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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Artist, teacher and tramper championed her community, by Yvonne Airey
The Dominion Post, 3 Aug. 2006, Page 7.
[Obituary of Winifred Alice (Win) Malcolm who died in Upper Hutt, aged 96.
She was the second female student in New Zealand to graduate with a Bachelor
of Commerce degree, and the first female teacher at St Patrick's College,
Silverstream where she taught art to the future film-maker Vincent Ward.
This article is not available on the newspaper's free Website. It can be
read at public libraries and via the libraries' free 'Newztext' service for
borrowers]
Aid agencies call for Kiwi help for Middle East
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3754735a6000,00.html
Aid agencies are calling on New Zealanders to help people fleeing violence
in the Middle East. Military action in Lebanon, Palestine and Israel is
killing hundreds of civilians, mostly women and children, the Council for
International Development says. The council is the umbrella organisation
for 83 New Zealand aid agencies...
NZ appeals clergy extradition decision
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3752105a12855,00.html
03 August 2006
New Zealand authorities say an Australian federal court judge erred in
ruling against the extradition of two Catholic clergymen whom police accuse
of sexually abusing boys at a Christchurch school in the 1970s...
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ - Media Releases
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
Large gathering of Catholic bishops meeting in Fiji (04 Aug 2006)
Eighty two Catholic bishops from the vast Oceania region are meeting for a
week's Assembly in Fiji, beginning next Sunday. They are the cardinals,
archbishops and bishops of the Bishops' Conferences which form the
Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
After a 1-year absence, New Zealand Catholic Web TV is back. Re-launched as
'Inspirational TV' by a team in Wellington, the Website presents Catholic
life in New Zealand through videotaped interviews. Every interview is
available in two forms: for a dialup connection and for broadband.
New this week:
Fr Allan reads the gospel for the Transfiguration of the Lord (illustrated),
then explains it in an informal conversation with Kim von Lantham.
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MARIST MESSENGER
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/index.php
From the August 2006 issue ...
Cracking the Code
Rosaleen Conway reflects on the effect of a controversial best-seller on her
family
Focus: The Teaching Moment
The Editor reflects on the effect of the Da Vinci Code controversy on the
Church
A New Zealand School of Discipleship
NZ Marist Father Neil Vaney writes from Canada about the School of
Discipleship soon to be opened in Auckland
Being in love
St. Therese once remarked, "I have no difficulty in remembering the Lord's
presence. When you are in love with a person he/she is never far from your
mind. I don't know if I have ever been three minutes without thinking of
God."
Also in the August Messenger ...
* Georges Collomb sm
* A Remembrance of Hiroshima
* Because Beset by Weakness: the Priesthood
* Benedict Speaks
* Current Feasts
* Current Saints
* Can You Bear It?
* A Minute of Two
* Children's Corner
* Crossword
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CARITAS AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
Social Justice Week Resources Available Now (02/08/2006)
'Environmental justice' is the theme for Social Justice Week in the Catholic
Church during 10-16 September this year....
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC (formerly: 'The Word from Rome').
A weekly column by John R. Allen
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
This week:
Gambian theologian gives voice to the South; The pope's intervention for
Africa; Benedict continues appeal for peace; Reader reacts to 'dove' label;
Poland and the death penalty; A priest disappears; A note for Knights of
Columbus
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EVENTS
New Zealand Catholic Education Convention 2006
Wellington Convention Centre, 31 August - 2 September 2006
Website: http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed06
Theme: Radiating hope, challenging our times
Full details on the Website.
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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 ]
Accounts and Database Manager, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' July 30 - Aug. 12 p.22, and from: The Managing
Editor, NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144; e-mail:
editor@nzcatholic.org.nz
