Sunday, August 26, 2007

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/

In Issue 273, August 26-September 8, 2007 ...

NATIONAL
Officials say Church doesn't hide paedophiles in the Pacific ... Aussie
bishops say schools are losing identity ... Six pastoral priorities drafted
for NZ ... Skit in German a winner for Villa Maria ... Three ordinations
soon ... Amnesty International confirms abortion policy ... Families
Commission's value questioned ... Auckland diocese's oldest priest dies ...
Student rises above tragedy ... Rotorua college wins inter-school shield ...
Flooded South Asia to get Caritas $20,000 ... 324 days to World Youth Day
2008 ... ERO File

FEATURES
NZ Marist Brothers' institute helps "dropout" students in Fiji ... Marists
open the "photo album" of their Oceania history ... George gets papal
blessing for birthday ... Mangere men receive medals ... Social Justice Week
resources available ... Faith helps couple grow award-winning school

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: Wrestling with God ... Fabian Bruskewitz: Priestly
celibacy a counter-cultural gift to our time and place ... Being Frank:
Let's listen to frontline Aids experts ... Others Say ... Editorial:
Bishops' plan: The chicken or the egg? ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Service must be to poor, sisters told ... Charge against archbishop remains
unsubstantiated ... Paris farewells cardinal ... Pope ranked as "green"
leader ... Christians safer under Saddam, says cardinal ... The Pope: Jesus
attracts young people ... Skater admits provocation ... Church helps make
Caritas strong, says agency's new head ... UN cautioned about Darfur
peacekeeping plan ... Call God "Allah", Catholic bishop suggests ...
Fretilin brutality dismays diocese ... Vaccine rush a concern ... Encyclical
to focus on economics ... Patriarch says "no proselytism" ... Flood victims
get help ... In Brief

REGULAR FEATURES
Papal Prayer, Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Clips, Net Scene, Tape Deck,
Scripture, Feasts, Liturgical Calendar, The Doolans, Family Talk, Caption
Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Cryptic Crossword, That Word!,
Holy Lives, Kit's Corner, Photo Prayer, Wit's End.

ADVERTISING FEATURE
St Vincent de Paul Society

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

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Catholic Matchmaker Site Endorsed by Archbishop
http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=22452
CatholicMatchmaker.co.nz will be launching on 29 September 2007, St Raphael’s
Feast Day (patron saint of single people and happy meetings). Until that
day, all the services on the site will be available FREE of charge for those
who join as members. Catholic Dating just got a whole lot easier...

Dating website for Catholics
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411419/1321948
Text report, plus video interview with Clare and Glen Omvig

Catholic singles site to launch (audio file)
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/NationalNews/Catholicsinglessitetolaunch/tabid/423/art\
icleID/33078/Default.aspx

Marcus Lush's interview with co-founder Clare Omvig.

Catholic crisis (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/4178228a19260.html
Wanted: adult males for the priesthood (no women need apply). Join the holy
fight against evil by becoming a soldier for Christ. Job requires devotion,
dedication, commitment, patience, tolerance, compassion and sacrifice...

New site for 'distasteful' Hitler poster
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4177185a6009.html
An advertising executive has described Adolf Hitler as "almost the poster
boy for the Jewish people" after complaints about a controversial
Christchurch billboard for Hell Pizza. Cinderella advertising executive Kirk
MacGibbon said he had received complaints from Jewish people on the Hitler
billboard but none from Catholics on the use of the Pope in a Hell Pizza
advertisement now on display in the city...

Solidarity service against child abuse to be held
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4176697a13416.html
Churches in Morrinsville are coming together to hold a service of solidarity
against child abuse.

Book review: 'Such Absolute Beginners, a Memoir' by Ian Cross
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=289&objectid=10459478
Ian Cross' memoir tells some surprising tales. He has been journalist (chief
reporter, the Dominion), novelist (The God Boy, The Backward Sex, After
Anzac Day, The Family Man) broadcasting chief (chairman, chief executive New
Zealand Broadcasting Corporation), editor (NZ Listener), PR man (Justice
Department, Army, Feltex) and altar boy...

Human Rights Commission. Religion in schools under the microscope
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0708/S00077.htm
Teaching about religions, religious education and religious observance in
schools will all come under the microscope at a forum on Monday afternoon at
Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland...

Caritas Responds to Peru Quake
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0708/S00303.htm
Catholic humanitarian agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged
$15,000 towards relief in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck Peru
last week...

Catholic bishop has 'nothing to fear'
The Press, 21 Aug 2007, Edition 2, Page 3.
Christchurch Catholic leader Bishop Barry Jones has nothing to fear from an
ultra- conservative church being founded in Christchurch, the breakaway
church leaders say. The Transalpine Redemptorists, a traditionalist group
out of favour with the Vatican, will open a church in Rutland Street, St
Albans, next month... [This article is not available on the newspaper's free
Website]

Churches 'not sanctioned'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4171056a11.html
The Catholic Bishop of Christchurch is warning churchgoers that old Latin
Mass services planned by breakaway groups are unauthorised. Bishop Barry
Jones said he had raised the issue in a letter to the Christchurch diocese
because visiting priests from traditionalist groups out of favour with the
Vatican had not sought permission to hold the services...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/

Talk to the hand?
Ann talks to Danny Watson, former tv presenter and now talkback radio host,
about how he finds work more than just-a-job, and about the importance of
listening ...

Newsflash (Just): Bitter chocolate
Our new spin-off programme, Newsflash (Just) focusses on ethical issues that
worry New Zealanders. In this first episode some young Kiwis are concerned
about slavery and the chocolate on our shelves, enough to petition 60
minutes ...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz/

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/

http://www.romereports.com/ (video)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

The deathbed friendship between a bishop and an atheist

Conventional wisdom has it, "There are no atheists in foxholes." In truth,
atheists can be found even in foxholes, but often they're atheists whose
deepest yearning is to be wrong. In just that spirit, among people who
believe that Western civilization today is locked in mortal combat with
radical Islam, there's a growing contingent of what we might call "Christian
atheists," meaning non-believers nonetheless committed to a strong defense
of Christian culture. In this quirky galaxy, no star burned brighter than
that of the provocative Italian writer Oriana Fallaci until her death in
September 2006...

Other commentary by John Allen:
In the 21st century, Catholic ecumenism is learning to push back ...
Brazilian bishops protest changes to CELAM text on base communities ... A
secular Muslim hawk who has the Church's ear on Islam ... An Evangelical
case for hope about Muslim immigration in Europe

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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/ ]

Manager for Catholic Schools, Diocese of Palmerston North
Job description: http://www.pndiocese.org.nz/?sid=1405
Details in 'NZ Catholic' August 12-25 2007 p.23, and from Catholic Education
Office, tel. (06) 358 8079; fax: (06) 357 3624; email:
tmurphy@pndiocese.org.nz Applications close August 31 2007