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'NZ CATHOLIC'
No. 220, August 28-September 10, 2005
Catholic theologians differ over adopting embryos
Wellington - The question of adopting embryos remains an open one, according
to the Church's national bioethics centre, the Nathaniel Centre....
Bringing St Therese's relics to NZ "a continuous challenge"
Palmerston North - Although there have been no hiccups, there is still a lot
of work to do before the arrival of the relics of St Therese of Lisieux on
September 19....
Two praying mothers make a difference
Auckland - In the 1990s, a Christian community in England presented a
booklet to Parliament entitled What on Earth Are We Doing to Our Children?
It highlighted dangers faced by society's youngest members....
Also in this issue ...
NATIONAL
Church opposes party's cross logo ... Values "too limited" ... Refugee
rhetoric prompts dismay ... Cycling friar on 40-day ride ... Lange praised
for achievements in education ... Musical awards for college ... Marist
singer embarks on church tour ... Lay ministry boosted ... Fr Healy dies in
Timaru ... ERO File
FEATURES
Jumping the gun - or dragging the chain? ... US bishops find fault with
draft of Ordo ... NZers link with Cologne ... Bell tolls for John Paul II
... Omelettes Benedict ... Retired builder "tested" by Solomons project ...
Mental illness experience offers lessons for others ... St Therese: The Anne
Frank of the spiritual life ... Catholic part of cemetery in bad state ...
Religion, sport mixed in 1930 Lions tour ... College installs striking icon
... Alternative offered to Hallowe'en tradition ... Concerned teachers send
cake ... Churches are anti-nuclear ... Hamilton diocese remembers first
Maori priest ... Pastoral assistant with wide portfolio farewelled by parish
... Two praying mothers make a difference
OPINION
Michael Gormly: Three role models - Kiwi and Catholic ... Ronald Rolheiser:
Keeping our loved ones connected ... Marty Williams: Called to be a mystic
... Editorial: An obvious way to save lives ... Malcolm Evans ... Ryan
Teahan: Posh pilgrims with good-looking priests ... Letters
INTERNATIONAL
Pope preaches "true revolution" of personal holiness at WYD ... World Youth
Day in 2008 will be hosted by Sydney ... Pope challenged Muslim leaders ...
Support given to evolution ... Pool found, confirming Gospel ... Nagasaki
Catholics remember bomb ... The Pope: We must recognise God as creator ...
Vatican rules on who owns property of parishes that have been closed ...
Australian PM dismisses church critics ... Gesture by Masons ... US black
Catholics share slave links ... Pro-abortion bid in Ireland ... Christian
life is not all rules, says Pope ... Founder of Taizé stabbed to death ...
School closings hit hard in US ... Man loses right not to be starved ...
China now has more Christians than Communists ... Da Vinci film opposed ...
In Brief
REGULAR FEATURES
Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Net Scene, Clips, Tape Deck, Cryptic
Crossword, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Caption Contest, Dio. Diary, The
Doolans, Scripture, Feasts, Papal Prayer, Holy Lives, Kit's Corner, That
Word!, Photo Prayer, Wit's End.
ADVERTISING FEATURES
Pro-life/Family Conference .... Candlelight Rosary Procession
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Priory to be sold (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/otago/0,2106,3391779a3845,00.html
A landmark Dunedin building is for sale. The imposing Dominican Priory, in
Smith St, which dates from 1877, will be tendered. But its owners, the
Dunedin Catholic Parish, will retain the adjoining bluestone building beside
St Joseph's Cathedral...
Churchman jailed for sex abuse
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3390887a6479,00.html
A retired Catholic brother who has been jailed for 2-1/2 years for sexually
abusing sick and vunerable boys in his care was sent on a six-month course
by the Church after admitting the abuse...
Catholic community set to get surveys on schooling changes
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3384464a6568,00.html
Surveys would be distributed during the next few days to Southland's
Catholic community to gauge feeling on proposed changes to the Catholic
schooling system, Invercargill Labour candidate Wayne Harpur said...
Jesus goes bush, by Tim Watkin
http://www.listener.co.nz/default,4549.sm
No worries you fellas. There's a new Kiwi Bible in our language. God, eh?
And that Jesus bloke? Chris Grantham's quite fond of them both. And the Holy
Spirit. But he's been worried for some time that New Zealanders just aren't
connecting to them like they used to. So, to borrow from another great
faith, the 55-year-old decided to take the mountain to Muhammad, and write
the Kiwi Bible...
Israel calls pope 'friend,' resolves dispute
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=national&story_id=082705b2_popeisrae\
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Helping divorced Catholics keep faith
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/113-08272005-533229.html
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
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World Youth Day: Looking back, and looking forward
All or nothing as Pope warns of DIY religion
Benedict XVI leaves young pilgrims with a tough message on the final day of
his German tour
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1553712,00.html
Benedict XVI wrapped up his first foreign tour as Pope yesterday with an
uncompromising warning that Catholics must strictly follow the church's
teachings. Addressing nearly one million young pilgrims, many of whom had
camped overnight in a muddy field outside Cologne, the Pope said that
Christians should not choose the bits of doctrine they liked and ignore the
rest...
From the Tiber to the Rhine
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01073
One million pilgrims converged on Cologne to greet Benedict XVI on World
Youth Day. They encountered a man who is starting to define a papacy very
different in style from that of his predecesssor ...
The real Benedict steps forward
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01072
Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Germany was the first international set-piece
of his pontificate, an occasion he was bound to use to set the mood for what
comes after... if anything, his historic visit to a synagogue and
sympathetic if forthright address to Muslim leaders, as well as his openness
and optimism when speaking to leaders of other Churches, belie many of the
fears that were expressed at the time of his election...
God's games
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16336167%255E28737\
,00.html
An Olympic planning effort is swinging into gear to stage the $80million
World Youth Day festival, which will be on a similar scale to the Sydney
Games, writes John Lehmann ...
Hopes and Fears of Sydney's '08 Coordinator
Auxiliary Bishop Fisher on the Next World Youth Day
http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=75283
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Brother Roger laid to rest in Taizé
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3966
Lefebvre Successor Reportedly to Meet Pope
http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=75390
Pastor Allen Yuan of the unofficial Protestant Church laid to rest
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3979
Persecution of Christians grows under new king Abdullah
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3971
Spanish Catholic Church ordains married priest
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9046977/
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NZ CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS
Global Catholic News (plus sound files from Vatican Radio)
Black Madonna Gets New Covering in Poland
Israel and Vatican reconcile after dispute over pope's comments
Vatican official commends Israel withdrawal from Gaza
Aid workers attacked in Darfur
Pope Hopes All Sides Have Say in New Iraq
Spanish police investigate al-Qaeda 'threat to Vatican'
Threat to Vatican in Arabic fax is investigated
Islam: Vatican led into War on Terror, warns Website
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THE NATHANIEL REPORT
The report of the Nathaniel Centre â€" the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics
Centre
http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/?sid=24
From Issue Sixteen:
Full text: The Moral Case for Embryo Adoption
In May of this year twenty-one American “Snowflakes� families appeared with
President Bush accompanied by their “adopted embryos�. The purpose was to
protest against a bill supporting the use of ...
Also in this issue ...
Editorial: Morality and Reality
The emergence of new areas of knowledge is challenging many of our current
life patterns. Traditional definitions may be inadequate. We need to find
new ways of thinking about and expressing certain concepts. The Church has a
contribution to make in forging a balance between progress and morality.
Christian Moral Argument and Natural Law. “Faith and Reason� or “Faith vs.
Reason�?
In New Zealand, as in other parts of the world, strong and powerful
“religious� voices are beginning to emerge in the political arena. With this
trend comes the real danger of an increased polarization between Christians
and others. The Catholic natural law tradition offers a common ground for
dialogue that provides a way of bringing together the religious and secular
voices.
ERMA and Ethical Issues
An article based on feedback provided by staff of The Nathaniel Centre to
ERMA - the Environmental Risk Management Agency â€" on an ethical framework
for considering applications.
Developments in Embryo Research
Human embryo research is moving in new directions. This article outlines
some recent developments and highlights key ethical and moral questions that
these developments are raising for researchers, policy makers and
theologians.
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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 ...
Italy's biggest public event; What Comunione e Liberazione is; CL in the
USA; Spreading the movement; Cardinal Simonis of Holland; A report from
Kenya; Women and Islam
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ST THERESE OF LISIEUX: 2005 NEW ZEALAND PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE
19 September - 16 October 2005
http://www.theresepilgrimage.org.nz
The Pilgrimage of Grace of the relics of St Therese of Lisieux commences in
Auckland on Monday the 19th of September 2005. The special reliquary housing
the relics will be flown from the Carmelite monastery in Lisieux, north of
Paris, where St Thérèse lived her vocation as a Carmelite nun until her
death in 1897 at the age of 24. In September and October, her relics will be
brought to Catholic churches in cities and towns throughout New Zealand for
public veneration.
The Website for the Pilgrimage includes a full itinerary, a biography of St
Therese, an article on the spiritual significance of relics, and information
on Carmelite spirituality.
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OTHER EVENTS
Family Life International. Gospel of Life Conference
23-25 September 2005 Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna
Full details: http://www.fli.org.nz/?sid=19
"The History and Science of The Shroud of Turin" (Exhibition)
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 ]
Mission Co-ordinator, Mercy Hospital, Dunedin
Website: http://www.mercyhospital.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' 14-27 August 2005 p.19, and from Denise Cooney,
Executive Assistant, Mercy Hospital, Private Bag 1919, Dunedin. Tel (03) 467
6609; e-mail: denisec@mercyhospital.org.nz Applications close 31 August
2005.
"Mrs Doubtfire"
Single person or married couple required to run an active household in
Napier with four well-behaved school-aged children. Details in 'Wel-com'
August 2005, p.14, and from Kendall or Greg, tel: (06) 842 1325
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'NZ Catholic' Presenters
'NZ Catholic' newspaper is looking for people who are able to express
themselves well and have a strong belief in the value of the Catholic press.
Details in issue 220, August 28 - September 10, p.13 and from Dennis
Augustine, Promotions and Advertising Manager, NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000,
Ponsonby, Auckland 1034
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