of real peace.....
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
An uncomfortable debate
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3308239a6220,00.html
Just two months ago, odd bedfellows United Future list MP Murray Smith and
Green counterpart Nandor Tanczos both acknowledged that the Abortion
Supervisory Committee, its "certifying consultants" and the law needed
review. Earlier this week, anti-abortion organisation Right to Life NZ began
legal action in the High Court at Wellington, arguing that the committee has
misinterpreted the law and allowed too many terminations....
Abortion an election issue
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10329544
Court action claiming too many abortions are being allowed in New Zealand is
a pre-election bid to raise the focus on a divisive issue, says health
select committee chairwoman Steve Chadwick...
Satirical cartoon rated pathetic
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=6&ObjectID=10329797
Controversial cartoon Popetown is "pathetic" and "too stupid to be
offensive", says a spokeswoman for the Catholic Church in New Zealand. The
satire about a priest at the Vatican premiered on music channel C4 last
night despite opposition from members of the Catholic community....
Church dismisses Popetown
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsfeature.asp?storyID=74212
BBC watches C4 air controversial cartoon
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsfeature.asp?storyID=74138
Tears shed at funeral for slain pensioner
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10329172
The priest who led the funeral of slain Feilding pensioner Margaret Waldin
yesterday appealed to the small community not to feel they needed to take
revenge on her killer or killers....
[The following article is not available on the newspaper's free Website. It
can be read at local public libraries and via the libraries' free 'Newztext'
service for borrowers.]
Centre is a need, rather than want, by Barry Easton
The Daily News (Taranaki), 9 June 2005, Edition 1, Page 12.
Today marks a "red-letter" day for New Plymouth's Sacred Heart Girls'
College with the launch of a $1m fund-raising appeal to build an events
centre....
The Vatican and Vaticanologists. A Very Special Kind of Journalism, by
Sandro Magister
http://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=32668&eng=y
How the Vatican presents itself and how its news is covered by observers and
correspondents. Facts, analyses and insider observations on a profession
that is unique in the world ...
Pope dream: Healing ancient Christian rift a distant glimmer
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/breaking/060705_religion.php
Athens, Greece - It's a goal that has eluded Christianity for nearly 1,000
years: mending the rifts between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches.
Pope Benedict XVI has declared a "fundamental commitment" to heal the
divide, and this week will engage in an indirect round of talks with the
Russian Orthodox...
A nation under God: US tops religious poll
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3305977a12,00.html
Americans profess unquestioning belief in God and support mixing faith and
politics at much higher rates than people in other countries, a poll of 1000
adults in each of ten countries has found....
Cherie Booth: A very public confession
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=643599
She's been scorned for her beliefs, and tormented by her own doubts about
Catholicism, but Cherie Booth says she'll never give up her faith. Here the
former convent-school rebel writes candidly about her personal spiritual
journey ....
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & AGENCIES
Italian hostage released in Kabul
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3478
Kabul (AsiaNews/Agencies) - Italian aid worker Clementina Cantoni has been
freed nearly a month after being taken hostage in Afghanistan....
Tilting the world towards Africa, by George Gelber
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01041
Critics of this summer's crusade to combat poverty in the South say that
upping aid budgets is throwing good money after bad. Not so, says Cafod's
policy expert. Aid, debt relief and trade justice work and work well
together ...
The Apostleship of the Sea - the Catholic Church's outreach to millions of
seafarers - comes home to celebrate and to relaunch spiritual assistance for
millions of men and women seafarers engaged in the international shipping
industry ....
http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0506/06_5063.html
That they may be one
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01039
The monks at the newly established Holy Cross monastery in County Down aim
to break down the barriers between the Catholics and Protestants of Northern
Ireland through special retreats of reconciliation ....
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
Global Catholic News
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
Pope rejects condoms for Africa
The spread of HIV and Aids in Africa should be tackled through fidelity and
abstinence and not by condoms, Pope Benedict XVI has said.
Catholic church tries to defeat Spain's gay marriage bill
Spanish Roman Catholic Bishops are calling for a strong turnout in a
demonstration to protest a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage,
calling the fight against the legislation a "just cause."
Italian Fertility, Stem Cell Vote May Fail Amid Pope Opposition
Italy's referendum on whether to ease one of the most restrictive fertility
treatment laws in Europe is likely to fail as the Roman Catholic Church and
politicians ranging from left to right urge citizens not to vote.
Pope tells Jews he is committed to good relations
Pope Benedict assured the world's Jews on Thursday that the Catholic Church
remained fully committed to fighting anti-Semitism and to more reflection on
the moral and historical implications of the Holocaust.
Commencement of works at Sydney's new Catholic university
he Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell will mark the beginning of
construction at Sydney's Notre Dame University with a Mass and Foundation
Ceremony this morning.
Women's Commission speaks out against detention indignity
The head of the Commission for Australian Catholic Women has said she is
appalled that male prison officers are able to view female detainees in a
special unit at the Baxter Immigration Detention Centre in South Australia.
Abuse Cost for US Catholic Dioceses Tops $1B
The cost to the U.S. Roman Catholic Church of sexual predators in the
priesthood has climbed past $1 billion, according to tallies by American
bishops and an Associated Press review of known settlements.
6 priests accused of abuse are out
The Catholic Archdiocese of Boston announced yesterday that six priests
accused of sexually abusing minors are ''no longer in the clerical state,"
indicating that they were either defrocked by the Vatican or had voluntarily
left the priesthood.
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NZ CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE
"Lighting New fires" Newsletter for Integrated Schools - June 2005
http://nzceo.catholic.org.nz/lightingnewfires.shtml
Main newsletter:
Editorial: Relationships ... United Nations Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development 2005-2014 ... Improvements in the Qualifications of
School Leavers ... Research Pinpoints Student Support that Works ...
Achivements of integrated schools throughout New Zealand ... United Nations
World Environment Day 5 June ... Teaching and Learning Research Initiative
... Five Essential Elements in Creating a High-Performing School ...
Internet Safety Reminder ... ADD/ADHD Awareness Week ... ITLRI Research
Reveals Language Disadvantages of Non-native Speakers Learning Mathematics
... Useful Resources ... Niknak Music Resource Available ... Key
Competencies and Holistic Thinking about the Curriculum ... Did You Know?
... Tips for Teachers on Developing Parents' Capacity to Support their
Children's Education ... Blogging as a Means of Teacher Support ...
Lighting New Fires - June 2005: Catholic schools' Supplement:
Editorial: Convincing young people that objective truth exists ...
Professional Development and Spiritual Formation
for Teachers ... Congratulations to Schools on the Success
of Catholic Schools' Day ... Congratulations to New Principals ... Progress
on Developing Catholic Religious Education Standards for NCEA ... Principals
' Positions Available in Rarotonga ... Innovation at St Joseph's School,
Levin ... South Auckland Schools' Promotion Initiative ... New Resource:
"Strategies for Building Faith Communities in Schools" ... An Interesting
Resource: Mary Benet McKinney OSB on Sharing Wisdom ... Book Alert: 'Rise,
Let Us Be On Our Way' ... Useful Websites ... Generation Y Embrace Mix and
Match Religion ... A Good Idea from Sancta Maria College.
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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.
This week ...
Pope Benedict on the family; Timothy Radcliffe on multi-religious Europe;
Benedict meets with Jewish leaders; Archbishop Chaput on anti-Semitism; A
raucous seminar on church history; One note on Fr. Maciel; Franciscan
missionaries' DVD; Speaking engagements: the Paulists and Santa Susanna, the
American model parish in Rome ... Catholic philanthropic organizations ...
interviews on National Public Radio, and "Busted Halo", a service for young
adults.
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WORLD YOUTH DAY, COLOGNE, GERMANY
16-21 August 2005
Official site of the New Zealand National Pilgrimage to WYD, Cologne
http://www.worldyouthday.org.nz/
En route to World Youth Day, our representatives will follow the path of St
Paul to the sites of the early Christian communities in Greece and Turkey,
as well as a visit to Gallipoli and Anzac Cove. Then its off to Cologne,
Germany for World Youth Day 2005, the Catholic Church's mega event -
hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world coming
together, united around Pope John Paul, listening to the Word of God,
assisting at celebrations and participating in a festival of joy... See the
NZ World Youth Day Website for further info., or write to: Bill Dysart, C-58
Osier Road, Greenmeadows, Napier. Email: ymachb@clear.net.nz
"Extraordinary number" of volunteers:
http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0506/06_5064.html
Cologne (Fides Service) - Applications for voluntary helpers for the 20th
World Youth Day 11-21 August in Cologne closed with the extraordinarily high
number of 31,145 volunteers from 119 different countries...
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Other WYD links:
The official international WYD Site:
http://www.wjt2005.de/index.php?id=6&si=1
The Vatican's WYD Website:
http://www.vatican.va/gmg/documents/gmg_2005_en.html
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EVENTS
Palmerston North Diocese: Jubilee Celebration of the Consecration of the
Diocese 7 May - 26 June 2005
Details on http://www.pndiocese.org.nz/
"The History and Science of The Shroud of Turin" (Exhibition)
From 13 May 2005 "for a limited time"
Lower NZI, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE, Auckland, New Zealand
Full description on:
http://www.shroud.co.nz/Exhibition.htm
[If you can't make it to the exhibition, you will find many of the
photographs from it at your public library in: 'The Turin shroud : the
illustrated evidence', by Ian Wilson and Barrie Schwortz, published by
Michael O'Mara, 2000 (232.966 WIL), or you can request it via Interloan. ML]
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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/ ]
Accountant - Financial controiller
NZ Catholic Education Office, Wellington
http://nzceo.catholic.org.nz/
Further details in 'NZ Catholic', June 5-18 2005, p.22 and from Maureen
Condliffe, Operations Manager,, tel: (04) 496 1739
begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (04) 496 1739
end_of_the_skype_highlighting; fax: (04) 496 1734;
e-mail: m.condliffe@nzceo.catholic.org.nz Applications close 14 June 2005
