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'NZ CATHOLIC'
No. 225, November 6-19, 2005
Catholic doctors back Nelson GP
Nelson - Dr Joseph Hassan is certainly not alone, but his decision to stop
prescribing artificial birth control certainly put him in the spotlight....
Abortion review 'on hold'
Christchurch - A former MP doesn't expect any changes to abortion
legislation in the next Parliament, despite a pro-life organisation's
prediction the Government would like abortion to become solely a health
issue....
Wage rise would be risky for rest homes
Hamilton - The chief executive of a Catholic rest home says an increase in
the minimum wage could lead to the closure of more facilities....
Also in this issue ...
NATIONAL
University research on foetal body parts criticised ... Election may help
families ... Foreign aid is goal for Caritas ... Campaigners beat abortion
in Wanganui ... Marriage definition bill will be taken up again ...
Christian Brothers lose two members ... Marist principal chosen ... Bishops
to meet ... ERO File
FEATURES
How one parish increased its Reconciliation rate to 80% ... Reality is "veil
over light" for best-selling author ... The "Gunpowder Plot" and the
Jesuits' dilemma ... Passionist retreat a first in NZ ... Book, band to be
launched ... Resources are listed ... NZ-born author and playwright dies in
England ... Educator/archivist dies in Wellington ... For whom the bell
tolls, it shouldn't be in church
OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: Speaking our truth from a deeper place ... Parish Diary:
Youth suicide like a virus ... Michael Gormly: Vitality of Church in Korea
follows heroism in tough times ... Others Say ... Editorial: A lead for
doctors to follow ... Letters ... Malcolm Evans ... Vatican Letter: Future
Church leaders shine at synod
INTERNATIONAL
Communion for remarried not an "open question" ... Eucharistic renewal
urged, but no change in rules ... Primacy seen as crux with Orthodox ...
Student will receive Episcopalian host at Mass ... John Paul left taped
message ... Soccer sponsored business to help healing people ... The Pope:
Confessing is like "cleaning our room" ... Castro appeals to Church ... Man
in coma "understood everything" ... Government discourages mourners ...
Micro-credit supported ... Pelican ring for bishops ... Pakistanis'
dedication inspires aid workers ... Jilted boyfriend kept locket of likely
saint's hair ... Tolkien's vision offers Catholic approach to society's ills
... Don't look to Africa to supply vocations ... Failed to stop abusers ...
Increases except in Europe ... In Brief
REGULAR FEATURES
Think Page, Books, Monitor, Tape Deck, Net Scene, Clips, Scripture, Feasts,
Papal Prayer, The Doolans, God in the Garden, Cryptic Crossword, Caption
Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Photo Prayer, That Word!, Holy
Lives, Kit's Corner, Wit's End.
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Boutique hotel to open soon
Otago Daily Times
http://tinyurl.com/9f7nj
Rewiring, replumbing, ceiling regibbing and 2.5km of fireprotection wiring
have all contributed to the $500,000 refurbishment budget for the former
Christian Brothers’ residence edging out to $750,000. Developers Rob and
Shelley McMeeken, who bought the 1920s building for an undisclosed sum in
January, have taken the 50% budget increase in their stride, emphasising the
quality trademanship required to retain the building’s historical heritage.
‘View Port’ highlighting town’s vibrancy
ODT
http://tinyurl.com/8wo63
A little bit of history is to be made at Port Chalmers tomorrow night, when
the town’s first big fashion show will be held in the Port Chalmers Town
Hall and the old tradition of Friday late-night shopping will be brought
back for the evening. The community has come in behind the event, proceeds
of which will go towards structural refurbishment of the historic St Mary
Star Of The Sea Roman Catholic Church, a heritage gem and a landmark of the
town...
Another ex-brother faces sex charges
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3466535a6479,00.html
John Louis Stevenson, 66, of Wellington, a retired Catholic brother accused
of sexually abusing young boys in his care at a Feilding secondary school,
has been ordered to surrender his passport and not to contact the
complainants...
Popetown complaint thrown out
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3466521a12855,00.html
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has thrown out a complaint
against C4's irreverent cartoon show, Popetown, which had been slated
"anti-Catholic propaganda"...
Editorial: Celibacy issue must be faced
Hawkes Bay Today. Thu., 03 Nov. 2005
http://tinyurl.com/8asxr
In their first meeting since Benedict was elected Pope, Catholic bishops
last month reaffirmed the central role of the Eucharist in Catholic life but
paradoxically declined to tackle the means of making the sacrament more
accessible...
Shift in the seat of power
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,3464092a6497,00.htm/
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The Catholic seat of power has shifted to a former mortuary chapel in
Newton. St Benedict's Church is officially Auckland's mother church while St
Patrick's Cathedral undergoes an $11 million restoration...
GP unrepentant over stand on OCs
'NZ Doctor' 2 November 2005 issue
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/topstories/2nov05_gp.html
The Catholic GP whose actions sparked a debate about the place of personal
beliefs in the practice of mainstream medicine is confident he did the right
thing. Nelson-based Joseph Hassan wrote to 50 of his female patients last
month saying he believed fertility was a gift to be treasured and he would
no longer prescribe any active form of birth control or refer patients for
sterilisation procedures...
"Doctor's Choice" (Radio NZ sound file, 36m)
http://www.radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/ninetonoon/20051101
Lynda Clark interviews Drs Joseph Hassan and Catherine Halligan, Catholic
GPs who don't prescribe artificial contraception, and Lynda Williams,
co-ordinator of the Auckland Women's Health Council. [The interview
commences eight minutes from the start of the sound file]
Holding on to hopes of work-life balance (photo)
Otago Daily Times
http://tinyurl.com/ca4wf
St Mary's School principal Carmel Chamberlain’s office desks are covered in
neat piles of paper. But looks can be deceiving. She admits sheepishly that
it took a weekend to get it to look that way. Ms Chamberlain (48) is in her
first year teaching at the integrated Catholic primary school....
Vatican: Don't Knock Science
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,69485,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5
Vatican City - A Vatican cardinal said Thursday the faithful should listen
to what secular modern science has to offer, warning that religion risks
turning into "fundamentalism" if it ignores scientific reason. Cardinal Paul
Poupard, who heads the Pontifical Council for Culture, made the comments at
a news conference on a Vatican project to help end the "mutual prejudice"
between religion and science that has long bedeviled the Roman Catholic
Church and is part of the evolution debate in the United States...
Beyond the Wardrobe
How C.S. Lewis, the beloved creator of Narnia, became the hottest theologian
of 2005 (2 pages)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1124316,00.html
C.S.Lewis's popularity extends beyond the Borders children's section. This
year HarperSanFrancisco, which publishes some of the best known of his
dozens of adult titles, including Mere Christianity (a collection of those
radio talks) and The Screwtape Letters (a set of funny-creepy faux missives
from a senior devil to his nephew), sold 843,000 copies, twice as many as in
2001. Multiple books about Lewis debut annually; this year's crop features
Jacobs' biography and Jack's Life (Broadman & Holman) by Lewis' stepson
Douglas Gresham. In 1947, a TIME cover story hailed Lewis as "one of the
most influential spokesmen for Christianity in the English-speaking world."
Now, 58 years later (and 42 after his death, in 1963), he could arguably be
called the hottest theologian of 2005...
A Pope of Quiet Surprises, by George Weigel
Newsweek
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9863951/site/newsweek/
When the newly elected Pope Benedict XVI first appeared on the loggia of St.
Peter's Basilica this past April, he was smiling broadlyâ€"a surprise,
perhaps, for those accustomed to the cartoon of Joseph Ratzinger as "God's
Rottweiler." Benedict XVI's happiness was that of a man who had been
liberated to be himself after subordinating his personality for 23 years to
the work John Paul II had asked him to do...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Pope urges return to Vatican Council II documents
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=4493
Vatican City (AsiaNews) â€" Forty years on from Vatican Council II, the pope
has called on the Church to “keep always alive the spirit of Vatican Council
II, to contribute to instilling in the world that universal fraternity which
responds to God’s will for mankind�. In his message before today’s
Angelus,
Benedict XVI recalled some Conciliar documents which not only remain still
valid, but which have “actually increased� in relevance...
Germans and Britons celebrate Dresden cathedral peace hope -31/10/05
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_051031dresden.shtml
Representatives from Britain, including those from war-damaged Coventry
Cathedral, joined tens of thousands of Germans yesterday, as they celebrated
the re-consecration of the landmark Dresden Frauenkirche, rebuilt following
its destruction in the Second World War....
Pope urges serenity and hope when facing the human enigma of death
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=4514
Vatican City (AsiaNews) â€" Let us look upon “the enigma of death with
serenity and hope�. On the day dedicated by the Church to the commemoration
of the dead, Benedict XVI focused his reflection in the general audience on
the Christian vision which sees the end of life as “a new birth, the
obligatory passage through which life in its fullness is reached by those
who model their earthly existence on the directions of the Word of God�...
Karachi Catholics provide family packs to quake victims
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=4533
Karachi (AsiaNews) â€" Catholics’ solidarity vis-à -vis quake victims
continues
as the death toll rises to 74,000. On November 1, it was the turn of the
archdiocese of Karachi to show its colours, raising relief aid worth 5
million rupees...
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
Global Catholic News, plus sound files from Vatican Radio
Prada-wearing Pope sparks 'cassock wars' by ditching tailor ... Bishop
speaks out after
beheading of three schoolgirls ... Vatican: Faithful should listen to
science ... Vatican policy on homosexual seminarians due tomorrow? ...
Catholic Medical Association links medicine and spirituality ... Catholic
weekly in nude advert row ... Europe's oldest firm presents pope with
'Eucharist Bell' ... Vatican envoy welcomes UN's remembrance of Holocaust
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TUI MOTU INTERISLANDS
From the October 2005 issue ...
Editorial: Mainstream Jesus (full text)
Also in this issue ...
• The Spiritual Imperative â€" Satish Kumar
• In Praise of Beauty â€" introducing Daniel O’Leary
• Focus on Eucharist â€" John Bathersby and Ron Sharp
• Brighter than a thousand suns â€" Paul Oestreicher
• Film review: Breath of Peace â€" Eileen Shewan
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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 ...
Keeler on Jewish-Catholic relations; Update: homosexuals in seminaries;
Vatican reacts to violence in Israel/Palestine; the Vatican and the Muslim
world; Science, Theology and the Ontological Quest; interview with the head
of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,; Beatification of Eurosia
Fabris; Sr. Teresilla, minister to prisoners, dies
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