Sunday, November 4, 2007

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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 278 Nov. 4-17 2007

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

NATIONAL
NZ bishops want one institution at tertiary level ... Doctor: Church fails
to appreciate women ... Diocesan managers get together ... Artwork too
valuable to keep ... Teaching responds to crisis ... Palmerston North
jubilarians celebrate ... Air NZ response to in-flight movie worries pleases
Family First ... Three men ordained as deacons ... Christian parties to
fight for vote ... NZ province closes ... NZ media interest in religion
focuses on the weird, expert says ... Wanganui student to tread boards at
Globe Theatre ... Papal award for service ... Ka pai kapa haka ... Ex-prison
minister dies ... 252 days to World Youth Day 2008 ... ERO File

FEATURES
Bishops give their vision for Church in NZ: Faith-filled, Christ-centred ...
The arbitrary God of Islam ... Graduates help faith programme celebrate ...
Lower Hutt parish now 60 ... NZ company animates series of biblical films

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: On turning 60 ... Bruce Duncan: Social issues offer
religious new way of Gospel witness ... Parish Diary: Vatican II no excuse
now ... Editorial: Bishops' vision is worth working for ... Malcolm Evans
... Letters ... Vatican Letter

INTERNATIONAL
Pope names 23 new cardinals ... Pope seen in fire? ... Church helping to
combat infertility, says doctor ... Bishops attacked for abortion pills
decision ... Catholic doctors want tighter abortion law ... The Pope: Church
music should evolve ... TV tape reveals sex offer ... Women to celebrate ...
Bishop apologises ... "Lost" texts to be published ... Abortion advocates
accused of twisting law ... Mariology expert wants more sympathy for
visionaries ... Traditional Anglicans seek communion ... In Brief ... A
nuclear Iran wins conditional backing ... Church gets HIV blame ... Women
fight trafficking ... 1962 missal published ... A blessed miracle?

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

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Singing the same song (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=18&objectid=10473865
There are times when New Zealand music grabs us by the throat: Hinewehi Mohi
singing our national anthem in Maori at the 1999 Rugby World Cup; Whirimako
Black singing live in the build-up to the 2004 Athens Olympics; Moana
Maniapoto wowing yet another crowd with her band, Moana and the Tribe. There
is a connection between these Maori divas. All went to St Joseph's Maori
Girls College in Napier. And all came under the influence of Georgina
Kingi...

Church brands TV sex shocker 'evil'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4260779a15596.html
[The article briefly describes obscene acts in a Catholic setting from the
television series "Californication' which is to be broadcast on TV3, and
reactions by Lyndsay Freer of Catholic communications and Bishop Pat Dunn]

Mataca Could Get Slap On Wrist: Kiwi Religious Prof (text and audio)
http://www.niufm.com/?t=3&View=FullStory&newsID=2537
Auckland : A New Zealand religious professor has joined the debate over
whether the head of Fiji's Catholic Church should've accepted a position on
the comittee for the controversial People's Charter...

Easter trading a step closer
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10473824
New Zealanders may gain a public holiday with all the shopping they want as
the Government prepares to launch a debate over Easter Sunday...

Oderings again fined for trading on Good Friday
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4258230a19753.html
Oderings Nurseries has received its perennial fine after again defying Good
Friday trading laws, but this time will pay much less.

Special service for priest (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4258164a6497.html
A large crowd will gather around a small tombstone on a hill at Waikumete
Cemetery this Sunday. They will join Catholic priest David Mullins as he
conducts a service from 4.30pm at the grave of an old colleague, Father
James McGrath, a highly respected parish priest at Avondale, who died in
1985...

School block named for murdered priest (photo)
Western Leader 1 Nov 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2dhyw8
A new 10-classroom block at Liston College is named after a Catholic priest
who was murdered in El Salvador ...

Shop miracle of longevity
The Press (Chch) 27 Oct 2007 Page: 19
[This interview with Bernard Wilkins, manager of The Catholic Shop in
Chancery Lane, Christchurch, is not available on the newspaper's free
Website. It can be read at the public library]

Mid-city chapel a clinic of calm. In rags or in pinstripes, all are welcome
to find solace here
http://www.challengeweekly.co.nz/Vol_64_Issue_No_31.html
[An article about Holy Cross Chapel, adjacent to The Catholic Shop in
Christchurch]

Grieving parents to visit bush site
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3753477&the\
section=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=

The grieving parents of Tauranga pilot Aleisha O'Reilly plan to visit the
site where their daughter's plane crashed into thick bush...

Concern over removal of natural justice from Immigration Bill
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0710/S00392.htm
Caritas and the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference have joined forces
to make a joint submission about the Immigration Bill. Caritas is
particularly concerned about aspects of the Bill that are contrary to the
principles of natural justice, including the extension of the use of
undisclosed classified information...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/

'That building on the hill'
St Gerard's Monastery, overlooking Wellington harbour, is an iconic
brick-coloured building which for 100 years has watched over the city.

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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

Signs of life in Latin America
When President Nicanor Duarte of Paraguay arrived at the Vatican on Monday
for a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, he planned to present the pontiff with
a multi-colored poncho as a symbol of Latin America -- home to almost half
the world's 1.1 billion Catholics, and a region dubbed by Pope John Paul II
as "the Continent of Hope" ...

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EMPLOYMENT

[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]

[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]

Catholic Diocese of Dunedin. Catholic Youth Workers.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Oct. 7-20 2007 p.22, in 'Wel-com' October 2007
p.17, on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics -
http://ncyc.org.nz/ - and from Dunedin Catholic Youth Council, Private Bag
1941, Dunedin, New Zealand; email: gerardaynsley@actrix.co.nz Applications
close: 9 November 2007

Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington. Diocesan Car Fund Trust.
Administration/Secretarial
http://www.carfund.org.nz/
Details in 'Wel-com' October 2007 p.14 and from Ray Lyndsay, General
Manager, Dioocesan Car Fund Trust, Catholic Centre, Wellington. Tel: (04)
496 1705; e-mail: diocars@wn.catholic.org.nz