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'NZ CATHOLIC'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
In issue 265, May 6-19, 2007 ...
NATIONAL
NZ bishops add their voice to the smacking debate ... Sisters press Aubert's
case ... Centenary celebrated at Compassion home ... Minister wants rethink
on Communion wine ban ... 60th hui held at Wanganui ... WYD man will debate
diversity ... Caritas welcomes prospect of boost in overseas aid ... Easter
trading petition follows NZ Catholic story ... Religious leaders are urged
to show the way to peace ... Catholics increase - but only Auckland above
overall growth ... WYD cross and icon to have 20 days in NZ ... Cross
arrival date uncertainty a worry ... Middle name key to speech ... ERO File
FEATURES
High teenage pregnancy rate sees questions on FPA's role ... Church process
helps bring healing to abuse victims ... Personal conversions needed to
overcome porn epidemic ... Pontiff honours couple ... Native of Bougainville
professed as a Marist ... The frustration and fun of nursing in Zimbabwe
OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The cross of Jesus ... John Thavis: Pope hopes liturgical
document will reconcile divisions ... Samir Khalil Samir: Islamism does not
reflect Islam's authentic spirit ... Editorial: Abstinence is a "Yes", not a
"No" ... Malcolm Evans Letters
INTERNATIONAL
Limbo idea considered "unduly restrictive" ... Students mourn friends ...
Hospital told to follow ethical code ... Renowned jazz course for Jesuit
university ... More doctors in UK won't do abortions ... Editor queries
figures for priests marrying ... The Pope: The Lord "placed his hand in
mine" ... Samurai to be beatified? ... WYD cross visits Gizo ... Russia's
church leaders look fondly on Boris Yeltsin ... Hot debate at seminar on
global warming ... Woman baptised at 114 ... Bishops decry rights abuse in
Zimbabwe ... Partial birth abortion ban is upheld ... Synod will focus on
Bible ... Irish poll shows poor knowledge of the faith ... In Brief
REGULAR FEATURES
Papal Prayer, Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Clips, Net Scene, Tape Deck,
Scripture, Feasts, The Doolans, Family Talk, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40
Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Cryptic Crossword,That Word!, Holy Lives, Kit's
Corner, Wit's End.
ADVERTISING FEATURE: Voice for Life
SPECIAL FEATURE: China
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Heaped hangi for school day celebration (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4046087a6554.html
New Plymouth's St Joseph's Catholic School was one of hundreds around the
country marking Catholic Schools' Day...
Catholic pupils join together for special tribute to sisters
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4045886a6568.html
New Zealand's 240 Catholic schools celebrated their identity yesterday and
in Gore that meant a special tribute by St Peters College and St Mary's
Primary School pupils to the Sisters of Mercy ...
Progress calls St Mary’s but there will be misty eyes today
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article.asp?aid=9341&iid=712&sud=41
The function today, heralding the shift of St Mary’s Primary School to its
new site at Campion College later this year, will probably bring a tear to
some eyes...
Bishops oppose liberalising Easter trading laws
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0705/S00052.htm
The New Zealand Catholic bishops, in a recent statement, repeated their
concern at the push for liberalising laws on Easter trading. They have
directly appealed to Members of Parliament to pay heed to the social rather
than the commercial aspects of the Easter trading-hours legislation in the
interests of workers and their families...
Caritas Welcomes Defeat Of Easter Trading Bill
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0705/S00092.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and
development, welcomes the defeat of one of two private member’s bills which
would have extended shop trading hours...
The Smacking Bill: Everyone claims a victory
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=124&objectid=10437476
They all may be God's children, but the congregations gathered in Wellington
yesterday because of Sue Bradford's child discipline bill have very
different ways of behaving...
Caritas Support For Section 59 Amendment
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0705/S00065.htm
Caritas, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and development, welcomes
the today’s amendment to the Bradford bill concerning the physical
punishment of children...
Ecumenical Service to support repeal of Section 59 will not include
country's Catholic bishops
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
Contrary to suggestions in news reports earlier today, the Catholic bishops
of New Zealand will not be attending the ecumenical service to be held
tomorrow (Wednesday) in Wellington’s Anglican cathedral...
How different religious denominations view the smacking bill
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10437331
Black and brown Joeys move closer
http://www.cathnews.com/news/705/6.php
Forty Sisters of St Joseph from both "black" and "brown" branches moved
towards closer ties and greater collaboration during a meeting described as
"historic" last week in Hobart...
Walter Reed chaplain who tends to war wounded finds number growing
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0702481.htm
Father Patrick Kenny, 72, has been a chaplain at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center in Washington for 27 years, having previously served in parish and
university ministry as a priest of the Diocese of Auckland, New Zealand
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
'Latest': Soup kitchen priest
Father Rob Devlin helps at the Wellington soup kitchen, greeting people at
the door and telling them the menu for the day at this 100 year old
institution ....
Also ...
'Living': Never ask a 7 year old
Courtney comes in to answer our questions on what the Prime Minister does. A
lighthearted insight into the minds of our kids ...
'Angel in the City': A new commandment (John 13:31-35)
Reading and discussion in St Mary of the Angels, Wellington
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
A look ahead to Benedict in Brazil
For a pope often styled as “Euro-centric,� the Brazil trip offers a vital
opportunity for Benedict XVI to convince the people of the southern
hemisphere, which includes two-thirds of the 1.1 billion Catholics in the
world today, that they, too, stand at the center of his pastoral concern...
Also ...
Showdown in war vs. 'dictatorship of relativism' looms while General is out
of town
Death threats against Italian archbishop follow comments on same-sex unions
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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/ ]
Communication and International Advocacy Co-ordinator, Caritas Aotearoa New
Zealand
http://www.caritas.org.nz/
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 6-19 2007 p.26, 'Wel-com' May 2007 p.7, and
from: Claire Beaumont: claire@caritas.org.nz , tel.: (094) 496 1742, Caritas
Aotearoa New Zealand, PO Box 12-193, Wellington. Applications close 10 May
2007.
Receptionist/Secretary, The Catholic Tribunal, Wellington
http://www.catholic.org.nz/resources/annulments.php
Details in 'Wel-com' May 2007 p.16, and from The Office Manager, Christine
Bright, Tribunal of the Catholic Church, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6140. Tel:
(04) 496 1727; fax: (094) 496 1726; e-mail: tribunal@wn.cath
